Today our household m account with Yahoo crashed after yahoo was bought by Verizon, a share I own. The problem was former VZ cellphones which we gave up upon returning from London early this year because our local vendor went out of business. We moved to T-mobile because it was nearby, and we have new cellphone numbers but the same landlines. Trying to log in was a nightmare because we were told we had to sign up for tech support for 12 months to get help by various Filipinos who dealt with our calls after hours on hold. With a 30-year long account, my husband, who has relatives from Bangkok to London, Devon to the Algarve, Paris to Germany, doesn't want to create a new account.

Given the way Google is being investigated now for its excessive internet power, I suspect that Verizon is headed in the same direction. I am selling down VZ.

Today the stock market again went bullish and so far it is doing so better than it did yesterday, still focused on a new round of stimulus. The deal is close according to Nancy Pelosi. Meanwhile, our president has developed a case of foot-in-mouth disease over Dr. Anthony Fauci, who he can no longer blame for his poll declines. He is turning US voters off without any help from the National Institute of Health chief whom he called an idiot.

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Green technology

*Canadian Solar, recently added to the model portfolio thanks to Vienna green stock picker Max Deml, won a supply contract and long term service agreement with Goldman Sachs Renewable Power LLC, part of the bank's asset management arm. CSIQ will deliver a 75 megawatt (300 MW/hr) lithium battery storage system for the California Mustang solar plant which CSIQ sub Recurrent Energy developed. It was linked to the power grid in Aug. 2016 and sold to GS in May 2019. CSIQ gained 7.2% here. Danke schoen Max.

*Algonquin Power, AQN, was tipped by Morgan Stanley as equal weight with a higher target price, $16.50, up from $16 (US).

*Cemex of Mexico which is developing low carbon methods for making cement gained 1.9%. CX.

*Canadian Cameco issued a sustainability report today. CCJ.

*Johnson Mathey rose 2.1% in UK trading after it was tipped by a brokerage there. JMPLY sells platinum and palladium which clean car exhaust.

The lithium iron phosphate-based tech package, and all future operations, maintenance, and battery enhancement services. It will also support storage with fully wrapped capacity and performance guarantees, ensuring system output, reliability, and safety. Construction of the energy storage component will begin early in 2021 and go operational by H2 2021. Following this news, CSIQ rose 7.2% in US trading. Danke schoen Max.

Banksters and Finance

*Goldman Sachs GS faces a huge fine of over $2 bn for its 1MDB Malaysia misdeeds. My local tech support guy is Malaysian and claims that Goldman was conned by local crooks.

*Also facing fines is Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) for allegedly violating sanctions against Iran, for over $4 bn.

*Banco Santander gained 6% in Madrid today, thanks to SAN Chair pushing to be allowed to pay dividends reported yesterday.

*Panama's Banco Latino-Americano de Comercio Exterieur, BLX, rose 3.11% in sympathy.

Non-green energy

*Factory robot maker Fanuc of Japan is up 2% mainly because of currency factors. FANUY.

*CAE of Canada, which trains pilots virtually, rose 5%. There are hopes for Boeing airplane sales.

*Ungreen Schlumberger Ltd added 2.6% after further US mergers indicated oil and fracking will grow. SLB is incorporated in the Dutch Antilles and run from Paris and Houston.

Pharmaceuticals

*Grifols of Spain rose 2.1% today as markets focused on drug firms. GRFS.

*Novo Nordisk gained 1% in Denmark after a link between covid-19 and diabetes was discovered. NVO is a diabetes specialist.

*Our FDA approved a relaunch of Dr. Reddy’s over-the-counter antacid drug in two dosagees. It is the generic of Pepcid from Johnson & Johnson. RDY is Indian.

*Compugen CGEN, an Israeli drug discovery shop, fell heavily today after it climbed to excessive heights.

Tech & Tel

*Verizon, Ericsson, and Qualcomm QCOM claim to have achieved peak 5G speed ahead of the rest. That makes my sale of VZ even more timely. It reports tomorrow and in my neighborhood, the branches are closing. ERIC led today gaining 2.1%. Yesterday Nokia NOK led after getting an order for internet linkages on the moon. There are more earthlings without internet as there are ones who have it.

*” Spengler” (David Goldman) in AsiaTimes today credited China and Asian countries for using artificial intelligence to track covid-19 and cut infection rates. I fear he may be too optimistic.

*Mercado Libre, MELI, gained 4% at the opening in part because of risks for Amazon and VZ.

*British BAE Systems BAESY rose another 3.11% today. It makes military equipment and is moving into security systems for US forces, a nice source of profits.

*Sorting and reverse-vending stock Tomra Systems of Norway fell on currency worries. TMRAY sells worldwide but the Krona is priced by oil.