Startup market fueled by record investment rush in 2021 - January 3, 2022

Goldman Sachs told its U.S. employees to work from home for the first two weeks of the year, joining Wall Street competitors that had already given similar instructions as COVID-19 infections surge. Bank of America previously announced plans encouraging employees to work remotely for the first week of January and JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup also told employees to work from home. The 'Great Redefinition' Of Work In 2022 - Forbes After a muted New Year's weekend, US braces for more Covid disruptions as students return to school - CNN Wastewater samples reveal record levels of coronavirus across US - NBC News The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering adding testing requirements to its new isolation guidelines for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients, though it’s still unclear whether positive tests would require further isolation. The CDC has received pushback on its new guidelines announced last week that shortened its isolation recommendation to five days. Manufacturers rush to ramp up rapid COVID test production as demand soars - NPR 'CDC Says' Jokes Trend After New Covid-19 Isolation, Quarantine Guideline Changes - Forbes @palafo: CDC guidance has said vaccinated people don’t have to quarantine if exposed but should get tested 5 days later. Testing experts, however, say that’s not soon enough for fast-incubating Omicron. The best times to test are on Days 2, 3 and 4 after exposure. A notable rush of funding has flooded the high-risk category of early-stage startups in the past year as investors try to get into companies before they have a staff or product. While the startup sector has been deluged with increasing amounts of cash for much of the past decade most has traditionally gone to later-stage private companies. In 2021, investors pumped $93 million into seed-stage and early-stage startups in the U.S., compared to $52 billion for all of 2020. US Investors Revisit Africa, Helping Startups Cap Record Year - Bloomberg Record number of unicorns and IPOs: Indian startups raised $