Today’s Stock Market News

* Stories are summarized by an A.I. * Companies mentioned: MRK, FB, OnePlus, AMZN, and GOOG UPDATE 1-Merck receives FDA approval for Ebola vaccine MRK (Merck & Company Inc) | Reuters REUTERS/Brendan McDermid(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it approved drugmaker Merck & Co’s (MRK.N) Ebola vaccine Ervebo, making it the first FDA-authorised vaccine against the deadly virus. The vaccine was used by the World Health Organization and Democratic Republic of the Congo as an investigational vaccine to help reduce Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks in few West African countries from 2014 to 2016. Read More Facebook’s Ban on Political Ads Could Backfire on the Left FB (Facebook Inc) | OZY A week after Twitter unveiled the final details of its political ad ban in mid-November, Google followed suit with restrictions on microtargeting that severely hamper candidates’ ability to reach potential voters. Still, Facebook is the real ba...

* Stories are summarized by an A.I. * Companies mentioned: GOOG, GM, Huawei, LMT, and ERIC Investors Are Subdued About a Quantum-Computing ETF GOOG (Alphabet Inc.) | The Wall Street Journal A quantum-computing breakthrough announced by Google in October illuminated the technology’s potential—and an investment opportunity. So says Paul Dellaquila, president of Defiance ETFs. The firm’s Defiance Quantum ETF (QTUM) tracks the BlueStar Quantum Computing & Machine Learning Index, which is made up of companies involved in quantum computing, along with a number of closely related sectors such as big-data solutions used in machine learning. The $12.4 million fund was up more than 40% for the year to date through... Read More Next Chapter Of GM's Electrified Future To Unfold At Detroit Assembly Plant And In Ohio GM (General Motors Company) | Seeking Alpha Following costly 40-day strike, key feature of GM labor contract is agreement to build several new battery-po...