NewsWatch: As rising Treasury yields spook stock investors, March looms like a lion

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After a frenetic February, investors are probably hoping that March holds true to its proverb: In like a lion out like a lamb. See full story.

This CPAC ‘golden calf’ Trump statue is spurring backlash of biblical proportions

Comments like ‘the GOP worship a golden crook’ spread across Twitter faster than you can say ‘Moses’ See full story.

Americans can’t file their income taxes fast enough — but they should brace for some unwelcome news in their 2020 refunds

The IRS has received approximately 21% more individual returns than the agency received last year by Feb. 7, which was 12 days into the tax season last year. See full story.

FDA authorizes the first single-dose COVID-19 vaccine

The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday granted emergency authorization to Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, making it the third vaccine to become available to Americans during the pandemic and the first to only require one dose. See full story.

What is NBA Top Shot? Everything you need to know about the digital asset with over $ 230 million in transactions

NBA Top Shot is using blockchain technology to reinvent sports collectibles See full story.

MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE

Households making less than $ 30,000 a year are over twice as likely as those making more than $ 60,000 to report a decline in their personal finances. See full story.