DAILY DOSE: January 7, 2021 Posted on 01/07/2021 1. German biotech firm CureVac is partaking in an alliance with Bayer AG in a bid to help it get regulatory approval for its experimental COVID-19 vaccine and distribution. 2. In a series of civil cases against the Bank of China, a court ruling in Nanjing ordered the bank to return 20% of the client’s initial investments and be liable for all other losses related to the investment product known as Yuan You Bao. This has to do with speculative oil futures product sold to Chinese investors. 3. “Heart of Gold” musician Neil Young made a deal to sell 50% of his song catalog to Hipgnosis Songs. The deal could value the catalog at around US$ 90 million to US$ 105 million. Hipgnosis was founded by Merck Mercuriadis in 2018. Neil Young’s catalog includes some 1,180 songs, according to a statement announcing the deal.