Report from new york far left the Attorney General evidence of massive corruption and a coverup at the highest level with a deadly effect on some of the most vulnerable, our countrys seniors. At the story that everybodys talking about, the rebellion against the tyrant into finances governments, gamers with money to spare. Some members of both Political Parties are united behind the reddit rebellion. The little guys driving up share prices at the expense of the big guys. Now, some say the game stop trading more mirrors the politics of today. The globalized world with a very rich dont take challenges because they are power without a major fight. Hey, get off your foot to get off your phone. They have a robin hood. It screwing us over. Shannon politics, all of has been colliding this week and a pretty remarkable unfolding os of what we are seeing. Shannon thats true. Hello, welcome to fox news night, im Shannon Bream in washington. Weve got Breaking News tonight on possible Market Manipul
the dow and the nasdaq also finished higher, as investor tension appeared to ease over the omicron variant. well, omicron is having its impact as airlines cancel thousands of flights. broadway shuts down shows and offices are closed once again. nevertheless, financial experts are cautiously optimistic about 2022, after a solid economic recovery this year. christine romans reviews the other top business stories as the year ends. reporter: the billionaire space race. facebook s biggest crisis. cyber attacks held industries hostage. while the economy dashed to reopen. these are the top business stories of 2021. number ten. a reddit rebellion sparked a stock frenzy. david versus goliath story.
top ten of 2021. reporter: the billion their space race, facebook s biggest crisis, cybertay tacks held industries hostage while the economy dashed to reopen. these are the top business stories of 2021. number ten, a reddit rebellion sparked a stock frenzy, enraging wall street pros. amateur traders taking on hedge fund managers. reporter: in january, an army of reddit day-traders bought up shares in retailer gamestop. up nearly 2,000% so far this year. reporter: this wasn t due to gamestop s value as business. the redditers drove up prices to score profits and hurt establishment investors who bet against struggling companies. a populist uprising armed with no-fee brokerage accounts.
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Some Of Texas Biggest Refineries Could Take Weeks To Restart Some of the largest oil refineries in Texas could take weeks to restart as they would need to repair the damages from the big Texas freeze, Bloomberg reports, citing sources with knowledge of the situation. The Baytown and Beaumont refineries of ExxonMobil, Marathon Petroleums Galveston Refinery in Texas City, and the Port Arthur refinery operated by Total are expected to be down for at least several weeks as the winter storm caused damage to the facilities. Those four refineries have a combined refining capacity of 1.76 million barrels