New York Times Business News – Jan 5 – National Post

The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

– California fire investigators on Tuesday pinned the blame for the Dixie Fire — the second-largest blaze in the state’s history — on equipment owned by Pacific Gas & Electric and referred the case to prosecutors. https://nyti.ms/3sZyp7m

– Former U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly canceled a news conference that he had scheduled at his Mar-a-Lago resort for Thursday evening on the one-year anniversary of the breaching of the United States Capitol. https://nyti.ms/32TjTmN

– The U.S. government doubled its order for Pfizer’s COVID-19 pills on Tuesday, a move that will modestly increase the nation’s very limited supply of the treatment in the short term amid a record-setting surge in coronavirus cases. https://nyti.ms/3HD0pBO

– Toyota Motor unseated General Motors as the top-selling automaker in the United States last year, becoming the first manufacturer based outside the country to achieve that feat in the industry’s nearly 120-year history. https://nyti.ms/3JIp8q8

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)