Happy Holiday 🎄 — The SEC is siding with activist investors. New COVID benefits are coming. And there’s a big security vulnerability.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejected Apple’s pleas to block three activist shareholder resolutions. The feds expanded benefits for workers and businesses, after provinces re-introduced tougher restrictions to combat the omicron variant of COVID. Companies and governments are growing concerned over the Log4j security vulnerability.Celebrating something? Let us know for a shoutout here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/GuHjLDoaThe Peak Daily is produced by 306 Media Productions. Hosted by Brett Chang and Jay Rosenthal.