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font-style: italic; color: #8c8c8d; font-family: 'Lato', 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> Mark Decambre </span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="table-convert" align="center"> <div class="tbody-convert"> <div class="row-convert"> <div class="col-convert" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #e1e1e1; mso-padding-alt: 20px 0; padding: 20px 0 20px 0;"> <div class="table-convert" align="center"> <div class="tbody-convert"> <div class="row-convert"> <div class="element element--img" style="text-align: center;"><a style="color: #6a6a6c; border-style: none; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://marketwatch.cmail19.com/t/j-l-ztkyukt-ityhtjkrir-k/"><img class="figure__img" style="border-style: none; width: 100%;" src="https://mrtopstep.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/im-469361.jpg" alt="Omicron cases seem to have peaked in northeastern states, but national case tally is still at record levels and hospitals are slammed" /></a></div> <div class="table-convert" align="center"> <div class="tbody-convert"> <div class="row-convert"> <div class="col-convert"><!-- [if mso]> <h3 style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:20px;color:#2e2e2f;margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" > <![endif]--> <!-- [if !mso]> <!----> <h3 class="figure__headline" style="font-size: 20px; 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font-style: italic; color: #8c8c8d; font-family: 'Lato', 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> <a style="color: #6a6a6c; border-style: none; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; font-weight: 100;" href="https://marketwatch.cmail19.com/t/j-l-ztkyukt-ityhtjkrir-b/">Ciara Linnane</a> </span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="table-convert" align="center"> <div class="tbody-convert"> <div class="row-convert"> <div class="col-convert" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #e1e1e1; mso-padding-alt: 20px 0; padding: 20px 0 20px 0;"> <div class="table-convert" align="center"> <div class="tbody-convert"> <div class="row-convert"> <div class="element element--img" style="text-align: center;"><a style="color: #6a6a6c; border-style: none; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://marketwatch.cmail19.com/t/j-l-ztkyukt-ityhtjkrir-n/"><img class="figure__img" style="border-style: none; 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