Stocks ease below records in morning trading on Wall Street

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in morning trading as investors eased off a fresh set of record highs reached on optimism that coronavirus vaccines could soon start driving a stronger economic recovery. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2% a day after opening December with a bang. Technology companies were the biggest drag on the market. Salesforce.com sank after announcing a deal late Tuesday to buy messaging platform Slack for $27.7 billion. Pfizer and BioNTech said they’ve won permission for