Aug 12 (Wednesday)
YRI
Morning Briefing PDF
Daily Markets
Markets
Stock futures rise after S&P 500 snaps seven-day winning streak | C
Don’t bet against the bull run due to record money supply: Tony Dwyer | C
Jim Cramer says it’s time to swap pandemic plays for the recovery stocks | C
US
Here’s how much a reduction in extra unemployment benefits could slash consumer spending | MW
This number shows reversal in chances of Main Street’s survival | C
JPMorgan’s Dimon says there will be some economic ‘scar tissue’ from coronavirus | MW
US politics
Here’s why Joe Biden chose Kamala Harris as his VP | NN
Biden-Harris to be first Democratic ticket without an Ivy League degree since 1984 | C
Blockbuster Political Conventions May Be Done for Good | W
US policies
When Will the Latest Coronavirus Unemployment Benefits Start? What We Know | W
Coronavirus stimulus updates: McConnell calls to restart relief talks | C
Employers Cast Wary Eye on Trump Payroll-Tax Deferral | W
Self-employed people may miss out on payroll tax break | C
Geopolitics & trade
China Moves to Resolve Controversy Over Delayed Hong Kong Elections | W
U.S. ban on China’s TikTok could cut it off from app stores, advertisers: White House document | C
Huawei options as U.S. sanctions cut its supply of smartphone chips | C
Industries & companies
Autos: Tesla announces five-for-one stock split | C
Cruise lines: Cruise Ship Owners Left Thousands of Workers Adrift for Months | W
Materials: Concrete, a Centuries-Old Material, Gets a New Recipe | N
Tech: Microsoft’s new Xbox launches in Nov., Halo Infinite delayed to 2021 | C
Virus I
Trump says U.S. has reached deal with Moderna for 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine | C
Russia Registers World’s First Covid-19 Vaccine Despite Safety Concerns | W
Covid-19 Data Reporting System Gets Off to Rocky Start | W
Virus II
New Covid-19 Cases Fall Below 50,000 in U.S. for Second Straight Day | W
Georgia School District Quarantines 800 People Amid Covid Outbreak | W
Florida coronavirus deaths reach another grisly record as state grapples with testing constraints | C
This is when people with COVID-19 are at the greatest risk of spreading the virus | MW
Corporate finance
Airbnb Plans to File for IPO in August | W
Airbnb hosts are complaining about missing payments amid Covid-19 | C
Cybersecurity
TikTok Tracked User Data Using Tactic Banned by Google | W
Technology
AI Can Almost Write Like a Human—and More Advances Are Coming | W
Hotel Robots Get Second Life as Industry Adapts to Covid-19 | W
Back to School? Look Out for Covid-Tracking Surveillance Tech | W
Offbeat
Who owned the chemicals that blew up Beirut? No one will say | R
Coworking Companies Expanded Rapidly. Now They’re Retreating Fast | W
