Sep 23 (Wednesday)
Markets
Stock market today: S&P 500 snaps 4-day losing streak, Nasdaq jumps led by Amazon | C
Wall Street closes higher on Amazon boost, despite economic worries | R
Oil Market Flies Blind as Covid-19 Clouds Demand Outlook | W
Central banks
Powell Warns Recovery Highly Uncertain, Argues for More Aid | B
Evans Says Fed Plan Allows Hike Before Inflation Averages 2% | B
US
U.S. existing home sales approach 14-year high; prices scale record peak | R
Fast Take: U.S. housing boom good for some voters, leaves others in the cold | R
Insurance Freeze Snarls U.S. Supply Chains | W
Laid-Off Workers Cut Spending, Hunt for Jobs as Extra Unemployment Benefits Run Out | W
China
China’s Battered Banks Are Dodging Bailouts With Stealth Mergers | B
US politics
Mnuchin, Powell Urge More Spending to Help Economy Recover From Pandemic | W
Fed, Treasury chiefs back more aid for small business but leave details fuzzy | R
Economy doesn’t need more stimulus for V-shaped recovery, Trump advisor Kudlow says | C
Romney Agrees to Move Ahead With Trump’s High Court Nominee | W
Biden calls for 401(k) tax break overhaul. What it means for you | C
Geopolitics & trade
U.S.-China tensions take center stage at U.N. as Trump accuses Beijing of unleashing ‘plague’ | R
Trump Criticizes China for Covid-19 Response in United Nations Speech | W
China’s Attack on ‘Unreliable Entities’ Is a Double-Edged Sword for Beijing | W
TikTok, Trump’s ‘Art of the Deal,’ and collateral damage | C
Industries & companies
Aerospace: Aerospace vs. defense stocks: Traders on Goldman call on Boeing | C
Airlines: Airlines Plead for Mandatory Virus Tests to Prop Up Demand | B
Autos: Tesla shares fall as Musk dampens Battery Day expectations | C
FAANGs: Amazon Prime Day 2020 signaled to start October 13 | C
Real estate: Brookfield Properties’ retail arm is laying off 20% of its workforce | C
Virus I
U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 200,000 | W
Wisconsin sounds alarm after surge in COVID-19 cases as nation surpasses 200,000 deaths | R
As Covid-19 Fatigue Fuels Infections in Europe, Italy Resists Second Wave | W
What We Know About Coronavirus Cases in K-12 Schools So Far | N
Reopening Colleges Likely Fueled Covid-19 Significantly, Study Finds | W
CDC Guidelines on Holidays Released to Curb Covid-19 During Celebrations | B
Virus II
Pfizer (PFI) Covid-19 Vaccine Trial Plan May Beat Rivals to Early Look | B
CDC Advisory Panel to Delay Vote on Initial Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-Out | W
Covid-19 Testing Is Hampered by Shortages of Critical Ingredient | W
Offbeat
Your retirement probably won’t be anything like your parents’…and that’s not good news | MW
As Schools Go Remote, Finding ‘Lost’ Students Gets Harder | N
Google AI head Jeff Dean urges college students: make society better | C
