wiar 09-28-20

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Sep 28 (Monday)

YRI
Morning Briefing PDF
Daily Markets

Markets
The September market swoon accomplished most of what corrections are supposed to do | C
What stock-market investors will be watching for in first Trump-Biden debate | MW
Credit Is Tightening. Why That Matters for the Economic Recovery. | BR

Global
The pandemic and the long haul – Why governments get covid-19 wrong | Leaders | E
Failing the poor – Covid-19 has reversed years of gains in the war on poverty | Leaders | E
The corporate undead – What to do about zombie firms | Leaders | E

US
Inflation Is Already Here—For the Stuff You Actually Want to Buy | W
Is It Insane to Start a Business During Coronavirus? Millions of Americans Don’t Think So. | W
With classroom time reduced, U.S. college students demand tuition cuts | R

China
China’s industrial profits grow for fourth straight month | R

US politics I
Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court | C
Trump Supreme Court pick: Major cases to be heard in coming weeks | C
How a More Conservative Supreme Court Could Redefine Free Enterprise | BR
Voters Believe Winner of Election Should Fill Court Vacancy, Poll Shows | N

US politics II
Op-Ed: World sees historic test of U.S. democracy in November elections | C
Trump’s Proposed Drug-Discount Cards Will Be Funded by a Medicare Trust Fund | W

Geopolitics & trade
U.S. Places Restrictions on China’s Leading Chip Maker | N
Chinese Companies Head Home to Raise Money, as Beijing’s Relations With U.S. Fray | W
Japan Is Paying Firms to Make Things at Home. But China’s Pull Is Still Strong. | N
Xi Says China Will Continue Efforts to Assimilate Muslims in Xinjiang | W

Industries & companies
Health care: 10 Stocks to Buy as the Health-Care Revolution Races Ahead | BR
Retail: Grocers Stockpile, Build ‘Pandemic Pallets’ Ahead of Winter | W
Tech: Everybody vs. the App Store: Why Companies Are Taking Issue With Apple’s Growing Revenue Engine | W

Virus I
Covid Doctors Find a Turning Point in Life-Threatening Cases | B
Virus and Fauci: ‘Bridge’ Treatments May Help Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Treatments | B
Wanted in Covid-19 Fight: ‘Super Donors’ of Convalescent Plasma | W
China Gives Unproven Covid-19 Vaccines to Thousands, With Risks Unknown | N

Virus II
U.S. Midwest sees surge in COVID-19 cases as four states report record increases | R
Less than 10% of U.S. show signs of past coronavirus infection, study finds

Corporate finance
Exclusive: U.S. shale producer Devon in talks to acquire peer WPX | R
Qatar Airways got $1.95 billion government lifeline after losses widened | R

Technology I
Quantum computing – What quantum computers reveal about innovation | Leaders | E
Uncertainty principals – Commercialising quantum computers | Science & technology | E
Space tourism: How SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin, Axiom compete | C

Technology II
The Next Electric Vehicles Could Be Planes. They Won’t Take Off Soon. | BR
Chinese electric car start-up Xpeng shows off new flying vehicle | C
How Tesla, GM and others aim to fix electric vehicle range anxiety | C