Oct 13 (Tuesday)

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Daily Markets

Markets
Stock futures fall as investors await earnings season kickoff | C
Stock market today: Dow rallies more than 200 points, Nasdaq posts best day in a month | C
Tech Stocks Power Markets Higher | W
Wall Street hopes fade for coronavirus aid before election, but trillions in new spending expected next year | MW
Virus aid uncertainty could burn short-term investors | C
China Taps the Brakes on a Yuan Rally | W

US
Layoffs a matter of if, not when, for booming Wall Street | P
Opinion: Americans with criminal records will be left out of the recovery if we don’t fix these policies | NN

US politics
Trump says in return to campaign trail that he feels ‘powerful’ after COVID recovery | R
Harris, fellow Democrats target Trump Supreme Court nominee on Obamacare | R
Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court Hearings: What to know about day 2 | C

Geopolitics & trade
Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio Says China Has Advantage in Power Struggle With US | B
China’s Insistence That Taiwan Isn’t a Country Starts Backfiring | B

Industries & companies
Financials: Get ready for a good earnings season for big U.S. banks | MW
Financials: Biggest US Banks Are Seen Adding to Their Reserves for Covid Pain Yet to Come | B
Media: Disney reorganizes to focus on streaming, direct to consumer | C
Media: Pixar’s ‘Soul’ ditches theaters, is heading to Disney+ for Christmas | C
Media: Disney World Has No Coronavirus Infections Three Months After Reopening | National Review
Real estate: A longstanding tax break for real estate investors could be coming to an end | MW
Tech: Apple’s New iPhone 12 With 5G Technology Carries High Expectations | W
Tech: Americans might not be able to take full advantage of the 5G iPhone | C
Tech: PC demand hits biggest growth in more than a decade thanks to the pandemic | MW

Virus
Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine study paused due to unexplained illness in participant | C
Dr. Fauci says U.S. faces ‘a whole lot of trouble’ as coronavirus cases rise heading into winter | C
As Covid Cases Surge, More Public-Health Experts Say Lockdowns Aren’t the Answer | W
Andy Puzder: COVID lockdown debate – Dems want science, they should look at the Great Barrington Declaration | FO
As Coronavirus Infections Rise in Europe, So Do Travel Restrictions | W
Covid-19 Cluster in China’s Qingdao Prompts City-Wide Testing | W

Corporate finance
Twilio to Acquire Customer-Data Firm for $3.2 Billion | W