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Here’s what you need to know: Video One week before Election Day, the Democratic presidential nominee, Joseph R. Biden Jr., delivered a campaign speech in Warm Springs, Ga.CreditCredit…Erin Schaff/The New … Read More

President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at HoverTech International in Allentown, Pennsylvania, October 26, 2020. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Though Election Day is a week away, … Read More

Jeweler Tiffany & Co. and Louis Vuitton-owner LVMH are discussing new terms for their merger, which could help resolve an ongoing dispute between the two companies, CNBC’s David Faber reported … Read More

Omnicom Group OMC -4.70% said the sharp decline in sales caused by the coronavirus pandemic eased somewhat in the third quarter, but warned that budget cuts and a decrease in … Read More

Adults should start screening for colorectal cancer routinely at the age of 45, instead of waiting until 50, a government task force recommended on Tuesday, in a move that reflected … Read More

Holiday shopping: Postmates to launch retail platform in Los Angeles Search quotes, news & videos Source

Stock futures rise as market tries to rebound from Monday’s big sell-off Search quotes, news & videos Source

A restaurant in New York in September. Forced into lockdown mode by the pandemic and worried about their futures as the economic recession set in, people scaled back their spending. … Read More

In this May 4, 2020 photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the first patient enrolled in Pfizer’s COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial at the University of … Read More

Finance chiefs are closely tracking how U.S. trade policy could change after the presidential election, potentially leading to higher tariff-related costs and new restrictions on certain products. The winner of … Read More

NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez reports on the growing number of Covid-19 cases in South Dakota and the difficulty the state is having in its attempts to deal with it. Source

IRVINE, Calif. — Two firefighters were gravely injured and tens of thousands of Californians were forced to flee their homes on Monday as two new fires ripped through Orange County. … Read More

The Ant Group Co. logo is displayed at the company’s headquarters in Hangzhou, China, on Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — Ant … Read More

Chinese companies are leading the global IPO rush amid a ‘flight from uncertainty’ Search quotes, news & videos Source

The former Kentucky governor Matt Bevin, right, initially disputed the win by his challenger, Andy Beshear, left.Credit…Pool photo by Albert Cesare Local election officials, politicians and disinformation researchers continue to … Read More

Pedestrians wearing protective masks walk past a logo displayed at a HSBC bank branch in the central district of Hong Kong. Roy Liu| Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — HSBC, … Read More

Ruby Lenora casts her in-person vote on her 73rd birthday at a polling site at the Milwaukee Public Library?s Washington Park location in Milwaukee, on the first day of in-person … Read More

WASHINGTON — President Trump has repeatedly bragged about what he has done for Black America, pointing to his administration’s funding for Black colleges and universities, the creation of so-called opportunity … Read More

A divided Senate on Monday is expected to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to a lifetime term on the Supreme Court, capping a bitter fight over the partisan makeup of … Read More

Here are the new income tax brackets for 2021 Search quotes, news & videos Source

Even as the United States and China confront deep disagreements, there is a global challenge that simply won’t wait for the resolution of our differences: climate change. While some have … Read More

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Oct. 9, 2020. Ting Shen | Xinhua News Agency | … Read More

Here’s what you need to know: A view of the Supreme Court from the steps of the Senate, which is expected to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Monday.Credit…Samuel Corum … Read More

Here’s what you need to know: An ambulance arriving at a hospital in Milwaukee last week. Wisconsin has opened an emergency field hospital to treat a growing number of coronavirus … Read More

LAS VEGAS—The cabaret-variety show “Absinthe” became a long-running hit by putting performers uncomfortably close to audiences in a circus tent outside Caesars Palace. “There used to be a point where … Read More

LONDON — German enterprise software group SAP saw its market valuation fall by 29.48 billion euros (nearly $35 billion) on Monday as shares collapsed by over 20% following disappointing third-quarter … Read More

Hospitals are holding off as long as possible before halting procedures to make room for fresh waves of Covid-19 patients, a reversal from earlier this year when facilities postponed care, … Read More

Intel shares plummeted to end last week after the company reported softening demand in its data center business, a segment that generates a third of total revenue. One long-time Intel … Read More

For two decades, Thom Hofman was a zookeeper, working with penguins and flamingos. Then he was an aspiring veterinary assistant, attending classes and hunting for jobs following a layoff. Now … Read More

HONG KONG—China said it will sanction three American defense contractors over proposed arms sales to Taiwan, retaliating against U.S. efforts to deepen security ties with the island democracy that Beijing … Read More

HONG KONG—China said it will sanction three American defense contractors over proposed arms sales to Taiwan, retaliating against U.S. efforts to deepen security ties with the island democracy that Beijing … Read More

Egypt is emerging as a critical proving ground for global powers seeking to export a coronavirus vaccine to the developing world. Its population of nearly 100 million, vaccine-manufacturing capacity and … Read More

A test tube labelled vaccine is seen in front of AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020. Dado Ruvic | Reuters LONDON — British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on … Read More

Quick, think about disinformation. What comes to mind? “Vladimir Putin, president of Russia.” But in 2020, many experts are more concerned with disinformation coming from our very own backyard. Like … Read More

From the corridors of Washington to the cobblestones of Paris, the coronavirus is roaring back and authorities are ramping up restrictions again. This time around, however, everyone is tired. Hospital … Read More

Former Vice President Joe Biden is running for president on the sort of platform that usually makes business sweat: higher taxes on corporations and investors, aggressive action to phase out … Read More

U.S. gross domestic product figures for the third quarter highlight a busy week for economic data from around the globe. Monday The U.S. housing market has been an economic bright … Read More

PG&E workers in Yountville, Calif., last April. Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News Updated Oct. 26, 2020 2:47 am ET PG&E Corp. said it was pre-emptively cutting power to about 361,000 … Read More

Africa could be about to see its first post-Covid default Search quotes, news & videos Source

SYDNEY— Coca-Cola Co. KO -0.32% agreed in principle to sell its stake in its Australian bottler to one of its European affiliates, its latest move to reduce exposure to costly … Read More

BERLIN— Bayer AG BAYRY 0.16% said Monday it would pay as much as $4 billion for U.S. biotech firm Asklepios BioPharmaceutical Inc. to strengthen the German company’s drugmaking arm, as … Read More

WASHINGTON—President Trump’s trade war against China didn’t achieve the central objective of reversing a U.S. decline in manufacturing, economic data show, despite tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of … Read More

There was no crazy comebacks this time, no stumbling, staggering routes to home plate and no wild outfield celebration like the night before. Some relative normalcy returned to the World … Read More

(Photo: Getty Images | d3sign) SINGAPORE — Commercial real estate prices have plunged this year as people stopped going into offices, and retail businesses were disrupted. That could lead to … Read More