Thursday, August 6, 2020
Evening
- Gold accelerates higher on fragile economic recovery hopes
- Wall Street gains as markets look to aid package, Nasdaq closes above 11,000
- Trump, McConnell huddle; virus aid talks at risk of collapse
- McConnell and Pelosi expect a coronavirus relief deal — but huge differences remain
- Trump to reimpose aluminum tariffs on Canada
- Coronavirus live updates: Lawmakers believe relief bill can get done; college students face new campus reality
- More signs point to U.S. economic recovery losing momentum
- ‘Worst nightmare’: Laid-off workers endure loss of $600 aid
- Trump attacks China over virus as U.S. health secretary heads to Taiwan
- In call with Chinese counterpart, Pentagon chief expresses concern about Beijing's activity in South China Sea
- U.S. Household Debt Falls for First Time in 6 Years
- Amazon and Tesla Take Off as Small Investors Embrace Fractional-Share Trading
General
- Stocks slip as investors wait for U.S. stimulus
- Gold scales record peak as gloomy economic outlook bolsters appeal
- Turkey’s Lira Hits Record Low as Interventions Fail to Stem Drop
- Trump to sign executive order requiring U.S. to buy ‘essential’ drugs from American companies
- U.S. weekly jobless claims total 1.186 million, lowest level of the coronavirus pandemic
- White House, congressional Democrats harden stances on coronavirus relief
- White House threatens executive action if it fails to reach coronavirus relief deal with Democrats
- Coronavirus updates: Fauci says politics won’t influence vaccine approval; AstraZeneca strikes production deal
- Job cuts announced by U.S. companies jump 54% in July: report
- U.S. steps up campaign to purge 'untrusted' Chinese apps
- China threatens countermeasures as Taiwan prepares for U.S. visit
- Gold Will Beat U.S. Stocks in Turbulent Market, Strategists Say
- Factbox: Coronavirus in U.S. Congress: 15 members have tested or been presumed positive
- Banks Empowered to Revamp India Loans With Bad Debt Surging
- Trump Tests China’s Red Line on Taiwan Using Beijing’s Playbook
- The Robinhood Craze Is Now Moving Stocks Everywhere
- More Farmers Declare Bankruptcy Despite Record Levels of Federal Aid
- Beirut Explosion Brings Lebanon to the Brink
- Tett: Pandemic aid is exacerbating US inequality
- Huge US bond issuance may compel Fed to alter purchase plans
- Why banks’ declining reserves matter for the dollar
- China crackdown on shadow banking sector prompts warning
- Protesting Putin: Kremlin faces revolt in the regions