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Simon Property Group has been in talks with Amazon to convert some Sears and J.C. Penney stores into Amazon fulfillment centers.
The U.S. has topped five million confirmed cases of the coronavirus as some states saw sharp upticks while others showed signs that the spread of the virus was easing.454
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin offered sharply different takes on the president’s coronavirus relief measures.
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Twitter has had preliminary talks about a potential combination with TikTok, the popular video-sharing app that the Trump administration has declared a national-security threat due to its Chinese ownership, according to people familiar with the matter.46
France, the U.S. and other countries promised Sunday to help rebuild Lebanon’s capital after a deadly explosion devastated Beirut, but world leaders said they would deliver aid directly to the people in a rebuke to the country’s political leadership.23
For years, the 10-year U.S. Treasury note has been every investor’s touchstone. Now some people are saying they can’t trust its signals the way they once did.70
The economic fallout of the Covid pandemic has been harder on millennials, who are already indebted and a step behind on the career ladder from the last financial crisis. This second pummeling could keep them from accruing the wealth of older generations.234
New studies and reports of outbreaks among children have persuaded many researchers that children aren’t as immune to Covid-19 as initially thought.744
Joe Biden is expected to announce his decision next week ahead of his Delaware-based speech to the Democratic National Convention.1,379
Thousands of health-care workers rushed to New York when it was the country’s epicenter for Covid-19. Many of those nurses have followed the virus to its newer hot spots, such as Texas.35
As meteor showers animate the skies this month, a growing number of satellites obscure views of the heavens--SpaceX alone has sought permission to orbit 30,000 more communications devices.
Markets
The stock market is more top-heavy than it has been in decades. The collective market value of the top 10 companies in the S&P 500 has swelled to about $8 trillion as investors have piled into big technology stocks including Apple, Microsoft and Amazon.
Economy
The coronavirus is proving to be a great unequalizer, causing joblessness, sickness, and even death at higher rates among nonwhite populations—as well as amplifying longstanding racial gaps in financial stability.
Keywords
The Covid-19 pandemic and the explosion in demand for home-delivered goods means FedEx and other shippers are pushing the limits of what robotic arms can do.69
Business & Finance
With consumers reluctant to venture out to a lab or doctor’s office, insurers are crunching the data in existing digital records.24
As batteries capable of powering buildings get bigger and cheaper, businesses are increasingly looking to install them to gain more control over their electricity costs.26
Warren Buffett’s conglomerate said its second-quarter earnings surged 86%, as a rebound in the stock market offset a profit decline in the company’s operations and a large write-down for Precision Castparts.61
World
A traditional Afghan council agreed to release 400 Taliban prisoners accused of major crimes, paving the way for direct talks between the country’s warring factions to end the nearly two-decade Afghan war.
U.S.
National security adviser Robert O’Brien said Chinese hackers were targeting U.S. election infrastructure, but his comments were met with skepticism by other officials familiar with the matter.
Portland, Ore., authorities said that a protest on Saturday night developed into a riot after a group of protesters set a fire inside a building housing a union for police officers.
Life & Arts
Work & Life
Why call your company’s IT hotline for your problems with Wi-Fi when you can just ask your cousin for help?9
Live-streaming has been popular among videogame enthusiasts for at least a decade. But the coronavirus pandemic has prompted a wave of people with other interests to take it up, too.3
The basketball league was so hot in the 1990s that it explored expansion into America’s dominant sport—twice.6
Canceled galas, auctions and fundraisers undermine giving; “we’re not in position to survive another couple of years of this,” says the director of a nonprofit.17
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Inside Beirut’s Blast Site Days After the Explosion
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Trump Signs Executive Orders to Provide Additional Coronavirus Relief
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