Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:          

• China Reveals Punishment for Firms on Unreliable Entity List.  
• Iran Warns U.S. Against War Before UN Sanctions Showdown.
• TikTok App Store Ban Delayed After Trump Approves Oracle Deal.
• Canada’s Most Populous Province Extends Caps on Gatherings.
• U.S. Adds Almost 50,000 Cases; U.K. Is on Edge: Virus Update.
• Rates Market Sleepwalks Back Toward Historically Low Yields.
• Amy Coney Barrett Emerges as Front-Runner for Trump Court Pick.
• Ginsburg Death Reshapes Presidential Campaign in Final Weeks.  
• IPO Frenzy This Week Nets Billions for Venture Capital Backers.  
• Covid Grows Less Deadly as Doctors Gain Practice, Drugs Improve.
• Goldman Says Options Market Pushing Election Risk to December.
• Charting the Global Economy: Fed Signals Rates on Hold for Years.  
• Schumer Says All Options Open on Court If Democrats Win Senate.  
• Biden Has No Plans to Match Trump’s Release of Court Picks.

Wall Street Journal:

• Companies’ New Back-to-Work Dilemma: Who Returns First?
• The ‘Systemic Racism’ Dodge.
• The Ginsburg Vacancy.
• The Russia Farce Continues.
• Huang’s Law Is the New Moore’s Law, and Explains Why Nvidia Wants Arm.
• Death Toll From Pandemic Extends Far Beyond Virus Victims.
• BlackRock ETF Business Wins Big After Fed Taps It for Help.
• Trump Says Supreme Court Nominee Will Be a Woman.

CNBC:

• CDC reverses controversial coronavirus guidance that said people without symptoms may not need a test.
• Apple has quietly dropped 22% from its peak, giving up $500 billion in market cap.
• Trump agrees to deal in which TikTok will partner with Oracle and Walmart.
• Chime is now worth $14.5 billion, surging past Robinhood as the most valuable U.S. consumer fintech.

IG:

• Weekend Markets Trading Live.

Barron's:

• Had bullish commentary on (MA), (PYPL), (FIS), (GPN), (ACI) and (V).

MarketWatch.com: 

• Fed’s Kashkari decries ‘absurd’ U.S. financial system that needs bailout every 10 years.
• Fed to add pandemic-recession scenarios to next round of big banks’ stress tests.  
• Goldman warns U.S. election will trigger ‘extended period of high volatility’: FN.

Fox News:

• Trump urges GOP to honor 'obligation' to immediately fill Supreme Court vacancy.
• List of potential Supreme Court nominees that former VP may consider.
• Ted Cruz urges Senate to fill seat, warns of 'constitutional crisis' on Election Day.
• Michael Moore warns Biden about campaign in Michigan.
• Trump calls mail-in voting a 'scam,' says Dems setting up chaos.
  

Zero Hedge: 

• Mostly Non-Peaceful? Princeton Study Finds BLM Responsible For 91% Of Riots Over Last 3 Months.
• Picking RBG's Successor: The Who, The When, & The Hypocrisy.
• Trump Has "Given His Blessing" To TikTok-Oracle Deal As ByteDance Begs US Court To Intervene.
• Nuclear Scenario For Markets Emerges In 'Jaw-Dropping' SCOTUS/Election Plot-Twist.
• ActBlue Raises Record $50 Million Following Ginsburg Death.
• France Suffers Another Daily COVID-19 Record As New York Reports Most Cases Since Early June: Live Updates.
• Amazon Keeps Spreading Across America, Plans 1000 Warehouses In Suburban Neighborhoods.
• Governments Will Impose New Lockdowns If They Think They Can Get Away With It.  
• "I'm Speechless": Police Chase Down Tesla On Autopilot Doing 90 MPH With Driver And Passenger Asleep.
• From Brilliant To Brain-Dead: The Risk Of Timing Manic Markets.
• AOC: Democrats Should 'Radicalize And Fight' Following Ginsburg's Death.
• Tug Of War Across Markets Hides "Trade Of A Lifetime".
• Secret Service Intercepts 'Highly Toxic' Poison Ricin Mailed To White House.
• "This Resets The Race" - SCOTUS Opening Creates Opportunity For Trump To 'Change The Subject' Before Nov. 3.
• "Trying To Break Us Down": Mass Protests Hit Israel As 2nd Nationwide Lockdown Takes Effect.
• China Is Killing The Dollar.
• Dershowitz: Why I Am Suing CNN.
• The New Normal In 'Virtual Classrooms': Porn, Guns, & Racism?
• Chicago Logs Whopping 52% Jump In Homicides From 2019: 'Five Times Any Prior Year'.
• "Absolutely Terrified" Democrats Demand Emergency Investigation Into Durham Probe.
• Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dead At 87.
• When Government Incompetence And Overreach Turns Deadly.
• California Crackdown On Benefits Fraud Sparks 72% Plunge In Pandemic Jobless Claims.
• Schumer, Warren Introduce Resolution To Cancel $50,000 In Student Loans To "Close Racial Wealth Gaps".
• A Textbook Case Of Treason.
• France Suffers Most COVID-19 Deaths Since Spring; Finance Minister Tests Positive: Live Updates.
• "We Don't Have The $$$" - Yellow Cabs Block NYC Bridges As Taxi-Debt Crisis Erupts.
• First CMBS Mega-Casualty On Deck: $700MM Starwood Portfolio On Verge Of Default.
• Stocks Suffer Longest-Losing Streak In Over A Year As Dollar Dump Continues.

Business Insider:

• 11 things you can do to stop being manipulated by your phone, according to the tech experts on Netflix's 'The Social Dilemma'.
  

The Epoch Times:

• Timeline: China’s Handling of the Pandemic and Canada’s Stance.
• China Flies 18 Warplanes Near Taiwan During US Envoy’s Visit.
• DOJ Urged to Investigate US Environmental NGOs for Foreign Influence.
  

Digital Blackboard:

• Daily New Cases by Region.

Worldometer:

• New Cases/Deaths by state.

Rt Covid-19:

• How fast virus is growing by state.

KFF:

• State Data(Tests/Hospitalizations).