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Trump said Monday ‘it's possible I get involved' in the vaccine distribution process amid concerns amid concerns about politicization.
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 U.S. stocks finished higher Thursday, led by technology shares, after lawmakers pledged to keep working on another coronavirus financial-aid package and President Donald Trump said he could issue executive orders on some relief measures.
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U.S. weekly jobless claims total 1.186 million, lowest level of the coronavirus pandemic CNBCOver 1.18M Americans filed for unemployment last week, lowest level since pandemic began Fox BusinessU.S. Jobless Claims Fell to 1.2 Million in Aug. 1 Week The Wall Street JournalAnother 1.2 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week CNNStates where expired unemployment benefits will hurt most MSN Money
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 The social networks pulled the same clip of the president suggesting children are "almost immune" to novel coronavirus.
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 Eventbrite Inc. shares were up 5% in after-hours trading Thursday after the event-management services company reported fiscal second-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street estimates but a sharp decline in revenue, reflecting the devastating impact coronavirus has had on live entertainment. Eventbrite reported a loss of $38.6 million, or 44 cents a share, compared with a loss of $14.8 million, or 18 cents a share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenue plunged 90% to $8.4 million from $80.8 million a year ago. The company did say its expense reduction plan, announced in April, "remains on track to yield at least $100 million in annualized expense savings by the fourth quarter of this year." Analysts surveyed by FactSet had expected a loss of 50 cents a share on sales of $13.5 million. Eventbrite shares are down 57% this year. The broader S&P 500 index is up 3.7% in 2020.
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The global tally for confirmed cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 climbed above 18.8 million on Thursday, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University, and the death toll rose to 708,036. At least 11.3 million people have recovered. The U.S. case tally climbed to 4.8 million and the death toll rose to 158,256. President Donald Trump said again Wednesday that the virus will go away soon, while Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases, said it may not be brought under control until late 2021. Brazil is second to the U.S. with 2.9 million cases and 97,256 deaths. India is third measured by cases at 1.9 million, followed by Russia with 870,187 and South Africa with 529,877. Mexico has 456,100 cases and 49,698 deaths, the third highest in the world. The U.K. has 307,271 cases and 46,295 fatalities, the highest in Europe and fourth highest in the world. China, where the illness was first reported late last year, has 88,423 cases, and 4,678 fatalities.|
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 The sale comes as the vehicle-listings provider looks to strengthen its balance sheet in part because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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 Uber is set to report its Q2 2020 earnings after the bell on Thursday.
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Democratic negotiators dismissed the idea that President Trump could unilaterally provide new jobless aid and cut taxes in the absence of a deal in Congress, where a fundamental clash over the size of the next coronavirus-aid package have brought talks to a stalemate.
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Coronavirus live updates: New York City sets up checkpoints; Dr. Deborah Birx's 'different' outbreak; LA cutting power to party houses USA TODAYFauci, Birx Warn Atlanta, Baltimore and 7 Other Cities of 'Trouble Ahead' NewsweekBirx warns 9 cities, California's central valley about increasing coronavirus cases CNNBirx warns of uptick in coronavirus cases in 9 cities | TheHill The Hill
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Commodities giant Glencore reported a loss for the first half of the year and scrapped its dividend, as the coronavirus pandemic sapped demand and lowered prices and production at its mining division.
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Gilead said it plans to produce more than 2 million treatment courses of the drug by the end of the year and anticipates being able to produce "several million more" in 2021.
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ViacomCBS Inc. shares rose 6% premarket Thursday, after the company posted better-than-expected profit and sales for the second quarter, even as the coronavirus pandemic hurt advertising revenue. The company said it had net income of $478 million, or 77 cents a share, in the quarter, down from $971 million, or $1.57 a share, in the year-earlier period. Adjusted per-share earnings came to $1.25, ahead of the 95 cents FactSet consensus. Revenue fell 12% to $6.275 billion from $7.143 billion, also ahead of the FactSet consensus of $6.181 billion. "Despite the impact of COVID-19 on revenue in the quarter, we're successfully managing through the effects of the pandemic, reaffirming the strength of our combined operations," Chief Executive Bob Bakish said in a statement. Affiliate revenue rose 2%, while advertising revenue fell 27%, hurt as COVID-19 dampened global demand. Domestic streaming and digital video revenue rose 25% to $489 million. Content licensing revenue was flat, and theatrical revenue was "immaterial" with cinemas closed during the pandemic. Publishing revenue fell 8%, driven by lower print book sales. The company said it's on track with the rebrand and relaunch of CBS All Access in early 2021. Shares have fallen 38% in the year to date, while the S&P 500 has gained 3%.
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The number of confirmed deaths across the globe from the coronavirus illness COVID-19 climbed above 700,000 on Wednesday, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University, as the case tally climbed above 18.5 million, with the U.S. accounting for 4.77 million of that total, or more than a quarter.
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Office markets came under pressure as coronavirus squeezed cities; Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella planned to use potential TikTok deal as way to expand audience, and the pandemic has put a strain on marriages.
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Job growth slowed in July as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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Facebook and Twitter removed a video posted by President Trump in which he said children are "almost immune" from Covid-19, a claim that the companies said ran afoul their rules against harmful misinformation about coronavirus.
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