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Another electric vehicle company could soon be on the market with Tortoise Acquisition Corp. and electric truck company Hyliion voting on their merger on Sept. 28.

The Americas "continues to carry the highest burden of the disease globally," the WHO said earlier this week, noting that the U.S. and Brazil account for nearly 75% of all Covid-19 cases in the region. 

A 51% majority in a poll of six swing states said Trump is mentally unfit to be president, while 52% said the same of Biden. 

The dairy industry has had some hard times, but Americans are buying ever greater quantities of cheese. Even processed cheese products, like American cheese slices, have seen a boost in sales since the coronavirus pandemic.

First-time filings for unemployment claims had been expected to total 850,000 last week, according to economists surveyed by Dow Jones.

Dr. Stephen M. Hahn is the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and Dr. Anand Shah is deputy commissioner for medical & scientific affairs at the FDA.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday added 20 names to his list of potential nominees to the Supreme Court and called on his Democratic rival Joe Biden to do the same, renewing a tactic he first employed during his last presidential campaign. 

Trader Danielle Shay lays out the bullish case for Peloton ahead of earnings out after the bell Thursday.

Under the deal, franchisee HB Restaurant Group will more than double the number of its mid-Atlantic restaurants by 2028.

AstraZeneca should still know before the end of the year whether its experimental vaccine protects people against Covid-19, the drugmaker's chief executive Pascal Soriot said on Thursday, as long as it can resume trials soon.

Companies have faced heightened scrutiny over their record on diversity since the George Floyd protests.

As Trump runs a 2020 reelection campaign focused on curbing violence, most voters disapprove of his handling of public safety, the poll finds.

A huge fire broke out Thursday at the Port of Beirut, triggering panic among residents traumatized by last month's massive explosion there that killed and injured thousands of people.

The stocks making the biggest moves in premarket trading include AstraZeneca, RH, GameStop, Quest Diagnostics, and more.

Huawei launched the second version of its own operating system on Thursday, pushing it to third-party device makers as it looks to find create a viable alternative to Google's Android. 

Nike and Lululemon present attractive buying opportunities as athleisure stocks grow in popularity, two traders say.

The coronavirus has infected more than 27.6 million people around the world so far, killing at least 898,200 people.

The U.S. Senate was set to vote on Thursday on a Republican bill providing around $300 billion in new coronavirus aid, far below the $3 trillion Democrats insist is needed to stimulate an ailing economy and help people struggling through the pandemic.

The committee, called Way to Lead, is meant to act as a hybrid PAC that will contribute to candidates at state and federal levels.

From burger-flipping machines to car-building robots, not to mention high-powered software taking on more and more administrative tasks, it seems like hundreds of skills are rapidly becoming obsolete in the U.S. economy. A McKinsey study found that AI and Deep Learning could add as much as $3.5 trillion to $5.8 trillion in annual value for companies. The economic shock of the coronavirus pandemic hasn't helped. In fact, Covid-19 could be accelerating the pace of automation. Here's why, and what's being done about it.