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NewsWatch: S&P 500 earnings set to plunge as the coronavirus batters all sectors — with Wall Street counting on a bounce that may not come

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The one certainty about the outlook for companies in a COVID-19 world is that second-quarter earnings will be very bad, the worst in over 10 years. See full story.

The Biden-Sanders climate-change policy pact: 8 key features

Presidential candidate Joe Biden has advanced environmental policy recommendations that most analysts find more ambitious than his stance in favor of curbing man-made climate change earlier in his campaign. See full story.

Why one strategist is wondering whether the trade of a lifetime is on its last legs

‘If you start getting inflation in the system, the whole landscape begins to changes,’ says one strategist. See full story.

With resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., Trump signals rift with Fauci: ‘He’s made a lot of mistakes’

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he has not briefed the president since June 2. See full story.

‘It’s like trying to beat the casino’ — Rookie trader turns $ 15,000 into $ 1 million, then loses almost everything

Richard Dobatse talked with the New York Times about his painful experience trading stocks. See full story.

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There are also similarities between the 1918 influenza and SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China. See full story.

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