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Stock markets likely to remain under pressure due to US elections, Covid-19

Stock markets are expected to remain under pressure this week due to the overhang of US presidential polls and uncertainty over global growth due to resurging cases of coronavirus

Exclusive: Goldman money funds' liquidity buffer swells before US election

Two Goldman Sachs Group Inc money-market funds, whipsawed in March by billions of dollars of investor withdrawals, have steadily amassed a liquidity cushion much larger than rivals

Vote Trump out; he has divided and failed America during presidency: Biden

Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden has urged the Americans to vote out President Donald Trump of presidency, alleging he has divided and failed the nation in the last four years

18 Trump rallies led to over 30,000 Covid-19 cases, 700 deaths: Stanford

About 18 election rallies by US President Trump are estimated to have led to more than 30,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus and likely led to over 700 deaths, Stanford University researchers said

Trump failed to take pandemic, presidency seriously, says Obama

Calling Joe Biden his "brother," Barack Obama has accused Donald Trump of failing to take the coronavirus pandemic and the presidency seriously

Making short-term margin trade-offs to accelerate growth: Cognizant CEO

Strong performing employees will be rewarded for what they have done, he says

Donald Trump, Joe Biden zero in on critical battleground of Florida

With its 29 electoral votes, the state is a major prize in next Tuesday's election. Trump's victory in Florida in 2016 was key to his surprise election win.

Pandemic politics: Biden shuns 'false promises' of a fast fix for Covid-19

Focused firmly on Covid-19, Joe Biden vowed not to campaign in the election homestretch on the false promises of being able to end this pandemic by flipping a switch

2020 US Presidential election to be most expensive, may cost $14 billion

The 2020 Presidential election is turning out to be the most expensive election in history and twice as expensive as the previous election cycle, with the total cost expected to be $14 billion

Bihar elections, rising Covid cases: Here's why Sensex tanked 600 pts today

Selling was witnessed across-the-board with financial stocks taking the biggest knock.

Facebook removes fake networks targeting US, Myanmar ahead of elections

As the US and Myanmar prepare for November elections, Facebook has removed malicious networks that targeted the countries for violating its policies

Pfizer says no Covid vaccine data yet, unlikely to come before US elections

An independent panel will conduct the first analysis when it reaches 32 infections.

'Relevance of earnings releases has reduced over a period of time'

In addition, the current quarter is really a lot more about outlook commentary (leading indicators) rather than results (backward-looking), the analyst says.

Tech Mahindra on track surpass FY20 revenues by fourth quarter: CFO Bhat

The Pune-headquartered firm is also close to reaching pre-Covid 19 levels in terms of absolute profit, he says

BlackRock downgrades US Treasuries, upgrades peers ahead of election

"Markets are increasingly reflecting a unified Democratic government outcome that may lead to a significant fiscal expansion," Blackrock said

2020 US elections: Joe Biden leads in Florida, North Carolina, says polls

In the two states, a majority (61 per cent) of those who have already cast their ballots in early voting said they voted for Biden

US president's supporters chant 'Super Trump' at election rally

President Donald Trump's supporters have started calling him Super Trump as he has fully recovered from the coronavirus and started addressing multiple election rallies a day. At an election rally in the battleground state of New Hampshire, which was attended by thousands of people, Trump said that he felt like superman upon being given an antibody treatment when he had COVID-19. I took something called Regeneron. Then following morning I felt so good. I felt like superman. I wanted to get back (to work). I did not want to cancel anything, Trump told his cheering supporters in the Londonderry city of New Hampshire. Soon, his supporters started chanting Super Trump, Super Trump, to which the president acknowledged with a smile and said Thank You. Trump, 74, after resuming his normal life and hectic election campaigning following his recovery from coronavirus, appears to be more energetic. Most of his speeches are more than an hour long and some have lasted for over 100 minutes. On

US elections: Facebook prepares emergency measures to calm possible unrest

The tools, which Facebook is planning to deploy, were earlier designed for "at-risk" countries and have already been used in Myanmar and Sri Lanka

Ten pivotal moments that defined the 2020 US presidential campaign

Check out the 10 pivotal moments from a dizzying election year

Quarterly earnings, global trends to steer markets this week: Report

All eyes are on US markets for updates on the stimulus package and upcoming presidential elections, Ajit Mishra, VP - Research, Religare Broking Ltd said.