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If you haven't heard:President Trump has tested positive for COVID-19. The news sank global markets this morning, with equities, oil contracts and U.S. futures plummeting. The second presidential debate is likely cancelled, but that may not make a difference. Meanwhile, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Trump’s COVID diagnosis has improved the odds for another stimulus package.
Tomorrow marks one month until the U.S. presidential election. We've published a special report examining what’s at stake in November for a wide range of industries and workers—Wall Street, Silicon Valley, working parents, the unbanked, the unemployed, and more.
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 MUST READ What Trump’s COVID-positive presidential campaign could look like
Campaign staff, analysts, and operatives must scramble to figure out what a presidential campaign looks when one candidate is incapacitated, or at the very least, quarantined.
BY NICOLE GOODKIND OCTOBER 2, 2020
STOCKS 
Equities, oil contracts and U.S. futures fell off a cliff. BY BERNHARD WARNER OCTOBER 2, 2020
TRADE 
Biden’s claim that Trump has overseen a higher trade deficit is partially true. BY GRADY MCGREGOR SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
  MUST WATCH What to know about President Trump, First Lady Melania's positive COVID tests
They are now quarantined in the White House.
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““It’s very possible that I could be the first presidential candidate to run and make money on it,” Trump said, adding that “there’s no way a good businessman” would have blown the kind of money Steve Forbes had. I wondered whether Trump was proposing his own special version of campaign finance reform here. I also wondered where he was planning to come up with the $100 million he was promising to spend if nominated, considering that his cash flow seemed much more precarious than he claimed.” —What does Donald Trump really want? by Jerry Useem, April 2000 . This email was sent to [email protected] Unsubscribe | Edit your newsletter subscriptions
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