 | | | | U.S. stocks climbed on Wednesday on the heels of a surprise quarterly profit from Disney and as investors stayed optimistic that a deal was near for a U.S. coronavirus fiscal aid package. | | | | | | The United States wants to see "untrusted" Chinese apps removed from American app stores, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday, calling the Chinese-owned short-video app TikTok and messenger app WeChat "significant threats." | | | | | | Zynga Inc raised its full-year bookings forecast after topping quarterly estimates on Wednesday, encouraged by strong engagement from stuck-at-home players and its recent acquisition of Turkish mobile-game maker Peak. | | | | | | Gold pushed further past $2,000 an ounce on Wednesday in the face of a weak dollar and expectations of more stimulus measures for the pandemic-ravaged global economy, while stocks in Europe and on Wall Street rallied on encouraging corporate earnings. | | | | | | Italy's top commercial broadcaster Mediaset said on Wednesday it was ready to start talks with its second largest investor Vivendi after it dropped plans for a pan-European broadcasting platform which the French group opposed. | | | | | | (This August 4 story corrects Levandowski's role at Pronto to co-founder and technical adviser, not that he "runs" Pronto, in 12th paragraph.) | | | | | | A group of Senate Republicans on Wednesday backed extending a $25 billion payroll assistance program for U.S. airlines after warnings that carriers may be forced to cut tens of thousands of jobs without government action, according to a letter seen by Reuters. | | | | | | A resurgence in coronavirus cases is slowing the economic recovery and the disease will continue to weigh on the U.S. economy and American life until at least the end of next year, two Federal Reserve policymakers said on Wednesday. | | | | | | Canadian gold miner Barrick Gold Corp is weighing moving its main listing from Toronto to New York, the company's chief executive said, a step that would weaken its traditional links to Canada, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Wednesday. | | | | | | Goldman Sachs Group Inc said on Wednesday that by 2025 it wants 7% of its employees with the title vice president to be Black and 9% to be Latino professionals. | | | | | |
