The figures coincide with a sharp resurgence in confirmed viral infections to an all-time high above 120,000 a day.
The EU’s executive commission accuses Amazon of using data to gain an unfair advantage over merchants using its platform.
Markets were already sharply higher when Pfizer said that data shows vaccine shots may be 90% effective at preventing COVID-19.
Kamala Harris makes history as the first woman and the first person of color vice president-elect.
Eight months after the virus struck, the U.S. economy still has recovered barely half the that were lost to the pandemic.
Eight months after the pandemic flattened the economy, weekly jobless claims still point to a stream of layoffs.
As of 4 a.m. Eastern time, Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden still were locked in tight races in a handful of battleground states.
Markets are up on investor hopes that a Joe Biden victory in the U.S. presidential election might lead to more economic stimulus.
Americans that are spending have been spending freely on goods and cutting back sharply on purchases in the service sector.
But rising confirmed virus cases in nearly every state, along with a cutoff in federal aid, are threatening to weaken the economy.
