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Donald Trump to be moved to military hospital after Covid-19 diagnosis

Trump, 74, will be moved to a special suite at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, for the next few days as a precautionary measure, White House said

Wall Street closes lower as Donald Trump tests positive for Covid-19

Tech shares weighed heaviest on the indexes, but the blue-chip Dow's losses were mitigated by gains in economically sensitive cyclical stocks

US House gives approval to Democrats' $2.2-trn coronavirus aid plan

Objections from top Republicans are likely to doom the House Democrats' plan in the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has called the $2.2 trillion price tag "outlandish"

Trump's youngest son, Barron, tests negative for coronavirus: White House

Barron tested negative and all precautions are being taken to ensure he's kept safe and healthy," said Stephanie Grisham, chief of staff for Melania Trump

Oil down 3% after Donald Trump gets coronavirus and economies wobble

Brent crude slipped on the Trump news and was down $2.05, or 5.01%, at $38.88 a barrel by 1324 GMT. US oil was down $2.01, or 5.19%, at $36.71

US health secy Azar says he tested negative for Covid-19 after screening

Azar said during a congressional hearing on Friday that he was confident that the US Food and Drug Administration was not compromising its approval standards

Covid-19 still likely to be spreading exponentially, says UK govt

The Office for National Statistics had said there was some evidence that the steep increases in new Covid-19 cases, seen in recent weeks in England, was slowing down

No breakthrough in Brexit talks but optimistic of sealing deal: Merkel

Johnson will speak to the head of the EU's executive, Ursula von der Leyen, on Saturday to agree next steps after the bloc launched a legal case against Britain

Donald Trump has mild symptoms after testing Covid positive: White House

Trump is expected to be on the job, House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on Friday

Wall Street slides after Donald Trump tests positive for Covid-19

All 11 major S&P sectors were down, with energy sliding 1.5% on the back of a more than 3% drop in oil prices

With the Feds circling, Google is starting to play nice with smaller rivals

John Nardone, chief executive of Flashtalking - which works with advertisers to personalize messages - said Google recently agreed to open a pipeline to crucial data

AstraZeneca's Japanese Covid-19 vaccine trial back up, US still paused

Clinical trials of AstraZeneca and Oxford University's experimental Covid-19 vaccine have resumed in Japan, almost a month after being put on hold, while discussions with US authorities continue

India Sept trade deficit in goods at $2.9 bn, merchandise imports dip 19.6%

Total merchandise imports fell by 40.06% to $148.69 billion during April-August while exports were down 21.43% from the year-ago period to $125.06 billion, the data showed

Slower US job gains anticipated; permanent unemployment in focus

Republican President Donald Trump is likely to see the fifth straight month of job gains as a sign of progress for an economy that plunged into recession in February

Oil prices fall further as Donald Trump tests positive for coronavirus

Brent crude slipped on the news and was down 78 cents, or 1.9%, at $40.53 a barrel at 0516 GMT. U.S. oil was 79 cents, or 2%, lower at $37.93

Google drops Australia from News Showcase launch amid regulator rancour

Alphabet Inc unit dropped Australia from the product's launch this week because its antitrust body has since pushed for laws forcing Google to pay royalties for content industry-wide

US stock futures extend losses after Trump says going into quarantine

Futures for the S&P 500 fell 0.39% in Asian trading after the news, extending earlier losses, while Treasury yields remained broadly unchanged

Tokyo Stock Exchange resumes after outage debacle, market steady

The glitch was the result of a hardware problem at the bourse's "Arrowhead" trading system, and a subsequent failure to switch to a back-up

Gold dips as dollar ticks up; set for best week in nearly two months

Spot gold was down 0.7% at $1,892.06 per ounce by 0306 GMT, after rising 1% to a 1-1/2-week high of $1,911.66 in the previous session

Malaysia risks investment trouble as political instability drags on

Fitch Solutions said the upheaval since March was risky for Malaysia's long-term growth at a time when its neighbours compete for investments from firms diversifying manufacturing away from China