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Australians have been issued an alarming travel warning just days out from the 2020 US election. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade updated its travel warning on Friday for the US, which was already subject to a travel ban due to coronavirus. Anyone who might have been plotting an attempt to get into the country ahead of the election has been strongly advised against doing so “due to the ongoing potential for violence”. “Widespread protests and demonstrations have occurred… Source link

The Daily Beast QAnon’s Fave Website Lost Its Host—but Found a New Russian One QAnon—an unhinged conspiracy theory falsely accusing President Donald Trump’s foes of Satanic pedophilia and cannibalism—has become so enmeshed in the GOP that at least one Q-loving Republican is expected to win a congressional seat this year.But in more level-headed industries, the theory is so toxic that few U.S. companies want anything to do with it. That includes an Oregon-based web services company… Source link

Stock market news live updates: Stock futures little changed with earnings, stimulus talks ahead S&P Futures 3,211.25 +7.25 (+0.23%)   Dow Futures 26,402.00 +80.00 (+0.30%)   Nasdaq Futures 10,489.75 +30.75 (+0.29%)   Russell 2000 Futures 1,466.00 +3.60 (+0.25%)   Crude Oil 41.24 -0.05 (-0.12%)   Gold 1,912.80 +15.30 (+0.81%)   Silver 23.33 +0.48 (+2.08%)   EUR/USD 1.1671 +0.0019 (+0.16%)   10-Yr Bond 0.5890 +0.0070 (+1.20%)   GBP/USD 1.2807 +0.0006 (+0.05%)   USD/JPY 106.0150 -0.1070 (-0.10%)   BTC-USD 9,929.45 +22.23

Wall Street expects a year-over-year decline in earnings on lower revenues when Imperial Oil (IMO) reports results for the quarter ended June 2020. While this widely-known consensus outlook is important in gauging the company’s earnings picture, a powerful factor that could impact its near-term stock price is how the actual results compare to these estimates. The stock might move higher if these key numbers top expectations in the upcoming earnings report, which is expected to be released on… Source link

Google prefers ranking content from YouTube over other video sources, according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal. When Facebook and other competitors host a video that also appears on YouTube, Google will allegedly push the YouTube result ahead of others in search results. The Wall Street Journal claims tests show YouTube ends up first in the Google Search video carousel more often than not. Further, YouTube results frequently take up most of the slots in Google’s video… Source link

Stock futures opened slightly higher Monday evening as investors looked ahead of a slew of earnings results from big banks Tuesday and later this week. Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq erased earlier gains to close lower during Monday’s regular session. But each had advanced strongly earlier in the day, driven in part by hopes of a Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech. The Dow closed higher, with a 4% rise in shares of Pfizer buoying the index. More roll-backs of reopening plans put a damper… Source link