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JPMorgan said that Covid-19 could spark a greater uptick in ESG investing.

The Democrats' bill serves as an opening offer in negotiations with Republicans on another coronavirus relief plan as the benefit is set to expire.

According to Zumper, the median rental price for a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco fell 11.8% year over year, from $3,720 to $3,280, beating May's 9% drop

Hong Kong's status as a world financial hub looks to be under threat. Beijing has expedited a new national security law, which some experts warn has the potential to erode the very structure that grants the region major privileges on the international stage.

Private payrolls grew by 2.369 million for the month, a bit lower than the 2.5 million expectation from economists surveyed by Dow Jones, according to a report Wednesday from ADP and Moody's Analytics.

The stocks making the biggest moves in premarket trading include Macy's, United, FedEx, Boeing, Facebook, and more.

Macy's on Wednesday reported a first-quarter loss, in line with the retailer's previously announced estimates, as its business took a hit from the coronavirus pandemic.

The EU unveiled a list of countries whose residents can start traveling into Europe in July. The U.S. is not one of them — and for good reason.

Netflix on Tuesday appointed Bozoma Saint John as the streaming giant's chief marketing officer, starting in August, adding a high-profile Black executive to senior management.

Trump gets poor marks for his handling of the coronavirus in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

The national security law came into force late Tuesday, hours before Hong Kong marked the city's handover from the U.K. to China.

United is increasing its flights in August with an eye on leisure destinations but its schedule will be just 40% from a year ago.

Economists expect to see a bounceback in the second half of 2020, but the resurging virus threatens the strength of the rebound.

The surge in mortgage demand from homebuyers over the past two months appears to be waning, even as mortgage rates continue to drop.

The IEA's Fatih Birol has reportedly said he believes 2020 may well come to be seen as the worst year in the history of global oil markets.

Alphabet's Google said late on Tuesday it was delaying the reopening of its U.S. offices by around two months because of a surge in the number of coronavirus cases in some states.

Advertisements for more than 400 brands including Coca-Cola and Starbucks are due to vanish from Facebook on Wednesday, after the failure of last-ditch talks to stop a boycott over hate speech on the site.

The virus, which scientists are calling "G4 EA H1N1," has not yet been shown to infect humans but it is exhibiting "reassortment capabilities," Dr. Anthony Fauci told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee during a hearing Tuesday.

Republicans are trying to hold off Democratic Senate challengers across the country as they look to keep their majority in the chamber.

"We are now having 40 plus thousand new cases a day. I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day if this does not turn around, and so I am very concerned," Fauci said.