Trian Fund Management has taken a stake in Comcast in a bet that the cable giant’s shares are undervalued. Comcast is one of the biggest companies ever targeted by an activist.

Some 52,000 new Covid-19 infections were reported in the U.S., the highest single-day increase since Aug. 14, as some guidelines and practices for stopping the disease’s spread have been called into question.

President Trump said he has five women under consideration to succeed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who will lie in repose beginning Wednesday at the Supreme Court.

U.S. stock futures signaled fresh losses for investors as they weigh the prospect of renewed restrictions due to rising coronavirus infections weighing on the economic recovery.

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