Friday Evening Links

[Reuters] Tech slide, pandemic surge slam Wall Street, biggest weekly loss since March 

[Reuters] Wall Street 'fear gauge' logs largest weekly gain in about 4 months

[AP] State leaders facing 2nd wave resist steps to curb virus

[CNBC] Coronavirus live updates: U.S. tops 9 million cases as Trump, McConnell and Pelosi torn on relief timeline

[CNBC] Covid cases in the U.S. are ‘extremely high and quite unacceptable’ ahead of the winter, Fauci says

[NYT] Boarded-Up Windows and Increased Security: Retailers Brace for the Election

[FT] Europe imposes more shutdowns as Covid-19 cases rise

[FT] Covid infections exceed ‘worst-case scenario’, say UK scientists