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The Federal Reserve and other central banks are heading for a collision with shadow lenders: the firms with a sinister nickname that are increasingly dominating global finance. Even as policymakers struggle to reopen economies amid the pandemic, they’ve launched a review of what went wrong with markets in March, when a worldwide scramble for cash almost crashed the global financial system. The potential culprits? Hedge funds, money market funds and mortgage originators. “We need a new Dodd-Frank,” said former Fed Chair Janet Yellen. —David E. Rovella

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United Parcel Service is building two giant freezer farms capable of super-cooling millions of vials of Covid-19 vaccine, preparing for the day when it will need to deliver the medicine at high speed across the globe. Here is the latest news on the pandemic, as the death toll approaches 700,000.

President Donald Trump has no intention of “peacefully” transferring power if he loses the November election, according to House Majority Whip James Clyburn.

The dollar is flashing a warning sign. After hitting an all-time high in March, a gauge of the greenback lost 10% of its value, with declines accelerating in recent weeks as coronavirus infections spread sseemingly unchecked across America.

Data this week could confirm how Sweden’s contentious decision to avoid a full lockdown at the start of the pandemic has spared its economy from the worst of the fallout.

Whether you find him admirable or obnoxious, Elon Musk is having a fantastic year.

Google is buying a $450 million stake in home security firm ADT, forming a partnership that could get the tech giant’s smart-home products in front of millions of new customers.

The operator of America’s ubiquitous 7-Eleven convenience stores is betting $21 billion on the future of quick-stop shopping, buying Marathon Petroleum’s gas-station business and adding 3,900 Speedway outlets.

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Pandemic Hasn’t Dented Classic Car Price Tags

In an automotive universe completely reconfigured after pandemic shutdowns stalled production lines and hit new-car sales with massive declines, here’s one area the coronavirus hasn’t hurt: the values of, and market demand for, classic and collectable sales. Have a hankering for a Ferrari 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB Longnose? It will set you back $3 million.

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