In Europe, Covid-19 cases continue to surge as daily infection records are broken. In the U.S., Illinois, Ohio and North Dakota reported grim numbers as states from Florida to New Jersey saw jumps, too. In Chicago, a night-time curfew will be imposed for non-essential businesses starting Friday. And the seven-day average of American deaths hit its highest in a month. The hardest-hit nation is again nearing 1,000 coronavirus deaths every day. Here is the latest on the pandemic. —David E. Rovella

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Here are today’s top stories

Goldman Sachs admitted its role in the biggest foreign bribery case in U.S. enforcement history.

The biggest producer of U.S. natural gas is seeking to acquire a rival as the struggling shale patch attracts dealmakers.

U.S. stocks rose as financial firms rallied almost 2%. The 10-year Treasury yield jumped to 0.84%, its highest since June. Here is the markets wrap.

Huawei Technologies has been outhustling Trump, quietly racing to stockpile critical radio chips ahead of White House sanctions, ensuring it can keep supplying Chinese carriers in their $170 billion rollout of 5G technology.

The Trump administration said Iran is attempting to interfere with the presidential election by sending threatening emails to voters, but intelligence officials say Russia, which actively sought to tilt the 2016 election in Trump’s favor, has recently hacked state and local computer networks and is the far greater threat.

Airbus A320neo

Photographer: Balint Porneczi/Bloomberg

Airbus is optimistic. The planemaker is preparing to ramp up output next year of its most important jet, betting demand is poised to recover.

First it was the art, then the Manhattan mansions, now it’s his $106 million superyacht. The Ron Perelman clearance sale is on.

What you’ll need to know tomorrow

• The third and final U.S. presidential debate is tonight.
• Democrats boycott, but Barrett is likely headed to Supreme Court.
• Snapchat’s co-founders made billions of dollars in just a few hours.
• Second bailout package is still possible, as the two sides get closer.
• How Robinhood’s addictive app made trading a pandemic pastime.
• Paul Singer is moving Elliott Management to Florida. 
• Exxon is going to start firing employees.

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What you’ll want to read tonight in Businessweek

These Music Fans Build Stereos From Scratch

In the golden age of hi-fi in the 1950s and ’60s, building your own stereo equipment was almost as common as buying it. Entire magazines dedicated to the craft were full of black-and-white halftone depictions of Brylcreemed dads hunched over disemboweled sound systems from companies such as Heathkit and Dynaco, soldering irons in hand. Now, thanks to the pandemic, what was old is new again. 

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