NewsWatch: Coronavirus update: U.S. sets sixth new case record in eight days and more than 65,000 COVID-19 patients are in hospitals for first time

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Just one week after the U.S. surpassed 100,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day for the first time, it has set a one-day record of almost 143,000, while hospitalizations rose above 65,000 for the first time since the start of the outbreak. See full story.

Will Trump quit? A chess master, pro poker player, boxing coach and Monopoly champ on the art of throwing in the towel

Making sense of the president from Queens’ gambit See full story.

Biden may tone down war of words with China, but Trump tariffs not going away soon

The end of a major trade war President Donald Trump launched against China is not coming to an end soon, even if his time in the White House is. See full story.

Americans need another stimulus bill now to get through 9 more months of the coronavirus pandemic

U.S. workforce and economy face challenges until the summer of 2021 at the earliest. See full story.

Short sellers lost $5.5 billion so far in November. Here are the trades that hurt the most

It has so far been a bruising November for those investors betting against cyclically oriented sectors that have been hobbled due to the spread of a coronavirus and social-distancing measures. See full story.

MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE

Only months after finally selling an Atlanta mansion that had been on the market for nearly a decade, the former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward sold yet another home in Georgia. See full story.