Two months before the US presidential election, Donald Trump's chances, who at the beginning of the race seemed hopelessly behind Democrat Joe Bayden, was growing again. A month ago, bookmakers gave Biden an almost double advantage. Now, in their opinion, the chances of candidates are almost equal. The largest American bank JPMorgan today warned investors that they should take into account the possibility of Trump's victory.

Two months before the election in the US, Donald Trump's chances for winning began to grow Two months before the US presidential election, Donald Trump's chances, who at the beginning of the race seemed hopelessly behind Democrat Joe Bayden, was growing again. A month ago, bookmakers gave Biden an almost double advantage. Now, in their opinion, the chances of candidates are almost equal.

Pobeda Airlines wants to occupy about 30% of the Russian aviation market by 2028, RBC reports citing materials from the Aeroflot group. In 2019, the low-cost airline occupied 8% of the market with a capacity of 128 million passengers. In 2019, Pobeda carried 10.3 million passengers and became the fourth largest Russian airline. “Our strategic goal is 55-65 million Pobeda passengers in 2028. Market share is a derived calculated indicator,” said Aeroflot spokesman Mikhail Demin.

UN human rights experts are aware of 450 documented cases of torture and ill-treatment of people in Belarus, according to a press release from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

The euro rose to a record high against the dollar: since March 2020, the European currency has added 10% to the dollar and for the first time since May 2018 reached the point of $1.2. The dollar has been steadily weakening since the end of March, since the Fed began cutting rates and pouring money into the US economy to cushion the impact of the coronavirus crisis.

Tesla plans to sell shares worth up to $5 billion after a sharp increase in quotes due to the split, according to Bloomberg. This will be the largest capital raising in the history of Elon Musk's company. The automaker plans to sell shares "from time to time" as part of an agreement with underwriting banks, including Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and others.

Apple is set to unveil the first 5G-enabled iPhone, as well as the new iPad Air, two new versions of the Apple Watch, and the first earbuds designed outside of a partnership with Beats, at the next launch in October 2020. By the end of the year, the company plans to sell at least 75 million 5G iPhones. Also in development is a new HomePod smart home speaker, writes Bloomberg.

In a period of unbridled growth in quotes of IT companies, the favorite platform of small investors has problems. Popular among millennials, the Robinhood app has faced another flurry of criticism and even anger from customers, and the regulator has become interested in its failures. What happened In the first half of 2020, U.S. consumer protection agencies received almost four times as many complaints about Robinhood as they did about competitors.

Investors should include in the strategy the increased likelihood of Donald Trump being re-elected as President of the United States, quotes one of the leading analysts at JPMorgan. Bloomberg According to Marko Kolanovic, who predicted both the rally after Trump's victory in 2016 and the high rebound after the coronavirus low in March this year, the chances of Donald Trump and Joe Biden are now about equal. Biden's lead in the polls is within 10 p.p.

The head of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that his country will continue "close cooperation" with Russia. According to him, Russia and Belarus are not partners, as he said right before the elections, but real brothers. There is no cooling in relations between the countries anymore, Lukashenka told reporters. “In the Address before the elections, I said: today you call us partners. They did not become brothers, but partners. But in vain! This was heard in the Kremlin and everywhere.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko overtook Vladimir Putin in the ranking of the most mentioned people in August according to Interfax's Comprehensive News Analysis System (SCAN). In the Russian political and economic media, Lukashenka's name was mentioned 285,000 times in a month, while Putin's - only 259,000.

Facebook on Tuesday warned users that from October 1, it will be able to remove or block any content that carries legal or regulatory risks for the company. To do this, the content does not have to be illegal, notes Bloomberg. The immediate reason for the new rules was a pending law in Australia that would require social media companies to pay media companies for their articles.

The public organization Delovaya Rossiya suggested that the government change the law to protect the personal data of citizens: all transactions for purchases on foreign sites must go through Russian gateways. It is reported by "Kommersant". Business Russia believes that equating payment data with personal data will help protect Russians' bank cards. So, when making purchases at foreign online stores, the buyer indicates the full name, delivery address and card number.

The Arbitration Court of Bashkiria, at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office, seized the shares of the Bashkir Soda Company (BSC), and also prohibited the Register from making any changes to the register of BSC shareholders. As stated in the release of the court, the court considered the claim filed by the First Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia on the recovery of state property from the BSC.

In Russia, the number of people infected with coronavirus during the pandemic has exceeded one million. Over the past day, by September 1, another 4,729 cases of COVID-19 were detected in the country, the total number of cases thus reaching 1,000,048 people. The mark of 500 thousand was reached on June 11, 250 thousand - on May 14. Thus, the rate of doubling the number of cases has significantly decreased.