Some of Monday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
California jobless rate falls with help of temporary jobs, by Adam Beam
USDA plans additional $14B for farmers reeling from virus, by David Pitt
CNN
Judge temporarily blocks US WeChat ban, by Brian Fung
People are ditching in-person financial services for apps, by Clare Duffy
The Wall Street Journal
Nikola Executive Chairman Steps Down as Electric-Truck Startup Faces Probe, by Peter Stiff
CEOs Start to Place Big Bets as Pandemic Grinds On, by Theo Francis, Jennifer Maloney
CNBC
Scavenger hunts, treats dangling from a tree and Covid-19 maps: Candy makers get creative to save Halloween, by Amelia Lucas, Melissa Repko
Trump says U.S. will manufacture enough coronavirus vaccine doses for every American by April, by Berkeley Lovelace Jr., Noah Higgins-Dunn
Reuters
Exclusive: Shell launches major cost-cutting drive to prepare for energy transition, by Ron Bousso
U.S. judge halts Trump administration’s order to remove WeChat from app stores, by David Shepardson
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