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BY THE NUMBERS Stock futures signaled a higher open after Monday’s wild trading session that saw rallies in major indexes evaporate. Dow futures implied an initial gain of approximately 30 points, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures were also green. (CNBC) * Treasury withdraws when coronavirus increases vaccine optimism (CNBC) …

There are rumors circulating, because rumors are always circulating, that Apple is going to kill the Lightning port on the iPhone. Not to replace it with USB-C, no … just kill it to see all the cables die. Now, it probably won’t be with any of the iPhone 12 models …

JPMorgan Chase (JPM), the largest US bank by assets, kicked off the second-quarter earnings season for big banks Tuesday by delivering stronger-than-expected results during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. These were the key figures against expectations for the second quarter, according to analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. JPMorgan’s bottom line …

Doctors in France reported the first confirmed case of an unborn baby who contracted COVID-19 from his mother while still in the womb. The case was published in the journal Nature Communications on Tuesday. The authors said the baby’s brain had evidence of inflammation caused by the coronavirus. They also …

The head of the World Health Organization said “too many countries are heading in the wrong direction” in the fight against the coronavirus. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that people are receiving “mixed messages from leaders” and that, without basic steps being followed, the pandemic “is going to get worse …