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Traders work on the floor of the NYSE. NYSE Stock futures dipped in overnight trading Sunday as investors geared up for the highly-anticipated U.S. presidential election. Futures connected to the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.2%, or 90 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdsq-100 futures edged lower. Stocks are coming off a strong start to…
Investors expect details on China’s fiscal stimulus plans be come out Friday, after Beijing considers the U.S. presidential election earlier in the week. “The size of China’s fiscal stimulus package would be around 10~20% bigger under a Trump win than under the scenario of a Harris win,” Ting Lu, chief China economist at Nomura, said…
Severe storms and tornadoes battered Oklahoma early on Sunday, ripping roofs off buildings in the middle of the night and leaving tens of thousands of homes and businesses without power. Among numerous injuries, 11 people required hospital treatment, authorities said. Much of the damage was reported in and around the state capital of Oklahoma City,…
Chris Hemsworth has shared a personal health update with his fans months after a sad diagnosis was issued. The actor seems to have begun regenerative stem cell therapy, posing for photos with a global leader in regenerative medicine and stem cell therapy, Dr. Adeel Khan. Chris Hemsworth earlier revealed that his career could be “killing”…
Google’s second stab at a foldable hits the mark, with more elegant hardware and a software experience – underpinned by exclusive AI features – you won’t find anywhere else. For Thinner than the Open (both open and closed) Larger 8-inch main display Exclusive AI feature set Against Heavier than the Open Generative AI features need…
The top stories and transfer rumours from Monday’s newspapers… THE SUN Viktor Gyokeres does not want to follow Ruben Amorim to Manchester United, according to reports. Image: Gyokeres’ trademark goal celebration Leicester will monitor Jack Clarke’s struggles at Ipswich but they face a fight to do a deal for him this season. Lewis O’Brien looks…
President Joe Biden aimed pointed comments at former President Donald Trump and his supporters over the weekend ahead of Election Day. While making a final campaign stop in Pennsylvania on Saturday for Vice President Kamala Harris, Biden called Harris’ rival someone “you’d like to smack in the ass” while slamming Trump’s policy goals during the…
Susan Thornton is a retired senior American diplomat who for decades was at the US State Department where she worked on United States policy in Eurasia before becoming acting assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs during the Trump presidency. She is the director of the Forum on Asia-Pacific Security at the…
Traces of a rare butterfly species have been found in Hong Kong for the first time in over a decade, with experts expecting more of the insects to appear. The Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve said on Sunday that one of its surveyors had found eggs of Libythea myrrha, also known as the club beak, at…