Beijing in recent weeks heeded calls to step up support for the economy after years of inaction, announcing a raft of measures including rate cuts and the easing of some home purchasing restrictions STR Text size UPDATES with meetings begun China’s top lawmakers gathered Monday to hash out a major stimulus package that analysts say…
Both candidates running for the U.S. Senate in Ohio made stops in the Miami Valley this weekend. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] You will hear how people feel about this tight Senate race tonight on News Center 7 at 11:00. TRENDING STORIES: Both incumbent Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown and Republican…
Following FCC complaints about Kamala Harris‘ last-minute Saturday Night Live appearance, NBC has given Donald Trump 90 seconds of free ad time. On Sunday, the network reportedly aired a clip of Trump addressing voters during its coverage of the NASCAR playoff race, after Harris’ SNL cold open cameo was accused of violating the FCC’s Equal…
Despite defeat on Saturday, City are only one point short of the 24 they had at this stage last season, before going on to win a fourth successive title with 91 points. City became the first team in English top-flight history to reach 100 points in 2017-18 – dropping just 14 points – and they…
Investing.com– Most Asian stocks rose on Monday with investors looking to more cues on fiscal stimulus from a meeting of China’s top policymakers this week, although risk aversion before the U.S. elections kept gains limited. Regional trading volumes were also low on account of a market holiday in Japan. fell 0.2%. Asian markets took some…
Chinese lawmakers are gathering in the shadow of the US election to sign off on a fiscal package that’s set to run into the trillions of yuan yet is unlikely to put the market fully at ease. The stakes have grown for this week’s conclave of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, the…
Hong Kong’s diverging housing rents and home prices are turning more renters into buyers, especially new arrivals under the city’s various talent schemes, offering a potential salve to the real estate slump. At the same time, attractive rental returns, lower interest rates and the end of duties aimed at non-residents are drawing more buyers from…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia has cancelled a multi-billion dollar military satellite project with Lockheed Martin, with a Department of Defence statement on Monday saying the military will instead shift its focus to a multi-orbit system. Lockheed Martin Australia was announced as the preferred tenderer last year for the Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite communications system,…
Donald Trump’s final Georgia rally filled the Atrium Health amphitheater in the city of Macon on Sunday, with early voting tallies showing that supporters from the state’s middle could prove to be decisive in the waning days of the election. Trump was an hour and a half late to the event and wore a black-and-gold…
Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) reported promising early results for its experimental obesity pill, with increased weight loss at higher doses. Viking stock was indicated sharply higher overnight, set to break out of a base. Patients taking 100-miligram doses of Viking’s VK2735 lost 8.2% of their body weight after 28 days, or 6.8% more than those taking…