Rosalyn LaPier still shudders when she thinks of the abandoned, windowless Victorian manor that sat next to a tiny chapel on the Montana reservation where she grew up. Some weekends, as a child, LaPier would pass by the gloomy estate on her way to a local cemetery to pay respects to deceased relatives. Along the…
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Let’s start with Trump: Since his first presidential campaign, the Republican candidate has enjoyed a certain level of admiration from Moscow. More precisely, Russian President Vladimir Putin admires Trump’s admiration of, well, Putin. “Putin is a short, vain man,” says Nina Khrushcheva, a professor at The New School in New York and the great-granddaughter of…
People shop in an Abercrombie & Fitch store in midtown Manhattan on October 24, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump‘s universal tariff proposals could cause prices to skyrocket on clothing, toys, furniture, household appliances, footwear and travel goods, according to a new report from the National Retail…
The presidential race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris comes as geopolitical tensions escalate on multiple fronts. In the 16th report of an in-depth series, Holly Chik looks at how the next stage in the tech rivalry with China might play out. The growing support across the political divide in Washington for curbs on China’s…
Vice President Kamala Harris will win the 2024 presidential election, at least according to one longstanding indicator based on market performance. Known as the “Presidential Predictor,” this stock-market-based method has successfully forecast the outcome of 21 of the past 24 elections. In 2020, it signaled a win for Joe Biden. According to current trends, the…
Iowa poll shows Harris ahead of Trump, weighs on yields US 10-year yields on track for largest fall since early Sept. 4 US two-year yields show biggest decline in three weeks US 2/10 yield curve bull flattens US Treasury three-year notes auction show weak results By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, – U.S. Treasury yields slid…
Media tycoon Barry Diller, a friend to The Washington Post’s billionaire owner Jeff Bezos, called the newspaper’s decision not to endorse a presidential candidate a poorly timed “mistake.” “They made a blunder — it should’ve happened months before, and it didn’t, and that’s the issue with it,” Diller told CNBC’s Squawk Box on Monday. The…
Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election is the biggest catalyst this week for equities and will set the tone for stocks over the near-term, according to Bank of America. But don’t expect a big move, equity and quant strategist Ohsung Kwon said. He doesn’t expect the S & P 500 to make a move of 2% or…
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s Political Action Committee (PAC) has told a Philadelphia court on Monday that “winners” of his $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes in swing states are not chosen by chance but are instead chosen to be paid “spokespeople” for the group. The recipients on Monday and Tuesday will come from Arizona and…