Geopolitical tensions are spooking stock futures (ES=F, NQ=F, YM=F) Tuesday morning after President Biden authorized a Ukrainian airstrike on Russia. Walmart (WMT) raised its full-year outlook after topping its third quarter earnings estimates, which saw same-store sales grow by 5.5%. Also reporting earnings, home improvement retailer Lowe’s (LOW) may have beat estimates, but the stock…
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping told US President Joe Biden that he’s ready to work with Donald Trump to improve the relationship between the world’s biggest economies. Speaking in their final meeting before Trump takes office, Xi told Biden that the US and China shouldn’t pursue decoupling and instead strive for peaceful existence over the long…
Is the dragon slain? Or just wounded? Inflation has been the scourge of the economy for the last three years. It spiked from a benign 1.4% when President Biden took office in 2021 to a searing 9% some 18 months later. The Federal Reserve took aim with speedy interest rate hikes, and it seemed to…
Nov. 15, 2024 3 AM PT To the editor: I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Losing to President-elect Donald Trump stings for both her and the president, but it did not cause either of them to shed their dignity, decency and patriotism. (“Emboldened Trump returns…
A former staffer of US vice-president Kamala Harris requested President Joe Biden to resign and make his deputy the head of state during the transitional phase to next administration under Donald Trump. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a concession speech after the 2024 presidential election on the campus of Howard University in Washington. (File image)(AP)…
(Gray News) – President Joe Biden is expected to cast his vote in the presidential election Monday morning, according to the White House. Biden will be voting early at the Shipyard Shops Polling Station in Wilmington, Delaware. Many Americans can also vote early before Election Day on November 5 this year. Copyright 2024 Gray Local…
PITTSBURGH – President Joe Biden spoke to members of the Laborers’ International Union of North America on Oct. 26 during a visit to Downtown Pittsburgh, one of the latest in many high-profile visits for Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign. He celebrated the audience of union members, adding that his father used to preach about the…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – An Alaskan received national recognition for her life’s work – in Washington D.C. on Monday. Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) President Rosita Worl, Ph. D., was one of only 10 recipients of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Medal, bestowed upon her by President Joe Biden. According to NEH, the medal…
WASHINGTON — Millions of people with private health insurance would be able to pick up over-the-counter methods like condoms, the “morning after” pill and birth control pills for free under a new rule the White House proposed on Monday. Right now, health insurers must cover the cost of prescribed contraception, including prescription birth control or…