The excitement surrounding artificial intelligence has yet to run its course on Wall Street. Three analysts recently upgraded their forecasts for the S&P 500 (^GSPC) amid early signs that investments in generative AI are driving earnings growth at large-cap tech companies. On Sunday, Evercore ISI’s Julian Emanuel boosted his year-end price target for the S&P […]
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Amid signs of waning enthusiasm, Biden reaches out to Black voters
At the lowest point of his 2020 fight for the Democratic nomination, President Joe Biden’s campaign put its faith in Black voters to provide the spark that turned things around. As he heads into the summer facing an uphill climb to be reelected, the president’s campaign is working overtime to make sure what was once […]
Biden shores up Silicon Valley support despite lack of enthusiasm
SAN FRANCISCO — President Joe Biden is shoring up his support among tech industry Democrats, some of whom are setting aside their reluctance about a second term to focus instead on preventing a second term for former President Donald Trump. Biden swung through the wealthy enclaves of Northern California on Friday to raise money for […]
Palantir Beats Sales Estimates, Raises Outlook on AI Enthusiasm
(Bloomberg) — Palantir Technologies Inc. beat analysts’ sales estimates in the first quarter and raised its forecast for annual revenue, citing demand from US companies for its new artificial intelligence software. Most Read from Bloomberg The company reported sales of $634.3 million for the three months ended March 31, up 21% from a year earlier. […]
Trump slurs words and struggles to gain crowd enthusiasm in Midwest rallies
Donald Trump took to Michigan and Wisconsin on his day off from court, Wednesday, to rally his supporters and whine about his legal woes. His incoherent speech, along with inflammatory claims on abortion and pro-Palestinian student demonstration, took the spotlight. Slurring his words at a Waukesha, Wisconsin rally, Trump referred to Biden’s “fake infrastrucker, ershure […]
Florida Democrats hope abortion, marijuana questions will draw young voters despite low enthusiasm
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jordan Vassallo is lukewarm about casting her first presidential ballot for President Joe Biden in November. But when the 18-year-old senior at Jupiter High School in Florida thinks about the things she cares about, she says her vote for the Democratic incumbent is an “obvious choice.” Vassallo will be […]
Enthusiasm wanes among Black voters who powered Biden’s 2020 Georgia win
By Kat Stafford and Jayla Whitfield-Anderson ATLANTA (Reuters) – Much has changed since Wanda Mosley helped galvanize thousands of Black voters across the battleground state of Georgia to help clinch the 2020 general election for U.S. President Joe Biden. Excited to head to the polls then, some Black voters now feel disillusioned by a surge […]
Jeffries downplays ‘lack of enthusiasm’ for Biden among Black voters
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said he was not concerned about polling numbers showing President Biden performing worse among Black voters than in 2020. In a CBS News poll this week, Biden led Trump among Black voters 76-23, while he carried about 90 percent of the group four years earlier. “The polling has been […]
Meet Dobby, a 1-year-old, 56-pound bundle of enthusiasm and love
Preview all of the adoptable pets at www.spcaflorida.org. To meet or adopt a pet located at SPCA Florida, stop by the Adoption Center Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. or Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Prior to adoption all pets are spayed or neutered, microchipped, up to date on vaccines and […]
Voters of color could be key on Super Tuesday. But will ‘enthusiasm gap’ keep them home?
WASHINGTON, D.C. − Organizers are banking on hundreds of low-income workers and others showing up with bullhorns and signs in key battleground states Saturday to urge their peers to vote. At least a dozen states will hold presidential primaries for Super Tuesday, and the Poor People’s Campaign wants to ensure voices like theirs are heard […]
Larry David leads stars remembering Curb Your Enthusiasm comedian Richard Lewis
Larry David was among those remembering Curb Your Enthusiasm star Richard Lewis for being the “rare combination” of funny and sweet, following his death aged 76. The US comedian and actor, who announced he had been living with Parkinson’s disease last year, died “peacefully” at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening after suffering […]
84% say 2024 primary important but lack enthusiasm, according to poll
A whopping 84% of likely voters in Californian say that voting in 2024 is “very important,” but most aren’t particularly excited to cast their ballot. That’s according to a new statewide survey released Thursday by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California, raising questions over how a general lack of enthusiasm could impact voter turnout […]