Yahoo Finance Reporter Josh Schafer joins Asking for a Trend to discuss his key takeaways from the trading day. The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) hit a record high in Monday’s session despite a higher move in the ten-year Treasury yield. Meanwhile, the GDP forecasts keep falling. The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow forecast is below 2% for the […]
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Maddow Blog | Monday’s Mini-Report, 7.1.24
Today’s edition of quick hits. * In Paris: “The political earthquake that France woke up to Monday was no less seismic because it may have been predictable. The far-right swept to victory in the first round of legislative elections after President Emmanuel Macron’s almighty gamble backfired. Now the centrist leader and the country’s left, reeling […]
Maddow Blog | Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 7.1.24
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country. * At least for now, President Joe Biden’s debate performance last week hasn’t hurt his campaign’s fundraising efforts. * Speaking of last week’s debate, the Biden campaign unveiled a new 60-second ad this morning, which featured footage from the event, followed by an excerpt from […]
Maddow Blog | Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.24.24
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country. * Tomorrow will be a busy day for election watchers, with closely watched primary races in Colorado, New York, and Utah. There will also be several primary runoff elections in South Carolina. * In the Republican U.S. Senate primary in Utah, Donald Trump unexpectedly threw […]
Monday’s Florida Lottery jackpot winners are worth $26,000 each. One was sold in Miami
Miami-Dade completed a Florida Lottery natural hat trick Monday, the third consecutive day a winning Fantasy 5 jackpot ticket was sold in the county. Monday’s winner was a Quick Pick ticket for the midday draw with numbers, 4, 8, 10, 13 and 21, sold at Miami’s Brown Food Supermarket, 712 NW Fifth Ave. The ticket, […]
New Jersey lottery player wins $1 million in Monday’s Powerball
New Jersey has another millionaire! After lottery players from the Garden State recently won the Powerball jackpot and a million bucks in the last Mega Millions, a ticket sold in the Garden State matched the five white balls in Monday’s Powerball drawing to win $1 million, according to the Powerball website. It was not immediately […]
Maddow Blog | Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.17.24
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country. * President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign announced a $50 million ad buy this morning, and as part of the investment, the Democratic incumbent is promoting this new spot, titled, “Character Matters.” The commercial goes after Donald Trump’s rap sheet and refers to the former president […]
Maddow Blog | Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.10.24
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country. * Donald Trump will make history today, becoming the first former American president to check in with a probation officer. * At a campaign rally in Nevada yesterday, where temperatures exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit, the former president told local followers, “Do you feel the breeze? […]
Some Berkshire Hathaway investors tried buying the dip during Monday’s glitch — but ended up with shares at full price instead
Some Berkshire Hathaway investors tried to buy steeply discounted Class A shares during Monday’s trading glitch. That didn’t work out too well. – Getty Images Many investors likely tried to buy what appeared to be a more than 99% dip in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class A shares during Monday’s New York Stock Exchange trading glitch. […]
Lubbock police chief reveals more details on Monday’s deadly officer-involved shooting
A suspect shot and killed by a Lubbock police officer Monday night attacked the officer and an apartment manager with a knife, prompting the use of deadly force, Police Chief Seth Herman said during a news conference Tuesday. Herman, who was sworn in as police chief Monday afternoon, said the officer, a seven-year veteran of […]
Monday’s summer-like warmth adds to 2024’s 80° tally—how many to-date?
Chicago’s 80-degree tally for 2024—how does this compare to normal and the greatest on record through May 13? It was another day of summer-like warmth on Monday before showers and thunderstorms mixed down cooler air Chicago almanac for Monday Monday highs—area temperature map Spread in highs across the area Forecast temperature anomaly next 7 days, […]
Maddow Blog | Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 5.13.24
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country. * In case Democratic panic weren’t already palpable, new surveys by The New York Times, Siena College, and The Philadelphia Inquirer found Donald Trump leading President Joe Biden in several key swing states — Pennsylvania, Arizona, Michigan, Georgia, and Nevada — by margins ranging 3 […]