President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are taking the stage in Atlanta tonight for the first 2024 presidential debate. The first debate in U.S. history between a sitting president and former president is expected to be a defining moment for Biden, 81, and Trump, 78, both of whom have drawn criticism over their […]
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Tonight’s start time, channels, rules as candidates face off with no audience and muted mics
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are taking the stage in Atlanta tonight for the first 2024 presidential debate. The first debate in U.S. history between a sitting president and former president is expected to be a defining moment for Biden, 81, and Trump, 78, both of whom have drawn criticism over their […]
Asian Futures Muted as Nvidia Fuels Tech Concerns: Markets Wrap
(Bloomberg) — Shares in Asia edged higher to defy a mixed day on Wall Street as speculation gained that the tech sector rally may be running out of steam. Most Read from Bloomberg Equities in South Korea, Australia and Japan advanced. Stock futures in Hong Kong pointed up as the Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index, […]
Muted Eid celebrations for millions of Nigerian Muslims
“I have slaughtered a ram every year starting from 1976 but this year I can’t, I just can’t.” Like many other Muslims in Nigeria, 78-year-old Mallam Kabiru Tudun Wada is not celebrating Eid al-Adha as he normally would because of the cost-of-living crisis. Muslims around the world traditionally slaughter a ram or another animal on […]
Trump, Biden and CNN Prepare for a Hostile Debate (With Muted Mics)
There will be no opening statements. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will each have two minutes to answer questions — followed by one-minute rebuttals and responses to the rebuttals. Red lights visible to the candidates will flash when they have five seconds left, and turn solid red when time has expired. And […]
Life inmate muted via Zoom during resentencing for disrupting judge
Christopher Charles Lightsey cupped his hands around his mouth and screamed into the camera while he was muted on Zoom during his court hearing Friday in Kern County Superior Court where he petitioned to be resentenced as he currently serves life in prison for a 1993 murder. Before he was muted by Judge John Lua […]
President Biden’s muted response to the Trump conviction
The News On Thursday, Donald Trump became the first former US president to be convicted of a felony crime, with a New York jury finding him guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records. The response from all corners was swift, and loud — but not from Trump’s main opponent in the presidential race, […]
Biden has maintained muted approach toward Trump trial, as jurors deliberate
As New York City jurors deliberate over whether to convict former President Donald Trump on charges that he falsified business records to hide a payment to an adult film star from the American public before the 2016 election, it’s still not clear how President Joe Biden would address a potential guilty verdict. Such a verdict […]
Futures muted as Nvidia results, Fed minutes to test Wall St’s record run
(Reuters) – U.S. index futures were subdued on Wednesday as investors zeroed in on the week’s biggest events, AI chip leader Nvidia’s quarterly results and the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting minutes due later in the day. All eyes will be on whether semiconductor bellwether Nvidia’s first-quarter results, due after market close, can meet the market’s […]
Meme rally roars as stocks stay muted in inflation countdown
Wholesale prices rose more than expected in April, according to new data released Tuesday. However, when analyzing revisions to March’s Producer Price Index, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell argued the release was “mixed.” “We had a producer price index reading just a couple of hours ago, and I would say it’s actually quite mixed,” Powell […]
Roblox cuts annual bookings forecast on muted player spending
By Zaheer Kachwala (Reuters) – Roblox cut its annual bookings forecast on Thursday, in a sign that people were dialing back on spending within its video-gaming platform amid an uncertain economic outlook and elevated levels of inflation. The company’s shares fell over 25% in premarket trading. The lowered forecast marks the latest downbeat report from […]
Roblox cuts annual bookings forecast on muted player spending
By Zaheer Kachwala May 9 (Reuters) – Roblox cut its annual bookings forecast on Thursday, in a sign that people were dialing back on spending within its video-gaming platform amid an uncertain economic outlook and elevated levels of inflation. The lowered forecast marks the latest downbeat report from the gaming industry, which has laid off […]