Warning signs of Joe Biden’s decline were hiding in plain sight well before last month’s calamitous US presidential debate performance against Donald Trump. But Biden had the perfect cover: a long history of verbal slips and other blunders that made it hard to blame his age alone. “I am a gaffe machine,” he admitted in […]
(Bloomberg) — Labour Party leader Keir Starmer’s cautious electoral strategy seems to be paying off, with the opposition still leading Prime Minster Rishi Sunak’s governing Conservatives by more than 20 points just three days away from polling day, according to Bloomberg’s UK poll of polls. Most Read from Bloomberg Labour slipped a fraction from Friday […]
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By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The euro fell on Monday as the French President Emmanuel Macron called a shock election after being trounced in the European Union vote by the far-right, while the dollar was steady ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting later in the week. The euro fell to $1.0764, its lowest since […]
Worries about interest rates cast a cloud over the rally fueled by Nvidia earnings. The Dow was down 503 points, or 1.3%. The S&P 500 was down 0.4%. The Nasdaq Composite was up 0.1%. The Nasdaq was on track for a record close before pulling back. The last time it marked such a milestone on […]
US stocks opened mixed on Tuesday, as investors biding their time for Nvidia (NVDA) results looked to retail earnings and Fedspeak for clues to the economy. The benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC) slipped about 0.1% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) hovered near the flat line. Meanwhile, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) slipped about 0.4% […]
FILE – Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, right, and then Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, greet supporters at a rally in Mexico City’s main square, the Zocalo, July 1, 2019. Sheinbaum, Mexico’s ruling party presidential candidate, slipped up during a campaign speech Friday, May 10, 2024, and said López Obrador was motivated by “personal ambition,” but […]
BTC, ETH nurse losses after weak demand for Hong Kong ETFs. The six ETFs registered a first-day trading volume of just $11 million. Bitcoin {{BTC}} faced selling pressure during European hours after data showed poor uptake for Hong Kong’s newly listed exchange-traded funds tied to bitcoin and ether. The leading cryptocurrency by market value fell […]
(Bloomberg) — Voter support for South Africa’s ruling African National Congress slipped further before next month’s election, a new opinion poll showed, with the leftist Economic Freedom Fighters leaking votes to a new party backed by former President Jacob Zuma. Most Read from Bloomberg The ANC has the support of 40.2% of voters, pollster Ipsos […]
Donald Trump once again struggled to stay awake during testimony in his first criminal trial. As lawyers for “Drowsy Don” cross-examined former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker Friday morning, those present at the Manhattan courthouse documented Trump’s nap time. Just minutes into the day’s proceedings, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Harry Litman described the former […]
Nucor (NUE) missed first-quarter earnings estimates and guided lower for Q2. Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) also fell short, citing a “buyers strike from service centers,” but stuck by its full-year outlook. In after-hours trading, NUE stock fell sharply and CLF stock more moderately, after boosting its stock buyback. X Steel Dynamics (STLD) reports late Tuesday. Nucor cited […]
(Bloomberg) — ASML Holding NV’s new orders fell short of analysts’ expectations, hurt by the downturn in demand for its most advanced machines from the chip making industry. Most Read from Bloomberg Order bookings at Europe’s most valuable technology firm were €3.6 billion ($3.8 billion) in the first quarter, the company said, compared with an […]