Day: November 3, 2024
Stock futures dip as Wall Street readies for U.S. presidential election: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the NYSE. NYSE Stock futures dipped in overnight trading Sunday as investors geared up for the highly-anticipated U.S. presidential election. Futures connected to the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.3%, or 130 points, while S&P 500 futures declined 0.25%. Nasdsq-100 futures dropped 0.3%. Stocks are coming off a strong […]
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China gears up for a big week as markets await U.S. elections and stimulus details
Key Points Investors expect details on China’s fiscal stimulus plans be come out Friday, after Beijing considers the U.S. presidential election earlier in the week. “The size of China’s fiscal stimulus package would be around 10~20% bigger under a Trump win than under the scenario of a Harris win,” Ting Lu, chief China economist at […]
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Interest in ‘Travel Tuesday’ soars, with more consumers saying they prefer travel to shopping
First there was Black Friday — then Cyber Monday. Now deal-thirsty consumers have a reason to shop online one day longer. “Travel Tuesday” — the first Tuesday after the American Thanksgiving holiday — targets those looking for discounts on trips, rather than flat-screen TVs. Search interest for “Travel Tuesday” rose more than 500% from […]
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Trump says RFK Jr. plan to remove fluoride from public water ‘sounds okay to me’
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump attend a campaign event sponsored by conservative group Turning Point USA, in Duluth, Georgia, U.S., October 23, 2024. Carlos Barria | Reuters Former president Donald Trump said Sunday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s proposal to remove fluoride from the U.S. water […]
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Trump’s closing campaign message is hampered by distractions, disconnect
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends his campaign rally at Macomb Community College in Warren, Michigan, U.S., November 1, 2024. Brian Snyder | Reuters Former President Donald Trump’s final week in the race against Vice President Kamala Harris has been hampered by a series of controversial remarks and unforced errors that […]
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Why flights to Europe are the cheapest they’ve been in years
A tourist takes a photo as the Acropolis’ Propylaea are seen in the background, in Athens, Greece, on June 28, 2024. Elias Marcou | Reuters Flights between the U.S. and Europe have not been this cheap in three years, when many countries were just lifting Covid-19 era rules. Fares are low even for the traditionally […]
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Nearly $1 billion has been spent on political ads over the last week
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, greets supporters during a campaign rally at The Expo at World Market Center Las Vegas on September 13, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images With Election Day around the corner, there’s been just shy of $1 billion spent on […]
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Taiwan reports rise in Chinese military activity as U.S. election nears
Taiwanese Coast Guard personnel work on a vessel off the coast of Nangan Township, in the Matsu Islands on Oct. 15, 2024, a day after China conducted the “Joint Sword-2024B” military drills around Taiwan. Daniel Ceng | AFP | Getty Images Taiwan’s defense ministry said on Sunday it had spotted 35 Chinese military aircraft, including […]
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Japan plans automated cargo transport system to relieve shortage of drivers and cut emissions
Delivery men unload a truck at night in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Stanislav Kogiku | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Japan is planning to build an automated cargo transport corridor between Tokyo and Osaka, dubbed a “conveyor belt road” by the government, to make up for a shortage of truck drivers. The amount of funding […]
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