Month: November 2024
Workplace flexibility is helping Americans take longer trips this holiday season, report finds
Baona | E+ | Getty Images Americans are determined to travel this holiday season — and certain workarounds are helping them take those trips. The ability to work remotely is a major leg up when planning out itineraries. About 49% of employed travelers are “laptop luggers” — those who plan to work at some point […]
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Restaurant executives can’t wait for 2025 after slow traffic and wave of bankruptcies
A McDonald’s restaurant in El Sobrante, California, on Oct. 23, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images After a tough year for the restaurant industry, executives can’t wait for 2025 to start. “I don’t know about you guys, but I’m ready for ’24 to be behind us, and I think ’25 is going […]
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Top Wall Street analysts are upbeat on these stocks for the long haul
The postelection rally has hit some turbulence in recent days, giving investors a bumpy ride in the near term. However, these choppy markets can harbor plenty of opportunities — for those who know where to look. Investors shouldn’t focus too much on short-term volatility as they position their portfolios. Recommendations from Wall Street can help […]
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Evercore ISI gives its top tech picks for 2025
Evercore ISI already named its favorite technology stocks to own heading into 2025. As a group, information technology is up nearly 32% year to date, one of the top-performing sectors in the S & P 500. Large cap tech stocks in particular have been at the forefront of the equity rally since late 2022, when […]
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Wall Street is gearing up for an M&A boom under Trump. These companies could be attractive targets
Wall Street is cheering a potential revival of mergers and acquisitions when the new Trump administration takes office, and bankers and investors alike are already trying to find out what deals could be coming first. The combination of rate hikes from the Federal Reserve and an aggressive antitrust approach, embodied by Federal Trade Commission Chair […]
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Senegal votes for lawmakers in test for new president
A voter casts his ballot at a voting station in the fishing village of Ndayane on Nov. 17, 2024, during Senegal’s parliamentary elections. John Wessels | Afp | Getty Images Senegal headed to the polls on Sunday to vote in legislative elections that the president hopes will give his party a clear majority and the […]
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Russia targets Ukraine’s power grid in ‘massive’ missile strike, officials say
Anton Petrus | Moment | Getty Images Blasts rang out across Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and other cities early on Sunday, as Russia staged its biggest missile attack since August and targeted power facilities with the winter setting in, officials said. Ukrainians have been bracing for a major attack on the hobbled power system for weeks, […]
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Biden, Xi agree that humans, not AI, should control nuclear arms
US President Joe Biden (L) speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, Peru, November 16, 2024. Leah Millis | Afp | Getty Images U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on Saturday that human beings and not artificial intelligence should make […]
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During meeting with Biden, China’s Xi cautions the U.S. to ‘make the wise choice’ to keep relations stable
China’s leader Xi Jinping met for the last time with U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday but was already looking ahead to President-elect Donald Trump and his “America first” policies, saying Beijing “is ready to work with a new U.S. administration.” During their talks on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Xi […]
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