Economics

A blue sweep will create a 'stock pickers market' and end secular stagnation - A top US fund manager overseeing $34 billion says these are the 3 sectors to watch

Summary List Placement America might be at a critical turning point, according to Ronald Temple, the head of Lazard Asset Management's US equity division and the co-head of...
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Huawei CFO To Question Canadian Police in Extradition Case

32 minutes ago | Bloomberg

Canadian border and police officials involved in the 2018 arrest of Huawei Technologies Co. Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou will testify this week in her long-running...
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Exclusive: 600 U.S. Groups Linked to Chinese Communist Party Influence Effort with Ambition Beyond Election

34 minutes ago | Newsweek

Attempts by Beijing to sow unrest ahead of the U.S. election are just a small part of a concerted effort by China to expand its political and economic influence across America.
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Economists expect historic GDP numbers this week, but it's unlikely to help Trump

1 hour ago | Fortune

On Thursday, the government will announce what will almost surely be the strongest economic growth number in U.S. history. Yet it will do President Trump little, if any...
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Election Flashpoints Collide With a Week to Go

1 hour ago | Bloomberg

Stay tuned for special Election Night editions of Balance of Power.
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Pelosi holds firm grip on power as Dems dream of a sweep

2 hours ago | Politico

Nancy Pelosi may be the most powerful congressional leader in modern U.S. history. In the 22 months since she's returned to the speaker's chair - an enormous achievement in...
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Taking a look at Biden's 7 deadly economic sins

2 hours ago | Boston Herald

Joe Biden keeps claiming to be a centrist Democrat. Polls show that, while most realize that President Trump would be better for our economy than Biden, many think that old...
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Narcos Are Waging a New Drug War Over a Texas Company's Basic Chemical

2 hours ago | Bloomberg

Tetra Technologies wanted to boost sales of calcium chloride, a compound with lots of commercial applications. Now Colombian drug lords are asking for it by name.
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The New York Post endorses President Donald J. Trump for re-election

2 hours ago | New York Post

We can return to the explosive job creation, rising wages and general prosperity we had before the pandemic. We can have economic freedom and opportunity, and resist cancel...
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Belarus Opposition Starts Strike as Lukashenko Ignores Ultimatum

3 hours ago | Bloomberg | 3 articles

The Belarusian opposition urged workers nationwide to go on strike after President Alexander Lukashenko ignored an ultimatum to resign by Sunday and police cracked down on a...
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Senate to confirm Barrett for court in partisan-line vote

A deeply torn Senate is set to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, Republicans overpowering Democratic opposition and institutional norms to secure President Donald... Read more ...

President Trump to escalate campaigning, Joe Biden steps up own travel in...

As the race tightens in its final full week, both President Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are increasing their campaign stops. For Trump, it's his last chance to pick up ground... Read more ...

This American astronaut voted from space. Here's how she did it

This isn't the first time NASA astronaut Kate Rubins has cast her ballot from space: She voted in 2016 when she was also researching at the space station. Read more ...

US Navy identifies crew killed in training aircraft crash in southern Alabama

The U.S. Navy has identified the two-person crew killed Friday when a training aircraft crashed in a small town outside Mobile, Alabama. Read more ...

Number of early US voters already surpasses the same total figure for 2016

More Americans have already cast early ballots in this year's presidential race than all of those who ended up voting before Election Day and by absentee combined in 2016. More... Read more ...

Beijing targets US arms producers with sanctions over $1.8bn deal with Taiwan

China says it will impose sanctions on top US weapons manufacturers over a massive sale of their products to Taiwan. The Pentagon approved the deal last week, infuriating... Read more ...

Tracking Zeta

Fire set inside ballot drop box in Boston, secretary of state says

The Boston Police Department is investigating the act as an arson and has released pictures of a suspect. Read more ...

10 things you need to know before the opening bell

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Global stocks fall, dollar rises as stimulus talks fade and COVID cases spike

Good morning. We are a mere eight days to Election Day. Curfews, COVID and crumbling stimulus talks are conspiring to create a deeply risk-off mood, dragging down global stocks... Read more ...