President Donald Trump at the end of a rally in Carson City, Nevada on October 18, 2020. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images The Trump campaign team is worried that President Donald Trump’s attacks on Joe Biden are failing to connect, The New York Times and The Associated Press reported. Sources cited by the outlets worried […]
File photo of a bear A Chinese animal park has promised to improve safety after one of its workers was fatally attacked by bears in front of a tourist bus. The accident at the Shanghai Wildlife Park took place on Saturday in the zoo’s “wild beast area”. Video reportedly of the incident, which was shared […]
Buy or sell? Getty Images The 33rd anniversary of the “Black Monday” stock-market meltdown is upon us, and if hedge-fund managers are scared of history repeating itself, you certainly wouldn’t know it from the massive overhaul in their positions they’ve undertaken over the past week. Read: This is the last chart investors need to see […]
Ant, which is controlled by billionaire Jack Ma, is set to be the first Chinese company in a decade to list in both markets at the same time. AFP via Getty Images China’s securities regulator cleared the way for Ant Group Co. to proceed with its Hong Kong listing, one of several regulatory nods the financial technology […]
A top White House official recently traveled to Damascus for secret talks with the Assad regime, marking the first time such a high-level U.S. official has met in Syria with the isolated government in more than a decade, according to Trump administration officials and others familiar with the negotiations. Kash Patel, a deputy assistant to […]
John Fogerty Getty Images “ ‘I wrote this song because, as a veteran, I was disgusted that some people were allowed to be excluded from serving our country because they had access to political and financial privilege. I also wrote about wealthy people not paying their fair share of taxes. Mr. Trump is a prime […]
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Bulls are convinced the American consumer — and the stock market — are going to hold up fine, even if politicians, as appears increasingly likely, fail to approve another round of fiscal stimulus before next month’s elections. See: Pelosi says stimulus deal must be agreed to within 48 hours Some economists, however, […]
A California woman who was missing for nearly two weeks at Zion National Park in Utah was found safely on Sunday and reunited with her family. Holly Suzanne Courtier, 38, hadn’t been seen since riding a private shuttle into the park’s Grotto area on Oct. 6. Her disappearance prompted multiple search and rescue efforts that […]
The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus illness COVID-19 world-wide climbed above 39.4 million on Saturday, a day after a clinical trial found one therapy believed to be promising as a treatment to have no effect on mortality in hospitalized patients. The trial, conducted by the World Health Organization, found that Gilead Sciences Inc.’s […]
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Bulls are convinced the American consumer — and the stock market — are going to be fine, even if politicians fail to approve another round of fiscal stimulus before next month’s elections. But some economists see consumption taking a big hit after a robust third quarter. See full story. How a contested […]