Despite 2020 crises and falling polls, Trump campaigns like it is 2016
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Faced with sliding poll numbers and multiple national crises, President Donald Trump has leaned into a familiar campaign strategy of divisive rhetoric and raucous rallies ahead of the November election. But a lot has changed in America…
Read MoreWall Street jumps with financials; Gilead data offsets virus fears
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks rose on Friday as a positive analysis on Gilead Sciences Inc’s antiviral drug to treat COVID-19 helped to soothe investor worries over a record rise in coronavirus cases in the United States, and as financial shares…
Read MoreGlobal stocks jittery as record U.S. virus count weighs on risk appetite
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global equity benchmarks edged higher after struggling for direction for most of the day and bond yields flat-lined on Friday as investors weighed a record number of new coronavirus cases in the United States against improving…
Read MoreCredit Suisse settles U.S. shareholder lawsuit over debt writedowns, disclosures
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN.S) agreed to pay $15.5 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defrauding shareholders about its risk appetite and management before taking $1 billion of writedowns on souring debt, court filings…
Read MoreWall Street jumps with financials; Gilead data offsets virus fears
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks rose on Friday as a positive analysis on Gilead Sciences Inc’s antiviral drug to treat COVID-19 helped to soothe investor worries over a record rise in coronavirus cases in the United States, and as financial shares…
Read MoreWW3 threat: US military officer warns Iran in ‘disarray’ amid fears of revenge attack
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Marine General Kenneth McKenzie has said the killing Iranian major general Qasem Soleimani six months ago has…
Read MoreHow has Trump’s Supreme Court changed America?
The US Supreme Court reshaped under President Donald Trump has been called the most conservative-leaning court in modern US history. With two appointments already in the president’s first term, the bench’s ideological balance tilts right, favouring conservatives in a 6-3…
Read MoreSouth China Sea crisis: Beijing accuses US of benefiting from provoking regional relations
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Last week, Washington accused the Communist nation of undertaking military drills near the Paracel Islands in the…
Read MoreStocks jittery as record U.S. virus count weighs on risk appetite
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global equity benchmarks struggled for direction and bond yields flat-lined on Friday as investors weighed a record number of new coronavirus cases in the United States against improving economic data in Europe. More than 60,500 new…
Read MoreTrump says he is not thinking about a 'Phase 2' U.S. – China trade deal
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday his not currently thinking about negotiating a “Phase 2” trade deal with China as relations between Washington and Beijing sour over the coronavirus pandemic and other issues….
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