Bitcoin on cusp of $80,000 for first time on optimism over Trump

Bitcoin on cusp of ,000 for first time on optimism over Trump

Bitcoin is closing in on $80,000 for the first time, boosted by President-elect Donald Trump’s embrace of digital assets and the prospect of a Congress featuring pro-crypto lawmakers. The cryptocurrency climbed as much as 4.3% to an unprecedented $79,771 on Sunday and remained near $79,000 as of 2:05 p.m. in Singapore. Smaller tokens like Cardano … Read more

US election results: @UnrealTrump scripts a stunning comeback after 4 years

US election results: @UnrealTrump scripts a stunning comeback after 4 years

Washington: Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the US Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts.Republicans reclaimed control of the Senate-crucial in helping Trump … Read more

Swaminathan Aiyar on how US election results may impact global market

Swaminathan Aiyar on how US election results may impact global market

“If there is a sweep of any kind, then of course, you will get a result fifth night itself, otherwise it may take sixth or even seventh. So, perhaps I will be there in time for the actual result in the USA,” says Swaminathan Aiyar, Consulting Editor, ET Now. Are you in India? That is … Read more

View: America’s free-lunch economy is over

View: America’s free-lunch economy is over

For all the bold talk of tariffs and price controls, the economic legacy of the next president will mostly depend on something far more mundane: the tax code — specifically, the 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act, much of which will expire next year. Whoever is in the White House, working with whichever party controls … Read more

US election: Trump, Harris on the trail but transition teams are hard at work

US election: Trump, Harris on the trail but transition teams are hard at work

Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris’s teams are quietly preparing their governments-in-waiting, even as the two nominees remain focused on actually winning the presidency in the final days of an incredibly close election on Tuesday. Not surprisingly, their approaches are as different as their campaigns. Already Harris’s lean transition team has set up shop in … Read more

How Elon Musk changed course to go all out for Trump

How Elon Musk changed course to go all out for Trump

Two weeks after making a stunning $44 billion bid to buy Twitter in April 2022, Elon Musk began to lay out a vision for his ownership of the social network. The company’s management had become biased in favour of left-wing values, Musk argued, and he would stamp out political partisanship. “For Twitter to deserve public … Read more

Some US Muslims struggle to find a candidate they can tolerate supporting for president

Some US Muslims struggle to find a candidate they can tolerate supporting for president

Atlanta: With the death and destruction in Gaza on her mind, Soraya Burhani agonised over how to cast her vote for president. “For us, Muslims, I see that there’s no good choice,” she said. With the US handling of the Israel-Hamas war and conflict in the Middle East looming over the White House race, many … Read more

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on top issues in presidential race

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on top issues in presidential race

Voters in this year’s presidential election are choosing between two conflicting visions of the United States offered by Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump. The outcome will affect how the country sees itself and how it’s viewed across the world, with repercussions that could echo for decades. Since replacing President Joe Biden as the … Read more

US election: Kamala Harris tries out new ways of reaching voters, but she’s running out of time

US election: Kamala Harris tries out new ways of reaching voters, but she’s running out of time

ROYAL OAK, Mich.: Inside a small community theater in suburban Detroit, Vice President Kamala Harris was asked at a recent forum to talk about her life for the benefit of voters who are still getting to know her. It was the type of question typically asked of a new candidate. But here was Harris getting … Read more

New cases of political violence roil US ahead of contentious election

New cases of political violence roil US ahead of contentious election

In York, Pennsylvania, a man accosted a group of people rallying for Vice President Kamala Harris‘ White House campaign, punching a 74-year-old man in the head and calling another man a “n- supporter” as he fled. In northern Michigan, an assailant enraged by his hatred of Donald Trump used an all-terrain vehicle to run over … Read more