BEIJING: A Beijing restaurant owner congratulated her “old friend” and one-time customer Joe Biden on Monday after the U.S. Democratic candidate emerged victorious in a tightly fought U.S. presidential election, and invited him back to try some pork liver. The publicity following Biden’s visit nine years ago boosted business for quite a while, with many … Read more
By David Randall NEW YORK: U.S. small caps joined in the broad market rally in the days after Election Day as investors priced in the likelihood of a divided Washington with Democrat Joe Biden president and Republicans maintaining their Senate majority. Yet some investors and analysts warned that smaller companies may lose steam as the … Read more
WASHINGTON: If Democrat Joe Biden wins the U.S. presidency, a divided Congress may prevent him from enacting major priorities like expanding healthcare, fighting climate change and providing aid to millions whose lives have been upended by the coronavirus. With millions of ballots yet to be counted, Biden led incumbent President Donald Trump in several of … Read more
The entire process had been encrypted. (Image: NASA) US Elections 2020: NASA astronaut casts vote from International Space Station! As part of the exercise to decide the next President of the United States of America, US citizens could either vote on the election day, or choose early voting or even cast votes through absentee ballots, … Read more
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK: While good business news has been in short supply, investors may take slight comfort in coming weeks from U.S. corporate earnings that are likely to be bad, but not as bad as they have been. Analysts expect third-quarter S&P 500 earnings to have fallen 21 per cent compared with the … Read more
CLEVELAND: There’ll be no handshake, but venom to spare when President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden meet in Cleveland on Tuesday for the first of three televised debates that could shake up an already volatile race for the White House. Covid-19 restrictions will give the debate moderated by Fox News star Chris Wallace a … Read more