- Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are sharply divided on the role the government should play in American lives and the world at large and on issues from abortion rights to immigration to trade. The Reuters graphics team took a brief look at their policies.
- Elon Musk has been ordered to attend hearing in a prosecutor's lawsuit to block the billionaire's $1 million-a-day giveaway to registered swing state voters ahead of the US election on Nov. 5.
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- They're Wall Street's big guns. Stocks with so much swagger that they earned a nickname conjured from Hollywood's golden age. This live dashboard updates with the latest market data, offering a real-time view of what comes next for the sizzling US technology stocks. Meet the analyst who coined one of the most memorable neologisms of recent years: The Magnificent Seven.
- Big tech including Microsoft and Meta are stepping up spending to build out AI data centers in a rush to meet vast demand, but Wall Street is hungry for a quicker payday on the billions invested.
- The cryptocurrency industry has spent years clashing with Democratic President Joe Biden's administration over regulatory issues, but executives expect an easier ride from Washington, regardless of who wins the White House next week.
- Sitting on an ever-growing pile of savings, Europeans are confounding hopes that spending can boost the economy as it falls yet further behind the US. Rising savings when consumers are enjoying strong income growth goes against textbook wisdom on consumer behavior, prompting questions about a possible paradigm shift that bodes ill for Europe's future growth.
- China's manufacturing activity expanded for the first time in six months and services picked up in October, indicating that Beijing's latest stimulus measures are helping the battered economy turn a corner.
- Shell reported third-quarter profits of $6 billion that exceeded forecasts by 12% as higher liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales offset a sharp drop in oil refining and trading results.
- Lenders on both sides of the Atlantic are doing relatively well, despite concerns over the effect of shifting rates. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists debate what is driving growth, and why CEOs are simultaneously bemoaning increased scrutiny from watchdogs.
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Pro-Trump poll watchers primed for Election Day action in key state |
Poll watcher, Jefferson Davis sits in his home in Menomonee Falls, ahead of the US presidential election in Milwaukee, October 19, 2024. REUTERS/Daniel Steinle |
With days to go until the presidential vote, opinion polling shows the election is on a knife-edge, and few places as pivotal as the battle ground state of Wisconsin. Thousands of observers may be deployed in Wisconsin on Nov. 5, after July action by pro-Trump activists which was seen as a 'dry run' for action on voting day. The Democrats are also set to mobilize volunteers on Election Day. |
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Remains revealed by Polish archaeologists from Nicolas Copernicus University in Torun, Poland, October 27, 2023. REUTERS/Lukasz Glowala/File Photo |
Buried with a padlock on her foot and an iron sickle across her neck, "Zosia" was never supposed to be able to come back from the dead. Entombed in an unmarked cemetery in Pien, northern Poland, the young woman was one of dozens feared by her neighbors to have been a "vampire". |
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