China’s Xi Jinping seeks a bonus over Biden with a groundbreaking EU funding deal

Chinese negotiators this week surprised their counterparts in the European Union with important market access concessions – after long months of intransigence – that could allow the two parties to reach an agreement on a historic investment deal by the end of the year. Although EU officials have not yet released the details, a senior …

Apple quickly closes California shops as virus circumstances escalate

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 20: Apple CEO Tim Cook greets customers at the reopening of Apple’s flagship retail store, Apple Fifth Avenue on September 20, 2019 in New York City. Taylor Hill | WireImage | Getty Images Apple temporarily closed all 53 retail stores in California after the number of coronavirus cases hit …

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The scale of an elaborate cyberattack on the US government that was exposed this week is much larger than initially thought. The agency for cybersecurity and infrastructure security said in a summary on Thursday that the threat “poses a serious risk to the federal government”. It added that “state, local, tribal and territorial governments, as …

Trump indicators invoice to forestall authorities shutdown

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi leaves a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on December 18, 2020. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump signed a two-day government funding bill on Friday evening as Congress tries to buy time to finalize a deal on spending and coronavirus aid. The president signed …

Dow falls 200 pips in risky buying and selling as traders await a stimulus replace from Washington

Shares fell from record highs on Friday as lawmakers rushed to bridge disparities on additional measures to stimulate the coronavirus. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell around 200 points while the S&P 500 fell 0.7%. The Nasdaq Composite was 0.3% lower. All three indices hit new intraday highs earlier in the day after the records …

Elon Musk ought to apologize for making enjoyable of gender pronouns, says HRC

Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and managing director of Tesla Inc., is coming to the Axel Springer awards ceremony in Berlin on December 1st, 2020. Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz | Bloomberg | Getty Images In a series of tweets this week, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk mocked people listing the pronouns that were supposed to be …

S&P 500 and Nasdaq rise and hit report highs as financial hopes stay excessive

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite rose to record highs Thursday, bolstered by hopes that Washington will get additional financial aid before the end of 2020. The S&P 500 gained 0.4% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 0.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 107 points, or 0.4%. Utilities and Materials were the best performing sectors …

Google says Texas was incorrect about WhatsApp

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, will deliver the opening speech at the Facebook F8 conference at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California on April 30, 2019, introducing new privacy features for Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram. Amy Osborne | AFP | Getty Images On Tuesday, a Texas-led group of attorneys general filed a …

S&P 500 and Nasdaq rise barely on financial hopes, with earnings held in test by weak retail gross sales

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite opened slightly higher on Wednesday as traders weighed the apparent advances in US stimulus stimulus and disappointing economic data. Both market benchmarks rose 0.1% at the beginning of the session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, meanwhile, was flat. Politico reported that Congress was won on the verge of a …

Joe Biden chooses Pete Buttigieg as his transportation secretary

President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday he had elected former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg to be his transportation secretary. “South Bend was once called one of America’s ‘dying cities.’ Today it is a center for innovation and job growth. Mayor Pete Buttigieg spearheaded this resurgence and was nominated by the president-elect to continue this …