It’s déjà vu in the Peach State. Just like in 2021, the Georgia Senate race is headed for a runoff that could decide who controls the upper chamber. With neither incumbent Raphael Warnock nor Republican challenger Herschel Walker topping 50% of the vote in the state, the duo will face-off again on December 6. The … Read more
ipopba Q3 earnings reports continued to drive the financial stocks that are either the week’s top or worst performers. Kemper (KMPR), RenaissanceRe Holdings (RNR), UWM Holdings (UWMC), and Apollo Global Management (APO) all reported earnings this week and were all in the winners’ column. Among the week’s losers, Lincoln National (LNC), PayPal Holdings (PYPL), Brookfield … Read more
The virus behind the Covid-19 pandemic has a genetic structure typical of “synthetic viruses,” a fresh study claims The virus that caused the Covid-19 pandemic was most likely created in a laboratory, a study by German and American scientists claims. A team of three researchers concluded that Sars-CoV-2 was nothing but a genetically modified virus, … Read more
CNN — A ruling on the cause and manner of death of a Princeton University student may take weeks, a county prosecutor’s spokesperson said Friday, after her body was discovered near campus tennis courts following a dayslong search. Misrach Ewunetie, 20, of Ohio, was found dead Thursday afternoon on the New Jersey campus, ending a … Read more
CNN — A 12-person jury in the sentencing trial of the Parkland school shooter is expected to begin deliberations Wednesday on whether to recommend the death penalty. Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer said the jury will be sequestered during their deliberations. Should jurors recommend the death sentence, their decision must be unanimous, or Nikolas Cruz … Read more
New York CNN Business — There will be no freight railroad strike early Friday. But the threat of a strike has not gone away entirely. The tentative deal reached early Thursday after a marathon 20-hour bargaining session between the railroads and the leaders of the engineers and conductors union means the strike that had been … Read more
(Bloomberg) — The S&P 500 Index is on a roll, posting its best four-day rally since early July partly on the back of hopes that inflation data due Tuesday morning will show some cooling off ahead of next week’s Federal Reserve meeting. Most Read from Bloomberg The index just snapped three weeks of losses and … Read more
A tie can feel like a loss if you were in line for a victory. Conversely the draw can be celebrated if you were facing defeat. After a number of sessions when early gains evaporated, traders will be relieved that Thursday saw an initial sharp decline cancelled and the S&P 500 SPX end mildly in … Read more