Former Vice President Joe Biden was edging President Donald Trump in electoral votes late Tuesday, but critical battleground states were too early to call as voters and markets waited for firm results.
California voters exempted ride-hailing and food-delivery drivers from the state’s labor laws Tuesday, handing Uber Technologies Inc. and other companies a victory in the fight for the gig-economy business model.
U.S. stock-market futures were mostly lower overnight, as votes of hundreds of millions of Americans were being tallied and the crucial race between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden showed no signs of a clear victor.
For Jani Ziedins, the investor behind the Cracked Market blog, it simply doesn’t matter from a practical, actionable perspective, who ends up winning the White House? The market has a mind of its own.
Democrats are expected to move quickly in 2021 on some big-ticket items if they win control of the U.S. Senate, but that expectation should be tempered by the possibility of an evenly split chamber or one where control won’t be determined until January, according to experts.
Investors are piling back into speculative, or ‘junk rated’ corporate bonds on Election Day, with a view that the White House race won’t be as drawn-out as feared.
U.S. stock-market futures on Tuesday evening tilt higher after a big rally in the regular session and as the votes of hundreds of millions of Americans were being tallied in the crucial election between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Donald Trump.
While you wait to hear whether President Trump or Joe Biden won the election, borrow a tip from experts who know a thing or two about stress and anxiety.
The owner of the Dallas Mavericks talked on Instagram about why Joe Biden, whom he endorsed earlier this year, is the right candidate for small business owners.
Shares of GW Pharmaceuticals PLC jumped 18% Tuesday, after the biotech posted a narrower-than-expected third-quarter loss and a revenue beat and said a delayed late-stage trial of its cannabinoid-based treatment for multiple sclerosis spasticity can now proceed.
Up to 500,000 people will be tested in Liverpool – one of the U.K.’s worst affected cities – in an ambitious attempt to measure viability of mass population screening
U.S. stocks on Tuesday were in rally mode for a second straight session on as investors braced for pivotal elections that could frame economic and market policy in the coming four years.
Americans who haven’t voted early are heading to the polls on Tuesday, as investors wait to see if this Election Day will provide clear outcomes in the battles for control of the White House and the Senate.
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus illness COVID-19 climbed toward 232,000 on Tuesday as American voters headed to the poll to elect a president, and the head of the White House Task Force created to manage the pandemic issued a dire warning.
U.S. factory orders rose 1.1% in September to mark the fifth straight gain, pointing to a steady recovery in the manufacturing segment of the U.S. economy.