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Swamp Notes: Another brick in the (blue) Walz
Kamala Harris has supercharged Democratic party voters’ enthusiasm in the weeks since President Joe Biden stepped down as the nominee. Can Tim Walz, …
1 year, 5 months ago
US consumers start pinching pennies
The stock market sell-off earlier this week may have been a bit of an overreaction, and overall consumer spending has been struggling recently. Plus,…
1 year, 5 months ago
Google and Meta’s secret deal
Google and Meta struck a secret ads deal to target teenagers, and the FT reports that the UK’s biggest private pension fund dumped £80mn of Israeli a…
1 year, 5 months ago
Can athletics vault into profitability?
Wall Street stocks rebounded yesterday as the markets stabilised from a global rout, Disney is raising its streaming prices and Chinese bonds are cau…
1 year, 5 months ago
Stock indices get a case of the Mondays
Major stock indices were significantly down around the world yesterday. Plus, the FT’s Lucy Fisher explains why the far right is rioting in England a…
1 year, 5 months ago
UK leaders court US investors
UK chancellor Rachel Reeves begins a three-day visit to New York and Toronto on Monday in an attempt to sell Britain as “a stable place to do busines…
1 year, 5 months ago
Swamp Notes: The Three Party Problem
Only two political parties — the Republicans and the Democrats — have controlled the White House since 1853. However, candidates from other parties s…
1 year, 5 months ago
A historic prisoner swap
Investors were not happy with Amazon’s earnings report and Russia agreed to a historic prisoner swap with western countries. Plus, the FT’s Tommy Stu…
1 year, 5 months ago
Tensions escalate between Iran and Israel
An interest rate cut could be on the table for the Federal Reserve’s next meeting, conflict in the Middle East is intensifying, and the Nasdaq compos…
1 year, 5 months ago
Miami: a rare bright spot in US office real estate
Microsoft’s AI-fuelled cloud growth fell slightly short of investors’ expectations, the cost of a luxury office space in Miami smashed records, and L…
1 year, 5 months ago