Wall Street wants to be sure Biden can keep Warren’s army at bay
7 min read . 07 Nov 2020Wall Street has made its peace with a Joe Biden victory, taking comfort in his decades-long political career in which moderation is a prevailing trait. But it’s nervous about his more liberal allies.
Joe Biden: Stumbles, tragedies and, now, delayed triumph
6 min read . 07 Nov 2020The tribute marked the presumed end of a long public life that put Biden in the orbit of the Oval Office for 45 years — yet, through a combination of family and personal tragedy, his own political missteps and sheer bad timing, had never allowed him to sit behind the Resolute Desk himself
Biden has plenty of know-how. He’s going to need it
4 min read . 07 Nov 2020Few presidents arrive at the White House as well qualified by experience and temperament, but the challenges will still be brutal.
Biden’s election draws curtain on Trump’s tumultuous presidency
6 min read . 07 Nov 2020- Biden managed to pull together a winning electoral coalition to end Trump’s presidency
- The future president has promised to make the pandemic his top priority, with a vast expansion of surveillance testing for the virus
Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided US
5 min read . 07 Nov 2020His victory came after more than three days of uncertainty as election officials sorted through a surge of mail-in votes that delayed the processing of some ballots. Biden crossed 270 Electoral College votes with a win in Pennsylvania
Kamala Harris, the first Indian-origin, woman vice president of United States
2 min read . 07 Nov 2020- Harris has been a rising star in Democratic politics for much of the last two decades
- Born to Jamaican father and an Indian mother, Harris is a former attorney general of California
Markets see the bright side to US election frenzy
2 min read . 06 Nov 2020Markets can act strangely sometimes. They have surged even when presidential candidate Joe Biden, considered to be less business-friendly, is leading in the US elections. One reason for this could be that investors don’t like uncertainty. Mint explores
Fading hopes of big US spending pull down yields overseas
2 min read . 06 Nov 2020- Investors had expected improving U.S. activity would lead to better European growth
Election 2020: Trump’s lawsuits are getting mixed results
6 min read . 06 Nov 2020- President’s campaign suffered legal defeats in Michigan and Georgia but won victories in Pennsylvania, while opening a new front in Nevada
Fed's Jerome Powell: More stimulus needed to help US economy
3 min read . 06 Nov 2020- Powell steered away from any discussion of politics, saying the economy, not the election, was the focus of the 2-day meeting of the Fed's policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee
- The recent spike in Covid-19 cases is 'particularly concerning' for the US economy, Powell said
Forget Biden vs. Trump: The incumbent Is winning in stock market
4 min read . 06 Nov 2020A strange thing happened on the way to the biggest post-election surge in modern stock-market history. On Wednesday, while the S&P 500 was tacking on $600 billion of fresh value, most of its members fell.
Why are election results taking so long? State-by-state look at electoral votes
4 min read . 06 Nov 2020- Guide to key states yet to be called by Associated Press in 2020 presidential election
US Election results: Biden wins Michigan, Wisconsin, now on brink of White House
6 min read . 05 Nov 2020- A full day after Election Day, neither candidate had cleared the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House
- Biden's victories in the Great Lakes states left him at 264, meaning he was one state away
H-1B visa a political challenge for victor
3 min read . 05 Nov 2020- US experts say it would be tough to be more generous with the visa norms
- The immediate impact of a Biden victory on immigration may be felt more in administration than in policy, according to a US-based analyst
US programmes a plus for india’s energy playbook
3 min read . 05 Nov 2020Over last two decades, US-India energy cooperation has constantly evolved
Election outcome may impact India’s green economy space
3 min read . 05 Nov 2020- A Biden victory could bode well for renewable energy, while a Trump win may further aid oil, infra and defence
- Analysts they do not expect a major shift in US policy towards India, given the commonality of purpose and shared goals in Indo-Pacific region
India-US health cooperation may retain momentum despite verdict
2 min read . 05 Nov 2020Experts say polls are unlikely to affect healthcare cooperation due to the enduring nature of US-India ties
Foreign students looking for warmer welcome in the US
2 min read . 05 Nov 2020The number of Indian students in US grew 29.4% in 2014-15. But the growth rate came down to 2.9% in 2018-19
US Election Results updates: Biden closes in on victory, Trump turns to courts
14 min read . 05 Nov 2020- After the victory in Wisconsin and Michigan, Joe Biden held 264 Electoral College votes, just six away from the presidency
- The results in six states — Georgia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Arizona, Alaska and Nevada — are yet to be declared as officials counted millions of votes
US presidential election: It’s too close to call
2 min read . 05 Nov 2020- US presidential election hangs in the balance as contest hinges on who takes six swing states even as Democrat nominee Joe Biden holds the edge
Whether Trump wins or Biden does, the new US President faces troubled economy
3 min read . 05 Nov 2020- The recession has been ugly. It has wiped away more than a year of economic output and more than five years of jobs growth
- The workforce is now smaller than it was a year before Trump first took office
Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos gain most on day one of post-election limbo
2 min read . 05 Nov 2020- Across the board, the 167 U.S. billionaires gained $57.4 billion on Wednesday as investors bid up stocks, sending major averages to the biggest rallies in five months
- Amazon.com Inc.’s Jeff Bezos led the way with a $10.5 billion gain, while Facebook Inc’s Mark Zuckerberg added $8.1 billion
Winning enough states to reach 270 electoral votes needed for presidency: Biden
3 min read . 05 Nov 2020- Joe Biden said that 'we are winning enough states to reach the 270 electoral votes' needed to win the presidency
- Joe Biden described this as a victory for American people, democracy and America
Joe Biden takes big stride to winning presidency, Donald Trump claims fraud
4 min read . 05 Nov 2020- Biden said he wasn't yet declaring victory, but said that 'when the count is finished, we believe we will be the winners'
- American presidential elections are decided not by the popular vote but by securing a majority in the state-by-state Electoral College, which has 538 members
Election win for Biden or Trump hinges on seven critical states
6 min read . 05 Nov 2020- Wisconsin is heading for a recount, while six other states have yet to be called by at least some major networks -Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, Nevada and Arizona
- Excluding these seven, Biden has 227 electoral votes of the 270 required for victory, while Trump has 217
Trump launches legal onslaught over battleground-State votes
4 min read . 05 Nov 2020At a press conference on Wednesday afternoon in Philadelphia, the president’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, suggested another lawsuit could be filed in Wisconsin.
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