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Markets

Obama will kill the stock market. No, Trump will. No, Warren will

Wall Street’s best minds are falling over themselves to describe the cataclysms that would befall equities should Elizabeth Warren get elected. It’s a brand of analysis whose recent track record is abysmal

4 min read31 Oct 2019
News

Democrat Doug Jones wins Alabama Senate elections in stunning upset for Republicans

It was the first Democratic Senate victory in a quarter- century in Alabama, one of the reddest of red states, and proved anew that party loyalty is anything but sure in the age of Donald Trump

1 min read13 Dec 2017
News

Donald Trump slams Hillary Clinton over dossier alleging Russian ties

Donald Trump slams Hillary Clinton after reports appeared that her campaign had funded research that resulted in a dossier which contained allegations that he had links with the Russians

2 min read26 Oct 2017
News

For Donald Trump, race for Fed chair a tangle of interests

Janet Yellen is a favoured target of Republican lawmakers that Donald Trump may need to govern and who believe interest rates should be higher but regulations reduced

3 min read25 Oct 2017
News

Hillary Clinton team to take part in US state vote recount, Trump blasts effort

Clinton's counsel said the campaign would take part in the recount in Wisconsin as well as in the other battleground states of Pennsylvania and Michigan if recounts were mounted there

1 min read27 Nov 2016
Opinion

Trump shows the cracks in the liberal order

The backlash that led to his victory has been building since the financial crisis

4 min read10 Nov 2016
News

Trump says tremendous waste of money, energy, time if he loses US election

Donald Trump says running for president has 'changed' him. He has seen so many hopes, so many dreams out there that could have happened ... with proper leadership

1 min read8 Nov 2016
News

What happens if US election is close?

If no candidate reaches 270 in the Electoral College, the president is chosen by the US House of Representatives currently controlled by the Republicans

2 min read5 Nov 2016
News

US election wrap: Clinton, Trump fight for edge in final weekend of campaign

Hillary Clinton pleaded with supporters to cast their ballots, while Donald Trump sought an upset victory fueled by an anti-Washington mood

5 min read5 Nov 2016
News

Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by 2 points in McClatchy-Marist poll

The poll of 940 likely voters conducted 1-3 November showed Hillary Clinton with 46% and Donald Trump at 44%. It has a margin of error of 3.2 percentage points

1 min read5 Nov 2016