Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange NYSE Investors should disregard concerns over high valuations and focus on growth in what is now a “stockpicker’s market,” according to Matt Orton, chief market strategist at Raymond James Investment Management. The S&P 500 closed out a two-week losing streak on Friday, but Orton … Read more
Chinese officials, their boss Xi Jinping likes to say, should “tell China’s story well.” So when that story isn’t a good one, it’s perhaps natural that they shouldn’t say much of anything, which may explain why this year’s National People’s Congress (NPC) annual rubberstamp parliament has proven tedious even by its own dismal standards. Dressed … Read more
Sergio Ermotti, chief executive officer of UBS Group Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti on Wednesday said people with concerns about the size of the bank’s balance sheet are getting “indoctrinated” by academics and should “do their homework.” UBS completed its takeover of Credit Suisse in June 2023 after an … Read more
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – About two-thirds of Canadians surveyed this month said American democracy cannot survive another four years of Donald Trump in the White House, and about half said the United States is on the way to becoming an authoritarian state, a poll released on Monday said. The November U.S. election is … Read more
“Fox and Friends Weekend” coanchor Will Cain expressed concern Sunday morning that the “big story” of a Democratic aide allegedly filming himself having sex in a Senate hearing room would be buried by former President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant comments made Saturday proclaiming that immigrants are “poisoning the blood” of the nation. Cain added that he … Read more
December 10, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. EST A piece by artist Ochirone on a wall near the red Opera House. The script is a poem by scholar and poet Byambun Rinchen called “Mongolian Language.” (Chiara Goia for The Washington Post)Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia — All she wanted was for … Read more
The finding suggests that far more fire ice is vulnerable to climate-induced melt than scientists realized, and it could be a significant source of planet-warming gas in the future. “It’s a very, very, very large source of carbon,” says Davies. “What we’re showing is there are routes for that carbon to be released that we … Read more
GENEVA — As he sits in Geneva, Michel Dreifuss does not feel all that far away from the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel’s subsequent bombardment of Gaza. The ripples are rolling through Europe and upending assumptions both global and intimate — including those about his personal safety as a Jew. “Yesterday … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine — When Tymofii Postoiuk and his friends set up an online fundraising effort for Ukraine, donations poured in from around the globe, helping to purchase essential equipment for Ukrainian armed forces. As the fighting with Russia wore on and war fatigue set in, the donations slowed down, but money continued to come in … Read more
Meghan Markle expressed her concerns about the future of her children, 4-year-old Prince Archie and 2-year-old Princess Lilibet, regarding their eventual use of social media. The Duchess of Sussex, accompanied by her husband Prince Harry, participated in a discussion on mental well-being in the digital age at the Project Healthy Minds event in New York. … Read more