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...The Emerging Republican Majority by Kevin P PhillipsThis 1969 masterpiece explains Nixon’s “Southern strategy”, which used race, cultural issues and demographic shifts to destroy the Democratic majority...
...Peloton’s chief executive-to-median worker pay ratio of 2,299-to-one compares with an average of 324-to-one among S&P 500 bosses, according to the 2021 Paywatch Report from the AFL-CIO, a federation of unions...
...The S&P Global Clean Energy Index, made up of 100 of the biggest such companies, is set for its worst annual performance since 2013....
...“I see the path [to an agreement],” McCarthy said on Thursday....
...Both the blue-chip S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq Composite reached their highest levels since August 2022, up 0.9 per cent and 1.5 per cent, respectively....
...meet President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, before travelling to Seoul for the Summit for Democracy Tuesday US: California holds a special primary election to decide who will replace former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy...
...S&P 500 futures were down 0.1 per cent during morning trading in Europe. 2....
...European and US equity futures rose in Asian trading after the deal was approved, with markets pricing in a climb of 0.7 per cent for the Euro Stoxx 50 index and a 0.1 per cent rise for the S&P 500....
...Elsewhere, Asian equities were broadly higher and US stock futures rose on Monday after US president Joe Biden struck a deal with Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy that would raise the US debt ceiling...
...S&P cut its US rating after a budget fight and government shutdown in 2011....
...The S&P/ASX 200 index in Australia opened 0.7 per cent higher at 7,202 on Monday. The S&P/NZX 50 index of New Zealand’s largest listed companies gained a modest 0.42 per cent as trading began....
...Futures contracts for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite added 0.2 per cent and 0.3 per cent, respectively....
...The S&P 500 has risen more than 14 per cent this year, and with two weeks still to go, this is already one of the best half-years for the index in two decades....
...debt ceiling have raised fears of a repeat of 2011, when a stand-off between the administration of Barack Obama and Republican House members over raising the debt ceiling rattled markets and prompted S&P...
...Stocks have dropped this week, with the blue-chip S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite both down nearly 2 per cent....
...Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 fell 0.2 per cent and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite lost 0.2 at the New York open....
...In the wake of reports of progress in debt-ceiling talks, US stocks rose, with the S&P 500 closing 1.3 per cent higher....
...US markets held on to their gains after the remarks, with the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow Jones all up more than 1 per cent on the day....
...Wall Street futures were mixed, with contracts tracking the benchmark S&P 500 falling 0.1 per cent while those tracking the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 were flat....
...The benchmark S&P 500 closed flat, following small gains earlier in the session, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite added 0.5 per cent....
...In 2011, the last time the US government careened towards a default, S&P downgraded America’s triple-A credit rating before an eleventh-hour deal was reached. “The markets will get jittery....
...Yesterday, McCarthy defied his critics, writes James Politi....
...The S&P 500 stock index closed 1.4 per cent lower on Wednesday....
...The last time lawmakers approached a “fiscal cliff” in 2011, S&P downgraded the US’s triple-A credit rating....
...Although Biden and McCarthy described their Monday meeting as “productive”, the deadline for a deal is fast approaching....
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