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Outgoing President Donald Trump seemed to concede election defeat to President-elect Joe Biden publicly for the first time in a video statement, more than 24 hours after Capitol Hill’s violent protests. Trump did not congratulate Biden or use his name in the video statement. The outgoing...

The Republican-controlled U.S Senate passed a $2.3 trillion COVID-19 relief legislation with an overwhelming majority vote of 92-6 Monday night. The legislation includes the much-awaited $900 billion COVID-19 aid package and a $1.4 trillion measure to fund the government through...

Food company Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN) said Wednesday that it fired seven plant management employees after an independent investigation found evidence of a COVID-19 betting pool. What Happened: Tyson supervisors and managers at a pork processing plant in Waterloo, Iowa were betting on how many...

The UK has become the first country to approve US Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine, which will be rolled out to the public early next week.   Following the emergency approval, the rollout will initially be focused on hospitals rather than community settings. On Thursday,...

Online buyers of Sony Corporation’s (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 5 on websites of Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) and Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY) reported facing glitches on the launch day of the console, CNN reported Thursday. What Happened: Walmart had spread the sales of the console every three...

Political news has always played a major role in financial markets: GDP, GNP, job reports, and, most importantly, presidential elections that would define the course of the economy for the next couple of years. Last week, on November 3, the country voted for its next president, and even though...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) Tuesday evening interview with CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer on the stalled stimulus bill took an ugly turn, with a heated exchange that resulted in name-calling. What Happened: Democrats and President Donald Trump's administration have ...

U.S. futures spiked on Sunday night as of President Donald Trump's healthcare providers expressed optimism over his timely return to the White House. What Happened: Dr. Brian Garibaldi, a member of Trump’s medical team, said the President could be discharged from the Walter Reed...

President Donald Trump said in a tweet early Friday he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19. What Happened: "Tonight, [the first lady] and I tested positive for COVID-19," the president said. "We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We...

Long before he declared a national emergency over the spread of the coronavirus in March, President Donald Trump said in a taped interview with journalist Bob Woodward that he knew the virus was airborne, highly contagious and far deadlier than the flu. After he’d declared a national...

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA)-owned E! Is ending the two decades long-running series “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” CNN reported Tuesday. What Happened: The last season of the series will air early next year, bringing to an end the show that focuses on the...

Volkswagen AG (OTC: VWAGY) announced Thursday it was stepping up its “electric offensive” and producing its first all-electric SUV under its ID brand in Germany. What Happened The compact SUV’s production has commenced at the automaker’s Zwickau plant, which has been...

A former Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) software engineer, David Shayer, claims he took on a hush-hush assignment while he was at the company that involved building a “top secret” iPod for the United States Department of Energy, CNN reported Wednesday. The Top Secret iPod: Shayer...

President Donald Trump signed two executive orders Thursday evening that would effectively ban TikTok and WeChat operations in the United States, if China-based parent companies ByteDance and Tencent Holdings Ltd. (OTC: TCEHY) fail to make sales within 45 days from now. What Happened...

Robinhood is putting on hold its foray into international markets as well as the launch of its United Kingdom services, CNN reported Tuesday. What Happened The Menlo Park, California-based mobile trading app had announced its U.K. expansion in November 2019, with a scheduled launch due in...