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Throughout his campaign to win the White House, President-elect Joe Biden has been relatively quiet about the technology industry.  In a revealing January 2020 interview with the New York Times editorial board, Biden said that he wanted to revoke Section 230; suggested that he disagreed with how friendly the Obama administration became with Silicon Valley; and referred to tech executives as “little creeps” who displayed an “overwhelming arrogance.” But internet companies have also… Source link

After the Bidens move into the White House in January, Dr. Jill Biden will continue to teach English at North Virginia Community College, becoming the first presidential spouse to keep their day job and commute to work, The New York Times reports. “Dr. Biden is focused on building her team and developing her priorities focused on education, military families and veterans, and cancer,” her spokesman, Michael LaRosa, told the Times. She has worked at North Virginia Community College for a… Source link

Stock futures opened higher Sunday evening as traders took in President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the U.S. presidential election, ending a days-long nail-biter over which candidate would prevail in winning the White House. Contracts on the Dow jumped more than 100 points, or about 0.5%, as the overnight session kicked off, setting the index up to extend its sharp gains from last week. Stocks had rallied in the run-up to Biden’s win, which was called by the Associated Press on Saturday…. Source link

“The 360” shows you diverse perspectives on the day’s top stories and debates. What’s happening After a tense week of vote counting, Joe Biden is projected to win the 2020 presidential election. The race was called on Saturday morning, after Biden’s vote tally in Pennsylvania put him past the 270 electoral votes needed to secure the presidency. President Trump outperformed polls that predicted a comfortable victory for Biden, but a series of closely won races in key swing states… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Stock markets in the Middle East, the first to trade after Joe Biden’s victory in the U.S. election, are signaling bets the new president will reduce international conflict and push for peace in the region. That optimism outweighed concern that his clean-energy drive could imperil the fortunes of countries whose economies are founded on oil and gas. Stocks in Dubai posted their biggest three-day rally since August. Saudi Arabia extended the longest streak of gains since Oct…. Source link

By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday congratulated U.S. President-elect Joe Biden in a statement that indicated he will drop his three-year political boycott of the White House. Abbas had ended all political dealings with President Donald Trump’s administration after the U.S. leader’s 2017 decisions to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and to move the U.S. Embassy there. “I congratulate President-elect Joe Biden on his victory as President of… Source link

By Marwa Rashad RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia finally congratulated Joe Biden on Sunday over his election victory, more than 24 hours after he defeated Donald Trump, who had close personal ties with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The former U.S. vice president pledged in his campaign to reassess ties with the kingdom, demanding more accountability over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Riyadh’s Istanbul consulate and calling for an end to U.S. support for the Yemen war. As… Source link

By Tom Hals and Jan Wolfe (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign said on Saturday it had filed a lawsuit in Arizona, its latest legal challenge over the results of the presidential election. The campaign suffered losses in Michigan and Georgia courts this week, but Trump pledged on Saturday to go forward with a legal strategy that he hopes will overturn state results that gave Democrat Joe Biden the win in Tuesday’s vote. Legal experts said the cases the Trump campaign is bringing… Source link

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey gave an impassive first reaction on Sunday to Joe Biden’s presidential win, with Vice President Fuat Oktay saying it would not change relations between the old allies although Ankara will keep pressing Washington on Syria and other policy differences. Turkey stands to lose more than most other countries if Joe Biden is elected president since he is expected to toughen the U.S. stance against President Tayyip Erdogan’s foreign military interventions and closer… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]President-elect Joe Biden speaks to the nation  Yahoo News Source link