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Protests erupt as election count continues [Video]

Protests erupted across the U.S. on Wednesday evening as ballots for the election continued to be counted. Trump supporters in Nevada chanted “Count every vote,” meanwhile in Michigan, demonstrators shouted “Stop the count.” Video Transcript [INTERPOSING VOICES] [MUSIC PLAYING] [INTERPOSING VOICES] [APPLAUSE] [HONKING] [INTERPOSING VOICES] – Count every vote! – Count every vote. Count every vote. Count every vote. – Count every vote. Count every vote. – Stop the count. Stop the count. Stop the count…. Source link

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Live updates and results: Election 2020

The Associated Press is not calling the presidential race yet because neither candidate has secured the 270 electoral votes — a majority of the 538 that are up for grabs — needed to claim victory. Millions of ballots are being counted in key states that remain too early to call, including Georgia and Pennsylvania. That didn’t stop Trump from falsely and prematurely declaring victory while making baseless claims of fraud over ballots that were legally cast. While speaking alongside running… Source link

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Trump could win 2020 election through court challenge: Rutgers Law professor

TipRanks These 3 5G Stocks Are Must-Watch Names, Say Top Analysts Let’s take a short break from the election drama, and look at 5G. The new wave in networking technology, 5G has sparked an ongoing revolution in the way wireless connections are made. The new network systems offer far higher speeds, much lower latency, and greater data capacity than existing 4G networks, and the implications for high-tech are enormous. Internet of Things, autonomous cars, teledoctor facilities, streaming on… Source link

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Stock futures flat as investors eye election results

Bloomberg Derailing of Jack Ma’s Ant IPO Shows Xi Jinping’s in Charge (Bloomberg) — China’s move to abruptly halt the world’s biggest stock-market debut sends global investors a clear message: Any financial opening will only be done on terms that benefit President Xi Jinping and the Communist Party.Policy makers in Beijing shocked the investment world on Tuesday by suspending an initial public offering by Ant Group Co., a fintech company owned by billionaire Jack Ma — China’s… Source link

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‘Pennsylvania is absolutely essential’ to 2020 election victory: Biden national press secretary

TipRanks 3 ‘Strong Buy’ Stocks With at Least 5% Dividend Yield Americans went to the polls today under the shadow of a resurging pandemic, with a substantial increase in cases nationwide and the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 reaching record highs in a growing number of states. Meanwhile, it’s still unclear what a second stimulus package from the federal government may look like and how long it will be until that arrives.To add fuel to this, there are several European… Source link

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Election 2020: These 4 states ‘come in early’ and ‘Trump must win’ them all: Republican pollster Frank Luntz

With Joe Biden’s commanding lead in the polls, President Donald Trump will have to win pretty much every toss-up state tonight and in the coming days to secure re-election. It’s not unprecedented. That’s essentially what he did in 2016. If we’re in for another Trump wave, Republican pollster Frank Luntz lists the 4 states to watch for the first signs of it. These states “all come in early” on Election Day and “Donald Trump has to win all four” in order to get re-elected, Luntz… Source link

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Why your favorite tech stocks may disappoint after the election

TipRanks 3 ‘Strong Buy’ Stocks With at Least 5% Dividend Yield Americans went to the polls today under the shadow of a resurging pandemic, with a substantial increase in cases nationwide and the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 reaching record highs in a growing number of states. Meanwhile, it’s still unclear what a second stimulus package from the federal government may look like and how long it will be until that arrives.To add fuel to this, there are several European… Source link

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Stock futures tick higher ahead of Election Day

TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks Insiders Are Snapping Up Inside trading has a bad sound to it, but what is it really? Corporate insiders are company officers – the Presidents and VPs and Execs and Board members who run the world’s public – and private – companies. Their positions put them ‘in the know,’ and make them privy to the inner workings of their companies. Using that information to buy up stock would be underhanded, except for two points. First, they trade public shares… Source link

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Biden leads Trump by 10 as voters fear a chaotic Election Day

On the eve of what threatens to be the most contentious and potentially confusing Election Day in modern memory, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden retains a double-digit lead over President Trump in the final Yahoo News/YouGov poll of the 2020 campaign — a 10-point margin that’s more than three times as large as Hillary Clinton’s final polling advantage in 2016.  Yet most voters (51 percent) also expect Trump to refuse to concede if he loses the election — and more than… Source link

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Alarming travel warning to Aussies ahead of US election

Australians have been issued an alarming travel warning just days out from the 2020 US election. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade updated its travel warning on Friday for the US, which was already subject to a travel ban due to coronavirus. Anyone who might have been plotting an attempt to get into the country ahead of the election has been strongly advised against doing so “due to the ongoing potential for violence”. “Widespread protests and demonstrations have occurred… Source link

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