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Key takeaways from Biden’s fiery State of the Union speech

Key takeaways from Biden’s fiery State of the Union speech

There are worse places for a president to introduce the themes of his final campaign than in a primetime, nationally televised speech before a joint session of Congress. So that’s precisely what President Biden did Thursday night, capitalizing on the pomp and circumstance of his annual State of the Union address — and the massive media spotlight it commands — to frame the coming general election clash with his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, as an existential struggle over… Source link

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Trump’s lawyers must explain to Judge Engoron whether key witness committed perjury on witness stand

Trump’s lawyers must explain to Judge Engoron whether key witness committed perjury on witness stand

Judge Arthur Engoron gives lawyers for the state of New York and the defense in the $370 million civil financial fraud trial until 5 p.m. ET on Wednesday to detail what they know about former Trump Org. CFO Allen Weisselberg’s apparent negotiations to plead guilty to committing perjury during the trial. In the Georgia election interference case, 17 ethics experts, former prosecutors and defense attorneys file a legal brief with Judge Scott McAfee in which they argue that a sexual… Source link

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Tech shows it’s key to bringing market out of tough start to 2024

Tech shows it’s key to bringing market out of tough start to 2024

The key drivers of the late 2023 stock market rally have faded. With investors increasingly questioning when the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates, the so-called “soft landing” trade which saw investors pour into interest-rate sensitive sectors has stumbled to start 2024. That raises the question of what the next catalyst is — and investors may not need to look further than the tech sector (XLK). Despite the recent craze over small caps and other hot trades that could benefit from… Source link

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One key reason inflation is cooling: Immigrant workers

One key reason inflation is cooling: Immigrant workers

There’s one hot-button topic that could hold the key to where inflation goes: immigration. It’s already done a great deal in bringing down consumer price growth to where it is now, experts say, even though the most recent data showed that inflation increased more than expected in December. Investors would be wise to track the flow of immigrants as they assess the future direction of interest rates and the US economy. Not only did the foreign-born population in the US finally exceed its… Source link

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Surprise! Google releases Android 13 QPR2 Beta 2.1 to fix key 5G Pixel bug

Surprise! Google releases Android 13 QPR2 Beta 2.1 to fix key 5G Pixel bug

Weighing in at only 9MB, the update contains just two bug fixes although they are rather important. One exterminates a bug that prevented devices from automatically connecting to a 5G network even when one was available. The second bug fix corrected an issue where devices did not drop or reset an existing, encrypted Bluetooth connection after receiving a command to disable link-layer encryption for that connection. Google releases a surprising QPR Beta update to fix a… Source link

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