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Stocks Surge on Midterm Election Optimism

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The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) closed up +1.58% on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +3.03%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.91%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) rose +1.60%, and December E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Stocks Surge on Midterm Election Optimism

5 days 6 hours ago
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) closed up +1.58% on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +3.03%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.91%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) rose +1.60%, and December E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Stocks Surge on Midterm Election Optimism

5 days 6 hours ago
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) closed up +1.58% on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +3.03%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.91%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) rose +1.60%, and December E-mini Nasdaq futures...

BT cuts almost 8,000 jobs amid sweeping cost-saving programme

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Telecoms group reports £1.1bn pre-tax profit in six months to end of September and share price touches five-year high

BT has cut almost 8,000 jobs since the end of March as it pushes ahead with sweeping cost reductions across the business.

The telecoms group said its workforce had fallen by 7,731 to 90,000, excluding staff in its international business, which is being spun out in a joint venture with the US telecoms company Verizon. It had a workforce of about 130,000 people, including contractors, two years ago.

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College hockey star killed in alleged migrant crash

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Fox News national correspondent Bryan Llenas reports on the University of New Haven vigil honoring 21-year-old student and hockey player Ryan O’Shea after he was killed in a crash allegedly caused by an illegal immigrant.

UK and US condemn ‘cruel’ second jail term handed to Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong

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Foreign Office says 10-year sentence shows city’s security law is being used to ‘target individuals for political expression’

The UK and the US have condemned the 10-year sentence given to Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong under a controversial national security law.

Wong, 30, was sentenced on Thursday after pleading guilty to “foreign collusion” under the law. He is the only person to have been prosecuted twice under the legislation that critics say has been used to silence political opposition in the city.

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Wheat Fails to Hold onto Midday Gains

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The wheat complex faded lower on Wednesday, with buyers failing to hold midday gains. Chicago SRW contracts were steady to 2 cents lower. KC HRW futures were 3 ¼ to 5 ½ cents in the red at the close. MPLS spring wheat was down 2 ½ to 6 cents on...

The MacBook Pro's PROLED XDR display is the best display you can buy right now, but touching it is not very ergonomic and lack of Apple Pencil support is weird (Jaron Schneider/PetaPixel)

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Jaron Schneider / PetaPixel:
The MacBook Pro's PROLED XDR display is the best display you can buy right now, but touching it is not very ergonomic and lack of Apple Pencil support is weird  —  Apple's new, highest-end MacBook Pro diverged from the last few launches in that it didn't focus on performance at all …

Amtrak workers’ union denounces plan to let passengers bring guns on trains: ‘Sheer lunacy’

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New policy would permit passengers to take firearms to their seats in lockboxes on 1,500 trains a day across the US

The Transport Workers Union, which represents 360 onboard service workers at the national passenger rail operator Amtrak, has lambasted the planned implementation of a new policy that would permit passengers to bring their guns on its US intercity trains.

The forthcoming protocols will allow people to carry on firearms in personal lock boxes.

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