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US election is a must watch global events, where democrats and republicans fight out for the top job, years ahead of the D-day, to become the most powerful person in global politics. While financial markets usually tends to ignore, day to day happenings in the race, which is one of the longest in the world, an investor and long term positional traders can't ignore its vast implications, that reach from foreign to fiscal policies, impacting fund flows for years to come. As the fight has reached next stage and within next few months US would be choosing its presidential nominees for grand finale that ends on November the 4th, in this series we bring about the latest vitals to our readers, while safeguarding the trivia.

US Election Series

10 states/districts to go, Trump just inches away from Presidency

Nov 09, 2016 06:23 am UTC| Commentary Politics

As of latest results, Hillary Clinton has secured 215 electoral votes, whereas Donald Trump is sitting on 254 electoral votes. Only 8 states are remaining. With 98 percent of the votes counted, Trump is leading...

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US Election Series: Updates from key battle ground states 4; Race is tight and will be long

Nov 09, 2016 05:41 am UTC| Commentary

There are 17 battleground states in the United States in this years election, which could go to either side and will be key decisive factor in the economy. They offer 191 electoral votes. Below are the results from the key...

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US Election Series: Updates from key battle ground states 3; Race is tight and will be long

Nov 09, 2016 04:30 am UTC| Commentary Politics

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Study Reveals How Social Media May Have Destroyed This Election

Nov 09, 2016 04:08 am UTC| Technology Politics

Social media has been a powerful driving force during this and previous election cycles. President Barack Obama used social media to great effect in order to win his two presidential runs. Now, Hillary Clinton and Donald...

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Donald Trump Warns Of Voter Fraud, Voting Heat Map Sizzling Hot

Nov 09, 2016 04:07 am UTC| Technology Politics

Election Day is here, and as expected, Donald Trump claimed yet again that there was voter fraud. The self-proclaimed billionaire has already cast his vote and is now just waiting for the results. Getting an idea of how...

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US Election Series: Mainstream media hypocrisy is unbelievable

Nov 09, 2016 03:46 am UTC| Commentary Politics

The hypocrisy of the mainstream media is just unbelievable. After months of bashing Donald Trump and almost declaring Hillary Clinton as winner, they cant just fathom that their queen/angel (as Donald Trump puts it) could...

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Election Hacking Unlikely Due To Nerdy Vanguard

Nov 09, 2016 03:39 am UTC| Technology Politics

Hacking has been a major concern among voters during Election Day thanks in large part to past incidents which victimized the DNC. As a result, more voters have lost confidence in the ability of the electoral system to...

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Economy

Burger King Ordered to Compensate Injured Customer With Almost $8M Payout

Burger King is set to shell out about $8 million after the court ordered it to pay a customer who was injured at the restaurant. The burger store chains franchisee in Florida has been found guilty of negligence by the...

Nestlé Reveals New Operations Chief to Replace Retiring Magdi Batato

Nestlé SA food and drink company announced it has appointed the new companys head of operations. Effective on July 1, Stephanie Pullings Hart will be the new deputy head of operations, and she will be stationed at...

Asda Reportedly Finalizing £10B Merger Deal With EG Group

Asda is reportedly in the midst of finalizing its merger agreement with UK-based EG Group, which operates filling stations, fast-food outlets, and convenience stores. Reportedly, the deal will include more than 500 million...

Panera Brands Promotes Exec to CEO Post Amid IPO Plans

Panera Brands Inc., an American bakery-cafe chain store, revealed it has promoted one of its high-ranking executives to become its new chief executive officer. The promotion comes as the company reportedly plans for an...

Samsung To Invest ₩30 Billion in Advancing Smart Factories for SMEs

Samsung Electronics Co. will invest 30 billion won over the next three years in its Smart Factory 3.0 project which would transform SMEs manufacturing facilities into smart factories usingartificial intelligence (AI) and...

Politics

Russia-Ukraine War: Russian Troops Replaced Wagner Fighters in Bakhmut

The Ukrainian deputy defense minister said that Russian troops were replacing the Wagner fighters in the eastern city of Bakhmut, where fighting has been taking place the longest. The minister said that Russian troops were...

North Korea Media Criticizes US, South Korea, Japan Missile Warning Agreement

North Korean state media criticized the agreement made between the United States, South Korea, and Japan that would allow the three countries to share information in real-time on the isolated nations missile launches. This...

US: Biden Nominates Air Force Chief as Top General

The White House announced this week that US President Joe Biden has appointed US Air Force Chief Gen. Charles Q. Brown to serve as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Brown would become the second Black officer...

Russia-Ukraine War: Norway to Support Joint Training Programs for F-16s

Norway supports the push for joint training programs for Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 jets. This follows the endorsement by the United States for the training programs with Ukraine, assuring that the jets will not be used...

Japan Scrambles Fighter Jets Following Incursion of Russian 'Intelligence-Gathering' Aircraft

The Japanese defense ministry said it scrambled fighter jets after a Russian intelligence-gathering aircraft was spotted flying over the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan this week. This follows recent incidents,...

Science

Gravitational wave detector LIGO is back online after 3 years of upgrades – how the world's most sensitive yardstick reveals secrets of the universe

After a three-year hiatus, scientists in the U.S. have just turned on detectors capable of measuring gravitational waves - tiny ripples in space itself that travel through the universe. Unlike light waves, gravitational...

Why don't rocks burn?

While many rocks dont burn, some of them do. It depends on what the rocks are made of and thats related to how they were formed. There are three main rock types: igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. These rocks are...

Quantum physics proposes a new way to study biology – and the results could revolutionize our understanding of how life works

Imagine using your cellphone to control the activity of your own cells to treat injuries and disease. It sounds like something from the imagination of an overly optimistic science fiction writer. But this may one day be a...

You shed DNA everywhere you go – trace samples in the water, sand and air are enough to identify who you are, raising ethical questions about privacy

Human DNA can be sequenced from small amounts of water, sand and air in the environment to potentially extract identifiable information like genetic lineage, gender, and health risks, according to our new...

Theory of everything: how progress in physics depends on asking the right questions

When I began my undergraduate physics degree (around 20 years ago), What is the theory of everything? was a question that I heard often. It was used as a label for how theoretical physicists were trying to develop a deeper...

Technology

Apple Reveals Broadcom Deal to Develop 5G Components

Apple Inc. revealed it has teamed up with Broadcom Inc. for the development of 5G radio frequency parts in the United States. The companies signed a multi-billion deal for the partnership. With the cooperation between...

Apple, Masimo Lawsuit Declared a Mistrial

What is a black box? A computer scientist explains what it means when the inner workings of AIs are hidden

For some people, the term black box brings to mind the recording devices in airplanes that are valuable for postmortem analyses if the unthinkable happens. For others it evokes small, minimally outfitted theaters. But...

AI is changing how Americans find jobs, get promoted and succeed at work

Whether we realize it or not, advancements in artificial intelligence are increasingly influencing the paths of our careers. Advancements in human capital management systems, more strategic and data-driven human...

AI is already being used in the legal system - we need to pay more attention to how we use it

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become such a part of our daily lives that its hard to avoid even if we might not recognise it. While ChatGPT and the use of algorithms in social media get lots of attention, an...

What is Bluesky and how's it different to Twitter?

Amid management changes at Twitter, discontented users are exploring an alternative social media platform called Bluesky. According to media reports, downloads of the Bluesky app surged more than 600% in...