According to the Wall Street Journal, Friedrich Merz, who is leading the polls ahead of Germany's February 23 election, warned in an interview that Mr. Musk would face the consequences of supporting the far-right Alternative for Germany party through his social media platform X. "What happened in this campaign cannot go unquestioned," Merz said. Musk has repeatedly called on Germans to vote for the Alternative for Germany in the upcoming general election, saying it could...
According to FactSet, user activity surged around the election of Donald Trump in November, and analysts expect crypto revenues to surge to $345.50 million in Robinhood Q4, a 440% increase from the previous month.
US household wealth hit a record high in the third quarter, boosted by a rally in the stock market ahead of the US Presidential Election. Household net worth rose nearly $4.80 trillion, up 2.9% from the previous quarter to $168.80 trillion, according to a report released by the Federal Reserve on Thursday. The value of Americans' stock holdings rose by $3.80 trillion, while the value of real estate fell by nearly $200 billion. Investors benefited from the stock market rally in the third quarter,...
On November 7th, Elon Musk suggested to Trump before the US Presidential Election that he hire high-profile executives from SpaceX as senior government employees, including employees of the Pentagon. Musk's proposal suggests that he may play a key role in the Trump administration after becoming one of the largest donors to the Trump campaign. Speaking on X Live on Tuesday night, Musk said he had no plans to give up his political ambitions and that his super PACs would "have a major impact" on ju...
Gold is contested here, unable to bridge the divide; caution before the election may make it difficult for oil prices to carry out a major market.
The New Zealand dollar strengthened against the dollar in early trading on the prospect of a position correction ahead of Tuesday's US Presidential Election. The dollar is "likely to trade broadly this week" because of the election, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia's global economics and markets research team said in a note. The team said the dollar could climb if Mr. Trump leads in the early count of votes in the live vote. However, Democratic voters are more likely to vote by mail or in pers...
After Trump ruled out another presidential debate with his rival Harris before the November election, the odds of a new debate between Harris and Trump plummeted to 25 percent, according to Polymarket.
Betting odds on Trump launching a cryptocurrency token ahead of the November election surged to more than 84 percent on Polymarket, but have since reversed. Notably, in the prediction market of "Will Trump launch a token before the election?", the probability of "yes" was only 40 percent this Thursday and 16 percent a month ago.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida: A new image of the Liberal Democratic Party is needed in the next leadership election. I will not run for the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party.
The US Supreme Court has refused to halt the execution of former President Donald Trump's judgment and gag order in the New York hush money case before the election.