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Electoral College 2020: Trump Takes Florida, Biden Wins Minnesota, Most Swing States Too Close To Call

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Post date November 4, 2020
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We’ll be updating this story all night with state results for one of the most chaotic elections in modern American history – check back for the latest.

Electoral vote count: Biden 223, Trump 145

Trump took the first major battleground as the AP called Florida for him at 12:35 a.m. – the Sunshine State was a must-win state for Trump, but Biden’s campaign took pains on Tuesday to stress the Democratic candidate has several paths to victory without it.

Biden was projected to win Minnesota at 12:13 a.m. – a target state for Trump, who lost there by just 1.5 points in 2016 – while Trump was forecast to take Montana and Iowa, reach states for Biden but ones that were possible for him to win on a good night.

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Rubio Floats Conspiracy Theory: Networks Won’t Call Florida To Suppress Trump Vote

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Post date November 4, 2020
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) floated a baseless conspiracy theory Tuesday night that media networks deliberately are holding back from calling the race in Florida for President Trump because they want to suppress the vote in other swing states—a wild claim that was quickly picked up by the Trump campaign.

By 11 p.m. EDT, major television networks had yet to call Florida for President Trump, prompting some members of the Trump campaign to cry foul even as the results remained close, and anchors reminded viewers it was difficult to project states with speed due to the large influx of mail ballots.

“It’s over,” Rubio argued on Twitter, “So why won’t they call the race?”

The Florida senator went on to claim the networks had held back from calling Florida “to deny Trump an early swing state” before polls closed in Arizona and Nevada—suggesting the media networks had refrained from making the call deliberately to suppress the Trump vote.

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Senate Race Updates: Hickenlooper Gives Democrats First Pickup, Graham Holds Seat

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Post date November 4, 2020
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Republicans are looking to hold on to their delicate three-seat majority in the Senate on Tuesday, and the balance of power could come down to just one or two races—here are the latest results:

Colorado: Popular former governor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate John Hickenlooper knocked off Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), the Associated Press projects, handing Democrats their first Senate pickup of the night in a race they saw as crucial to taking back the majority.

South Carolina: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) survived a challenge from Democratic candidate Jaime Harrison, the Associated Press projects, in what amounts to the most expensive Senate loss in U.S. history after Harrison raised a record $57 million in the third quarter and more than $130 million overall.

Arizona: Democrats are strongly favored to pick up a seat in Arizona, where former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly is challenging Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), who has campaigned heavily as a Trump loyalist.

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Trump Praises Drivers That Biden Campaign Says Tried To Run Bus ‘Off The Road’

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Post date November 1, 2020
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President Donald Trump on Saturday offered praise to a group of pro-Trump pickup truck drivers in Texas who surrounded and slowed a Biden campaign bus and who the Biden campaign accused of trying to run it “off the road,” underscoring allegations that Trump encourages his supporters to act violently.

“I LOVE TEXAS!” Trump tweeted, along with a video of a dozen pickup trucks, sporting American and pro-Trump flags, following a Biden-Harris campaign bus on a highway in Texas.

The scene appeared to show the same incident chronicled in other videos posted to social media on Friday and Saturday showing the trucks following the bus and, in one case, ramming a white SUV accompanying it.

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Zoom Is Now Worth More Than ExxonMobil—And Founder Eric Yuan’s Net Worth Has Nearly Doubled In Three Months

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Post date November 1, 2020
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High-flying video conferencing service Zoom, which has seen skyrocketing demand during the coronavirus pandemic, is now worth more than ExxonMobil, one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies.

As of 2:30 p.m. ET, Zoom sported a market valuation of $139 billion, compared to Exxon’s $138.9 billion. Zoom began the year with a market cap of $19 billion. While Zoom posted $1.35 billion in revenue over the past 12 months, Exxon, by comparison, posted $213.8 billion in revenue during that time period.

Exxon announced on Thursday that it would lay off 1,900 U.S. employees, the latest effort to reduce costs and improve efficiency during the pandemic. Exxon has seen its operations pressured by corona-virus like other energy companies, many of which have taken steps to improve balance sheets, reduce staff and in some cases suspend dividends.

West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. oil benchmark, currently trades at around $36 per barrel, down from over $62 as recently as January.

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IMF’s ‘Deep Recession’ Talk Ignores Economic Reality

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Post date October 19, 2020
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The head of the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) says the global economy is “not out of the woods.” Yet it’s hard not to worry that Kristalina Georgieva is missing the forest through the trees.

The 4.4% contraction in world gross domestic product the IMF expects for 2020 is one thing. But the 5.2% growth it predicts for 2021 makes me wonder what’s in the water in Washington. It also suggests global elites are already being complacent about the need to up stimulus as Covid-19 fallout intensifies.

Other than China, after all, where are the 2021 growth engines? China, remember, remains an export power. So, without external growth China’s prospects top out pretty quickly. IMF

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THE BEST AMAZON PRIME DAY DEALS | YOU CAN SHOP NOW | BUYING ADVISE

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Post date October 12, 2020
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WHAT IS AMAZON PRIME DAY DEALS?

Prime Day is an exclusive sale for Amazon Prime members – customers who pay $119 a year for free fast shipping via Prime Video, free movie and TV shows (available for $9 a month), and unlimited access, among other benefits. For reading material on any device via Prime Reading.

During Prime Day, choose products from a variety of brands, ranging from Amazon-owned electronics to clothing and homewares. The occasion is exclusive to key members during Amazon Prime Day.

Again, when is Amazon Prime Day? According to Amazon’s blog, the first Prime Minister’s Day event took place on July 15, 2015, as a way to celebrate the company’s 20th anniversary.

The first Prime day lasted 24 hours – the length of a “day” you know – and gave members access to nine countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, Japan, Italy, Germany, France, Canada and Austria.

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All eyes on Mirpur as cricket returns to Bangladesh

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Post date October 11, 2020
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March 16, 2020 was the last time Bangladeshi cricketers played a competitive game.The backdrop was the first round of the Dhaka Premier League, which was cancelled shortly after following the outbreak of the coronavirus in the country.

After that long seven-month gap, cricketers will once again return to the field through the BCB President’s Cup today.

Mahmudullah XI will take on Najmul XI in the opening game of the 50-over tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National stadium in Mirpur today.

All matches will be day-night affairs and it will mark the Bangladesh Cricket Board actually resuming cricket in an attempt to gradually host international teams.

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Trump appears in public as his doctor says he is no longer a transmission risk

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Post date October 11, 2020
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US President Donald Trump appeared back to his old self on Saturday as he addressed supporters at the White House in his first public event since being diagnosed with COVID-19 and his doctor said he was no longer a transmission risk.

Trump took a test on Saturday which showed that he was no longer a “transmission risk to others,” his physician Sean Conley said in a statement, adding that an assortment of tests taken by the president showed there was no longer evidence “of actively replicating virus.”

The White House had no immediate comment on whether Conley’s statement indicated that the president had tested negative for the coronavirus.

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A night like no other

On a night when Serie A saw as bizarre an event as the Napoli-Juventus fixture being abandoned as Napoli players weren’t allowed by their local health authority to travel to Turin due to coronavirus fears.

La Liga meted out a tensed 1-1 draw between Barcelona and Sevilla and the Bundesliga witnessed yet another one-man show from Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski.

Who scored all four goals including a stoppage-time penalty to give the German champions a 4-3 home win over Hertha Berlin, the focus still turned to the Premier League.

Champions Liverpool suffered a humiliating 7-2 defeat at Aston Villa and Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho savoured a 6-1 win over his former club Manchester United in one of the most astonishing days in Premier League history.

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