In a Trump economy characterized by reduced regulation, easier deal-making, more initial public stock offerings, and an expansion of the private credit market, investment bank Goldman Sachs is poised to win big, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Category: 19 November 2024
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SPOTLIGHT ON U.S. INTEREST RATES
Because the U.S. economy is showing signs of strength and stability, the U.S. Federal Reserve will take its time to assess conditions before deciding when, and how quickly, to continue reducing its interest rates, Fed chair Jerome Powell said in a 14 November Dallas speech.
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TRUMP BACKS WAR HAWK HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON TO RETAIN HIS ROLE
Donald Trump said last week that he stood behind House Speaker Mike Johnson—an evangelical Christian fully committed to Israel.
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SOMETHING’S OUT THERE: EX-MILITARY OFFICIALS IN THE U.S. SAY UFOs ARE REAL
Former U.S. officials told a congressional panel last week that there have been sightings of UFOs that could be a risk to national security and should be further investigated.
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U.S. CRYPTO THAW JUST HEATED UP
With Gary Gensler potentially bowing out as SEC commissioner by Thanksgiving, and initiatives on tap to follow through on President-Elect Trump’s promise to have the U.S. lead the world in crypto technology, the entire sector is in a celebratory mood.
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AFRICAN MEALWORM EATS STYROFOAM
Those blocks of hard foam packing around your flat-screen TV look like dinner to an African mealworm.
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JET FUEL DISTILLED FROM WASTEWATER CUTS EMISSIONS 70 PERCENT
Researchers at the Argonne National Laboratory have created a process to salvage organic matter from wastewater and use it as a feedstock to make “sustainable”—non-polluting—jet fuel.
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SLEEPING BRAIN CELLS COULD WAKE UP AND COMBAT A RANGE OF ILLNESSES
Our brains have hordes of neural stem cells that can grow into new brain cells. They’re dormant until a signal jolts them awake and they begin to make young and healthy new cells.
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GERMANY’S SCHOLZ DRAWS CRITICISM FROM ZELENSKY AFTER INITIATING PHONE CALL WITH PUTIN
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, best known for playing the piano with no hands, rushed to X on Friday in hopes of dashing any progress toward peace German Chancellor Olaf Scholz may have made during his hour-long phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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WILL UKRAINE GO NUCLEAR IF ABANDONED BY TRUMP?
Ukraine looks like it’s sending the incoming Trump administration a message: keep up the weapons support, or we’ll go nuclear against Russia.