NEW YORK, Nov 9, (Millat/APP/AFP) – US stock markets sank in after-hours trading Tuesday as early election results pointed to a possible shock win for Republican Donald Trump. Futures markers for the S&P 500, the NASDAQ and the Dow Jones Industrial Average sank around three percent as returns showed a solid showing for Trump in […]
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US stock futures sink on fears of Trump win
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Tokyo stocks plunge 2.2% as results show tight US election
TOKYO, Nov 9, (Millat/APP/AFP) – Tokyo stocks plunged Wednesday as polls suggested that market-favoured Hillary Clinton was struggling in her bitter battle against Donald Trump for the US presidency. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index dropped 2.2 percent, or 382.48 points, to 16,788.90 by the lunch break, after swinging between gains and losses for most of […]
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Battle for Congress: Republicans projected to hold US House
WASHINGTON, Nov 9, (APP/AFP)/Millat – Republicans will hold on to their majority in the US House of Representatives as expected, networks projected Tuesday, as attention shifts to the Senate where the battle for control is tighter. With the US election in full swing, the party of populists presidential candidate Donald Trump was on track to […]
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US Election Night: Electoral college count
WASHINGTON, Nov 9, (APP/AFP) – The following is a running tally of states claimed by presidential hopefuls Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump on Tuesday in their race for the White House. Candidates are racing to hit the magic number of 270 electoral votes, an absolute majority of the 538 members of the electoral […]
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Republicans retain control of House: projections
WASHINGTON, Nov 9, (APP/AFP) – The Republican Party looked set to keep its majority in the US House of Representatives in Tuesday’s election, two television networks projected. NBC and ABC said early results indicated the party would keep at least 218 of the 435 seats in the chamber.
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Clinton or Trump? America voting at last
WASHINGTON, Nov 8, (APP/AFP) – With an anxious world watching, Americans began voting Tuesday on whether to send the first female president or a volatile populist tycoon to the White House. The kickoff marks the end to a campaign like no other — exhausting, often bitter — as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump presented radically […]