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Biden Team Starts @PresElectBiden, Express Anguish With Twitter For Resetting Follower Count
Friday, January 15, 2021 - 8:38am | 660Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR), in a blog post Thursday, said that it would be transferring the institutional White House Twitter accounts including @WhiteHouse, @POTUS, @VP, @FLOTUS, and @PressSec, once President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will both be sworn...
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Exclusive: Lion Electric CEO On Amazon Partnership, SPAC Merger, Biden Administration
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 - 5:18pm | 797Lion Electric CEO Marc Bedard and Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp's (NYSE: NGA) Ian Robertson joined Benzinga’s SPACs Attack show to discuss their merger and growth ahead. The SPAC Deal: Lion Electric is going public via a SPAC due to the speed to market. The merger will save...
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North American Electric Bus Leader Proterra SPAC Deal: What Investors Should Know
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 - 10:50am | 617A leading electric bus maker is going public via SPAC in a deal announced Tuesday morning. The SPAC Deal: Electric bus leader Proterra is being taken public by ArcLight Clean Transition Corp (NASDAQ: ACTC). The deal values Proterra with an enterprise value of $1.6 billion. Current ArcLight...
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As Trump Faces Impeachment In Final Days, Cramer Sees Risk For Markets
Monday, January 11, 2021 - 4:23pm | 294A dip in the Dow and uncertainty in the markets come as a result of uncertainty in the markets driven by caution after the attack on the U.S. Capitol last week and anciety ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's Jan. 20 inauguration, Jim Cramer said Monday on CNBC's "Mad Money." A...
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House To Move With Trump Impeachment Vote Unless Pence Invokes 25th Amendment: Pelosi
Monday, January 11, 2021 - 3:48am | 630House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Democratic leaders on Monday would request unanimous consent in the House urging Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to the Constitution “to declare the President incapable of executing the duties of his office,” Bloomberg reports...
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Trump Acknowledges A 'New Administration' Takes Over On Jan 20, Calls For 'Calm To Be Restored'
Friday, January 8, 2021 - 1:40am | 422Outgoing President Donald Trump seemed to concede election defeat to President-elect Joe Biden publicly for the first time in a video statement, more than 24 hours after Capitol Hill’s violent protests. Trump did not congratulate Biden or use his name in the video statement. The outgoing...
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Fintech Focus For January 8, 2021
Thursday, January 7, 2021 - 6:42pm | 1594Quote To Start The Day: Elon Musk, the outspoken entrepreneur behind Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, is now the richest person on the planet. A 4.8% rally in the electric carmaker’s share price Thursday boosted Musk past Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a...
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Congress Certifies Joe Biden As President, Trump Agrees To 'Orderly Transition' Of Power
Thursday, January 7, 2021 - 4:52am | 345The U.S. Congress formally recognized the Electoral College vote accepting Joe Biden as the next President of the United States early Thursday, after regaining control of the Capitol Hill followed by violent protests, Bloomberg reports. The outgoing President Donald Trump was...
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Washington DC Descends Into Anarchy As Trump Supporters Storm US Capitol, Delay Electoral College Vote Count
Wednesday, January 6, 2021 - 6:00pm | 968Supporters of outgoing Republican President Donald Trump breached the U.S. Capitol Wednesday as lawmakers were preparing to count Electoral College votes ahead of Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s Jan. 20 inauguration, in what can only be described as an attack on the country's...
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Gun, Security Stocks Surge As Protestors Storm US Capitol
Wednesday, January 6, 2021 - 4:23pm | 443The market is reacting to chaotic scenes out of Washington D.C. of protestors violently entering the U.S. Capitol. What Happened: Dozens of President Trump supporters breached security perimeters and entered the U.S. Capitol. The protests come as Congress was expected to vote and...
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What A Democratic Victory In Georgia's Runoff Election Means For The Stock Market
Wednesday, January 6, 2021 - 10:06am | 779In a surprising turn of events, Democrats appear poised to take over control of the Senate, potentially setting up at least two years of full Democratic control in Washington. What Happened? On Tuesday, Georgia held two Senate runoff elections. As of Wednesday morning, Democrat Rev. Raphael...
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Cramer Says It's 'Inconceivable' US Won't Have Better Relationship With China
Tuesday, January 5, 2021 - 9:35am | 242One of Jim Cramer's investment themes for 2021 is Chinese stocks. Cramer On China: Cramer discussed the relationship between the United States and China as it was the main topic in his first look at the market Tuesday morning. The relationship between the U.S. and China will improve under the...
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Fintech Focus For January 4, 2021
Sunday, January 3, 2021 - 11:58am | 1446Quote To Start The Day: Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. Source: Oprah Winfrey One Big Thing In Fintech: The banking industry has not been spared from the impact of Covid-19. Bank of America, for one, saw profits drop 16% year-over-year (YoY) in Q3’20 to $4.9B...
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What Transportation Can Expect From Biden's First 100 Days
Tuesday, December 29, 2020 - 11:57am | 1022Policies addressing climate change, civil rights and equity will be linked with transportation policy like never before by the incoming presidential administration, according to policy experts in Washington. Even before Pete Buttigieg was nominated by President-elect Joe Biden on Dec. 15 to be the...
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For Former Senator Tom Daschle, Marijuana Reform Matters 'For My Grandchildren'
Tuesday, December 29, 2020 - 9:58am | 1530When it comes to cannabis, Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle had a change of heart. During his tenure as a public servant, he preferred keeping marijuana in the DEA’s Schedule I category, alongside drugs that aren't considered safe to use even under medical supervision....