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Austria’s far-right Freedom party scored a historic victory in the country’s parliamentary election on Sunday, with the result consolidating pro-Russian, anti-establishment forces in central Europe.The FPÖ was projected to win just under 29 per cent of the ballots cast, according to a near final official estimate of the vote late on Sunday, bolstering the claim of its firebrand leader Herbert Kickl to become Austria’s next chancellor.It is the first time the FPÖ, which has embraced increasingly hardline and extremist policies on immigration and the war in Ukraine in recent years under Kickl, has come first in a national election.Read more…
The Justice Department sued Alabama on Friday over the state’s recent effort to remove more than 3,000 names from its voter rolls, arguing the move violated federal law prohibiting such action from taking place too close to an election. Alabama GOP Secretary of State Wes Allen announced on August 13 that he had begun a process of removing 3,251 individuals previously identified as being noncitizens from the state’s voter rolls – even as he acknowledged the possibility that some of those people have since become naturalized citizens who are eligible to vote. But in an 18-page lawsuit filed in federal court in…
Surprisingly, many retirees return to work for reasons other than finances. According to T. Rowe Price’s recent, Retirement: Saving and Spending Study, 20% of retirees are working and 7% are actively seeking work. While many people work in retirement for financial reasons, the study found that 45% of recent retirees chose to work for social and emotional connections. Work provides more benefits than simply an income stream. The survey responses point to the need to also plan for retirement with a lens on the non-financial aspects of work. Cultivating social and emotional connections outside of work is something to do…
China’s surging stock market after the government outlined plans to boost the economy has suddenly tipped hedge funds and strategists to what would have recently been seen as one of the most contrarian trades around. The CSI 300, an index of stocks traded in Shanghai and Shenzhen, rallied more than 15% last week, its best week since 2008 . Earlier this year, the CSI 300 fell to six-year-lows. “There is no question that shares of quality businesses will bottom well ahead of final index bottoms,” a team led by JPMorgan chief China equity strategist Wendy Liu wrote in a report…
Billionaire investor Mark Cuban cautioned Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Sunday against forming an alliance with former President Donald Trump, because, he said, the Republican presidential nominee may not ultimately repay his political debts.”Elon, there will come a time when you need something from Donald Trump,” Cuban wrote in an X post to his fellow billionaire. “You will think you will have earned the right to ask and receive. You have been a loyal, faithful soldier for him.””At the point you need him the most,” Cuban continued. “You will find out what so many before you have learned, his loyalty…
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday vetoed a hotly contested artificial intelligence safety bill, after the tech industry raised objections, saying it could drive AI companies from the state and hinder innovation. Newsom said he had asked leading experts on Generative AI to help California “develop workable guardrails” that focus “on developing an empirical, science-based trajectory analysis.” He also ordered state agencies to expand their assessment of the risks from potential catastrophic events tied to AI use. Read the full article here
This article was written byFollowSamuel Smith has a diverse background that includes being lead analyst and Vice President at several highly regarded dividend stock research firms and running his own dividend investing YouTube channel. He is a Professional Engineer and Project Management Professional and holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering & Mathematics from the United States Military Academy at West Point and has a Masters in Engineering with a focus on applied mathematics and machine learning. Samuel leads the High Yield Investor investing group. Samuel teams up with Jussi Askola and Paul R. Drake where they focus on finding the…
Israel has killed Hizbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah in a massive strike on Beirut, in the latest in a series of devastating blows to the Lebanese militant group.The strike in a densely populated residential neighbourhood in southern Beirut was part of an intense bombardment carried out by Israeli forces on Friday and marked a dramatic escalation of Israel’s offensive against Hizbollah.The Lebanese group confirmed Nasrallah’s death in a statement on Saturday, saying he had joined the group’s long list of “martyrs”. It said its leadership would continue to battle against Israel “in support of Gaza and Palestine, and in defence of…
‘Ain’t that the boy that be yodeling in the Walmart?’: Roy Wood Jr. reacts to kid selling tractors CNN host Roy Wood Jr. shows a video of a young boy selling tractors that could be affected by former President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Watch CNN’s new comedy quiz show, “Have I Got News For You,” Saturdays at 9pm ET/PT. Read the full article here
Retirement is defined as “leaving one’s job or ceasing to work.” But it involves so much more than that. As I wrote in “Retirement As A Death,” leaving one’s job is an emotional and psychological roller coaster, particularly when one is not prepared. In order to retire successfully, it is important to realize what is happening and how to transition into a new life role. Research indicates it is critical to find a reason to get up in the morning—purpose and meaning. According to Dr. Becca Levy, author of Breaking the Age Code: How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How…
