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President Biden was peeved. What was Chuck Schumer thinking?The Democrats had just temporarily averted a national default with Republican aid but still needed a broader deal to resolve a debt ceiling clash. Yet there was Mr. Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader, on the floor bashing Republicans for playing “a dangerous and risky partisan game.”Mr. Biden called Mr. Schumer to chide him. That was not helpful, the president said, according to an official informed about the call, which came late in Mr. Biden’s first year in office. Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, had backed down to help avoid a fiscal…

The study found strong statistical differences between patients who received Nexalin’s DIFS® technology in combination with escitalopram (Lexapro) and a placebo group who received escitalopram alone. Two-thirds of patients who received the combination treatment saw improvement. compared with only one-third of patients receiving medical therapy alone. HOUSTON, June 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nexalin Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXL; NXLIW) (the “Company” or “Nexalin”) today announced positive results from a clinical trial designed to evaluate the feasibility, safety and efficacy of transcranial alternating current dynamic frequency stimulation (tACS) as an add-on treatment for symptoms of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), also known…

Rivian (RIVN) surged 39% in premarket trading after news of its $5 billion deal with Volkswagen (VWAGY).The deal is split into a $3 billion direct equity investment in Rivian and a $2 billion investment in a 50/50 owned joint venture.The company is scheduled to hold an investor meeting at its Illinois factory on Thursday, so I think the stock price could remain volatile through the weekend.There are a few ways to elaborate on Rivian and VW’s new partnership.Impact on LibyansRivian has gone from Wall Street being concerned about its need to raise more capital (speculations have put the figure at…

Ukrainian military commanders said Ukraine was able to destroy Russian military formations after receiving permission from its allies to use weapons to attack Russian military targets across the border.An artillery commander with the call sign Hephaestus told The Associated Press that Ukrainian Himal artillery began shelling areas north of Kharkiv Oblast as soon as Ukraine received permission.”HIMARS wasn’t silent all day,” he said, referring to the U.S.-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket System.Ukraine last month received permission from its allies to attack Russian military targets with weapons they supplied, reversing long-standing restrictions.”From the first days, the Ukrainian armed forces managed to…

Green water tankers are a common sight in Jordanian cities. The average Jordanian has running water for only a day and a half per week. When the taps run dry, residents and business owners call to order water to be refilled in rooftop or underground storage tanks. But these trucks aren’t usually dispatched by local water utilities. Instead, they’re run by private operators licensed to sell drinking water, and increasingly, unlicensed operators who source water from private wells. This illustrates the rise of illicit water markets in the Middle East as the climate crisis makes droughts more severe and frequent.…

On Election Day, November 6, 1860, a Springfield, Illinois, lawyer who 11 years earlier had served one term in Congress and was soon to become president, said the election was “like a ‘great swelling,’ which causes great pain before it surfaces, but after it is over the body is healthier than it was before.”The quote comes from Eric Larson’s recently published book, “The Demon of Anxiety,” which describes the coming of the Civil War as sustaining the political system.One certainty is that when the dust settles from this year’s election, one deeply unpopular candidate will be eliminated from the political…

Wall Street was slightly lower before the close on Wednesday as markets digested corporate earnings and awaited key inflation figures from the government on Friday.S&P 500 futures were little changed, while Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were down 0.2%.Chipmaker Nvidia rose in after-hours trading, recouping more losses it suffered over the past three days when its market capitalization shed 13%. Nvidia, which relies on high demand for its chips for artificial intelligence applications, rose 2% in premarket trading after climbing 6.8% on Tuesday.Rivian shares soared 37% on news that Volkswagen had agreed to invest up to $5 billion in a…

Attachments Baghdad, June 26, 2024 — In a landmark move to attract foreign investors to Iraq, the country celebrated the signing of the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements as a Result of Mediation (Singapore Convention). Under the patronage of Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Iraqi National Investment Commission (NIC) hosted a high-profile conference on mediation today. Creating an environment for global investors Opening the meeting on behalf of Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, Adviser to the Prime Minister Nasser Saleh Abdelnabi Al-Assadi reiterated the government’s unwavering focus on foreign…

Young individual investors are betting that a change of government will see the UK market soar and increase their stock market holdings.The survey of 1,000 UK-based retail investors found that almost two-thirds of respondents aged 18 to 44 believe the change in Downing Street will lead to an increase in the value of UK-listed shares.When all age groups were included, this figure dropped to 44% of all retail investors, with 30% expressing the opposite opinion, according to a survey by trading platform eToro.68% of Labour voters think a new government would be a boon for UK stocks, while around a…

Venture capital plays a vital role in helping start-ups get off the ground, and there are persistent gender disparities in this sector. Surveys and studies show that more than four in five partners at U.S.-based venture capital firms are men. Perhaps related to this, venture capital firms overwhelmingly put their money into male-led companies. In 2023, only about a quarter of venture capital funding was allocated to female-led companies, according to Crunchbase data. Gender equality advocates have long called for companies to have more senior female venture capitalists on their teams, with the idea that having more women making investment…