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DeSantis on track to finish second to Trump in Iowa as Ramaswamy exits race

Donald Trump was projected as the runaway winner in Iowa’s Republican presidential caucuses on Monday night, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis looked set to come in second place. Nikki Haley, a former ambassador to the U.N. and governor of South Carolina, was on track to finish third, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy appeared on course for fourth. Ramaswamy subsequently announced he’d quit the race and endorsed Trump. Trump has enjoyed big leads for months in most polls of the early states, so a main focus for Iowa’s first-in-the-nation voting has been who would get second — and how close that candidate could get to the former…

Investors pump record sums into bond and ‘quality’ stock ETFs

Exchange traded fund investors pumped record sums into fixed income and “quality” stocks last year as risk appetite jumped in the final months of 2023. However inflation-linked bond funds and broad commodity ETFs experienced record outflows as sliding global inflation tempered investors’ desire to hedge against its corrosive effect on asset prices. Overall, the global ETF industry recorded net inflows of $965bn last year, according to data from BlackRock, up from $867bn in 2022. This was the second-highest figure on record, behind 2021’s $1.3tn. “It’s interesting to see it compare to 2021, even though we had so many rate hikes,”…

Eyes on second-place finisher as Trump is projected winner in Iowa caucuses

Donald Trump was projected as the winner in Iowa’s Republican presidential caucuses on Monday night, but it wasn’t clear yet who had scored second place. Trump has enjoyed big leads for months in most polls of the early states, so a main focus for Iowa’s first-in-the-nation voting has been who would get second — and how close that candidate could get to the former president. Ahead of Monday’s voting in Iowa, Trump was looking on track for a victory as he had support above 50% in polls focused on the state, while Haley and DeSantis were in the teens. That’s according to a RealClearPolitics moving average for Iowa polls. New…

Stocks slide, dollar gains on rates outlook jitters

Asian shares dropped to a one-month low, US stock futures fell and the dollar rose on Tuesday as hawkish remarks from central bankers tempered expectations for interest rate cuts and traders waited to hear from the Fed's influential Christopher Waller. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 1.0 per cent to its lowest since mid-December. Japan's Nikkei looked set to snap a sharp six-session winning streak with a 0.7 per cent dip away from Monday's 34-year high. US markets were closed for a holiday on Monday, but S&P 500 futures were 0.4 per cent lower in Asia trade, Fed fund futures fell - reflecting a…

Medivolve Announces Telehealth Platform Development Contract and Change of…

TORONTO, Jan. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medivolve Inc. (“ ” or the “ ”) (NEO: MEDV; OTC: MEDVF; FRA:4NC) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a master services agreement dated December 29, 2023, with Engineer.ai Corp. (dba Builder.ai) (“ ”) to assist in the development of its telehealth platform. Pursuant to the agreement, Builder will develop robust features of the platform, including but not limited to, provider and patient interfacing, telehealth video conferencing, appointment scheduling and management tools, credit card payment processing and more. Features of the platform aim to additionally integrate through…