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☆ Ken Griffin is doing his best to goad Trump into debating Nikki Haley
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Citadel CEO Ken Griffin is trying to get Donald Trump to debate Nikki Haley. He highlighted Haley as Trump's main rival, but said he was still deciding if he wanted to back her. AdvertisementHedge fund boss Ken Griffin on Tuesday urged former President Donald Trump to take on fellow presidential hopeful Nikki Haley in a GOP primary debate. "I think the real issue is, is Donald Trump, for all of his bluster, willing to get on stage with Nikki Haley or not?" "The American public needs to see, can Donald Trump hold his own with Nikki Haley?"

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☆ Some fund managers see merit in China's deeply discounted stocks
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Summer Zhen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

U.S. asset manager Fidelity International is highlighting China's looser monetary policy and the government's recent 1 trillion yuan ($137.10 billion) borrowing-and-spending sovereign bond plan as a tailwind for the country's stock markets. London-based £3 billion fund manager Somerset Capital Management likewise finds China exciting. The stock market has yet to recover, but has stabilised. Morgan Stanley estimates long-only foreign investors now have their deepest underweight positions in China and Hong Kong equities in years. Chinese stocks could see a short-term sentiment pick-up given foreign funds have such light positions in the market, said Redmond Wong, Greater China market strategist at Saxo Markets.

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Tuesday started with Nvidia getting more praise from one analyst, and a battery stock downgrade. She has a price target of $40 on shares, which suggests 20.3% upside potential from where shares closed on Monday. The firm initiated the stock with a buy rating and $125 price target, which suggests 7% upside from Monday's close. "3Q brings a narrative change in FREY's outlook with new risks to tech, strategy and funding that's been appropriately discounted by the stock market. He also slashed his price target to $2 from $13, which suggests 14.3% upside from Monday's close.

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☆ How Haley could eclipse DeSantis to become the Trump alternative
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Ron Brownstein | Analysis Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

But many Republican strategists believe that DeSantis’ struggles to connect with voters, and his choice to run at Trump solely from the right, have opened a lane for Haley to eclipse the Florida governor. An array of recent polls, both nationally and in the battleground states, signal that DeSantis and Haley have separated themselves from the rest of the candidates chasing Trump. “Absolutely, Nikki Haley has more upside than DeSantis if they are both viable after the first two,” argued Alex Stroman, a former executive director of the South Carolina GOP. DeSantis, Ayres argued, has “has tried to appeal to some of the ‘always Trump’ voters, but the ‘always Trump’ voters are always Trump for a reason. Nikki Haley seems to have figured out the job is to consolidate the ‘maybe Trump’ voters who supported Trump twice but now … want a different style and different temperament.”Republicans sympathetic to DeSantis argue that it is Haley who has boxed herself in.

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But it appeared to take Fox News' Trey Gowdy, a former GOP congressman who hosted Scott on his show Sunday, by surprise. "The voters, who are the most remarkable people on the planet, … they’re telling me, ‘Not now, Tim.’ I don’t think they’re saying, Trey, ‘no,’ but I do [think] they’re saying ‘not now,’” Scott said. But while Scott technically spoke the most during that debate, his quiet message was drowned out by others. After last Tuesday's debate, Scott brought his girlfriend of one year up to the stage, and the two briefly held hands while candidates' families mingled. “I’ll be honest with you, I ran for president to be president.

Persons: Sen, Tim Scott, Trey Gowdy, Scott, “, ‘, Tim, ’, Trey, ’ ” Scott, Mike Pence, Donald Trump, HarrisX, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy –, Trump, Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis, Asa Hutchinson, wasn't, ” Scott, it’s, ”, Haley, I’m, Trump's, Jeff Sessions Organizations: Black Republican, GOP, Fox News, Republican, Former U.S, United, Senate, Trump, New, New Jersey Gov, Florida Gov, Arkansas Gov, Fox, U.S, Capitol, Jeff Sessions of Locations: United States, America, South Carolina, Iowa, Miami, Former, North Charleston, Tuscaloosa , Alabama, New Jersey, Florida, Carolina, Washington

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Republican Party’s once-crowded 2024 presidential primary field has suddenly shrunk to just a handful of viable candidates. Instead, the fight between Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis for a distant second place appears to be intensifying. Political Cartoons View All 1244 Images“Now I’m hoping the field clears and it’s Nikki Haley one-on-one with the former president,” Druckenmillier told The Associated Press. Scott entered the 2024 campaign to much anticipation — especially in Iowa — as a close friend to Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst and a devoted evangelical Christian. And his modest share of support in late-summer Iowa polls shrunk by late fall as DeSantis and Haley appeared more viable.

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☆ Republican Sen. Tim Scott suspends presidential campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Aaron Pellish | Jeff Zeleny | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is suspending his presidential campaign, he announced in an interview with Fox News on Sunday. “Tim ran an optimistic, hopeful message — but that’s not where the Republican base is right now,” a Republican official who supported Scott told CNN. Scott said he has no intention of accepting a vice presidential nomination, reaffirming a position he repeated frequently on the campaign trail. The South Carolina senator entered the race with a major cash advantage after he converted his Senate campaign account into a presidential fund. He held the seat for more than a decade before his election to the South Carolina House in 2008.

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☆ Opinion: Marjorie Taylor Greene botches the explanation
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. CNN —On the day after Republicans lost pivotal races in Kentucky, Ohio and Virginia last week, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene offered a diagnosis for her party’s ills. On Tuesday, Ohio voters passed an amendment to the state constitution that guarantees abortion rights. The disconnect may or may not cost Trump votes in 2024, but it’s hurting Republicans up and down the ballot. “Democrats will win in 2024 by making the election a choice, not just a referendum on Biden’s performance in office.

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HILLSBORO, New Hampshire — Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is temporarily relocating his entire staff of over 40 people, including himself, from his headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, to the early-primary states of Iowa and New Hampshire in an effort to boost his campaign in the 2024 race. Ramaswamy, 38, has rented an apartment in Iowa, and the campaign is currently searching for rental housing in New Hampshire for the candidate and his staff. We’re excited to barnstorm the early states,” Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the Ramaswamy campaign, told NBC News. Last week, the Ramaswamy campaign launched an eight-figure ad buy in Iowa and New Hampshire ahead of the third GOP debate. Iowa is a state where Ramaswamy often stumps — he will be making more than 20 stops there next week.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy, ” Tricia McLaughlin, McLaughlin, Chris Christie, Donald Trump, caucusgoers Organizations: Republican, Politico, NBC News, New, GOP, NBC, Des Moines Register, New Jersey Gov, Hawkeye State Locations: HILLSBORO, New Hampshire, Columbus , Ohio, Iowa, Columbus, Franklin County , Ohio, New Jersey, Hawkeye

In business, that meant building a fortune by hyping a drug that ultimately failed. In politics, it means arguing he can return Trump's “America First” vision to the White House without the baggage. Ramaswamy majored in biology and participated in the campus Republican club, standing out even there as a libertarian. “I believe Donald Trump was an excellent president,” Ramaswamy said while campaigning in Atlanta. While many conservatives dislike foreign aid, Republican voters align heavily with Israel.

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Bob Vander Plaats, president and CEO of the Family Leader, said he and the RNC came to an agreement on the forum. “The RNC and I have agreed on the format of @TheFamilyLeader November 17 Thanksgiving FAMiLY Forum. Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott – were invited to the Family Leader’s Thanksgiving Family Forum scheduled for November 17. There’s no way that should cause the RNC to penalize any candidate,” DeSantis told reporters after a campaign event in Ames, Iowa. Trump was invited to the event but has no plans to attend, an aide to the former president said.

Persons: Bob Vander Plaats, ” Vander Plaats, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, South Carolina Sen, Tim Scott –, DeSantis, Scott, Ramaswamy RSVP’d, Drew Zahn, “, It’s, ” DeSantis, Trump, Vander Plaats, ’ ” Vander, CNN’s Ali, Jeff Zeleny Organizations: CNN, Republican National Committee, Iowa Christian, RNC, Florida Gov, South Carolina Gov, Republican, Family, An Iowa Republican, Trump Locations: Iowa, Florida, South Carolina, Ames , Iowa, An

☆ Biden’s ‘Up-Ticket’ Ballot Strategy
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Susan Milligan | Lauren Camera | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +9 min

Is the 80-year-old Biden (who turns 81 on Nov. 20) uniquely vulnerable because of his age and other issues? We'll get you copies of all those other polls," Biden said as he prepared to leave for a speech before United Auto Workers in Illinois. A lot of Biden's policies are toxic," O'Connell adds, ticking off the border and inflation along with the president's age. Democrats, meanwhile, believe they can benefit not just from the abortion issue but discontent toward Trump, whose favorability numbers with the general electorate are on par with Biden's . With stubbornly low approval ratings a year out from the election, Biden will need all the help he can get.

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CNN —Media personality and sex expert Dr. Ruth Westheimer is now New York state’s honorary ambassador to loneliness, a role that’s the first of its kind in the nation. US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has described the prevalence of loneliness and isolation as a national epidemic among all ages. Dr. Ruth Westheimer arrives at the Governors Awards at the Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles on October 27, 2019. A sense of being alone defines loneliness, while social isolation is an objective lack of social connections. Social isolation has also been linked to cognitive decline, anxiety and weakened immunity.

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They will have another opportunity on Dec. 6, when a fourth debate will take place in Alabama. With only five candidates qualifying for the stage - DeSantis and Haley were joined by U.S. "Everybody wants to talk about President Trump. I can tell you that I think he was the right president at the right time," she said. "I don't think he's the right president now."

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☆ Fireworks Ignite as Candidates Haley, Ramaswamy Debate TikTok, China
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Fireworks Ignite as Candidates Haley, Ramaswamy Debate TikTok, ChinaGOP candidates Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy traded barbs in response to a question about what they would do to combat concerns over TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance. Photo: Mike Segar/Reuters

Persons: Haley, Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Mike Segar Organizations: ByteDance, Reuters Locations: China

☆ Nikki Haley Stands Out on Foreign Policy at the Republican Debate
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Republican presidential candidates from left, former U.N. Ron DeSantis, and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy at the GOP debate on Wednesday. Photo: Rebecca Blackwell/Associated PressThe third Republican presidential debate Wednesday night was useful in many ways, and especially in revealing the emerging GOP fault line on foreign policy. Nikki Haley and Chris Christie stood out for supporting Israel and Ukraine and scoring President Biden for weakness that invited aggression from adversaries. Vivek Ramaswamy showed himself to be a full-throated isolationist, while Ron DeSantis and Tim Scott were hedgers, especially on aiding Ukraine.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Rebecca Blackwell, Chris Christie, Biden, Tim Scott, Donald Trump, he’s Organizations: Florida Gov, GOP, Associated Press Locations: Florida, Israel, Ukraine

Vivek Ramaswamy, a brash multimillionaire former biotech executive, took a swipe at Florida Governor Ron DeSantis over his cowboy boots, echoing speculation the shoes contain hidden lifts to boost his height. Five Republican candidates took part in Wednesday's debate. Trump allies have relentlessly hammered DeSantis over his cowboy boots, suggesting that DeSantis has hidden lifts inside them. DeSantis has said the boots are standard boots from Lucchese, a Texas-based western style shoe maker. Haley, who clashed with Ramaswamy several times during Wednesday's debate, corrected him, saying she actually wears five-inch heels.

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“I’m sick of Republicans losing,” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said. DeSantis has long contrasted his successful re-election last year in Florida with Republican setbacks in the last few elections, including Trump’s loss in 2020. Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy blamed Ronna McDaniel, the chair of the Republican National Committee, instead of Trump, for the party’s recent performance. After circling each other for half the debate, they finally went on the attack over the other's dealings with China. The DeSantis campaign, meanwhile, has tried to attack Haley on that issue, accusing her of welcoming a Chinese company into her state.

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☆ A GOP debate question about banning TikTok turned nasty, with Nikki Haley saying Vivek Ramaswamy is 'just scum'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Sarah Gray | Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Things got particularly heated between Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy on the topic of TikTok. But a question about TikTok caused a flareup between former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. “Leave my daughter out of your voice ... You’re just scum.”— Nikki Haley hits Vivek Ramaswamy after he brings up the fact that her daughter, like him, uses TikTok. The calls have persisted during the Biden administration, which has supported a bipartisan bill that could ban TikTok nationwide. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn May, Montana became the first state to pass legislation to ban TikTok.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy, —, Hugh Hewitt, Haley, muttered, — Nikki Haley, Trump, TikTok, Biden, Washington isn't, Z Organizations: GOP, Service, Oracle, Walmart, Google Locations: Miami, China, Montana, Ohio, New Jersey, Washington

☆ Opinion: The Republican debater with only one gear – ‘D’ for ‘dislikeable!’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Opinion Todd Graham | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Whether it was due to a less crowded debate stage or the experienced bench of moderators, the third Republican presidential debate held in Miami on Wednesday night was easily the smoothest debate yet. Usually, his moments of brilliance are –— as Senator Tim Scott would probably understand — sandwich-boarded by acts of self-flagellation. He was flat-out great in justifying our support of Ukraine, a debate Christie can win against anyone. As the resident expert of ‘letting little things get to me,’ I understand Haley’s Mr. Hyde. I wrote after the last debate that Haley makes poor decisions when something (or someone) gets under her skin.

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☆ Winners and Losers From the Third Republican Debate - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( New York Times Opinion | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +13 min

Welcome to Opinion’s commentary for the third Republican presidential debate, held in Miami on Wednesday night. The debate didn’t answer the question of whether she can really cut into DeSantis’s more conservative bloc of support. He deserves praise for his substantive, competent answers, but there’s not much of a market for that in the Republican primaries. In a debate dominated by a neoconservative revival, Ramaswamy — in both style and substance — was the only Trumpist on the stage. primary voters relished his attacks on the Republican National Committee and the debate moderators.

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It was the undercard that underwhelmed. The third straight Republican presidential debate that former President Donald J. Trump has skipped — choosing instead to rally with supporters a few miles away — represented a critical and shrinking chance for his rivals to close his chasm of a polling advantage. And with only five candidates on the stage for the first time — Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy and Tim Scott — they all had far more time to speak. Yet they had precious little to say about Mr. Trump, even when given the chance just over two months before the Iowa caucuses. They sparred in a substantive debate that dissected disagreements over aid to Ukraine, Social Security, confronting China, banning TikTok and how to approach abortion less than 24 hours after Republicans suffered their latest electoral setbacks driven by the fall of Roe v. Wade.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, —, Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Tim Scott —, Roe, Wade Organizations: Social Security, Republicans Locations: Iowa, Ukraine, China

☆ Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign says he was 'talking quickly' and 'kind of oscillated in his words' after he appeared to call Zelenskyy a Nazi
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign said he did not intend to call Volodymyr Zelenskyy a Nazi. Instead, a spokesperson told The New York Times that the GOP presidential hopeful was "talking quickly." download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . "He was talking quickly and kind of oscillated in his words," spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told The New York Times. Rota resigned after a massive outcry following reports about Hunka's Nazi ties.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy's, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ramaswamy, —, Vivek Ramaswamy, Tricia McLaughlin, McLaughlin, Zelenskyy, Anthony Rota, Yaroslav Hunka, Rota Organizations: New York Times, Service, GOP, Republican, Nazi, Zelenskyy's, Church, Politico, Associated Press, Canadian House Locations: Canada, Nazi, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Russia, Moscow

"You might want to take care of your family first," he told Haley, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and a former governor of South Carolina. "Leave my daughter out of your voice," Haley shot back, adding under her breath, "You're just scum." It was not the first time Haley, a foreign policy hawk, and Ramaswamy, an anti-interventionist on foreign conflicts, have clashed over TikTok. Haley is vying with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to become the top challenger to runaway favorite Donald Trump in the Republican nominating contest. Ramaswamy, a relative unknown at the start of the year, gained buzz earlier this year but appears to have since lost momentum.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Adrienne Arsht, Haley muttering, Ramaswamy, Haley, Nalin Haley, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump, Alexandra Ulmer, Ross Colvin, Howard Goller Organizations: South Carolina, Republican, U.S, NBC News, Adrienne, Adrienne Arsht Center, United Nations, Florida Governor, Thomson Locations: Florida, U.S, South Carolina

☆ Who Won the Third Republican Debate?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Alan Rappeport | More About Alan Rappeport | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The third Republican presidential debate this year, held on Wednesday in Miami, was packed with heated exchanges over abortion policy, immigration and China as the candidates tried to shine as the front-runner, former President Donald J. Trump, once again declined to join them onstage. This time around, the hopefuls dialed up the battle for second place and delivered digs at President Biden, but directed only glancing criticism at Mr. Trump. At times, they moved beyond policy and became personal, such as when Nikki Haley called Vivek Ramaswamy “scum” after he referred to her daughter. “That debate pretty much seals it for Trump,” Michael McDonald, a professor at the University of Florida who specializes in American elections, said on the social media platform X. “The Munchkins on the stage were too afraid to take him head on.”

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Biden, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Ron DeSantis, ” Michael McDonald, ” Organizations: Trump, University of Florida Locations: Miami, China, Florida

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