Category: Elections

French Stocks Tumble to Worst Week in Two Years Over Election Fears

Investors worry about a possible debt crisis in the country as polls show the far right could be brought to the brink of power in less than a month.
Cooling Inflation Revives Biden’s Hope of Rate Cuts

The chances of at least one pre-election cut appeared to be helped by a new inflation report.
OpenAI Says Russia and China Used Its A.I. in Covert Campaigns

Iran and an Israeli company also exploited the tools in online influence efforts, but none gained much traction, an OpenAI report said.
TikTok Moves to Limit Russian and Chinese Media’s Reach in Big Election Year

The platform will keep state-affiliated media accounts out of users’ feeds if they “attempt to reach communities outside their home country on current global events and affairs.”
OpenAI Releases ‘Deepfake’ Detector to Disinformation Researchers

The prominent A.I. start-up is also joining an industrywide effort to spot content made with artificial intelligence.
He Won by a Landslide. Why Is He Fighting for His Political Life?

Ben Houchen, a regional mayor in the north of England, faces a close re-election race, partly thanks to the broader troubles of Britain’s Conservative Party.
With Inflation This High, Nobody Knows What a Dollar Is Worth

Strong reactions to rising prices and misunderstandings about the value of money are rampant, our columnist says.
Could the Union Victory at VW Set Off a Wave?

Some experts say the outcome at a plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., may be organized labor’s most significant advance in decades. But the road could get rockier.
VW Workers in Tennessee Start Vote on U.A.W., Testing Union Ambitions

The United Automobile Workers hopes contract gains at the Big Three carmakers will provide momentum in a broad effort to organize nonunion plants.
The Odds for a Summertime Fed Rate Cut Are Dwindling

Hotter-than-expected inflation has upended bets on when the Fed will start lowering interest rates, and could complicate President Biden’s re-election bid.
Mercedes-Benz Workers in Alabama Ask for Unionization Vote

The United Automobile Workers union is mounting its most ambitious effort to gain an industry foothold beyond Detroit’s Big Three.
In the Markets, a Tug of War Between Big Tech and the Fed

On Wall Street, excitement about A.I. outweighs concern about interest rates. But rocketing stocks could make it tough for the Federal Reserve to cut rates.