The euro sinks as France’s budget crisis threatens to topple Michel Barnier’s government in a parliamentary showdown

Paris stocks and the euro fell on Monday as a budget impasse in France fueled concerns about the eurozone’s second-largest economy. French Prime Minister Michel Barnier faces the biggest risk yet of being ousted by a hostile parliament as his government on Monday unveils a social security funding plan that has angered the opposition. Barnier,…

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Republicans respond to Biden’s ‘No one is above the law’ post after Hunter’s pardon

Following President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter Bidenseveral Republican lawmakers highlighted a post on X from earlier this year when the president had claimed, “No one is above the law.” Reps. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and Eli Crane, R-Ariz., both shared Biden’s post, saying, “Unless your last name is Biden.” Senator Ted CruzR-Tx.,…

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Political power will be the most important leadership skill in the coming years

For CEOs and CEO candidates, creating or simply strengthening direct relationships with the White House will be even more important during the next presidential term, as evidenced by the flurry of tech executives taking a knee ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, for example, visited Mar-a-Lago during Thanksgiving week in an…

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