Category: Candidate

5 Short Squeeze Candidates to Watch: Biofrontera Rejoins and Tops List, 2 New Names Enter Leaderboard

Potential short squeeze plays have gained steam in 2021 with new retail traders looking for the next huge move. GameStop Corp. and AMC Entertainment Holdings are two high-profile examples of short squeezes earlier this year. A short squeeze can occur when a heavily shorted stock rises in value instead of falling. Short sellers could be…


Opposition to Candidacy of Top Chinese Security Official to Interpol Heats Up

Critics continue to decry a top Chinese security official’s candidacy to the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) as its General Assembly convenes from Nov. 23 to Nov. 25 in Istanbul, Turkey. China’s candidate, Hu Binchen, is the deputy director-general of China’s International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Public Security. He will join two other…


Rep. Karen Bass Reportedly Planning to Run for Mayor of Los Angeles in 2022

LOS ANGELES—Rep. Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) is planning to run for mayor of Los Angeles in the 2022 election, it was reported Sept. 24. The Los Angeles Times first reported the news Friday morning, citing three people familiar with Bass’s plans. Bass has been facing public pressure to run for mayor following the Aug. 23…


German Greens’ Chancellor Candidate Urges Higher Tariffs on Chinese Imports

FRANKFURT—Germany’s Green Party’s chancellor candidate said the European Union should impose tougher barriers for Chinese imports to prevent dumping and poor environmental standards. “We have to uphold standards when there is dumping in other world regions,” Greens candidate Annalena Baerbock told Sunday paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung in an interview. “This could for instance take the…