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Joe Burrow wins 2019 Heisman Trophy as LSU heads into College Football Playoff

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The 2019 Heisman Trophy was awarded to Louisiana State University (LSU) quarterback Joe Burrow on Saturday after he led the team to an undefeated 13-0 season and berth in the College Football Playoff. He denied the Oklahoma Sooners the opportunity to boast... Read More

Nancy Grace: ‘I find it very, very hard to believe’ Jeffrey Epstein killed himself

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Former longtime cable news host Nancy Grace said she finds it “hard to believe,” but not “impossible,” that disgraced...

Dershowitz spars with former law student, CNN analyst over impeachment: ‘C’mon Alan’

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Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz debated Democrats’ impeachment push with CNN Chief Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin, who also happens to...

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ByteDance unit establishes venture with Chinese state media firm

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FILE PHOTO: Tik Tok logos are seen on smartphones in front of a displayed ByteDance logo in this illustration... Read More

US video surveillance rivals China’s, report says

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China’s Orwellian video surveillance gets a bad rap but the U.S. isn’t far behind, says a new report. The... Read More

Quadriga: Lawyers for users of bankrupt crypto firm seek exhumation of founder

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Lawyers representing users of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX are asking Canadian authorities to exhume the body of its founder.... Read More

The Game Awards 2019: All the winners and big reveals

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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice was the big winner at this year’s Gaming Awards. Despite criticism for being incredibly hard... Read More

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UPDATE 1-Brazil Vale dam near site of January disaster has ‘cracks’ -TV station

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FILE PHOTO: A view of the Brazilian mining company Vale’s tailings dam in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais state, Brazil December... Read More

UPDATE 1-Qatar open to accepting all currencies for trade – FinMin

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DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar is open to accepting all currencies for trade though the dollar will still dominate, Finance... Read More

UPDATE 1-S.Korea’s Nov U.S. crude imports up 80.4% on-year

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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s U.S. crude oil imports rose 80.4% in November from a year earlier, with imports... Read More

US sanctions targeting Iran violate international law – Malaysian PM

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The United Sates’ unilateral sanctions regime imposed on Iran violates the UN charter and international law, Malaysian Prime Minister... Read More

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Mexico objects to labor enforcement provision in North American trade deal

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s deputy foreign minister, Jesus Seade, said on Saturday he sent a letter to the top U.S. trade official expressing surprise and concern over a labor enforcement provision proposed by a U.S. congressional committee in... Read More

California governor rejects PG&E bankruptcy reorganization plan

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(Reuters) – California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday rejected a bankruptcy reorganization plan submitted by PG&E Corp (PCG.N), the...

Swiss body considers ban on Swatch unit selling parts – Schweiz am Wochenende

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VIENNA (Reuters) – A Swatch (UHR.S) unit that supplies parts to much of the watch market faces a possible...

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Strictly Come Dancing 2019 crowns its winners

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Former Emmerdale actor Kelvin Fletcher, who was only drafted into Strictly Come Dancing as a last-minute replacement, has been... Read More

Shaquille O’Neal jokes that Stevie Wonder isn’t really blind after elevator encounter

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Shaquille O’Neal isn’t convinced that Stevie Wonder is blind after a funny encounter in an elevator. The NBA legend,... Read More

50 Cent, Russell Simmons slam Oprah over upcoming sexual misconduct documentary

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50 Cent and Russell Simmons aren’t happy with the subject of Oprah Winfrey‘s latest project. The media mogul is working... Read More

Emmerdale actress Sheila Mercier dies aged 100

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Emmerdale actress Sheila Mercier has died aged 100, ITV has confirmed. The Hull-born star played Annie Sugden in the... Read More

Health

FDA panel votes unanimously in favor of Horizon’s thyroid eye disease drug

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(Reuters) – Independent advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday voted unanimously in favor of Horizon... Read More

Social media use linked to teen disordered eating behaviors

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(Reuters Health) – Adolescents who are active on social media may be more likely to exercise excessively, skip meals... Read More

Sarepta shares surge after surprise approval of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy drug

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(Reuters) – Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics Inc (SRPT.O) soared 31% on Friday after U.S. regulators shocked Wall Street by... Read More

Boy, 5, given prosthetic arm that lets him hug brother

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Media playback is unsupported on your device When Jacob was born eight weeks early most of his left arm... Read More

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Swiss body considers ban on Swatch unit selling parts – Schweiz am Wochenende

VIENNA (Reuters) – A Swatch (UHR.S) unit that supplies parts to much of the watch market faces a possible sales ban next year by Switzerland’s Competition Commission (Weka), newspaper Schweiz am Wochenende reported on Saturday. FILE PHOTO: Swatch models are displayed at the company’s headquarters in [...]

Mnuchin says trade deal with China to boost global economy

DOHA (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday a “phase one” trade deal between the United States and China was “very good” for global economic growth, and added that the second phase could come in several steps. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin speaks abou [...]

U.S.-China trade deal cuts tariffs for Beijing promise of big farm purchases

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States and China cooled their trade war on Friday, announcing a “Phase one” agreement that reduces some U.S. tariffs in exchange for what U.S. officials said would be a big jump in Chinese purchases of American farm products and other goods. Beijing has agre [...]

Shooting at suburban Atlanta mall injures 1 as shoppers flee

ATLANTA (AP) — A shooting that wounded one man in a mall food court sent suburban Atlanta shoppers fleeing in panic Saturday. The Cobb County Police Department said the man was wounded at Cumberland Mall around 1 p.m. following an argument and that the shooting suspect ran away. The victim was taken [...]

Helen Raleigh: Trump should seek bigger China trade deal – Chinese hurt by trade war, need US food imports

It’s too early to tell yet if the Phase One trade deal announced Friday by the U.S. and China is a good deal for America, because the text of the agreement hasn’t yet been made public. However, the muted tone from the Chinese side in discussing the deal has already cast a shadow of doubt […] [...]

Navy defeats Army to claim Commander-in-Chief Trophy with Trump in attendance

Navy got off to a slow start on Saturday but quickly bounced back to handily defeat Army with a final score of 31-7, winning the coveted Commander-in-Chief Trophy, as President Trump looked on from the stands. Trump received a warm reception from the crowd when he arrived to take his seat at Lincoln [...]

US sanctions targeting Iran violate international law – Malaysian PM

The United Sates’ unilateral sanctions regime imposed on Iran violates the UN charter and international law, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said. Speaking at a conference in Qatar on Saturday, Mahathir stressed that his country does not support Washington’s measures against Tehran, and th [...]

GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares and sterling leap on trade and Brexit boosts

LONDON (Reuters) – Stock markets and sterling gained on Friday as U.S.-China trade hopes and an election win for Britain’s Brexit-backing Conservative Party cleared two of the clouds on the global investment horizon. The relief undercut safe-haven sovereign bonds and the Japanese yen and led markets [...]

UPDATE 2-Investors in collapsed Woodford fund to get half their cash in Jan

* BlackRock has sold, reinvested 56% of fund * PJT Partners looking to sell illiquid assets * May have to wait some time for more – AJ Bell * Listed fund also changes name after manager change * Fund misses out on election bounce – Willis Owen (Adds trust change of name, quote, holdings performance) [...]

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Laredo Petroleum Announces Appointment of Craig Jarchow to Board of Directors

TULSA, OK, Dec. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (NYSE: LPI) (“Laredo” or “the Company”) today announced the appointment of Craig Jarchow to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). His appointment as an independent director is effective December 10, 2019. Mr. Jarchow has mo [...]

Marksmen Announces Final Closing of Private Placement

CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Marksmen Energy Inc. (TSXV: MAH) (OTCQB: MKSEF) (“Marksmen” or the “Company”) announces that it has completed the second and final closing of its previously announced non-brokered private placement of units (the “Units”) of Marksmen (the “Offering”) [...]

Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. Confirms Dividends for January 15, 2020 and Approves 2020 Capital Budget

CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. (TSX: PEY) (“Peyto”) confirms that the monthly dividend with respect to December 2019 of $0.02 per common share is to be paid on January 15, 2020, for shareholders of record on December 31, 2019. The ex-divi [...]

Kameleoon appoints experienced digital marketing executive Martin Harrison as first UK Managing Director

Largest European personalisation technology provider expands on back of new funding and identity London and Paris, 10 December 2019, Kameleoon, the leading AI-driven personalisation and A/B testing platform provider, today announced the appointment of Martin Harrison as its first UK Managing Directo [...]

Hampleton Partners Advises FAST LTA on acquisition by Afinum

Munich, Germany and London, UK – 9 December 2019. Hampleton Partners, the international M&A and corporate finance advisory firm for technology companies, has advised FAST LTA AG, leading provider of zero-loss archiving and backup solutions for mission-critical data, on its acquisition by Afinum [...]

Only 46 percent of BAME and 52 percent of LGBTQ+ women feel included in company decision making

Only 46 percent of BAME and 52 percent of LGBTQ+ women feel included in company decision making Navigation Menu RealWire Limited Delivering Relevance, Releasing Influence Press Release Straight white men still dominate across all aspects of business according to Culture Amp global research of over 3 [...]

ByteDance unit establishes venture with Chinese state media firm

FILE PHOTO: Tik Tok logos are seen on smartphones in front of a displayed ByteDance logo in this illustration taken November 27, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – A unit of ByteDance, the owner of video-sharing platform TikTok, has established a joint vent [...]

US video surveillance rivals China’s, report says

China’s Orwellian video surveillance gets a bad rap but the U.S. isn’t far behind, says a new report. The U.S. has nearly the same ratio of security cameras to citizens as China, according to a report from market researcher IHS Markit. While China is still the most heavily surveilled country with 1 [...]

Quadriga: Lawyers for users of bankrupt crypto firm seek exhumation of founder

Lawyers representing users of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX are asking Canadian authorities to exhume the body of its founder. They say they want an exhumation given “questionable circumstances” surrounding his death. Gerald Cotten died suddenly last year in India from complications re [...]

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FDA panel votes unanimously in favor of Horizon’s thyroid eye disease drug

(Reuters) – Independent advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday voted unanimously in favor of Horizon Therapeutics Plc’s experimental treatment for thyroid eye disease (TED), taking the drug a step towards potential approval. If approved, teprotumumab, a type of immunotherapy, is [...]

Social media use linked to teen disordered eating behaviors

(Reuters Health) – Adolescents who are active on social media may be more likely to exercise excessively, skip meals or develop other forms of disordered eating, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers surveyed 996 seventh- and eighth-graders, age 13 on average, about their use of social media platforms [...]

Sarepta shares surge after surprise approval of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy drug

(Reuters) – Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics Inc (SRPT.O) soared 31% on Friday after U.S. regulators shocked Wall Street by approving the company’s treatment for a muscle-wasting disorder less than four months after rejecting the drug over safety concerns. FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of the U.S. Food [...]

Scientists find toxic fungus near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

Poison Fire Coral fungus is seen in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, in this undated picture obtained from social media. RAY PALMER /via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A highly poisonous fungus, with toxins that c [...]

Trump administration likely to announce details of biofuels deal by Friday: sources

(Reuters) – The Trump administration is expected to announce by Friday details of a U.S. biofuels policy deal to help farmers angry over waivers granted to refiners exempting them from using corn-based ethanol and other biofuels, four sources familiar with the matter said. The White House has held w [...]

Chevron aims to cut intensity of greenhouse gas emissions from production

(Reuters) – Chevron Corp (CVX.N) aims to reduce the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions from its oil production by 5% to 10% over a seven-year period ending 2023 as part of an ongoing effort to combat global climate change, the U.S. energy major said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: A Chevron gas station [...]