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Killer coronavirus comes to Europe, 2 cases confirmed in France

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French authorities have confirmed two cases of the deadly Wuhan coronavirus, its Health Minister Agnes Buzyn has announced. The affected patients – one in Paris, another in Bordeaux – are the first diagnosed carriers in Europe since the flu-like... Read More

At least 8 dead in E. Turkey 6.8 earthquake ‘felt all the way to Tel Aviv’ (PHOTO, VIDEO)

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A 6.8 earthquake in eastern Turkey has claimed at least eight lives and caused several buildings to collapse, according...

Calls for animal cruelty charges after two cats CRUSHED TO DEATH in horror baggage transfer at Moscow airport

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An air traveller is demanding justice for his cats after two died of injuries when their carrier cases were...

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U.S. senator slams Tesla’s ‘misleading’ name for Autopilot driver assistance system

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. senator on Friday urged Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) to rebrand its driver assistance system Autopilot,... Read More

New U.S. curb on Huawei in limbo amid pushback from Pentagon: sources

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Commerce Department has withdrawn a rule aimed at further reducing sales to China’s Huawei... Read More

Italy watchdog threatens Facebook with another fine over improper use of data

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FILE PHOTO: The logo of Facebook is seen in Davos, Switzerland Januar 20, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann MILAN (Reuters) –... Read More

Takeaway.com says Just Eat takeover timetable delayed due to UK probe

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FILE PHOTO: Signage for Just Eat is seen on the window of a restaurant in London, Britain, August 5,... Read More

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Tea rooms and double-decker buses: Prince Harry may find home in Canada’s royal city

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VICTORIA, British Columbia (Reuters) – Prince Harry and wife Meghan have settled, for now, into a seaside home near... Read More

U.S. business borrowing for equipment rises about 2% in December – ELFA

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Jan 24 (Reuters) – U.S. companies’ borrowings for capital investments rose about 2% in December from a year earlier,... Read More

UPDATE 1-Bayer Roundup cancer trial postponed to continue settlement talks

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FILE PHOTO: A bridge is decorated with the logo of a Bayer AG, a German pharmaceutical and chemical maker... Read More

UPDATE 1-FAA official tells U.S. airlines MAX could return to service before mid-year -sources

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(Adds more details, background) By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Federal Aviation Administrator Steve Dickson has called... Read More

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Nestle teams up with Canadian plant-based ingredient makers

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WINNIPEG, Manitoba/ZURICH (Reuters) – Food company Nestle SA (NESN.S) said on Friday it has teamed up with small Canadian plant-based food ingredient makers Burcon (BU.TO) and Merit Functional Foods, the second such supply agreement this month that targets Canadian... Read More

Wall Street slides on coronavirus fears, Intel offers support

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(Reuters) – U.S. stocks fell on Friday, as investors were cautious heading into the weekend amid renewed concerns over...

Four-comma club: Predicting the next company to join trillion-dollar value elite

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The trillion-dollar market cap club expanded last week to a third U.S. company, with Google...

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African style makes debut at Paris Haute Couture week

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PARIS (Reuters) – Cameroonian designer Imane Ayissi blended European style with African flair for a catwalk collection that marked... Read More

‘Bachelorette’ star Ali Fedotowsky-Manno reveals skin cancer diagnosis: ‘I caught it early’

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Ali Fedotowsky-Manno revealed she has skin cancer. The former “Bachelorette” star, 35, took to Instagram to talk about her... Read More

Billie Eilish reveals she had suicidal thoughts due to pressures of fame: ‘I was so unhappy’

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This story mentions suicide. Anyone experiencing suicidal thoughts or tendencies is urged to call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at... Read More

Grammy Awards 2020 presenters revealed: Keith Urban, Shania Twain set to appear

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The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards will feature an all-star cast of presenters on Jan. 26. The Recording Academy announced on Jan.... Read More

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China’s coronavirus outbreak kills 1st person outside ‘epicenter’ province; lockdowns affect 25 million people

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Coronavirus: First U.S. patient’s doctor gives update, warning Dr. George Diaz, Section Chief of Infectious Diseases at Providence Regional... Read More

Employee Health Inertia a rising risk to businesses as employees reveal lack of action against long-term health worries

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Employee Health Inertia a rising risk to businesses as employees reveal lack of action against long-term health worries Navigation... Read More

Singapore ramps up virus fight, reviving memories of SARS pandemic

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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Schools in Singapore asked parents to declare overseas holiday plans as authorities screened travelers at air,... Read More

China central bank raises limit on small bank payments amid virus outbreak

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FILE PHOTO: A man walks past the headquarters of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, in... Read More

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Ericsson hit by higher 5G costs and weaker U.S. market

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s Ericsson (ERICb.ST) reported a smaller-than-expected rise in fourth-quarter core earnings on Friday and said higher costs would spill over into 2020 as the telecoms equipment maker looks to exploit its leading position in super-fast 5G networks. FILE PHOTO: The Ericsso [...]

SoftBank-backed CloudMinds slashes workforce amid cash burn: sources

FILE PHOTO: The CloudMinds XR-1 robot performs for the visitors at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 25, 2019. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – SoftBank-backed cloud robotics and artificial intelligence startup CloudMinds is slashing its workforce as it burn [...]

Oil falls beow $62, heads for weekly loss on China virus concerns

LONDON (Reuters) – Oil slipped below $62 a barrel on Friday and was heading for a weekly decline as concern that a virus in China may spread, curbing travel and oil demand, overshadowed supply cuts. FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks operate at sunset in an oil field in Midland, Texas U.S. August 22, 2018. REUT [...]

Social justice comes for the boardroom: Goldman Sachs declares war on the straight, white, male corporate board

Investment bank Goldman Sachs won’t underwrite companies’ initial public offerings unless their boards have at least one “diverse” member. Social justice pandering or canny business move? “Starting on July 1st in the US and Europe, we’re not going to take a company public unless there’s at least one [...]

‘So much for special relationship’: UK foreign sec roasted online after US rejects extradition request for American agent’s wife

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has been ridiculed on social media for a weak response to Washington rejecting the extradition request for Anne Sacoolas, a US agent’s spouse charged with teenager Harry Dunn’s death. Dunn was killed in a head-on crash with a car in August last year near to RAF [...]

Turkey sending military to train UN-backed govt’s forces in Libya – Erdogan

Turkey sending military to train UN-backed govt’s forces in Libya – Erdogan — RT World News icon bookmark-bicon bookmarkicon cameraicon checkicon chevron downicon chevron lefticon chevron righticon chevron upicon closeicon v-compressicon downloadicon editicon v-expandicon fbicon fileicon filtericon [...]

PRESS DIGEST- Canada- Jan. 24

Jan 24 (Reuters) – The following are the top stories from Canadian newspaper The Globe And Mail. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE GLOBE AND MAIL ** Bank of Nova Scotia predicts its Latin American operations can continue to churn out rising profits in [...]

UPDATE 5-Oil falls below $62, heads for weekly loss on China virus concerns

LONDON (Reuters) – Oil slipped below $62 a barrel on Friday and headed for a weekly decline as concern that the coronavirus in China may spread, curbing travel and oil demand, overshadowing supply cuts. FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks operate at sunset in an oil field in Midland, Texas U.S. August 22, 2018. [...]

METALS-Copper heads for sharpest weekly drop in nearly 19 months on virus fears

* Virus sparks fears of metals demand hit * Copper stocks in China and LME rise this week (Updates throughout, changes dateline to LONDON) By Zandi Shabalala LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Copper prices steadied on Friday but remained on track for their biggest weekly fall in almost 19 months on worries [...]

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Archrock Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend

HOUSTON, Jan. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Archrock, Inc. (NYSE: AROC) (“Archrock”) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.145 per share of common stock, or $0.58 per share on an annualized basis. The dividend will be paid on February 14, 2020 to all stock [...]

Subsea 7 S.A. Conference Call Notification – Fourth Quarter 2019 Results

Luxembourg – 24 January 2020 – Subsea 7 S.A. (Oslo Børs: SUBC, ADR: SUBCY) will publish its fourth quarter results for the period ended 31 December 2019 on 26 February 2020 at 07:00 UK time. A conference call and simultaneous webcast for the investment community will be held on 26 February 2020 at 1 [...]

Oil States Updates Fourth Quarter 2019 Guidance

HOUSTON, Jan. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Oil States International, Inc. (NYSE:OIS) announced today updated financial estimates for the fourth quarter of 2019 noting weakness associated with the greater than anticipated decline in U.S. land completion activities. Fourth quarter 2019 unaudited revenu [...]

Semafone receives industry accolade for work with TalkTalk

Kicking off 2020 with a fourth PCI Award for Excellence Guildford, Surrey, 23rd January 2020 – Cardprotect Voice+™, Semafone’s patented data capture solution has been recognised once again as the industry-leading solution for contact centre PCI DSS compliance and data protection at the PCI Awards fo [...]

Upstream appoints Raul Martinez as Chief Commercial Officer

New CCO brings international commercial, marketing and strategic experience to the company’s leadership team London, January 23rd, 2020 – Leading mobile technology company, Upstream, has appointed Raul Martinez as its new Chief Commercial Officer. Based in London, Martinez will be responsible for dr [...]

telent marks more than 18 years of providing Managed ICT Services to Merseyside Fire & Rescue Authority

Milestone moment sees telent continue to deliver vital ICT services to support life-saving work Warwick, UK, 23 January 2020: telent, a specialist in the effective operation of the UK’s critical national infrastructure, and Merseyside Fire & Rescue Authority (MFRA) are marking a milestone moment [...]

Twitter demands AI company stops ‘collecting faces’

Twitter has demanded an AI company stop taking images from its website. Clearview has already amassed more than three billion photographs from sites including Facebook and Twitter. They are used by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security and more than 600 other law-enforcement agencies around th [...]

Apple says losing Lightning port will create waste

Apple says being forced to abandon the Lightning connector used on its iPhones would create an “unprecedented amount of electronic waste”. While the latest Android phones have a USB-C port, Apple’s iPhones still use the proprietary Lightning port. Some members of the European Parliament want all pho [...]

Sonos CEO says speakers will work “as long as possible”

The boss of Sonos apologised on Thursday for a decision to prevent older speakers from receiving software updates. In a statement, the company’s chief executive Patrick Spence said the company would deliver updates to all products “for as long as possible”. But the company did not retract its earlie [...]

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Employee Health Inertia a rising risk to businesses as employees reveal lack of action against long-term health worries

Employee Health Inertia a rising risk to businesses as employees reveal lack of action against long-term health worries Navigation Menu RealWire Limited Delivering Relevance, Releasing Influence Press Release Over a third of workers concerned about long-term health, but don’t want to go to the docto [...]

Singapore ramps up virus fight, reviving memories of SARS pandemic

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Schools in Singapore asked parents to declare overseas holiday plans as authorities screened travelers at air, land and sea checkpoints on Friday, to combat the spread of a deadly flu virus that has revived memories of the SARS pandemic in 2003. FILE PHOTO: Officials monitor th [...]

China central bank raises limit on small bank payments amid virus outbreak

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past the headquarters of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, in Beijing, China September 28, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s central bank said on Friday it would temporarily raise the limit on small bank batch payments to 500 million yuan [...]

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 [...]