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Snapchat employees abused data access, spied on users: report

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File photo (Reuters) Snapchat employees have been using internal tools — which offer them privileged access to user data — to spy on people’s pages, a report says. Two workers who are no longer with the app’s parent company,... Read More

Jason Yates: Take time this Memorial Day to thank God for the tremendous freedom we have as Americans

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In 1868, Congressman James A. Garfield, who would later become the 20th president of the United States, gave a...

Chris Farley’s brother recalls growing up with comic legend, shares how family healed after tragic death

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Late comic Chris Farley is the subject of a new “Biography” documentary on A&E. (Steve Granitz Archive 1/WireImage/Getty) Kevin...

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Huawei founder says he would oppose Chinese retaliation against Apple: Bloomberg

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FILE PHOTO: Huawei CEO and founder Ren Zhengfei walks inside Huawei’s headquarters in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen,... Read More

Finistere, three Israeli firms to invest $100 million in food tech

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Food technologies-focused Finistere Ventures and three Israeli firms said on Monday they formed a partnership that... Read More

Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia denounce decision on Amazon domain

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FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics centre in Boves, France, May 13, 2019.... Read More

CrossFit quits Facebook, Instagram, accuses social media giant of censorship, being ‘utopian socialists’

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CrossFit, the branded workout regimen, accused Facebook of being “utopian socialists” and left the platform after the social network deleted... Read More

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JGBs dip tracking losses in U.S. Treasuries

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TOKYO, May 27 (Reuters) – Japanese government bond (JGB) prices fell slightly on Monday, dented by weaker U.S. Treasuries... Read More

UPDATE 3-Air New Zealand orders eight Boeing 787 jets for long-haul flights

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(Reuters) – Air New Zealand Ltd said on Monday it has ordered eight Boeing Co 787-10 Dreamliner jets worth... Read More

GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia shares come off 4-mth low, euro steady after fragmented EU vote

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Asia stocks inched up but remained near four-month lows on Monday amid concerns about U.S.-China tensions... Read More

Schlumberger, Halliburton took a bit of a hit as shale patch tightens belt

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By David Wethe on 5/26/2019 Photo: Schlumberger Limited Chairman and CEO Paal Kibsgaard. HOUSTON (Bloomberg) — Schlumberger Ltd. had... Read More

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DNB says it has not decided whether to sell Oslo Bors stake to Euronext

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A man walks past the Oslo Stock Exchange building in Oslo, Norway April 10, 2019. REUTERS/Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s DNB will meet with Euronext before deciding whether to sell its 20% stake in Oslo Bors VPS to... Read More

Fiat Chrysler puts merger offer to Renault board

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MILAN/PARIS (Reuters) – Fiat Chrysler has made a “transformative” merger proposal to Renault, the Italian-American carmaker said, in a...

Nasdaq withdraws bid for Oslo Bors, handing prize to Euronext

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FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past the Oslo Stock Exchange building in Oslo, Norway February 12, 2019. REUTERS/Gwladys Fouche...

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Javier Botet: Meet the actor behind Hollywood’s monsters

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On first glance, you probably wouldn’t recognise Javier Botet. Though not a household name, the Spaniard has a portfolio... Read More

Dustin Lance Black: A childhood of love and fear

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In Britain, Dustin Lance Black is known as the man who two years ago married Olympic diver Tom Daley.... Read More

As D-Day landings fade from memory, a veteran grapples with violence of war

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SWORD BEACH, France (Reuters) – Leon Gautier landed on Sword Beach in a hail of enemy fire on June... Read More

Jennifer Lopez flaunts abs as she prepares for tour

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Jennifer Lopez works hard — and has the hard abs to show for it. The 49-year-old singer, actress and... Read More

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Support for abortion rights grows as some U.S. states curb access: Reuters/Ipsos poll

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Americans have become more supportive of abortion rights over the past year, even as a... Read More

NHS bans sale of energy drinks to under-16s in Scottish hospitals

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The NHS has banned the sale of high-energy drinks to children in Scottish hospitals. Shops within hospitals will not... Read More

Menopause: what are the symptoms and why does it happen?

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The menopause is a natural part of aging and it affects half the world’s population. It’s when a woman... Read More

Woman’s ‘liquid nose job’ left her with rare eye issue

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A woman’s simple cosmetic procedure turned serious when an injection of facial filler into her nose led to blockages in her... Read More

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French police arrest suspect over Lyon bomb blast, Interior Minister Castaner says

French police have arrested a man suspected of being behind last week’s bomb blast in the central city of Lyon that injured 13 people, according to Interior Minister Christophe Castaner. Castaner announced the arrest on Twitter on Monday, but did not provide further details on the suspect or where h [...]

‘Apple’s my teacher’: Huawei CEO says he is against punishing Apple for Trump’s 5G purge

Huawei’s founder has said that US President Donald Trump’s crackdown on the Chinese telecom giant is due to it being more advanced than its competitors, adding that he would not welcome a tit-for-tat against Apple. Ren Zhengfei, founder and CEO of Huawei, told Bloomberg in an interview on Sunday tha [...]

Abe has ‘full support’ from Trump for meeting N. Korea’s Kim

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday that he had won the backing of US President Donald Trump for a proposed meeting with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un. “I feel I have to meet face-to-face with Chairman Kim without attaching any preconditions and exchange frank views with him,” Abe s [...]

DNB says it has not decided whether to sell Oslo Bors stake to Euronext

Fiat Chrysler puts merger offer to Renault board

MILAN/PARIS (Reuters) – Fiat Chrysler has made a “transformative” merger proposal to Renault, the Italian-American carmaker said, in a deal that would create a new third-ranked global manufacturer. FILE PHOTO: A Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) sign at its U.S. headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan, [...]

Nasdaq withdraws bid for Oslo Bors, handing prize to Euronext

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past the Oslo Stock Exchange building in Oslo, Norway February 12, 2019. REUTERS/Gwladys Fouche – RC1340E8A7B0/File Photo OSLO (Reuters) – Nasdaq withdrew its bid on Monday to takeover Norwegian stock market operator Oslo Bors VPS, leaving pan-European competitor Euronext a [...]

JGBs dip tracking losses in U.S. Treasuries

TOKYO, May 27 (Reuters) – Japanese government bond (JGB) prices fell slightly on Monday, dented by weaker U.S. Treasuries and as stronger stocks weighed on the safe-haven appeal of debt. The benchmark 10-year JGB yield gained half-a-basis point to minus 0.070%. The 30-year yield and the 40-year yiel [...]

UPDATE 3-Air New Zealand orders eight Boeing 787 jets for long-haul flights

(Reuters) – Air New Zealand Ltd said on Monday it has ordered eight Boeing Co 787-10 Dreamliner jets worth $2.7 billion at list prices, which will be powered by General Electric engines. The announcement confirmed a Reuters report last week that Boeing had beaten out rival Airbus SE, which had propo [...]

GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia shares come off 4-mth low, euro steady after fragmented EU vote

TOKYO (Reuters) – Asia stocks inched up but remained near four-month lows on Monday amid concerns about U.S.-China tensions while the euro stayed in a narrow range after the weekend’s European Parliament elections. FILE PHOTO: A man looks at an electronic board showing the Nikkei stock index outside [...]

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New York court dismisses whistleblower’s libel suit against UBS

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Swiss bank UBS at an office building in Zurich July 27, 2015. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo ZURICH (Reuters) – A New York appeals court has dismissed a U.S. whistleblower’s $20 million libel suit against Swiss bank UBS, his former employer, concluding that statements the Z [...]

First net inflows into global equities in 10 weeks: BAML

LONDON (Reuters) – Investors have added to their global equity holdings for the first time in 2-1/2 months and continued to pile into bonds, Bank of America Merrill Lynch said on Friday, as worries about the U.S.-China trade spat sent shudders through financial markets. The net inflow into equities [...]

D.E. Shaw’s top shareholder activist Koffey leaves hedge fund

(Reuters) – Hedge fund manager Quentin Koffey, who joined D.E. Shaw & Co two years ago from Elliott Management Corp to lead its shareholder activism strategy, has left to join Senator Investment Group LP, the firms told Reuters on Thursday. The move is a setback for D.E. Shaw, which is seeking t [...]

Terra Nova to Exhibit at APPEA 2019 Conference

TORONTO, May 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Terra Nova Resources Inc. (“TNR” or “the Company”) (CSE: TENO) is pleased to announce that it will participate in the 2019 Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Conference as an exhibitor in Brisbane, Australia, between May 27 [...]

Þriggja mánaða uppgjör Landsvirkjunar

Nettó skuldir halda áfram að lækka og eiginfjárhlutfall að styrkjast Helstu atriði árshlutareiknings Rekstrartekjur námu 133,2 milljónum USD (16,4 ma.kr.) og lækka um 8,0 milljónir USD (5,7%) frá sama tímabili árið áður. EBITDA nam 102,5 milljónum USD (12,6 ma.kr.). EBITDA hlutfall er 76,9% af tek [...]

Landsvirkjun’s results for the first three months of 2019

Net debt continues to decrease and the equity ratio strengthens Key figures from the interim financial statements Operating revenues amounted to USD 133.2 million and decrease by USD 8.0 million USD (5.7%) from the same period prior year. EBITDA amounted to USD 102.5 million. The EBITDA ratio is 76 [...]

Huawei founder says he would oppose Chinese retaliation against Apple: Bloomberg

FILE PHOTO: Huawei CEO and founder Ren Zhengfei walks inside Huawei’s headquarters in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, Guangdong province, in this October 16, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (Reuters) – Huawei Technologies’ founder and Chief Executive Ren Zhengfei told Bloomberg bloom.bg/2H [...]

Finistere, three Israeli firms to invest $100 million in food tech

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Food technologies-focused Finistere Ventures and three Israeli firms said on Monday they formed a partnership that would invest up to $100 million in agrifood startups in Israel. Finistere will be joined by Tnuva, Israel’s largest food company that is controlled by China’s Brig [...]

Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia denounce decision on Amazon domain

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics centre in Boves, France, May 13, 2019. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo LIMA (Reuters) – The presidents of Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia criticized a recent decision by the organization that manages internet protocol to grant g [...]

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Support for abortion rights grows as some U.S. states curb access: Reuters/Ipsos poll

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Americans have become more supportive of abortion rights over the past year, even as a wave of Republican-controlled state governments have imposed new restrictions, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday. Hundreds of women protest on the steps of the Old Courthous [...]

NHS bans sale of energy drinks to under-16s in Scottish hospitals

The NHS has banned the sale of high-energy drinks to children in Scottish hospitals. Shops within hospitals will not be permitted to sell the stimulating drinks to anyone under the age of 16. The ban applies to drinks with an added caffeine content of more than 150mg per litre in an effort to promot [...]

Menopause: what are the symptoms and why does it happen?

The menopause is a natural part of aging and it affects half the world’s population. It’s when a woman stops having periods and is no longer able to get pregnant naturally. But changes in hormones can have big effects on the body and how we behave. So why does it happen? What symptoms may you […] [...]

Russia, eyeing Arctic future, launches nuclear icebreaker

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Russia launched a nuclear-powered icebreaker on Saturday, part of an ambitious program to renew and expand its fleet of the vessels in order to improve its ability to tap the Arctic’s commercial potential. A view shows the nuclear-powered icebreaker “Ural” during th [...]

Strong earthquake hits Peru: USGS

Strong earthquake strikes northern Peru

LIMA (Reuters) – An earthquake with a magnitude as high as 8.0 stuck northern Peru in the early hours of Sunday morning, the United States Geological Survey reported. The quake, at an “intermediate depth” of around 110 kilometers, was felt around the country and even hundreds of miles away in the ca [...]