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Strip-search of girl, 8, at Virginia prison leads governor to halt policy

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A Virginia policy that allowed prison officials to strip-search an 8-year-old girl visiting her incarcerated father has been ordered suspended by the governor. “I am deeply disturbed by these reports, not just as governor, but as a pediatrician and... Read More

Ashley Graham opens up about body image and sex fears during pregnancy: ‘I felt alone’

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Ashley Graham is opening up about body insecurities she’s experienced during her pregnancy. The model, 32, has been proudly showing...

Alaska dentist rode hoverboard while performing procedure, authorities say

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An Alaska dentist charged with fraud and unnecessarily sedating patients performed a procedure while riding on a hoverboard, authorities said....

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Elon Musk defamation trial in homestretch, jury may get case Friday

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Elon Musk arrived on Friday at a federal court in Los Angeles looking relaxed in... Read More

Amazon sites could be added to ‘Notorious Markets’ list: WSJ

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FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen on the door of an Amazon Books retail store in New... Read More

Brazil court says delivery app Loggi has to formalize work relationships

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SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A Brazilian court ordered delivery app Loggi to formalize its work relationships with all the... Read More

Trade war goes digital: countries eye tariffs on Internet economy

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GENEVA (Reuters) – A 20-year global moratorium on imposing tariffs on digital trade could end next week if India... Read More

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UPDATE 2-Elon Musk should pay $190 mln for defamatory ‘nuclear bomb,’ plaintiff’s lawyer says

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Tesla (TSLA.O) founder Elon Musk should pay at least $190 million in damages for defaming... Read More

UPDATE 1-SEC rejects NYSE’s proposal on U.S. direct listings

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FILE PHOTO: The New York Stock Exchange is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York, September 21, 2015.... Read More

GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks rally, dollar gains on robust U.S. jobs data

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar rose and global equity markets rallied on Friday after data showed U.S. job... Read More

Bunge persuades Brazil judge to move Imcopa plant auction; buys time to prepare bid

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SAO PAULO, Dec 6 (Reuters) – A Brazilian bankruptcy judge postponed the auction of two soy crushing plants after... Read More

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Wall Street advances on strong jobs report, trade optimism

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(Reuters) – U.S. stocks jumped on Friday as solid monthly jobs data and upbeat comments from President Donald Trump on trade talks with China spurred riskier bets, putting the benchmark S&P 500 index on track to log its second... Read More

Trump will make final call on China tariffs, likes direction of talks: Kudlow

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Friday that a Dec. 15 deadline is...

3M exploring $1 billion sale of drug delivery systems unit: Bloomberg

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FILE PHOTO: The logo of 3M is seen at the 3M Tilloy plant in Tilloy-Lez-Cambrai, France, August 18, 2019....

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From posters to helmets, Star Wars collectibles up for auction

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LONDON (Reuters) – From vintage posters to action figures, Star Wars collectibles are up for grabs in an online... Read More

‘Wonder Years’ star Danica McKellar says ‘there’s hope’ she’ll reunite with Fred Savage for Hallmark

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Danica McKellar, who famously played Winner Cooper on “The Wonder Years,” hasn’t ruled out the possibility of starring in... Read More

Hailey Baldwin slams ‘false drama’ after Selena Gomez feud rumors: ‘That has to stop’

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Hailey Baldwin is being frank about the “false drama” surrounding her and Selena Gomez over the singer’s past relationship... Read More

Robbie Williams hits number one and equals Elvis Presley’s UK chart record

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Robbie Williams has become the joint most successful solo act in UK album chart history after scoring his 13th... Read More

Health

Florida chef, wife and 17-year-old son diagnosed with separate cancers

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A community in Florida is rallying around the owner of a popular French-American restaurant as well as his wife... Read More

Norovirus outbreak temporarily closes Wisconsin elementary school: officials

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A suspected norovirus outbreak has temporarily closed an elementary school in Wisconsin, school officials said this week. Early Thursday,... Read More

Biogen builds case for its Alzheimer’s drug, skeptics say more data needed

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SAN DIEGO/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Biogen Inc on Thursday laid out more data on its experimental Alzheimer’s drug that raised... Read More

New York doctor convicted of taking kickbacks from opioid maker Insys

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York doctor was convicted on Thursday of accepting thousands of dollars in bribes... Read More

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Saudi, Russia look to seal deeper output cuts with oil producers

(Reuters) – Top oil producers Saudi Arabia and Russia will seek approval for deeper output cuts from OPEC and allies on Friday in an attempt to support prices and head off a new glut building in 2020. FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is seen inside [...]

Jurors expected to begin deliberating in Elon Musk defamation trial

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Jurors were expected to begin deliberating in Los Angeles on Friday in the lawsuit brought against Elon Musk by a British cave explorer who says the Tesla (TSLA.O) founder defamed him with tweets suggesting he is a pedophile. FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk walks with his face turned a [...]

China-built Tesla cars secure new energy vehicle subsidies

A China-made Tesla Model 3 electric vehicle is seen ahead of the Guangzhou auto show in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China November 21, 2019. REUTERS/Yilei Sun BEIJING (Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) said on Friday its Chinese-built Model 3 cars would receive state subsidies, a move that will help [...]

Kenya 6-story building collapse leaves at least 2 dead, others trapped, officials say

NAIROBI, Kenya — A six-story building collapsed in Kenya‘s capital on Friday, officials said, with at least two people killed and others trapped in the debris. Associated Press video showed people cheering as one dust-covered person was carried away on a stretcher, one arm outstretched. Shortly afte [...]

California man accused of drunken attack on jail guards during arrest claims he was victim of ‘racist’ beating: reports

A California man was charged with five counts of battery on a custodial officer this week in an incident that he claimed was a “racist” attack on him by jail guards, according to reports. Jacob Servin, 29, was arrested Sunday for public intoxication in Stockton, Calif. and booked into the San Joaqui [...]

Portugal latest country refusing US demand to bar Huawei from 5G network

Despite Washington’s attempts to turn its allies away from working with Chinese telecom giant Huawei, Portugal is not going to exclude the company from the rollout of 5G networks on its territory. Senior Portuguese officials told US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo the country’s stance on Huawei’s par [...]

France says U.S. proposal on international tax reform unacceptable

FILE PHOTO: French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire attends a news conference to kick off the France’s national lottery operator Francaise des Jeux (FDJ) listing with the opening of the share subscription process in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, France, November 7, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes P [...]

UPDATE 1-European shares rise in cautious trading, set for worst week in 2 months

(Reuters) – European shares edged higher on Friday as comments from U.S. President Donald Trump that trade talks with China were “moving right along” injected some calm after a tumultuous week. FILE PHOTO: The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany [...]

CEE MARKETS-Poland’s PKN Orlen plunges, currencies continue rebound

WARSAW, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Shares in PKN Orlen fell on Friday after Poland's biggest refiner surprised investors with a plan to take over state utility Energa to strengthen its position in the electricity market. The offer of seven zlotys per share, which values Energa at 2.9 billion zlotys ($74 [...]

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Providence Resources P.l.c. announces Leadership Change

This announcement contains inside information within the meaning of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain. Providence Resources P.l.c. announces Leadership change Dublin and London – De [...]

Dėl AB „Amber Grid“ neeilinio visuotinio akcininkų susirinkimo priimtų sprendimų

AB „Amber Grid“ (toliau – Bendrovė) neeiliniame visuotiniame akcininkų susirinkime, įvykusiame 2019 m. gruodžio 6 d., priimti šie sprendimai: 1) Dėl metinio atlygio biudžeto nepriklausomų valdybos narių atlygiui ir su funkcijų valdyboje atlikimu susijusioms išlaidoms nustatymo. Priimtas sprendimas: [...]

On decisions of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of AB Amber Grid

The Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of AB Amber Grid (hereinafter – the Company) held on 28 August 2019 adopted the following resolutions: 1) Establishment of an annual budget for the remuneration of the independent members of the Management Board and the costs associated with performi [...]

Wireless Broadband Alliance members successfully complete first phase Wi-Fi 6 industry 4.0 trials with Mettis Aerospace

Proven reliability of high bandwidth and low latency IoT communications, next generation Wi-Fi delivers Mixed Reality and 4K video streaming across factory network London – December 5th, 2019: The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the body leading development of next generation Wi-Fi services, toda [...]

Cromwell puts Confirmit at heart of strategic Customer Experience Programme

Leading industrial tools and services supplier benefits from Confirmit’s holistic approach to CX programme development London, UK, New York, NY and Oslo, Norway: 5th December, 2019: Cromwell, a leading UK and international supplier of high-quality industrial tools and services, has launched a strate [...]

Purple WiFi secure services of former BT Chief Executive, Gavin Patterson

Press Release Patterson joins tech firm as non-exec Director Acquisition of Patterson is major coup for fast-growth enterprise Purple develop innovative WiFi platforms and analytics Manchester-based tech firm, Purple WiFi, have announced former BT Chief Executive, Gavin Patterson, is joining the com [...]

Smith & Wesson targeted in cyberattack, report says

In this case, they’re after your money, not your guns. A cyberattack started during the peak of Black Friday shopping last week with the injection of malicious computer code into Smith & Wesson‘s online store, as reported by BleepingComputer. In a typical case, the code, or JavaScript, tries to [...]

F-22 armed with more precision attack technology

File photo – A pilot looks up from a U.S. F-22 Raptor fighter as it prepares to refuel in mid-air with a KC-135 refuelling plane over European airspace during a flight to Britain from Mihail Kogalniceanu air base in Romania April 25, 2016. (REUTERS/Toby Melville) The Air Force and Lockheed Martin ar [...]

You may want to put down the cellphone and switch to the speaker. A study led by a facial plastic surgeon and published Thursday in the JAMA Otolaryngology journal found a spike in face injuries from cellphones. One case included a woman who broke her nose when she dropped her cellphone on her face. [...]

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Biogen builds case for its Alzheimer’s drug, skeptics say more data needed

SAN DIEGO/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Biogen Inc on Thursday laid out more data on its experimental Alzheimer’s drug that raised no major safety alarms but also offered little compelling evidence the drug, once declared a failure, actually works. FILE PHOTO: A sign marks a Biogen facility in Cambridge, Mass [...]

New York doctor convicted of taking kickbacks from opioid maker Insys

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York doctor was convicted on Thursday of accepting thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks from Insys Therapeutics Inc in exchange for prescribing his patients an addictive fentanyl spray the drug manufacturer produced. FILE PHOTO: A box of the Fentanyl-based drug Sub [...]

FDA probes diabetes drug metformin for carcinogen NDMA

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating whether the diabetes drug metformin had unsafe levels of a cancer-causing chemical and will recommend recalls as appropriate, the agency said on Thursday. The move is part of the agency’s broader push to investigate a range of drugs [...]

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 [...]