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Code Pink founder raided by DC police on dubious Venezuelan embassy ‘assault’ charges

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Police have tried to detain Code Pink founder Medea Benjamin without a warrant on belated and mysterious charges of ‘assaulting’ a Democratic congresswoman during this summer’s siege of the Venezuelan embassy in Washington. Benjamin was accused of assaulting Congresswoman... Read More

WATCH Morales supporters tear-gassed in clashes with riot police as Bolivians protest unelected ‘interim president’

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Thousands of supporters of deposed Bolivian President Evo Morales gathered in La Paz to demand the resignation of self-declared...

Deval Patrick to launch late-entry Democratic presidential campaign

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is telling friends and allies he’s going to enter the Democratic race for the White House, the Associated...

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Brazil antitrust regulator to reassess Disney-Fox deal

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FILE PHOTO: The Twenty-First Century Fox Studios flag flies over the company building in Los Angeles, California U.S. November... Read More

Google to offer checking accounts next year: source

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(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google will offer personal checking accounts from sometime next year in partnership with Citigroup... Read More

Apple refreshes MacBook Pro laptop with 16-inch screen

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FILE PHOTO: The Apple Inc. logo is seen hanging at the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue... Read More

Tencent’s quarterly profit drops 13% as economic slowdown bites

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd reported a surprise 13% drop in quarterly profit on Wednesday hurt by... Read More

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GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares, bond yields slip on sour trade deal sentiment

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global equity markets and government bond yields fell on Wednesday as sentiment soured that a... Read More

UPDATE 1-MetLife sued for gender discrimination by ex-chief administrative officer

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – MetLife Inc (MET.N) was sued for gender discrimination on Wednesday by a female former senior... Read More

UPDATE 3-Amid tensions with Turkey, Trump lauds relation with Erdogan

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday lauded his relationship with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan as the... Read More

African swine fever in China more severe than previously thought – ADM CFO

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CHICAGO, Nov 13 (Reuters) – China’s African swine fever outbreak is far more severe than thought earlier in the... Read More

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MetLife sued for gender discrimination by ex-chief administrative officer

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – MetLife Inc was sued for gender discrimination on Wednesday by a female former senior vice president who said she was underpaid, called a “bitch” and told she had to “choose between being pretty and being... Read More

United Auto Workers union unveils ethics reforms after U.S. corruption probe

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FILE PHOTO: United Auto Workers (UAW) acting president Rory Gamble speaks to Reuters from his office in Southfield, Michigan,...

J&J blockbuster loses ground to biosimilars despite Quebec court ruling

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TORONTO/MONTREAL (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson’s (JNJ.N) Remicade, a blockbuster drug that treats autoimmune disorders, has steadily lost market...

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Malawi receives 17 black rhinos from South Africa

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BLANTYRE (Reuters) – Seventeen black rhinos have been released into Malawi’s Liwonde national park after arriving from South Africa... Read More

Ellie Goulding threatens to back out of Cowboys’ halftime show over complaints about the Salvation Army

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Singer Ellie Goulding is threatening to back out of a performance at the Dallas Cowboys’ Thanksgiving game halftime show... Read More

Demi Lovato announces Austin Wilson relationship

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Demi Lovato is officially off the market. The singer and former Disney star took to Instagram on Wednesday to... Read More

Ashton Kutcher ‘ignores’ headlines from Demi Moore’s tell-all memoir: report

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Demi Moore made headlines in September for her tell-all memoir, “Inside Out,” in which she exposed intimate details of her... Read More

Health

Undeclared Viagra ingredient triggers libido-boosting supplement recall

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A dietary supplement intended to boost libido in both men and women is facing arecall because the product contains an... Read More

Insomnia symptoms tied to increased risk of heart attack and stroke

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(Reuters Health) – People who have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep may be more likely to have a... Read More

UK’s Labour pledges 26 billion pound boost to healthcare spending

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party will pledge on Wednesday to spend an extra 26 billion pounds ($33... Read More

Michigan boy, 17, gets double lung transplant after damage from vaping

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(Reuters) – A 17-year-old Michigan boy facing “imminent death” from vaping injuries has undergone a double lung transplant, the... Read More

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Takeaway CEO says he does not plan to improve bid for Just Eat

FILE PHOTO: Signage for Just Eat on the window of a restaurant in London, Britain, August 5, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville./File Photo BARCELONA (Reuters) – Takeaway.com NV (TKWY.AS) CEO Jitse Groen said on Wednesday he does not plan to improve his company’s 4.3 billion pound ($5.50 billion) all-share [...]

Exclusive: U.S. manufacturing group hacked by China as trade talks intensified – sources

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As trade talks between Washington and Beijing intensified earlier this year, suspected Chinese hackers broke into an industry group for U.S. manufacturers that has helped shape President Donald Trump’s trade policies, according to two people familiar with the matter. FILE PHOT [...]

Airbus frontrunner to win big Air Arabia order: sources

DUBAI/PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus (AIR.PA) is likely to win an order for at least 100 jets from Air Arabia (AIRA.DU) with an announcement possibly coming as soon as the Dubai Airshow next week, two sources told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Airbus logo is pictured at Airbus headquarters in Blagnac near Toul [...]

Alibaba wins approval to sell shares in massive secondary listing in Hong Kong – media

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, the current record-holder for the largest IPO in history, may sell up to US$15 billion of new shares during the planned secondary listing in Hong Kong. The Hangzhou-based company’s listing application was approved by Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing, media reporte [...]

Runaway Star ejected from Milky Way’s ‘Heart Of Darkness’ at 6 MILLION mph

Researchers using the ESA’s satellite-based Anglo-Australian telescope have discovered a star which was launched out of the supermassive black hole at the center of The Milky Way at a speed of 3.7 million mph. The team led by Sergey Koposov of Carnegie Mellon University’s McWilliams Center for Cosmo [...]

2 patients diagnosed in China with pneumonic plague

Two people were reportedly diagnosed with the highly infectious, potentially fatal pneumonic plague in a hospital in Beijing, Chinese authorities revealed Tuesday. The announcement comes as the government faces criticism for not being transparent in disclosing cases, The New York Times reported. Off [...]

Prairie Provident Resources Announces Third Quarter 2019 Financial and Operating Results

CALGARY, Alberta, Nov. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Prairie Provident Resources Inc. (“Prairie Provident”, “PPR” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce its operating and financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019. PPR’s consolidated financial statements (“Financial Sta [...]

Frustration, safety fears at finance firms as protests paralyse Hong Kong

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Finance firms in Hong Kong urged staff on Wednesday to seek safety or work from home as anti-government protests paralyzed the city’s business district for a third day in one of the biggest disruptions faced by the Asian finance hub. Anti-government protesters gather at the Cen [...]

Brazilian retailer Magazine Luiza prices share issue at 43 reais each -filing

SAO PAULO, Nov 13 (Reuters) – Brazilian retailer Magazine Luiza SA priced its share issue at 43 reais per share, the company said in a securities filing in the early hours of Wednesday. The pricing confirms an earlier Reuters report. The company sold 100 million new shares and 10 million existing sh [...]

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Prairie Provident Resources Announces Third Quarter 2019 Financial and Operating Results

Petrus Resources Announces Third Quarter 2019 Financial & Operating Results

CALGARY, Alberta, Nov. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Petrus Resources Ltd. (“Petrus” or the “Company”) (TSX: PRQ) is pleased to report financial and operating results as at and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019. Petrus is focused on generating free funds flow for debt repayment an [...]

Canes Midstream LLC Secures Equity Commitment From EIV Capital

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Canes Midstream LLC (“Canes”), a growth-oriented energy infrastructure company focused on acquiring and developing oil and gas midstream infrastructure, today announced an equity commitment by EIV Capital (“EIV”), a private equity firm focused on the e [...]

Rallying cry needed to beat CX slump

Research reveals CX ‘evolution and revolution’ is key to driving change London, UK and New York, NY and Oslo, Norway: 12 November 2019: The gap between CX Leaders and Laggards is widening according to the newly published State of Customer Experience 2019 report. Many Customer Experience teams are st [...]

Gavin Patterson takes on new TMT role at Solon Management Consulting

Press Release Former BT CEO joins strategic consulting firm as Senior Advisor London/Munich, 12th November 2019: Solon Management Consulting has expanded its expertise in the TMT industry with the recent appointment of Gavin Patterson to its senior advisor network. The former CEO of BT and Chairman [...]

Searchmetrics Appoints Matt Colebourne as its New Global CEO

New hire brings extensive digital marketing industry leadership experience, including roles at DoubleClick, eSpotting and Trinity Mirror Berlin and San Mateo, November 13, 2019 Searchmetrics, the search and content optimization platform, today announced the appointment of Matt Colebourne as its glob [...]

Facebook, YouTube censor mentions of ‘whistleblower’ in Trump-Ukraine scandal

POLAND – 2019/10/29: In this photo illustration a Facebook logo displayed on a smartphone. (Photo by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Social media companies are removing any mentions of the whistleblower in the Trump-Ukraine scandal, according to a report. Though the whistleblo [...]

Japan’s Fast Retailing enlists robotics startups to automate warehouses

FILE PHOTO: People shop at a UNIQLO by Fast Retailing store at Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan October 28, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese fashion group Fast Retailing Co Ltd (9983.T), owner of clothing chain Uniqlo, on Wednesday said it has partnered two robotics [...]

Apple supplier Japan Display logs 11th straight quarterly net loss

FILE PHOTO: Japan Display Inc’s logo is pictured at its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, August 9, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan Display reported on Wednesday an 11th consecutive quarterly net loss on sluggish display sales and restructuring costs as the cash-strapped [...]

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Insomnia symptoms tied to increased risk of heart attack and stroke

(Reuters Health) – People who have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep may be more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than individuals who don’t have any sleep difficulties, a recent study suggests. Researchers followed 487,200 people in China for about a decade starting when they were 51 [...]

UK’s Labour pledges 26 billion pound boost to healthcare spending

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party will pledge on Wednesday to spend an extra 26 billion pounds ($33 billion) on healthcare if it wins the Dec. 12 election, including recruiting thousands more staff, rebuilding facilities and providing new equipment. Labour, which is trailing Prime [...]

Michigan boy, 17, gets double lung transplant after damage from vaping

(Reuters) – A 17-year-old Michigan boy facing “imminent death” from vaping injuries has undergone a double lung transplant, the first in a patient suffering from the effects of e-cigarettes, a Detroit hospital said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: A man uses a vape device in this illustration picture, Septem [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]