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Israel threatens Iran with ‘own Vietnam in Syria,’ refuses to rule out pre-emptive strike

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Ramping up his war-mongering rhetoric, Israel’s defense chief has said Syria can become Iran’s ‘Vietnam’ and vowed to prevent Tehran from gaining a foothold there. It comes after Tel Aviv threatened Iran with a pre-emptive strike. Israel, which is... Read More

People injured and ‘unaccounted for’ as NZ’s most active volcano erupts on White Island (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

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A volcano has erupted in New Zealand off the coast of the Bay of Plenty, sending plumes of smoke...

NZ’s most active volcano erupts on White Island, rescue operation underway amid reports of injuries (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

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A volcano has erupted in New Zealand off the coast of the Bay of Plenty, sending plumes of smoke...

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Tech

General Election 2019: Has your local Facebook group been hijacked by politics?

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As the election draws closer, Facebook groups originally intended for gentle chat about hedgehogs and wheelie bins are being... Read More

Global financial watchdogs take aim at Big Tech’s data dominance

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LONDON (Reuters) – Google, Alibaba and other “Big Tech” companies could be forced to share data on financial services... Read More

Sweden’s Ericsson to pay over $1bn to settle US corruption probe

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Sweden’s telecoms giant Ericsson has agreed to pay more than $1bn (£760m) to resolve allegations of bribery, the US... Read More

Amazon CEO says wants to work more with Pentagon

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FILE PHOTO: Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and Blue Origin speaks during the JFK Space Summit, celebrating the 50th... Read More

Markets

Japan shares rise on robust U.S. data, China worries cap gains

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TOKYO, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Japanese shares rose on Monday following robust U.S. jobs data, although gains were limited... Read More

Morning News Call – India, December 9

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To access a PDF version of this newsletter, please click here here If you would like to receive this... Read More

GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares buoyed by Wall St rally, but China worry caps gains

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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian stocks edged up on Monday, catching some of Wall Street’s momentum after surprisingly strong U.S.... Read More

Capital One is a banking-peer bargain, even with recent gains-Barron’s

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FILE PHOTO: People walk past a Capital One banking center in New York’s financial district January 17, 2013. REUTERS/Brendan... Read More

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Asian shares buoyed by Wall St rally, but China worry caps gains

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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian stocks edged up on Monday, catching some of Wall Street’s momentum after surprisingly strong U.S. jobs data although regional gains were capped by concerns about China’s economic slowdown due to the prolonged Sino-U.S. trade war.... Read More

House Democrats, USTR nearing deal to pass modified USMCA agreement: WSJ

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on “The President’s 2019 Trade...

Jobs of the future are clustering in a handful of U.S. cities, study finds

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new analysis of where “innovation” jobs are being created in the United States paints a...

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Caroll Spinney: Sesame Street’s Big Bird puppeteer dies

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US puppeteer Caroll Spinney, famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on children’s TV show Sesame Street,... Read More

Jacqueline Jossa wins I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

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Former EastEnders star Jacqueline Jossa has won I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! after spending three weeks... Read More

Queen Elizabeth has ‘no plans’ to retire

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Don’t expect to see Queen Elizabeth step down anytime soon. Lately, rumors have been circulating that the Queen, 93, would... Read More

‘Aladdin’ spinoff receives backlash after star Mena Massoud says he can’t find work

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A spinoff of the popular live-action “Aladdin” is drawing criticism from fans. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Disney+ series... Read More

Health

Congo authorities say Ebola survivor falls ill a second time

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GISENYI, Rwanda (Reuters) – An Ebola survivor has fallen ill with the disease for a second time in eastern... Read More

Health experts warn of emerging threat of Nipah virus

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LONDON (Reuters) – A deadly virus called Nipah carried by bats has already caused human outbreaks across South and... Read More

Decorated with butterflies, infant-sized coffins sent to measles-ravaged Samoa

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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Volunteers in the New Zealand city of Rotorua are preparing two dozen white-lined coffins to be... Read More

Mental health: North Wales A&E support scheme extended

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A “life-changing” mental health service at three hospitals in north Wales is to be expanded to GP surgeries. More... Read More

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Mexico accepts U.S. steel demand in USMCA, with conditions

FILE PHOTO: Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard speaks during the daily news conference at National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico November 12, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso/File Photo MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Sunday that Mexico would accept a U.S. pro [...]

As Fed reiterates rate pause, forecasts likely to be blown off course

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Friday’s booming U.S. jobs report should give the Federal Reserve all it needs to stick to its plan not to cut interest rates further in the near future, so when U.S. central bankers meet this week, most of the focus will be on their outlook for next year and beyond. FILE PHOT [...]

Britain’s Tesco considers Asia exit

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s biggest retailer, Tesco (TSCO.L), has signaled a further retreat from its once lofty global ambitions by starting a review of its remaining Asian businesses, which could result in a sale of those Thai and Malaysian operations. FILE PHOTO: A company logo is pictured outsi [...]

Rockets hit area near Iraq’s Baghdad airport home to Iraqi military & US forces

Sirens went off near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq amid reports that several explosions have hit the surrounding area. There have been unconfirmed reports of a missile attack. Jordan-based Arabic weekly Al-Hadath reported, citing its own correspondent, that two rockets landed in the area nea [...]

After NAS Pensacola attack, DeSantis urges ‘precautions’ for foreign nationals training with US military

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sunday urged stronger security “precautions” forforeign nationals training on U.S. military bases after a Saudi gunman shot and killed three people at the Pensacola naval base Friday, in an attack believed to be an act of terror. DeSantis delivered the remarks during a S [...]

North Carolina boy’s deadly airport escalator fall seen on video

Video from three different cameras at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina showed a 3-year-old boy’s deadly fall from an escalator this past September, reports said. The footage showed Jaiden Samir Cowart playing with his siblings on the escalator right before apparently losing [...]

UPDATE 2-Britain’s Tesco considers Asia exit

Big FX platforms see e-trading volumes drop over past 3 years – BIS

LONDON (Reuters) – Turnover on some of the world’s biggest currency-trading venues has dropped as falling market volatility prompts some global banks to route more volumes onto their internal platforms, the Bank for International Settlements said in a quarterly report. Electronic trading between ban [...]

Wall St Week Ahead-RPT-Tariff deadline keeps focus on trade as 2019 draws to close

(Repeats to additional subscribers) By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK, Dec 6 (Reuters) – The stock market looks set to end 2019 the way it began the year — highly sensitive to headlines from President Donald Trump’s global trade war. Stocks pulled back from record highs to start December, undermined by co [...]

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Enservco Receives Letter of Non-Compliance from NYSE American

DENVER, Dec. 06, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Enservco Corporation (NYSE American: ENSV), a diversified national provider of specialized well-site services to the domestic onshore conventional and unconventional oil and gas industries, today announced it has received notification from the NYSE American L [...]

Dalmac Announces Resignation of Chief Financial Officer

EDMONTON, Alberta, Dec. 06, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — John Babic, President and CEO of Dalmac Energy Inc. (“Dalmac”) (TSX Venture “DAL”) announces effective December 3, 2019, Su Chun has resigned as the chief financial officer of Dalmac Energy Inc. Dalmac wishes to thank Ms. Chun for her contributions [...]

Arrow Announces Termination of Market-Making Agreement

CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 06, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Arrow Exploration Corp. (“Arrow” or the “Company”) (TSXV: AXL), announced today that as a further step to reduce costs, the Company has terminated its agreement with Integral Wealth Securities Limited (“Integral”) to provide Market-Making services i [...]

iWater Group Limited – Successful sales launch in Turkey

iWater Group Limited – Successful sales launch in Turkey Navigation Menu RealWire Limited Delivering Relevance, Releasing Influence Press Release London, 06. December 2019 – iWater Group Limited has identified Turkey as an important market for their sales campaign. The geographical location and the [...]

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 [...]

Global financial watchdogs take aim at Big Tech’s data dominance

LONDON (Reuters) – Google, Alibaba and other “Big Tech” companies could be forced to share data on financial services customers with banks and financial technology firms to prevent unfair competition. FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is displayed outside the company offices in New York, U.S., June 4, 201 [...]

Sweden’s Ericsson to pay over $1bn to settle US corruption probe

Sweden’s telecoms giant Ericsson has agreed to pay more than $1bn (£760m) to resolve allegations of bribery, the US Department of Justice has announced. It said the company had “admitted to a years-long campaign of corruption in five countries to solidify its grip on telecommunications business”. It [...]

Amazon CEO says wants to work more with Pentagon

FILE PHOTO: Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and Blue Origin speaks during the JFK Space Summit, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., June 19, 2019. REUTERS/Katherine Taylor/File Photo SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (Reuters) – Amazon [...]

Health
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U.S. health spending recovers after two slow years: CMS

FILE PHOTO: A nurse walks along the hallways of a health center in Lepanto, Arkansas, U.S., May 2, 2018. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht (This Dec. 5 story corrects first paragraph to say growth was slower not declined in previous years, removes reference to projected spending in eighth paragraph) (Reute [...]

Half of lymphoma patients alive three years after Gilead cell therapy treatment: study

(Reuters) – Nearly half of lymphoma patients treated with Gilead Sciences Inc’s Yescarta were alive at least three years after a one-time infusion of the CAR-T cell therapy, according to data presented on Saturday. FILE PHOTO: A Gilead Sciences, Inc. logo is seen outside the company headquarters in [...]

Group B Strep: ‘A common bug could have killed my baby’

The mother of a child who developed meningitis and sepsis because of a bacterial infection called Group B Strep is calling for all pregnant women to be tested for it. Currently, for women showing no symptoms, the test is only available privately – and some are still not being told about the potentia [...]

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 [...]