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Jim Carrey and Ginger Gonzaga split: reports

Jim Carrey and Ginger Gonzaga split: reports

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After less than a year of dating, Jim Carrey andGinger Gonzaga are throwing in the towel, according to several reports. PerUs Weekly and E! News, the breakup happened earlier this year. The duo made their red carpet debut at the... Read More

Tropical Storm Nestor forms, threatening US Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Nestor forms, threatening US Gulf Coast

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Forecasters are predicting that despite high winds, surging seas and heavy rain along the Gulf Coast, Tropical Storm Nester...

US slaps new sanctions on Cuba over human rights record, support of Venezuela

US slaps new sanctions on Cuba over human rights record, support of Venezuela

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The U.S. Commerce Department announced Friday it will impose new sanctions on Cuba over its human rights record and...

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‘WhatsApp tax’ plan dropped in Lebanon

‘WhatsApp tax’ plan dropped in Lebanon

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Media playback is unsupported on your device Protests raged for a second day in Lebanon despite the government backtracking... Read More

House antitrust probe report likely by ‘first part’ of 2020

House antitrust probe report likely by ‘first part’ of 2020

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee expects to have a final report on its probe of... Read More

G20 kicks off debate to regulate ‘stablecoins’ in hit to Facebook’s Libra

G20 kicks off debate to regulate ‘stablecoins’ in hit to Facebook’s Libra

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Group of 20 finance leaders on Friday agreed to set strict regulations on cryptocurrencies such as... Read More

News Corp to supply headlines for Facebook’s upcoming news tab

News Corp to supply headlines for Facebook’s upcoming news tab

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FILE PHOTO: Stickers bearing the Facebook logo are pictured at Facebook Inc’s F8 developers conference in San Jose, California,... Read More

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U.S. lawmakers urge Apple to restore HKMap app used in Hong Kong — letter

U.S. lawmakers urge Apple to restore HKMap app used in Hong Kong — letter

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FILE PHOTO: The HKmap.live App is pictured on a phone screen in this photo illustration, in Hong Kong, China,... Read More

General Motors strike to slash U.S. October payrolls-JPMorgan

General Motors strike to slash U.S. October payrolls-JPMorgan

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A month-long strike at General Motors (GM.N) could cut U.S. job growth by as much as... Read More

SEI Investments reviewing relationship with money manager Kenneth Fisher

SEI Investments reviewing relationship with money manager Kenneth Fisher

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BOSTON (Reuters) – SEI Investments Co on Friday said it is reviewing its business relationship with the firm of... Read More

UPDATE 1-Sanofi pulls Zantac from U.S. and Canada after carcinogen found

UPDATE 1-Sanofi pulls Zantac from U.S. and Canada after carcinogen found

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sanofi SA said on Friday it would recall popular heartburn medicine Zantac in the United... Read More

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GM temporarily halts Chevy Blazer production because of parts shortage

GM temporarily halts Chevy Blazer production because of parts shortage

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FILE PHOTO: General Motors assembly workers picket outside the General Motors Bowling Green plant during the United Auto Workers (UAW) national strike in Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S., October 10, 2019. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – General Motors Co... Read More

Boeing, J&J, dismal China data drag Wall Street lower

Boeing, J&J, dismal China data drag Wall Street lower

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street fell on Friday as negative headlines about Johnson & Johnson and Boeing, along...

Dollar weakens on Brexit, shares sapped by weaker China growth

Dollar weakens on Brexit, shares sapped by weaker China growth

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar posted its worst week in almost four months on Friday, pummeled by sterling...

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One-wheeled juggling: Lagos children learn new skills at unicycle academy

One-wheeled juggling: Lagos children learn new skills at unicycle academy

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LAGOS (Reuters) – In a driveway of a suburban Lagos house, 14-year-old Kehinde Oguntokun juggles colorful circus clubs as... Read More

Bye Bye, Bei Bei: National Zoo panda leaves for China next month

Bye Bye, Bei Bei: National Zoo panda leaves for China next month

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FILE PHOTO: Giant Panda cub Bei Bei is shown to the media at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington,... Read More

‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ release halted in China due to Bruce Lee’s negative depiction: report

‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ release halted in China due to Bruce Lee’s negative depiction: report

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Quentin Tarantino’s film “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” will see its release halted in China due to complaints... Read More

William H. Macy back to work as wife Felicity Huffman serves 14-day prison sentence

William H. Macy back to work as wife Felicity Huffman serves 14-day prison sentence

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William H. Macy returned to work on the set of his TV series “Shameless” days after his wife, Felicity Huffman,... Read More

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Jennifer Garner partakes in Breast Cancer Awareness Month by sharing video of mammogram appointment

Jennifer Garner partakes in Breast Cancer Awareness Month by sharing video of mammogram appointment

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Jennifer Garner wants you to get your breasts checked. This week, the 47-year-old actress posted a video of herself... Read More

At least 33 dead in vape epidemic; CDC says black market THC products playing ‘major role’

At least 33 dead in vape epidemic; CDC says black market THC products playing ‘major role’

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At least 33 deaths across 24 states have now been linked to vape-related illnesses, with the Centers for Disease... Read More

Boosting women’s testosterone can increase muscle mass and endurance

Boosting women’s testosterone can increase muscle mass and endurance

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(Reuters Health) – Artificially raising women’s testosterone levels may result in improved physical performance, boosting endurance and muscle mass,... Read More

U.S. ramps up testing in search of vaping illness cause as cases near 1,500

U.S. ramps up testing in search of vaping illness cause as cases near 1,500

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CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. health officials on Thursday reported another 180 cases of vaping-related lung illnesses and announced plans... Read More

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Boeing in more trouble over messages ‘misleading’ FAA about 737 MAX problems – reports

Text messages between two Boeing employees implying they “lied to the regulators” about problems with the safety software of 737 MAX passenger jets have been reportedly given to investigators, as the planes remain out of service. The exchanges from 2016 between MAX chief technical pilot Mark Forkner [...]

Hate the president, buy our pants? Sportswear brand tries to cash in on an ad showing Trump TIED-UP

Not only do they fit snug and look great, yoga pants are apparently now the latest front in the US’ culture-war. One enterprising firm is selling its pants with a picture depicting a feminist hog-tying President Donald Trump. The image, entitled ‘Lady Liberty’ and reportedly erected over New York’s [...]

‘Russians’ are grooming Tulsi Gabbard, hints Hillary Clinton (& by the way, Jill Stein’s ‘totally’ a Russian asset too)

Seemingly determined to both keep herself relevant and the specter of ‘Russian collusion’ alive, Hillary Clinton has come out and (to nobody’s surprise) claimed that everyone she doesn’t like on the left is a Russian asset. “I’m not making any predictions, but I think they’ve got their eye on someon [...]

Exclusive: Boeing 2016 internal messages suggest employees may have misled FAA on 737 MAX – sources

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Boeing Co (BA.N) turned over instant messages from 2016 between two employees that suggest the airplane maker may have misled the Federal Aviation Administration about a key safety system on the grounded 737 MAX, sources briefed on the matter said. FILE PHOTO: Unpainted Boeing [...]

Opioid litigation talks can ‘get a long way’ to deal: lawyer

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is seen during a news conference hold by its CEO, Kare Schultz, to discuss the company’s 2019 outlooks in Tel Aviv, Israel February 19, 2019. REUTERS/Amir Cohen CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Executives from several large healthcare companies and state a [...]

Judge’s unorthodox approach has huge opioid settlement within reach

(Reuters) – From the start of the sprawling U.S. litigation seeking to hold drugmakers and distributors liable for the country’s opioid epidemic, Judge Dan Polster has made one thing clear: he never wanted a trial. FILE PHOTO: Federal Judge Dan A. Polster, of the U.S. District Court’s Northern Distr [...]

U.S. lawmakers urge Apple to restore HKMap app used in Hong Kong — letter

FILE PHOTO: The HKmap.live App is pictured on a phone screen in this photo illustration, in Hong Kong, China, October 10, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of seven U.S. lawmakers including Senators Ted Cruz, Ron Wyden and Marco Rubio and Representative Alexandria Oc [...]

General Motors strike to slash U.S. October payrolls-JPMorgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A month-long strike at General Motors (GM.N) could cut U.S. job growth by as much as 75,000 in October, JPMorgan economist Daniel Silver said on Friday, an unwelcome development amid financial market fears of a recession. Striking United Auto Workers (UAW) members rally in fro [...]

SEI Investments reviewing relationship with money manager Kenneth Fisher

BOSTON (Reuters) – SEI Investments Co on Friday said it is reviewing its business relationship with the firm of money manager Kenneth Fisher, after he allegedly made insensitive remarks about women at a recent investment conference. SEI serves as a trustee and sponsor on investment portfolios manage [...]

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SME study: Companies wish for new financing models

Nine out of ten medium-sized industrial companies would find a financing model attractive in which the loan conditions are not primarily determined by historical financial ratios and available collateral, but by data that substantiates the performance of the investment and makes it verifiable at any [...]

TeamUltra announces Strategic Consulting Service for the Now Platform

Press Release Dedicated practice ensures Now Platform transformation projects deliver customer success TeamUltra – a Computacenter Company – today announced the launch of a newly formed practice, dedicated to providing strategic ServiceNow consulting services. The service will help companies to esta [...]

Francis Crick Institute selects TeamUltra to accelerate Now Platform enterprise roll out

Press Release TeamUltra to support on-going digital transformation program to automate and modernise business processes TeamUltra – a Computacenter Company – today announced that it has been selected by the Francis Crick Institute as its strategic ServiceNow partner. Working with TeamUltra’s accredi [...]

EMGS – Vessel update and activity for the third quarter 2019

Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (the “Company” or “EMGS”) releases information on vessel activity and utilisation 4-5 working days after the close of each quarter. The Company defines vessel utilisation as the percentage of the vessel charter period spent on proprietary or multi-client data acquisit [...]

Subsea 7 awarded contract offshore UK

Subsea 7 awarded contract offshore UK Luxembourg – 04 October 2019 – Subsea 7 S.A. (Oslo Børs: SUBC, ADR: SUBCY) today announced the award of a sizeable(1) contract by Shell for the Pierce depressurisation project, located approximately 160 miles offshore, east of Aberdeen. The contract scope involv [...]

PGS ASA: Eight Vessels During Winter Season

October 4, 2019: Oslo, Norway, PGS has earlier disclosed that it is fully booked for seven vessels in Q4 2019. PGS has now committed to a MultiClient program in West Africa for the eighth active vessel. The program is expected to last more than 100 days and has strong industry funding. As a conseque [...]

Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency should be prevented: German finance minister

FILE PHOTO: Small toy figures are seen on representations of virtual currency in front of the Libra logo in this illustration picture, June 21, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration WASHINGTON (Reuters) – German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz on Friday redoubled his criticism of Facebook’s plans to la [...]

Apple’s star-studded ‘The Morning Show’ joins #MeToo conversation

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Apple Inc is jumping into the streaming video wars with a series that explores accusations of sexual misconduct at a fictional morning television news show, a story that tackles issues brought to life over the past two years of the #MeToo movement. “The Morning Show” starring [...]

G20 agrees stablecoins give rise to ‘serious’ risks: press release

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Group of 20 finance leaders agreed that global stablecoins give rise to a set of “serious” public policy and regulatory risks, a press release from Japan, the group’s chair, showed on Friday. The G20 also called on the International Monetary Fund to examine the macro-economic [...]

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Jennifer Garner partakes in Breast Cancer Awareness Month by sharing video of mammogram appointment

Jennifer Garner wants you to get your breasts checked. This week, the 47-year-old actress posted a video of herself at her annual mammogram appointment in light of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which takes place in October. OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH: HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW “Hap [...]

At least 33 dead in vape epidemic; CDC says black market THC products playing ‘major role’

At least 33 deaths across 24 states have now been linked to vape-related illnesses, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reporting that illegal or black market THC products are largely fueling the outbreak, but stopping short of identifying these products as the main cause. Of t [...]

Boosting women’s testosterone can increase muscle mass and endurance

(Reuters Health) – Artificially raising women’s testosterone levels may result in improved physical performance, boosting endurance and muscle mass, a new study finds. In a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, researchers found they could improve young women athletes’ abilities by hav [...]

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 [...]