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Kristoff St. John’s ex-wife Mia releasing a tell-all book about her life with the late soap opera star

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Mia St. John, the ex-wife of late soap opera star Kristoff St. John, is gearing up to tell her story. The five-time world boxing champion confirmed to People magazine on Thursday that her book, titled “Fighting for My Life,”... Read More

Carnival Cruise Line now certified as ‘Sensory Inclusive’

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Cruises can be a dazzling display of lights and sound with an overwhelming amount of things to do –...

Today on Fox News: Dec. 6, 2019

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STAY TUNED On Fox News: Fox & Friends, 6 a.m. ET: Special guests include: Stuart Varney, host of “Varney...

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Tech

Smith & Wesson targeted in cyberattack, report says

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In this case, they’re after your money, not your guns. A cyberattack started during the peak of Black Friday... Read More

F-22 armed with more precision attack technology

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File photo – A pilot looks up from a U.S. F-22 Raptor fighter as it prepares to refuel in... Read More

Cellphone-related face injuries on the rise, study shows

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You may want to put down the cellphone and switch to the speaker. A study led by a facial... Read More

Bilibili inks three-year contract to broadcast League of Legends in China

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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese video site Bilibili said on Friday it had agreed to a three-year contract to domestically... Read More

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Japan stocks end higher ahead of U.S. payrolls data

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TOKYO, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Japanese shares closed higher on Friday, a day after its government approved a 26... Read More

Italy’s Atlantia interested in relaunch not rescue of Alitalia – paper

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FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Alitalia airplanes are pictured at Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy, March 30, 2019.... Read More

UPDATE 1-JPMorgan banker testifying for cartel prosecutors says there was no agreement

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SYDNEY (Reuters) – A prosecution witness in an Australian criminal cartel case against Citigroup Inc (C.N) and Deutsche Bank... Read More

CORRECTED-UPDATE 5-Uber says it received over 3,000 reports of sexual assault in U.S. in 2018

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(Corrects name in third-to-last paragraph to NYC Taxi – not Transport – and Limousine Commission) * Publishes first biennial... Read More

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SoftBank’s Son cleaves to guts-led investing in chat with Alibaba’s Ma

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Weeks after his billion-dollar bailout of WeWork, SoftBank Group Corp’s founder and CEO Masayoshi Son reiterated his belief in an instinct-led investing style, in a discussion with Alibaba Group Holding Inc’s co-founder Jack Ma. SoftBank Group... Read More

JPMorgan banker testifying for cartel prosecutors says there was no agreement

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SYDNEY (Reuters) – A prosecution witness in an Australian criminal cartel case against Citigroup Inc (C.N) and Deutsche Bank...

Phoenix to buy Swiss Re’s ReAssure unit for $4.1 billion

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LONDON/ZURICH (Reuters) – Insurance group Phoenix Group Holdings (PHNX.L) said it had agreed to buy the British unit of...

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Soul singer Celeste wins Brits Rising Star award

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Soul singer Celeste has won the Brits’ rising star award, priming her for success in 2020. Born in Los... Read More

Simpsons star Harry Shearer: ‘We’re reliving the 1930s’

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For someone who has made his living from comedy for more than 50 years, Harry Shearer is very serious... Read More

Katherine Jenkins mugged after trying to help woman in street robbery

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Welsh opera singer Katherine Jenkins has been mugged in London after intervening in a street robbery. The 39-year-old was... Read More

‘Super Trouper’: ABBA exhibition opens in London

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A visitor enters the ABBA: Super Troupers The Exhibition at the O2 in London, Britain, December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Lisi... Read More

Health

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

FDA probes diabetes drug metformin for carcinogen NDMA

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(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating whether the diabetes drug metformin had unsafe levels of... Read More

Norovirus closes 1,100 hospital beds in England

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Hospitals in England closed more than 1,100 beds in the past week because of the winter vomiting bug norovirus.... Read More

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Labor group accuses Google of illegally firing workers to stifle unionism

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The Communications Workers of America union filed a federal labor charge against Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Thursday, accusing the company of unlawfully firing four employees to deter workers from engaging in union activities. FILE PHOTO: Google site reliability eng [...]

JPMorgan banker says he spent a year meeting regulator in Australian cartel case

SYDNEY (Reuters) – A senior JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) banker spent over a year in meetings with the Australian antitrust regulator before signing a statement that would be used to bring criminal cartel charges against two rival banks and their executives, a court heard on Friday. FILE PHOTO: A [...]

Uber says it received over 3,000 reports of sexual assault in U.S. in 2018

(Reuters) – Ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc said it received over 3,000 reports of sexual assault related to its 1.3 billion rides in the United States last year, in a report aimed at ensuring drivers and the public it was serious about safety. FILE PHOTO: The Uber logo is displayed on a mob [...]

Rep. Doug Collins claims Jerry Nadler hung up on him during Trump impeachment discussion

House Judiciary Committee ranking member Doug Collins, R-Ga., says he has tried in vain to get an idea of how the panel will proceed in the impeachment process — but claims the committee’s Democratic chairman won’t keep him informed. In fact, Collins told Laura Ingraham Thursday on “The Ingraham Ang [...]

Newt Gingrich urges Pelosi to re-read Starr report on Bill Clinton, note how many times word ‘guilty’ appears

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., responded Thursday to comments current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., made deriding the Republican impeachment of ex-President Bill Clinton. Clinton was impeached by the House but acquitted by the Senate in 1999 after independent counsels looked into [...]

Laura Ingraham says Democrats, media try to pass off impeachment ‘lies’ as facts: ‘Nice try, Nancy’

Laura Ingraham used her opening monologue on “The Ingraham Angle” on Thursday night to address what she claimed were Democrats’ “lies” in their effort toimpeach President Trump. The host started by calling out Democrats and members of the media, accusing them of repeating their “warped opinion,” rep [...]

CORRECTED-UPDATE 5-Uber says it received over 3,000 reports of sexual assault in U.S. in 2018

(Corrects name in third-to-last paragraph to NYC Taxi – not Transport – and Limousine Commission) * Publishes first biennial U.S. safety report * Says 3,000 reports of sexual assault from 1.3 billion rides * Figure represents 16% fall from 2017 in most serious categories * Report comes soon after Ub [...]

UPDATE 6-Uber says it received over 3,000 reports of sexual assault in U.S. in 2018

UPDATE 2-Labor group accuses Google of illegally firing workers to stifle unionism

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Harvest Oil & Gas Announces $5 Million Share Repurchase Program

HOUSTON, Dec. 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Harvest Oil & Gas Corp. (OTCQX: HRST) (“Harvest” or the “Company”) announced today that its board of directors has approved a share repurchase program under which Harvest is authorized to repurchase up to $5.0 million of its outstanding common stock. Sha [...]

H/Cell Energy Awarded $600k in New Projects

DALLAS, Dec. 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — H/Cell Energy Corporation (OTCQB-HCCC) (“HCCC”), a company that designs and implements clean energy solutions featuring hydrogen and fuel cell technology, announced that it has been awarded $600k in new projects for environmental systems and general contracti [...]

ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC THIRD QUARTER 2019 EURO AND GBP EQUIVALENT DIVIDEND PAYMENTS

The Hague, December 5, 2019 – The Board of Royal Dutch Shell plc (“RDS”) today announced the pounds sterling and euro equivalent dividend payments in respect of the third quarter 2019 interim dividend, which was announced on October 31, 2019 at US$0.47 per A ordinary share (“A Share”) and B ordinary [...]

Upstream announces Dimitris Maniatis as new CEO

Former CEO Guy Krief will join the Board of Directors London, December 4th, 2019 – Leading mobile technology company, Upstream, announces former Head of Secure-D, Dimitris Maniatis, as its new CEO. As of January 1st 2020, Maniatis will succeed Guy Krief who will join the board of directors to drive [...]

Episerver Hires SAP Veteran Alex Atzberger as CEO

Episerver continues to prove customer-centric focus with a customer-experience leader taking its top spot. London, UK, Dec. 4th, 2019 – Episerver™, the customer-centric digital experience company, has named Alex Atzberger as its CEO. Atzberger joins Episerver after spending nearly 15 years with SAP™ [...]

Crossword Consulting Approved as a CREST Penetration Testing Provider

Crossword Consulting Approved as a CREST Penetration Testing Provider Navigation Menu RealWire Limited Delivering Relevance, Releasing Influence Press Release 5 December 2019 – London, UK – Crossword Cybersecurity Plc (AIM:CCS, “Crossword”, the “Company” or the “Group”), is delighted to announce tha [...]

DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman switches to Google

Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of British artificial-intelligence firm DeepMind, has announced that he is joining Google. He had previously said he was taking time off from DeepMind. Mr Suleyman helped develop Streams, a controversial health app which gathered data from millions of NHS patients withou [...]

Chinese residents worry about rise of facial recognition

A survey by a Beijing research institute indicates growing pushback against facial recognition in China. Some 74% of respondents said they wanted the option to be able to use traditional ID methods over the tech to verify their identity. Worries about the biometric data being hacked or otherwise lea [...]

Electric eel lights up Christmas tree and other news

BBC Click’s Marc Cieslak look at some of the best technology stories of the week including: Larry Page and Sergey Brin are stepping down from their current roles at Google’s parent company, Alphabet, but will remain on the firm’s board Transport police in Australia have rolled out artificial intelli [...]

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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 [...]