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Harry Kazianis: NATO should die if allies won’t increase defense spending as Trump wants

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The NATO summit continued for its second and final day in London Wednesday, after President Trump renewed his necessary and reasonable call for all NATO members to recommit to spending at least 2 percent of their gross domestic product for defense. Trump has been criticized by European nations for demanding that NATO members pay their Read More

QEP Resources Announces Extension of Expiration Date of its Consent Solicitations Related to Senior Notes

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DENVER, Dec. 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — QEP Resources, Inc. (NYSE: QEP) (“QEP” or the “Company”) today announced that the deadline for its current solicitations of consents (the “Consent Solicitations”) from holders of its outstanding senior notes listed in the table below (the “Notes”), currently set to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, Read More

REFILE-GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks shy from breaking new highs as trade mood darkens

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TOKYO/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Asian shares slipped on Friday, knocking a global stock index off its path to hitting an all-time peak as investors turned cautious, fearing a new U.S. law backing Hong Kong protesters could torpedo efforts to end the U.S.-China trade war. FILE PHOTO: Passersby are reflected on a stock quotation board outside Read More

EarthRenew Closes First Tranche of Private Placement

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TORONTO, Nov. 28, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — EarthRenew Inc. (CSE:ERTH) (“EarthRenew” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has closed its first tranche of a previously announced non-brokered private placement financing of common shares (the “Offering”) for gross proceeds of $685,100 (the “First Tranche”). For more information on the Offering, please see the Read More

Stocks hesitate just short of new peaks as clouds darken over U.S.-China ties

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TOKYO/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Asian markets slipped on Friday leaving global shares just short of an all-time peak as investors turned cautious, fearing a new U.S. law backing Hong Kong protesters could torpedo efforts to end the U.S.-China trade war. FILE PHOTO: Passersby are reflected on a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Read More

Using sport as a political tool? USADA chief declares only ‘full ban’ on Russian athletes will do

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As the sporting world awaits WADA’s decision on the fate of Russian athletes, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) chief decided to pour fuel on the fire, calling for a total ban on Russian participation in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Travis Tygart even called for Russians to be banned from competing as neutrals, and not under Read More

QEP Resources Announces Consent Solicitations Related to Senior Notes

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DENVER, Nov. 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — QEP Resources, Inc. (NYSE: QEP) (“QEP” or the “Company”) today announced that it is soliciting consents (the “Consent Solicitations”) from holders of its outstanding senior notes listed in the table below (the “Notes”) to proposed amendments to the indentures (the “Indentures”) relating to such Notes. Title of Notes Read More

US Fed is a ‘mortician pumping formaldehyde’ into economy – RT’s Keiser Report

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International rating agency Moody’s has issued a debt downgrade warning to the entire world due to deepening global geopolitical uncertainty and risks. RT’s Keiser Report discusses the issue, noting that despite the rising turmoil the US Federal Reserve continues with its money-printing. “Certainly, we do have a zombie economy thanks to the never-ending parade of Read More

Asian stocks cheered by fresh trade talk momentum

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks rose on Tuesday, bolstered by Wall Street’s record closing highs and signs of new momentum in Beijing’s and Washington’s efforts to end their long and acrimonious trade dispute. FILE PHOTO: Investors look at screens showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai, China May 6, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song/Files MSCI’s Read More

U.S.-based chip-tech group moving to Switzerland over trade curb fears

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SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S.-based foundation overseeing promising semiconductor technology developed with Pentagon support will soon move to Switzerland after several of the group’s foreign members raised concerns about potential U.S. trade curbs. FILE PHOTO: Technology on display at Huawei’s headquarters in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China May 29, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee The nonprofit RISC-V 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 [...]

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