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Illegal immigrants to be able to get driver’s licenses in NY after legal challenge fails

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Illegal immigrants in New York will able to obtain driver’s licenses starting next week after a last-minute legal challenge was dismissed– making it the 13th state to allow the practice, but one that critics say is unconstitutional. The Green Light Law, signed by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo earlier this year, allows anyone to apply for Read More

Boeing refuses to compete for Pentagon’s multibillion-dollar ICBM program

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Boeing has decided not to participate in the Pentagon’s program to replace the aging Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), leaving Northrop Grumman as the sole bidder for the massive contract. Friday was the last day for the two companies, which were awarded with contracts for ICBM replacement by the US Air Force in 2017, Read More

Sarepta shares surge after surprise approval of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy drug

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(Reuters) – Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics Inc (SRPT.O) soared 31% on Friday after U.S. regulators shocked Wall Street by approving the company’s treatment for a muscle-wasting disorder less than four months after rejecting the drug over safety concerns. FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seen in Silver Spring, Read More

U.S. prosecutor calls on UAW to cooperate, probe may widen

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DETROIT (Reuters) – The U.S. Attorney leading the investigation of corruption within the United Auto Workers (UAW) told Reuters on Friday the union’s leadership still is not fully cooperating with the government, but that individuals are giving federal investigators tips that could expand the probe. FILE PHOTO: United Auto Workers (UAW) acting president Rory Gamble Read More

2020 Toyota Highlander Hybrid rated at impressive 36 mpg

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The 2020 Toyota Highlander is putting up some big numbers. The all-new utility vehicle has a starting price of $35,720, which is $2,770 more than the outgoing model, but comes with a higher level of standard equipment that includes Toyota’s latest active driver aid system, with automatic emergency brakes, adaptive cruise control, lane-keeping assist and other Read More

U.S. business inventories rebound in October

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WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. business inventories increased in October, lifted by stocks at retailers, suggesting inventory investment could again contribute to economic growth in the fourth quarter. The Commerce Department said on Friday that business inventories rose 0.2% after slipping 0.1% in September. Inventories are a key component of gross domestic product. October’s increase was Read More

Ford recalls 547,538 Super Duty pickup trucks on post-crash fire risk

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FILE PHOTO: Ford logo is pictured at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, Germany September 10, 2019. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co said on Friday it would recall 547,538 of its Ford Super Duty pickup trucks across the United States, Canada and Mexico, citing the risk of a post-crash interior fire. Read More

Man killed by Lexus car being remotely started

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A New York man has died after being crushed by an empty car accidentally started by remote control. Michael Kosanovich, 21, had been standing between two parked 2002 Lexus IS300s, on 6 December, when one of them had been started remotely by its owner, police said. The car rolled forward and he was pinned between Read More

Lyft expands rental car program in San Fran Bay Area, Los Angeles

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(Reuters) – Ride-hailing company Lyft Inc on Thursday said it is offering rental cars to a wider group of users in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles. <img src="https://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20191212&t=2&i=1463400133&r=LYNXMPEFBB22G&w=450" aria-label="FILE PHOTO: A Lyft logo is seen in the Driver Hub in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson”> FILE PHOTO: A Read More

Local, federal agencies say March chemical fire near Houston began with mechanical breakdown

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HOUSTON (Reuters) – A March fire at a petrochemical terminal that spread a blanket of black smoke across Houston began when part of a manifold, which includes a pump and motor, on one storage tank broke, according to a report by local and federal agencies. The report by the Harris County Fire Marshal and the Read More

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China suspends planned tariffs scheduled for Dec. 15 on some U.S. goods

FILE PHOTO: Containers are seen at the Yangshan Deep Water Port in Shanghai, China August 6, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China has suspended additional tariffs on some U.S. goods that were meant to be implemented on Dec. 15, the State Council’s customs tariff commission said on Sunda [...]

Mexico objects to labor enforcement provision in North American trade deal

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s deputy foreign minister, Jesus Seade, said on Saturday he sent a letter to the top U.S. trade official expressing surprise and concern over a labor enforcement provision proposed by a U.S. congressional committee in the new North American trade deal. FILE PHOTO: Mexi [...]

California governor rejects PG&E bankruptcy reorganization plan

(Reuters) – California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday rejected a bankruptcy reorganization plan submitted by PG&E Corp (PCG.N), the state’s largest investor-owned utility, saying its proposal fails to meet the requirements of a recently enacted wildfire law. The decision by Newsom, sent to PG [...]

‘Largest PEACETIME evacuation’ kicks off in Italy as unexploded WWII bomb puts 54,000 at risk

An unparalleled evacuation operation is underway in Italy’s southern city of Brindisi, after a heavy British bomb was found near a local cinema. This is the second bomb discovery that has put Italians on alert in just one month. Roughly 54,000 people were told to leave the so-called “red zone” on Su [...]

I WILL return, vows Olympic champ Zagitova as rumors rumble over decision to take career break

Russian Olympic figure skating champion Alina Zagitova has vowed she WILL return to competitive action, despite recently announcing she would be taking a career break. Zagitova, 17, stunned the figure-skating world when she appeared on Russian television on Friday to announce that she was putting he [...]

From trash talk to a broken jaw: What next for UFC loudmouth Colby Covington?

Colby Covington’s relentless trash talk is over for the time being at least after he suffered a fifth round TKO loss – and a broken jaw – to Kamaru Usman in the UFC 245 headliner. Where does the UFC’s bad boy go from here? After months of heated buildup and back-and-forth insults, Colby Covington’s [...]

Aramco indicative share price up slightly to 37 riyals

FILE PHOTO: Participants attend the official ceremony marking the debut of Saudi Aramco’s initial public offering (IPO) on the Riyadh’s stock market, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 11, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Aramco’s (2222.SE) shares went up slightly to 37 Saudi riyals [...]

UPDATE 1-Brazil Vale dam near site of January disaster has ‘cracks’ -TV station

FILE PHOTO: A view of the Brazilian mining company Vale’s tailings dam in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais state, Brazil December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Washington Alves/File Photo RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – State prosecutors in Brazil have identified cracks in a tailings dam owned by iron ore mining company Val [...]

UPDATE 1-Qatar open to accepting all currencies for trade – FinMin

DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar is open to accepting all currencies for trade though the dollar will still dominate, Finance Minister Ali al-Emadi told a conference in Doha on Saturday. The comment at the Doha Forum came in response to a question about whether Qatar, one of the world largest exporters of liq [...]

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Laredo Petroleum Announces Appointment of Craig Jarchow to Board of Directors

TULSA, OK, Dec. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (NYSE: LPI) (“Laredo” or “the Company”) today announced the appointment of Craig Jarchow to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). His appointment as an independent director is effective December 10, 2019. Mr. Jarchow has mo [...]

Marksmen Announces Final Closing of Private Placement

CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Marksmen Energy Inc. (TSXV: MAH) (OTCQB: MKSEF) (“Marksmen” or the “Company”) announces that it has completed the second and final closing of its previously announced non-brokered private placement of units (the “Units”) of Marksmen (the “Offering”) [...]

Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. Confirms Dividends for January 15, 2020 and Approves 2020 Capital Budget

CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. (TSX: PEY) (“Peyto”) confirms that the monthly dividend with respect to December 2019 of $0.02 per common share is to be paid on January 15, 2020, for shareholders of record on December 31, 2019. The ex-divi [...]

Kameleoon appoints experienced digital marketing executive Martin Harrison as first UK Managing Director

Largest European personalisation technology provider expands on back of new funding and identity London and Paris, 10 December 2019, Kameleoon, the leading AI-driven personalisation and A/B testing platform provider, today announced the appointment of Martin Harrison as its first UK Managing Directo [...]

Hampleton Partners Advises FAST LTA on acquisition by Afinum

Munich, Germany and London, UK – 9 December 2019. Hampleton Partners, the international M&A and corporate finance advisory firm for technology companies, has advised FAST LTA AG, leading provider of zero-loss archiving and backup solutions for mission-critical data, on its acquisition by Afinum [...]

Only 46 percent of BAME and 52 percent of LGBTQ+ women feel included in company decision making

Only 46 percent of BAME and 52 percent of LGBTQ+ women feel included in company decision making Navigation Menu RealWire Limited Delivering Relevance, Releasing Influence Press Release Straight white men still dominate across all aspects of business according to Culture Amp global research of over 3 [...]

Switching broadband provider ‘could save £120’

Haggling could save households £120 a year on broadband, but 45% of customers have not asked their current provider for a better deal, according to Which? The consumer group found that 78% of people who negotiated were offered an incentive, discount or a better deal. More than 5,000 customers were a [...]

The prize app designed to help deaf children in school

Schoolchildren have won a competition by designing an app which transcribes school lessons for people who are deaf or who have hearing loss. It was part of a competition run by Amazon Web Services (AWS) to encourage young people to consider careers in technology. As prize winners they will have the [...]

ByteDance unit establishes venture with Chinese state media firm

FILE PHOTO: Tik Tok logos are seen on smartphones in front of a displayed ByteDance logo in this illustration taken November 27, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – A unit of ByteDance, the owner of video-sharing platform TikTok, has established a joint vent [...]

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Bristol-Myers wins $752 million in U.S. patent case against Gilead

FILE PHOTO: Logo of global biopharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb is pictured on the blouse of an employee in Le Passage, near Agen, France March 29, 2018. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (Reuters) – Bristol-Myers Squibb Co on Friday said it won a $752 million jury verdict against Gilead Sciences Inc [...]

Samoa extends measles state of emergency, NZ to fund Pacific vaccination campaign

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The South Pacific island nation of Samoa on Saturday extended a state of emergency due to a measles outbreak which has killed 72 people, mostly infants, as New Zealand announced NZ$1 million ($640,700) to help combat measles in the Pacific. FILE PHOTO: A view of the capital Api [...]

FDA panel votes unanimously in favor of Horizon’s thyroid eye disease drug

(Reuters) – Independent advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday voted unanimously in favor of Horizon Therapeutics Plc’s experimental treatment for thyroid eye disease (TED), taking the drug a step towards potential approval. If approved, teprotumumab, a type of immunotherapy, is [...]

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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