Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Bitcoin under pressure as comeback fades
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Bitcoin fell 3% on Friday, giving up gains from the Asia session, as its recovery from this week's plunge shows signs of faltering. Bitcoin fell to $39,262 on the Bitstamp exchan...
Syndicated Content May 21, 2021
UK retail sales jump 9.2% in April as shops reopen
By David Milliken and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - British retail sales surged by 9.2% in April, when non-essential shops reopened after months of closure due to COVID restrictions, their biggest jum...
Syndicated Content May 21, 2021
SoftBank nominates Koei gaming exec to board
TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp said on Friday it has nominated the chair of gaming firm Koei Tecmo Holdings and the co-CEO of internet business Z Holdings to join its board. (Reporting by Sam N...
Syndicated Content May 21, 2021
Canadian swimming team cancels pre-Olympic training camp in Japan -Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Canadian swimming team cancelled their pre-Olympic training plan in Japan ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games over concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, Kyodo reporte...
Syndicated Content May 21, 2021
Myanmar electoral body to dissolve Suu Kyi party – Myanmar Now tweet
(Reuters) - Myanmar's junta-appointed election commission will dissolve Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy Party (NLD) because of what it said was electoral fraud, news outlet Myanmar No...
Syndicated Content May 21, 2021
BHP beer ban for iron ore workers infringes rights, union says
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - BHP Group's new alcohol policy barring workers on mine sites in Western Australia from consuming alcohol after 9:30 p.m. impinges on workers' rights, a mine workers' union said. ...
Syndicated Content May 21, 2021
Richemont doubles dividend after net profit jump in full year
ZURICH (Reuters) - Cartier maker Richemont proposed to double its dividend on Friday after net profit rose by a third in its fiscal year 2020/21, cautioning however that the trading environment would ...
Syndicated Content May 21, 2021
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Most Japan firms say Games should be cancelled or postponed Nearly 70% of Japanese firms want the Tokyo Olympics either cancel...
Syndicated Content May 21, 2021
NBA-LA Clippers guard George feeling mentally better ahead of postseason
(Reuters) - LA Clippers guard Paul George said he feels much better mentally this postseason than he did last year inside the NBA 'bubble', as his team prepare to face the Dallas Mavericks in Saturday...
Syndicated Content May 21, 2021
Authorities seize 68 big cats from Oklahoma’s ‘Tiger King’ animal park
(Reuters) - U.S. authorities have seized 68 lions, tigers, lion-tiger hybrids, and a jaguar from an Oklahoma animal park that featured in the 2020 Netflix series "Tiger King", the Department of Justic...
Syndicated Content May 21, 2021

