Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Flint’s Mack to play in Detroit’s Rocket Mortgage Classic
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Flint native Willie Mack III will tee off in the Rocket Mortgage Classic in July. Mack, who made his PGA Tour debut earlier this year, received a sponsor’s exemp...
May 20, 2021
Lebanese graduate turns to the sea as accountancy studies fail him
SARAFAND, Lebanon (Reuters) - Ali Sleem graduated in accountancy but the skills keeping him employed in Lebanon were learned before he went to study and instead come from a hobby he picked up aged sev...
May 20, 2021
Berlin’s Trade Republic raises funds at $5 billion valuation
BERLIN (Reuters) -Trade Republic, one of a crop of European online brokerages that have drawn comparisons with Robinhood, said on Thursday it had raised $900 million from investors at a valuation of m...
May 20, 2021
Apollo co-founder Josh Harris to step down from his day-to-day role
(Reuters) - Apollo Global Management Inc said on Thursday co-founder Josh Harris has decided to step down from his day-to-day role as managing director on completion of the private-equity giant's deal...
May 20, 2021
Timeline: ByteDance founder who put TikTok on global map to quit as CEO
By Sayantani Ghosh and Yingzhi Yang SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) - Zhang Yiming will step down as chief executive of TikTok-owner ByteDance, handing over to college roommate, long-time colleague and cu...
May 20, 2021
Canada’s privacy bill inadequate to fix entrenched issues, critics say
By Moira Warburton TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's existing privacy laws leave consumers and businesses exposed to misuses of data, mainly due to outdated rules and lack of enforcement ability for regula...
May 20, 2021
Forest rangers struggle to prevent poaching amid lockdowns
By Kanupriya Kapoor SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Ranger Atul Deokar's walkie-talkie crackled one October night. He heard his colleagues' panicked voices shouting for back-up: They had been surrounded by 70 v...
May 20, 2021
Google appeals court order to unblock YouTube account of sanctioned businessman
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Google's Russian arm said on Thursday it had lodged an appeal against a Moscow court order obliging it to unblock the YouTube account of a Christian Orthodox news channel owned by a...
May 20, 2021
U.N. bodies set up ‘One Health’ panel to advise on animal disease risks
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The World Health Organization and three other international bodies have formed a team of experts to help develop a global plan to prevent the spread of diseases from animals to hu...
May 20, 2021
How Ford burned $12 billion in Brazil
By Marcelo Rochabrun SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A century ago Henry Ford came to Brazil and established the town of Fordlandia, hoping to become an Amazonian rubber baron, but retreated deep in the red. No...
May 20, 2021
