Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Horse racing-Controversial Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit barred from Belmont
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit will not contend in next month's Belmont Stakes after the New York Racing Association (NYRA) temporarily suspended the horse and its famed trai...
May 17, 2021
Berkshire sheds nearly all of Wells Fargo, a holding since 1989
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Inc has sold nearly all of its holdings in Wells Fargo & Co, as Warren Buffett abandoned a more than 31-year-old investment that had been among his m...
May 17, 2021
Ariana Grande marries real estate agent boyfriend
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Ariana Grande married her real estate agent boyfriend in California over the weekend, some five months after the couple got engaged, the singer's representatives and T...
May 17, 2021
U.S. labor leader calls for human drivers in automated vehicles
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior American labor union leader will tell U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday that the government should require human operators in all self-driving passenger ser...
May 17, 2021
Tennis-‘I can’t control God’: Venus fumes after heavy winds force time violation
(Reuters) - A struggling Venus Williams got more than she bargained for in the form of divine intervention when heavy winds resulted in a controversial time violation in her 5-7 6-2 6-2 loss to Anna S...
May 17, 2021
Lebanese shells fired towards Israel, fall short of border – Israeli military
TEL AVIV/BEIRUT (Reuters) -The Israeli military said that six shells were fired from Lebanon towards Israel on Monday but fell short of crossing the border. The military said that in response "artille...
May 17, 2021
Could take 10 years to vaccinate Venezuela at current rate: Academy of Medicine
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's slow rate of vaccination for COVID-19 means it could take up to 10 years for the country to be fully vaccinated, the president of the nation's Academy of Medicine said ...
May 17, 2021
Eastman Kodak says New York preparing insider-trading lawsuit
By Mike Spector NEW YORK (Reuters) -The New York attorney general's office is preparing an insider-trading lawsuit against Eastman Kodak Co and its top executive, focusing on stock purchases that prec...
May 17, 2021
Sudan accepts resignation of public prosecutor, relieves judiciary head
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's Sovereign Council accepted the resignation of the public prosecutor and relieved the head of the judiciary from her position, a council statement said on Monday. No reason...
May 17, 2021
Twilio to buy text messaging platform Zipwhip for $850 million
(Reuters) - Cloud-communications firm Twilio Inc said on Monday it plans to buy business text messaging platform Zipwhip for about $850 million in cash and stock. (Reporting by Uday Sampath in Bengalu...
May 17, 2021
