Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Twitter flags Trump tweet on mail-in ballots over “disputed” content
(Reuters) - Social media company Twitter Inc on Monday flagged a tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump about mail-in ballots, adding a disclaimer describing the post's content as "disputed" and potenti...
Oct 26, 2020
Ant Group closes $17.2 billion Hong Kong IPO book early amid strong demand: sources
By Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ant Group will close its Hong Kong institutional book building one day early as it aims to raise about $17.2 billion in the city, according to two sources with d...
Oct 26, 2020
Manfred pegs MLB debt from pandemic at $8.3 billion
Citing an estimated $8.3 billion in debt facing the 30 Major League Baseball teams due to the COVID-19 pandemic this season, commissioner Rob Manfred said Monday that it's hard to predict how 2021 wil...
Oct 26, 2020
China’s NEV sales to account for 50% of new car sales by 2035: industry body
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Sales of new energy vehicles (NEV) in China, the world's biggest auto market, will jump to 50% of overall new car sales by 2035 from just 5% at present, the China Society of Autom...
Oct 26, 2020
End of Melbourne lockdown paves way for crowds at cricket, tennis
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Melbourne's liberation from its COVID-19 lockdown has boosted hopes of crowds attending some of Australia's major sporting events in the country's second-biggest city. The Austra...
Oct 26, 2020
Shapovalov falls in first round at Vienna
Jurij Rodionov, a 21-year-old Austrian ranked 153rd in the world, upset eighth-seeded Denis Shapovalov of Canada 6-4, 7-5 on Monday in the first round of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna, Austria. Rodion...
Oct 26, 2020
Trump remakes Supreme Court as Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett
By Lawrence Hurley and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. Senate handed President Donald Trump a major pre-election political victory on Monday by confirming his Supreme Cou...
Oct 26, 2020
Dodgers intent on ending title drought in Game 6
There will be no backing down from the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with their best pitcher on the mound and a relentless offense in tow. Th...
Oct 26, 2020
U.S. appeals court rejects immediate WeChat ban
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday rejected a Justice Department request that it allow the government to immediately ban Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google from offering T...
Oct 26, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court will not allow extension in Wisconsin mail-in ballot deadline
By Lawrence Hurley and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Siding with Wisconsin's Republican-led legislature, the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to allow an extension ordered...
Oct 26, 2020
