Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Inspire Brands to buy Dunkin’ Brands Group for $11.3 billion including debt: WSJ
(Reuters) - Dunkin' Brands Group Inc has agreed to be acquired by Inspire Brands for $11.3 billion including debt, the Wall Street Journal reported https://on.wsj.com/2TBt1o5 on Friday, bringing chain...
Oct 30, 2020
Ex-Astros manager Hinch hired by Detroit after suspension
(Reuters) - Former Houston Astros manager A.J. Hinch, who was suspended for the 2020 MLB season in the wake of the team's sign-stealing scandal that engulfed the league, has been named as the next man...
Oct 30, 2020
Early voting brings one million Black voters to Georgia polls
By Katanga Johnson ATLANTA (Reuters) - As Georgia wrapped up weeks of early voting on Friday for the Nov. 3 election, Black voter turnout had far surpassed the level seen at the same time in 2016. Som...
Oct 30, 2020
Minnesota opts against asking Supreme Court to block mail-in ballots ruling
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Minnesota officials decided on Friday not to seek emergency intervention from the conservative-majority Supreme Court over an appeals ruling that questioned t...
Oct 30, 2020
Sudan says agrees with U.S. on restoring of sovereign immunity
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan and the United States signed an agreement to restore the African country's sovereign immunity, the Sudanese Ministry of Justice said on Friday. The ministry said in a statem...
Oct 30, 2020
Armour, Clark share lead after wind-rattled second round at Bermuda
(Reuters) - Americans Ryan Armour and Wyndham Clark were tied at the top of the Bermuda Championship leaderboard on Friday, playing the second round through rough and roaring winds that rattled flagst...
Oct 30, 2020
Brazil sees 508 new COVID-19 deaths, 22,282 new cases
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil recorded 508 new COVID-19 deaths and 22,282 new cases of coronavirus, the Health Ministry said on Friday. Brazil has so far had more than 5.5 million confirmed cases ...
Oct 30, 2020
Labor Department finalizes U.S. rule curbing sustainable investing by pension funds
By Jessica DiNapoli and Ross Kerber NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Labor on Friday finalized a rule clarifying that pension fund managers must put retirees' financial interests fir...
Oct 30, 2020
U.S. says Iranian hackers behind threatening emails accessed voter data
By Raphael Satter (Reuters) - U.S. officials said late Friday that Iranian hackers behind the threatening emails sent to thousands of Americans earlier this month successfully accessed voter data. The...
Oct 30, 2020
Twitter says it has changed its hacked materials policy, unfreezes New York Post account
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twitter said on Friday it has changed its policy on hacked materials and lifted a freeze it had placed on the account of the New York Post. The New York Post can now send tweets...
Oct 30, 2020
