Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Phones of South Africa's state security minister, other officials, found to be cloned
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Mobile phones belonging to South Africa's state security minister Ayanda Dlodlo, her deputy and several officials from the State Security Agency (SSA) were found this week to ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 26, 2020
Cycling: Denmark set team pursuit world record as Australia and Britain trail
By Martyn Herman BERLIN (Reuters) - Reigning champions Australia and Britain were given a rude awakening at the UCI track world championships as Denmark left them trailing in the men's team pursuit qu...
Thomson Reuters Feb 26, 2020
Morgan Stanley conference-goers asked to self-report coronavirus exposure
By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley is asking anyone who is attending its technology, media and telecom conference in California next week to report if they have visited se...
Thomson Reuters Feb 26, 2020
The Moody's blues: How low could South Africa's rating go?
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Wednesday budget should decide the fate of South Africa's solitary remaining investment grade credit rating, but with many in the country already resigned to its loss ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 26, 2020
Giants cut LBs Ogletree, Martin
Linebacker Alec Ogletree was released by the New York Giants on Wednesday. The move was expected after the team captain shifted into a limited role in 2019. Ogletree was due $10 million in 2020. Relea...
Thomson Reuters Feb 26, 2020
Pope leads world's Catholics into Lent at Ash Wednesday rite
By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis led the world's 1.3 billion Roman Catholics into the penitential season of Lent, reminding them on Ash Wednesday that everyone will be "dust in the uni...
Thomson Reuters Feb 26, 2020
Delta cutting flights to South Korea amid coronavirus outbreak
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines said Wednesday it will temporarily cut flights from South Korea citing global health concerns related to the coronavirus outbreak. From Feb. 29 through April 30,...
Thomson Reuters Feb 26, 2020
U.S. retail sales expected to cross $3.9 trillion in 2020: NRF
(Reuters) - U.S. retail sales are expected to rise between 3.5% and 4.1% to more than $3.9 trillion this year, the National Retail Federation (NRF) said on Wednesday, despite fears surrounding the cor...
Thomson Reuters Feb 26, 2020
Berlin stars in tale of a refugee's hunger to belong
By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) - Away from Berlin's clubs, far from the tourist hotspots, young drug dealers, many of them immigrants, eke out a marginal existence on the fringes of the city: thei...
Thomson Reuters Feb 26, 2020
Virgin Money plans to cut 500 jobs and close 52 branches
LONDON (Reuters) - British challenger bank Virgin Money is planning to cut 500 jobs as it presses ahead with cost-cutting after bulking up through the merger of Virgin Money and Clydesdale and Yorkshi...
Thomson Reuters Feb 26, 2020