Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Cink wins Safeway Open, claims first title since 2009 British Open
(Reuters) - Stewart Cink made eight birdies in the final round of the PGA Tour's season-opening Safeway Open on Sunday to claim a two-shot victory over Harry Higgs for his first title since winning th...
Sep 13, 2020
Padres gain doubleheader sweep over Giants
Jurickson Profar drove in the tie-breaking run by slashing a fake-bunt single off the glove of Giants third baseman Evan Longoria, and Manny Machado singled home a second run in the fifth inning Sunda...
Sep 13, 2020
New Zealand to lift coronavirus curbs in most of country on September 21
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand will lift coronavirus restrictions across the country on Sept. 21, except in its biggest city, Auckland, which is the epicentre of a second wave of infections, Prime...
Sep 13, 2020
Pound haunted by Brexit, yen looks to Abe successor vote
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - The British pound flirted with a 1-1/2-month low against the dollar on Monday on fears about no-deal Brexit while investors waited for Japan's ruling party to choose...
Sep 13, 2020
Oil mixed as storm threatens U.S. gulf production
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices were mixed on Monday with U.S. crude rising as a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico forced rigs to shut down, but the gains were kept in check by wider concerns about ex...
Sep 13, 2020
South Korea government, Samsung team up for self-sufficiency after Japan export curbs on chip material
By Joyce Lee and Hyunjoo Jin DAEJEON, South Korea (Reuters) - When the South Korea government unveiled an expanded semiconductor material testing facility last month, the centrepiece was a towering wh...
Sep 13, 2020
Singapore grapples with coronavirus in migrant workers' dormitories
By Aradhana Aravindan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore is battling new clusters of coronavirus infections in migrant dormitories that had won the all-clear from authorities, highlighting the difficulty...
Sep 13, 2020
Asian shares on firm footing as vaccine trials resume
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares started higher on Monday as hopes of a coronavirus vaccine were rekindled after AstraZeneca resumed its phase-3 trial while sentiment was still cautious ahead of a big ...
Sep 13, 2020
Thiem claims U.S. Open title after thrilling fightback
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Austria's Dominic Thiem finally claimed his first Grand Slam title with a stunning comeback to beat Germany's Alexander Zverev 2-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-6(6) in Sunday's U.S. Open final. ...
Sep 13, 2020
ByteDance picks Oracle as winning bidder for TikTok's U.S. operations - source
(Reuters) - China's ByteDance has picked a consortium led by Oracle Corp for a deal for the U.S. operations of short-video app TikTok, beating out rival bidder Microsoft Corp , a person familiar with ...
Sep 13, 2020
