Author Archives: Syndicated Content
AP source: MLB owners approve plan to start season in July
By: Ronald Blum NEW YORK - Major League Baseball owners gave the go-ahead Monday to making a proposal to the players' union that could lead to the coronavirus-delayed season starting around the Fourth...
May 11, 2020
U.S. coronavirus death toll tops 80,000: Reuters tally
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - U.S. coronavirus deaths topped 80,000 on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, as nearly all states have taken steps to relax lockdown measures. Deaths in the United State...
May 11, 2020
Fed's Quarles says U.S. banks, Fed may need to do more in crisis
(Reuters) - U.S. banks are "well-positioned" to support households and businesses during the coronavirus crisis, a top U.S. central banker said on Monday, lending to creditworthy firms, processing tra...
May 11, 2020
Richard Branson to sell 25 million shares in Virgin Galactic to battle pandemic impact
(Reuters) - Billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Group said on Monday that it may sell up to 25 million shares of space tourism company Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc to raise funds amid the COVID-19 pa...
May 11, 2020
U.S. FTC indicates it is looking at Zoom privacy woes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons indicated on Monday that the agency was looking at privacy complaints regarding Zoom Video Communications Inc. In a teleconferenc...
May 11, 2020
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on sports events around the world
(Reuters) - Major sports events around the world that are in the process of re-starting or have been rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic: SOCCER For an overview of the state of play in Europe's s...
May 11, 2020
Congo president's chief of staff denies graft charges as trial begins
By Stanis Bujakera KINSHASA (Reuters) - The chief of staff to Democratic Republic of Congo's president denied all wrongdoing on Monday as his trial on charges of embezzling more than $50 million in pu...
May 11, 2020
South African Airways rescue team to appeal court ruling on layoffs
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Administrators trying save South African Airways (SAA) will appeal a court ruling that ordered them to halt a layoff process, one of the administrators Siviwe Dongwana told Re...
May 11, 2020
How an Argentine family quarantines inside a sailboat near Rio de Janeiro
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Constanza Coll had planned to give up her full-time home aboard a sailboat, currently traveling along the Brazilian coast, in time to give birth to her second child in a pub...
May 11, 2020
Virus brings Cannes Festival 'stepladder gang' down to earth
CANNES, France (Reuters) - In a normal year, Joseph Morpelli would be getting ready to plant his stepladder opposite the Cannes Festival venue so he and his fellow diehard fans can get a glimpse of ce...
May 11, 2020
