Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Bettman defends NHL's expansion playoff format
Commissioner Gary Bettman stands by the NHL's decision to admit 24 teams into the playoffs when action restarts this summer. With the regular season declared complete and 24 teams headed to the newly ...
Jun 15, 2020
Report: NBPA discusses playing amid Black Lives Matter movement
Players set to return to the court next month as part of the NBA's restart are discussing the best way to push the "Black Lives Matter" movement to the forefront. Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving and ...
Jun 15, 2020
China offered two F1 races this year - Shanghai official
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has been invited to host two Formula One races in Shanghai this season but no decision has been reached over whether to accept the offer, the head of the Shanghai Sports Bur...
Jun 15, 2020
Trump team eyes $1 trillion infrastructure plan to spur economy, Bloomberg News says
(Reuters) - The Trump administration is preparing a nearly $1 trillion infrastructure proposal as part of its push to spur the world's largest economy back to life, Bloomberg News said on Monday. The ...
Jun 15, 2020
Tokyo 2020 executive says another delay should be an option: Nikkan Sports
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo 2020 board member Haruyuki Takahashi has said a further delay to the already-postponed Olympics should be considered instead of canceling the event if the COVID-19 pandemic doe...
Jun 15, 2020
Bank of Japan keeps policy steady, eyes recovery from pandemic
By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan kept monetary settings steady on Tuesday and stuck to its view that the economy will gradually recover from the coronavirus pa...
Jun 15, 2020
FCC chair calls T-Mobile U.S. network outage 'unacceptable', vows probe
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will probe an extensive T-Mobile network outage that impacted customers across the United States, the head of the U.S. telec...
Jun 15, 2020
Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 378 to 186,839 - RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 378 to 186,839, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Tuesday. The reported d...
Jun 15, 2020
Fed debt buying drives demand for risk at the dollar's expense
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar nursed losses on Tuesday, after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced it would begin broad buying of corporate debt, boosting investor sentiment and appe...
Jun 15, 2020
Hong Kong government considers further relaxation of coronavirus restrictions
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong is moving towards a further relaxation of social gathering restrictions related to the coronavirus, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said before a cabinet meeting on Tuesday....
Jun 15, 2020
