Author Archives: Syndicated Content
NFL expands Rooney Rule to boost diversity
(Reuters) - NFL teams must interview at least two minority candidates when looking to fill a head coaching position under a resolution passed on Tuesday by team owners that is designed to increase div...
May 19, 2020
Record UK fund-raiser Colonel Tom Moore, 100, is knighted
LONDON (Reuters) - Colonel Tom Moore, who became a national hero in Britain after raising 33 million pounds ($40.5 million) for the National Health Service in the run-up to his 100th birthday, is to b...
May 19, 2020
MGM, Caesars and Boyd will participate in employee Covid-19 testing plan
(Reuters) - The Las Vegas gaming industry will offer Covid-19 tests to employees before they return to work, the Culinary Union announced Tuesday. MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment Corp...
May 19, 2020
Nigeria woos local firms to boost manufacturing as coronavirus disrupt imports
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria is wooing local companies to boost manufacturing and food production in the West African country, the central bank said, after the novel coronavirus disrupte...
May 19, 2020
Exclusive: Third Point founder Daniel Loeb takes over as Munib Islam leaves firm
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Daniel Loeb is taking back the reins as sole chief investment officer at his hedge fund Third Point LLC, less than one year after he appo...
May 19, 2020
Trump's payroll tax cut 'absolutely not' dead, says adviser Hassett
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Tuesday the idea of a payroll tax cut in the next coronavirus relief legislation is "absolutely not" dead. "I think that if we...
May 19, 2020
NCAA postseason bans nearly double despite steady APR stats
By: Michael Marot INDIANAPOLIS - The number of teams facing postseason bans because of low scores on the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate has nearly doubled in one year. Fifteen teams face the most sever...
May 19, 2020
U.S. Labor Department permanently discontinues data lockups
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said on Tuesday it was permanently discontinuing the practise of releasing market-sensitive economic reports under e...
May 19, 2020
NHL’s plan to return face possible border restriction hurdle
By: John Wawrow and Stephen Whyno The NHL is still more than a week away from determining a return-to-play format, a person familiar with discussions told The Associated Press on Tuesday. And what tha...
May 19, 2020
Johnson & Johnson to stop selling talc-based baby powder in U.S., Canada
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday announced that it would stop selling its talc-based Johnson's Baby Powder in the United States and Canada, saying it was part of a broad reas...
May 19, 2020
