Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Report: Chargers, RB Ekeler agree to $24.5M deal
Restricted free agent running back Austin Ekeler agreed to a four-year, $24.5 million deal with the Los Angeles Chargers, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported Friday. Ekeler, an undrafted free agent who help...
Mar 06, 2020
G20 finance leaders pledge 'appropriate' fiscal, monetary actions in coronavirus response
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - G20 finance ministers and central bank governors on Friday pledged to take "appropriate" fiscal and monetary measures in responding to the coronavirus outbreak and to protect ec...
Mar 06, 2020
NBA fines Mavs owner Cuban $500K after latest rant
The NBA fined Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban $500,000 on Friday for his criticism of league officials following the team's loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Feb. 22. The league also announced that commi...
Mar 06, 2020
South Korea passes bill limiting Softbank-backed ride-hailing service Tada
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's parliament on late Friday passed a controversial bill to limit ride-hailing service Tada, dealing a blow to a company that has been a smash hit since its launch in late...
Mar 06, 2020
U.S. FCC takes step for fight robocalls by stopping spoofing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. agency that oversees telecommunications said on Friday that it would propose rules that would make it harder for robocallers to hide their location when they call to pest...
Mar 06, 2020
'Despicable' - Women seethe over Mexican leader's wobbly response to violence
By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's president sells himself as lifelong champion of the rights of women, who he calls "more honest" than men. To stress the point, he made history up...
Mar 06, 2020
U.S. creates new envoy position for Sahel, as militant groups expand foothold
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has created a special envoy position to counter rising violence in Africa's Sahel region, a State Department spokesman said on Friday. Peter Pham, started his ...
Mar 06, 2020
Alaska's famous Iditarod mushers can expect deep snow on race day
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - The world's most famous dog racing contest gets underway on Saturday when 57 mushers and their canine teams line up in downtown Anchorage to start the Iditarod Tr...
Mar 06, 2020
Amazon says working with state AGs to nab sellers engaged in price-gouging over coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Friday it is working with state attorneys general to identify and prosecute third-party sellers on its website who are engaged in price-gouging to take ad...
Mar 06, 2020
Weinstein's prison sentence should reflect 'lifetime of abuse': prosecutors
By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein should get a prison sentence that reflects not only his conviction for sexually assaulting two women, but a "lifetime of ...
Mar 06, 2020
