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Basketball Africa League postpones inaugural season due to coronavirus
(Reuters) - The first season of the NBA's Basketball Africa League, which was scheduled to tip off Friday in Dakar, Senegal, has been postponed due to concerns about the coronavirus, the league announ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 03, 2020
Schwarzenegger's multi-sport event in Ohio bars fans over coronavirus
(Reuters) - This week's Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio, will carry on with 22,000 athletes but spectators have been barred from all but one event due to concerns over the potential spread of...
Thomson Reuters Mar 03, 2020
Fed's Evans: Given weak inflation, rates could stay lower for 'substantial' time
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Reuters) - Weak inflation means the Federal Reserve can likely leave interest rates at their newly reduced level for "some substantial period of time," Chicago Fed President Charles E...
Thomson Reuters Mar 03, 2020
Vatican sex abuse experts to visit Mexico on "zero tolerance" drive
By Carlos Carrillo and Laura Gottesdiener MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Two Vatican officials charged with investigating accusations of sexual abuse by clergy will visit Mexico for a fact-finding mission la...
Thomson Reuters Mar 03, 2020
WTA roundup: Mladenovic rallies to survive in Lyon
Second-seeded Kristina Mladenovic rallied from a difficult start to down Chloe Paquet 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 in an all-French battle Tuesday during the opening round of the Open 6me Sens in Lyon, France. Mlade...
Thomson Reuters Mar 03, 2020
Spring training roundup: Cardinals rough up Verlander
Paul Goldschmidt homered off Justin Verlander to help the St. Louis Cardinals post a 6-3 victory over the visiting Houston Astros on Tuesday at Jupiter, Fla. The right-handed Verlander struck out the ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 03, 2020
BOJ's Kuroda to appear in parliament at 0524 GMT: sources
TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda is scheduled to appear in parliament at 0524 GMT (14:24 Japan time) on Wednesday, two sources said. Kuroda will be speaking a day after the Fed...
Thomson Reuters Mar 03, 2020
Taiwan's central bank to stabilize forex market after Fed cuts rates
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's central bank will act to stabilize the foreign exchange market after the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates in response to the fast-spreading coronavirus, a bank offic...
Thomson Reuters Mar 03, 2020
Australian economic growth picks up but outlook cloudy on virus fears
By Wayne Cole and Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's economy expanded by more than expected last quarter, erasing the risk of a recession even as raging bushfires and the coronavirus crisis w...
Thomson Reuters Mar 03, 2020
Irish services sector growth hits 25-month high: PMI survey
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's services sector grew at its fastest pace in over two years in February on strong new orders, a survey showed on Wednesday, though the outlook for growth over the next 12 m...
Thomson Reuters Mar 03, 2020
