Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Cycle stars in lockdown as two Gulf hotels isolated over coronavirus scare
DUBAI (Reuters) - Two luxury hotels in Abu Dhabi were in lockdown on Friday to isolate guests including scores of professional cyclists after two Italian members of the tour the riders were participat...
Feb 28, 2020
Polanski movie collects first trophy at Cesar Awards in France
PARIS (Reuters) - Roman Polanski's film "An Officer and a Spy" collected its first Cesar Award out of 12 nominations on Friday, scooping the prize for best costume designer. Pascaline Chavanne was not...
Feb 28, 2020
El Salvador bans entries of travelers from Iran, citing coronavirus
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said on Friday that migration authorities will be ordered to deny entry to travelers arriving from Iran, a health measure intended to preve...
Feb 28, 2020
Wall Street losses broaden with no clarity on coronavirus impact
By Sinad Carew New York (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes tumbled for the seventh straight day and were on track for their biggest weekly dip since the 2008 global financial crisis on worries the...
Feb 28, 2020
Woods' back still stiff, will skip Palmer Invitational: agent
(Reuters) - Tiger Woods' back remains stiff and he will not play in next week's Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida where he has won eight times, his agent said on Friday. "Back still stiff and just...
Feb 28, 2020
Activist investor Robbins shutting hedge fund to pursue other things
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activist investor Clifton S. Robbins told clients on Friday that he is shuttering his Blue Harbour Group not because investors want their money back or beca...
Feb 28, 2020
As stocks plunge on coronavirus, hedge funds can brag: 'we're down less!'
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Lawrence Delevingne NEW YORK (Reuters) - This week's stock market plunge on coronavirus worries has given hedge fund managers a rare opportunity to brag that they are perfor...
Feb 28, 2020
Lawmakers: Put Flood in Hall of Fame
A bipartisan group from Congress is leading the drive to see the late Curt Flood elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, 50 years after he challenged the power of Major League Baseball owners. ...
Feb 28, 2020
Investor pessimism rising but may not be bearish enough
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pessimism about the performance of stock prices over the next six months jumped in the latest American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) Sentiment Su...
Feb 28, 2020
Think the S&P 500 is in bad shape? Its components look worse
By Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Wall Street's worst week since 2008, sparked by fears about the fast-spreading coronavirus, has left almost half of the S&P 500's stocks in bear market terr...
Feb 28, 2020
