Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Girl power in the deep blue sea: World’s largest fish are female
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Male and female whale sharks - filter-feeding marine behemoths - grow at different rates, with females doing so more slowly but getting much larger than the guys,...
Sep 16, 2020
Maya Moore marries man she helped free from prison
Maya Moore is married to Jonathan Irons, the man she helped free from prison when his wrongful conviction from 23 years ago was overturned. Moore announced Wednesday on "Good Morning America" with Iro...
Sep 16, 2020
Manfred, MLB expect 16-team playoff format to continue
Baseball is embracing bigger is better when it comes to the postseason. Commissioner Rob Manfred said the 16-team playoff bracket established for the pandemic-shortened 2020 season was likely here to ...
Sep 16, 2020
Crews battle wildfires in U.S. West as smoke travels the world
By Deborah Bloom and Brad Brooks PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - As fire crews continued to battle deadly wildfires sweeping the western United States, thousands of evacuees in Oregon and other states face...
Sep 16, 2020
Are higher Treasury yields coming? Options traders bet yes
By April Joyner NEW YORK (Reuters) - Options investors are positioning for rising Treasury yields, as improving data and rising hopes for a COVID-19 vaccine fuel bets on U.S. economic growth. The aver...
Sep 16, 2020
Lawmaker Rubio urges Trump to scrap TikTok-Oracle deal if Bytedance ties remain
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Republican lawmaker called on the Trump administration to reject a proposed deal for Oracle to become a "trusted technology provider" for popular social media platform Tik...
Sep 16, 2020
Sri Lanka seeks at least $1.9 million damage from owner of fire-hit tanker
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is seeking at least 340 million rupees ($1.89 million) from the owners of the stricken supertanker New Diamond for assistance rendered to the vessel since it caught fire ...
Sep 16, 2020
Dutch coronavirus cases jump by highest number on record
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of new coronavirus infections in the Netherlands increased by 1,542 on Wednesday, the biggest daily jump on record, data from health authorities showed. The jump follo...
Sep 16, 2020
Morgan Stanley doesn’t expect second quarter trading boom to continue
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley's Chief Financial Officer Jonathan Pruzan said on Wednesday the bank doesn't expect its sales and trading and investment banking business to perform as well in the ...
Sep 16, 2020
NYC mayor furloughs staff, self, for week to close pandemic-linked budget gap
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Everyone in the New York City mayor's office, including the mayor himself, will be furloughed for one week beginning Oct. 1 to close a budget shortfall created by the pandemic, Ma...
Sep 16, 2020
