Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Epic Games wins support from Fortnite gamers, firms on Apple standoff
(Reuters) - Fortnite creator Epic Games found support from its legions of gamers, Tinder-owner Match Group and Spotify for suing Apple and Google after the tech giants dropped the popular video game f...
Aug 14, 2020
Athletics meetings to feature ‘pioneering’ artificial crowd noise
(Reuters) - Several Diamond League athletics meetings this season will use a pioneering system that will faithfully reproduce crowd noise to make up for the lack of spectators caused by COVID-19 safet...
Aug 14, 2020
Habs’ Julien heads home after heart procedure
Canadiens coach Claude Julien is heading home to Montreal to rest Friday after doctors inserted a stent into his coronary artery. The 60-year-old is expected to make a full recovery, according to a st...
Aug 14, 2020
Manhattan DA says Trump not entitled to heightened standard for subpoena for tax returns
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) - The Manhattan district attorney on Friday said in a court filing that U.S. President Donald Trump was not entitled to a heightened standard of need for a grand-jury subpo...
Aug 14, 2020
Limits on U.S., Mexico, Canada border crossings to stay until Sept. 21: Dept. of Homeland Security
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States, Canada and Mexico have agreed to extend travel limits on their shared border through Sept. 21 in a bid to contain the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. Acting Secret...
Aug 14, 2020
Putin proposes seven-way online summit to avoid ‘confrontation’ over Iran: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday proposed holding a seven-way online summit of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council together with Germany and Iran, to o...
Aug 14, 2020
U.S. business inventories decline further in June
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. business inventories declined again in June as sales continued to accelerate amid pent-up demand as establishments reopened after being shuttered to slow the spread of the ...
Aug 14, 2020
U.S. consumer sentiment holds steady in early July
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment was largely steady in the first half of August, despite a continued rise in new COVID-19 cases and the expiration of a $600 weekly unemployment benefit s...
Aug 14, 2020
Forecasters lift U.S. third-quarter outlook, but cut fourth quarter and beyond: Philly Fed
(Reuters) - The U.S. economy will expand at a much faster rate in the current quarter than previously expected, but the outlook looks weaker for growth and job creation in the fourth quarter and beyon...
Aug 14, 2020
Michael Bloomberg, John Legend, Billie Eilish added as Democratic convention takes shape
By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - John Legend, Billie Eilish, Common and Billy Porter are among the musical artists who will perform at next week's Democratic National Convention, officials said on Fr...
Aug 14, 2020
