Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Blackstone’s first-quarter profit rises but coronavirus weighs
By Chibuike Oguh (Reuters) - Blackstone Group Inc , the world's largest manager of alternative assets such as private equity and real estate, reported a 4% rise in its first-quarter distributable earn...
Apr 23, 2020
Sweden to limit online betting during coronavirus outbreak
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden said on Thursday it would introduce a limit on how much punters could gamble in online casinos for the duration of the coronavirus outbreak as isolated individuals increas...
Apr 23, 2020
New Sheboygan Council Sworn in, City Officials Elected to Posts
by Kevin Zimmermann SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - Sheboygan’s Alderpersons elected during the April 7th Spring Election were sworn in Tuesday night, and Common Council officers were elected. Tod...
Apr 23, 2020
Ski great Vonn says shutdown tough on athletes, launches live home workout
By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - A career spent hurtling at speeds of 80mph down precipitous mountain slopes meant crashes, and serious injury, were part of life for American Alpine skiing great Li...
Apr 23, 2020
Banksy’s ‘Girl with a Pierced Eardrum’ gains a coronavirus face mask
LONDON (Reuters) - Banksy's "Girl with a Pierced Eardrum" has been updated for the coronavirus era with the addition of a blue surgical face mask. The mural, a take on Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer's ...
Apr 23, 2020
Domino’s Pizza forecasts rise in comparable sales; pulls long-term outlook
(Reuters) - Domino's Pizza Inc on Thursday forecast a 7.1% rise in U.S. comparable store sales in the first four weeks of the current quarter, benefiting from home-delivery orders from diners put unde...
Apr 23, 2020
Gap says current cash and credit lines may not be sufficient to fund operations
(Reuters) - Gap Inc said on Thursday its existing cash levels and credit facilities may not be sufficient to run its business and it would have to take additional measures such as job cuts and new deb...
Apr 23, 2020
On the margins of Paris, the food bank queues grow longer
By Yonathan Van der Voort CLICHY-SOUS-BOIS, France (Reuters) - The queue for the food bank snaked for hundreds of metres, out of the shuttered marketplace bordered by tower blocks and down the side of...
Apr 23, 2020
Intesa CEO says virus threatens mid-sized banks, consolidation inevitable: paper
MILAN (Reuters) - The current coronavirus crisis threatens mid-sized banks such as UBI Banca and will inevitably push consolidation among lenders as well as companies, the head of Italy's biggest reta...
Apr 23, 2020
Apple plans to sell Macs with its own chips from 2021: Bloomberg
(Reuters) - Apple Inc plans to sell Mac computers with its own main processors by next year based on the chip designs currently used in its iPhones and iPads, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The iPhon...
Apr 23, 2020
