Author Archives: Syndicated Content
MLB Commissioner Manfred ‘not confident’ of a 2020 season
(Reuters) - Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said on Monday he is "not confident" a 2020 season will happen now that the players' union broke off talks about a return-to-play plan amid t...
Jun 15, 2020
Manfred: MLB season no longer certainty
Five days after saying he was "100 percent" certain a Major League Baseball season would be played, commissioner Rob Manfred expressed a different sentiment Monday. "I'm not confident (a season will b...
Jun 15, 2020
Raymond James fires employee who confronted Black Lives Matter demonstrator
(Reuters) - Investment bank Raymond James Financial Inc on Monday said it fired an employee after a video https://twitter.com/jaimetoons/status/1271300265170186240 posted on Twitter showed him and his...
Jun 15, 2020
Athletics: Great North Run cancellation adds to London Marathon doubts
LONDON (Reuters) - The cancellation of September's Great North Run half marathon on Monday due to the COVID-19 pandemic has increased doubts about the London Marathon going ahead in October. Last year...
Jun 15, 2020
Apple-backed study sheds light on physical sales through App Store
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Monday released the results of a study that found its App Store spurred $458 billion in sales last year from categories such as retail of physical goods, rid...
Jun 15, 2020
Embraer to receive $600 million loan, partly backed by govt, due to coronavirus
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Planemaker Embraer said on Monday it will receive a $600 million loan, financed partly by Brazil's government, to help the company weather the coronavirus crisis that has ravaged...
Jun 15, 2020
Walt Disney’s ABC News suspends top executive over allegations of racist comments
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's ABC News has placed on leave one of its top executives, Barbara Fedida, while it investigates press reports that she made racist comments, among other inap...
Jun 15, 2020
Brazil registers 627 new COVID-19 deaths, 888,271 total confirmed cases
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil registered 627 new deaths from COVID-19 on Monday, the Health Ministry said, with a new total of 888,271 confirmed cases of coronavirus. (Reporting by Pedro Fonseca; ...
Jun 15, 2020
UK funds human trials of potential COVID-19 vaccine from Imperial
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists at Imperial College London will start the first clinical trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine this week with more than 45 million pounds ($56.50 million...
Jun 15, 2020
U.S. airlines threaten to ban passengers who break no-mask policy
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Passengers who refuse to comply with U.S. airlines' requirement that they wear facial coverings while flying could have their flying privileges revoked, according to updated polici...
Jun 15, 2020
