Category Archives: Syndicated
Samsung’s second-quarter chip sales unlikely made up for smartphone weakness
By Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) - At Samsung Electronics Co Ltd , demand for its chips from data centres bulking up to meet a surge in work-from-home traffic was not likely enough to offset muted sal...
Jul 05, 2020
UK’s Sunak plans to raise property tax threshold as high as 500,000 sterling – The Times
(Reuters) - British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak is drawing up proposals to raise the property tax threshold as high as 500,000 pounds ($623,700), in a bid to exempt most homebuyers from paying any st...
Jul 05, 2020
Brewers OF Braun could put off retirement
Former National League MVP Ryan Braun said the shortened 2020 MLB schedule has him rethinking any thoughts he had about retiring after this season. "I would say at this point, I'm more likely to play ...
Jul 05, 2020
Report: Masvidal to fight Usman in UFC 251
Kamaru Usman will meet Jorge Masvidal for the UFC welterweight title next weekend in Abu Dhabi, ESPN's Ariel Helwani reported Sunday. At UFC 251 on Saturday, Masvidal will replace Gilbert Burns, who w...
Jul 05, 2020
Trump plans New Hampshire rally as he works to re-energize campaign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump plans an outdoor rally in New Hampshire on Saturday, the campaign's second of the coronavirus era following one in Tulsa, Oklahoma, last month that failed...
Jul 05, 2020
Brazil registers 26,051 new cases of coronavirus, 602 deaths
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil recorded 26,051 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours as well as 602 deaths, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. Brazil has registered more than...
Jul 05, 2020
Britain’s finance ministry pledges funding to triple number of UK traineeships
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will offer its largest ever expansion of traineeships, its finance ministry said on Sunday, ahead of a highly-anticipated update due later in the week on the government's su...
Jul 05, 2020
Britain says to put nearly $2 billion into arts to help survival
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will invest nearly $2 billion in cultural institutions and the arts to help a sector that has been crippled by the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, Prime Minister Boris Johns...
Jul 05, 2020
DeChambeau in control midway through final round at Detroit
(Reuters) - Bryson DeChambeau's fast start helped him grab a three-shot lead midway through the final round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit where overnight leader Matthew Wolff slipped four ...
Jul 05, 2020
UK Treasury, British Business Bank reviewing access to state-backed loan schemes – The Telegraph
(Reuters) - Britain's Treasury and British Business Bank officials are reviewing access to state-backed loan schemes after the European Union relaxed state aid rules, The Daily Telegraph reported. The...
Jul 05, 2020
