LONDON: The UK has become the first country in Europe to cross the grim milestone of 50,000 Covid-19 related deaths as Prime Minister Boris Johnson said, “we mourn everybody who’s gone”. As per the official figures released by the government, 1,256,725 people have tested positive for the virus after 22,950 new cases were recorded this […]
Day: November 12, 2020
Disney+ Passes 73 Million Subscribers as Streaming Takes Center Stage
Disney will hold a virtual investor day on Dec. 10 to further detail its direct-to-consumer plans. Some investors hope that Disney will use the session to announce a more pronounced foray into sports streaming. “We’re going to put a lot of wind in the sails of our Disney+ business,” Mr. Chapek said on the conference […]
Chicago White Sox slugger Jose Abreu wins AL MVP award
White Sox superstar first baseman Jose Abreu won the AL Most Valuable Player Award on Thursday after helping power Chicago to its first playoff berth in 12 years. The 33-year-old slugger received 21 of 30 first-place votes and 374 points in voting announced by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Cleveland Indians third baseman Jose […]
Deutsche Bank proposes a 5% tax for remote workers post-pandemic
At Least 74 Drown in Wreck Off Libya, U.N. Agency Says
At least 74 people drowned on Thursday when a rubber raft carrying migrants sank off the coast of Libya, the latest in a series of disasters in the world’s deadliest sea crossing, according to a United Nations agency. The motorized raft, crowded with more than 120 people, had left Khoms, Libya, on Wednesday, according to […]
Will Sign Deal For Pfizer Covid Vaccine, Supply Would Begin In January: Italy
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech SE confirmed the deal in a Thursday statement. JERUSALEM: Israel will sign a provisional deal with Pfizer Inc on Friday to receive 8 million doses of the drugmaker’s still-experimental coronavirus vaccine from January, the Israeli health minister said. The deal, implementation of which would be subject to approval by the […]
Trump Bars Investment in Chinese Firms With Military Ties
Roger W. Robinson Jr., the president of RWR Advisory Group and former chairman of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, established by Congress, said the move was a “historic first” for penalties on capital markets. “This immense new domain of U.S. leverage over China is now here to stay,” he said. Martin Chorzempa, a […]
CSU Northridge women’s basketball calls off season after opt-outs deplete roster
5:19 PM ET Graham HaysESPN.com Close Graham Hays covers college sports for espnW, including softball and soccer. Hays began with ESPN in 1999. Cal State Northridge will not compete in women’s basketball during the 2020-21 season after six players elected not to participate due to coronavirus-related concerns and a seventh was unable to enter the […]
Unity earnings Q3 2020
John Riccitiello Gus Ruelas | Reuters Video game software developer Unity Software‘s stock fell as much as 6% in after-hours trading on Thursday as the company posted widening net losses in its third-quarter earnings. Here’s what they reported: Loss per share: 97 cents Revenue: $200.8 million Net loss: $144.7 million CNBC does not compare reported earnings […]
Nobel Peace Prize: A Growing List of Questionable Choices
Barely into his first term as president, Mr. Obama won “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” But many critics, some supporters and even Mr. Obama himself questioned the choice, given that he had yet to achieve any significant result for the cause of world peace. “For what?,” he recalled […]