[ad_1] (Reuters) – Elliott Management Corp, the activist hedge fund that sits on Arconic Inc’s (ARNC.N) board, has stepped in to assume potential liabilities weighing on the sale process for the U.S. aluminum products maker, according to people familiar with the matter. Paul Singer, founder, CEO, and co-chief investment officer for Elliott Management Corporation, speaks
Month: November 2018
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: The 75th Venice International Film Festival – Awards Ceremony – Venice, Italy, September 8, 2018 – Director Alfonso Cuaron poses with the Golden Lion for Best Film. REUTERS/Tony Gentile LONDON (Reuters) – After winning an Oscar for space film “Gravity”, director Alfonso Cuaron chose to tell a touching personal story for his next movie, “Roma”, looking
[ad_1] SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The Chinese government on Thursday ordered a temporary halt to research activities for people involved in the editing of human genes, after a Chinese scientist said he had edited the genes of twin babies. Scientist He Jiankui said this week that he used a gene-editing technology known as CRISPR-Cas9 to alter
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs on travel to Argentina from the White House in Washington, U.S., November 29, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will probably meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a G20 summit in Argentina over the weekend,
[ad_1] NIKISZOWIEC, Poland (Reuters) – When the Wieczorek mine, one of the oldest coal mines in Poland, closed in March, Grzegorz Chudy noticed for the first time the neighborhood was vibrant with trees in the full bloom of spring. The smell was heady. A miner holds a chain to get his clothes at the cloakroom inside
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty on Thursday to making false statements to Congress regarding a Trump Organization real estate project in Moscow, prompting Trump to call Cohen a liar and a “weak person.” Cohen entered his guilty plea in federal court in Manhattan to one
[ad_1] ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s ruling League party is working to create a single broadband network that would be put under state control, one of its senior lawmakers, Alessandro Morelli, said on Thursday. League party leader Matteo Salvini speaks at the media after a round of consultations with Italy’s newly appointed Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte
[ad_1] SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Formula E champion Jean Eric Vergne and the president of his Techeetah team have thrown their weight behind Sarajevo’s bid to host a race in the all-electric series in 2020. Formula E cars are on display in support of Sarajevo’s bid to host a Formula E race in 2020, in Sarajevo,
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Oil majors and trading firms can start finalizing crude oil deals on a live blockchain-based platform for the first time, in a move that could revolutionize the market. FILE PHOTO: A BP logo is seen on a petrol station in London November 2, 2010. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett Commodities trading firms have piloted
[ad_1] BERLIN (Reuters) – Best known for romantic comedies, Oscar winning actress Sandra Bullock has to fight for survival in dark, dystopian thriller “Bird Box”. Bullock, known for “Miss Congeniality” as well as dramas “The Blind Side” and “Gravity”, plays Malorie, a woman desperate to keep her two children safe from an unseen threat that
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Carlos Ghosn, chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, attends the Tomorrow In Motion event on the eve of press day at the Paris Auto Show, in Paris, France, October 1, 2018. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo prosecutors plan to seek an extension of Carlos Ghosn’s detention, after the ousted chairman
[ad_1] Ukrainian naval ships, which were recently seized by Russia’s FSB security service, are seen anchored in a port in Kerch, Crimea November 28, 2018. REUTERS/Alla Dmitrieva KIEV (Reuters) – Two Ukrainian Azov Sea ports, Berdyansk and Mariupol, are effectively under blockade by Russia as vessels are being barred from leaving and entering, Ukraine’s infrastructure
[ad_1] SYDNEY (Reuters) – The threat from more than 100 fires burning across Australia’s northeast eased over the past 24 hours, lawmakers and emergency workers said on Thursday, although unfavorable weather conditions are set to continue. The remains of a destroyed house can be seen after a bushfire swept through the township of Kabra, located
[ad_1] TOKYO (Reuters) – The “diligent” preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games are setting a fine example for future bids, according to International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach. FILE PHOTO: International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach poses for a group photo session with Yoshiro Mori, President of Tokyo 2020 Olympic
[ad_1] SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The organizers of a conference where a Chinese scientist claimed to have edited the genes of twin babies condemned the work on Thursday, calling it “deeply disturbing” and “irresponsible”. Scientist He Jiankui attends the International Summit on Human Genome Editing at the University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, China November
[ad_1] (This story has been refiled to correct typographical error in final paragraph) FILE PHOTO: Marie Orellana, 28, (4th L) and her seven-year-old son Angel (3rd L holding flag), from Honduras, part of a caravan of thousands of migrants from Central America trying to reach the United States, queue for food outside a temporary shelter
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Tobacco company Altria Group Inc (MO.N) is in talks to take a minority stake of 20 to 40 percent in e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: An electronic cigarette device made by JUUL is shown in this picture illustration taken September 14, 2018.
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis said on Wednesday the United States has “no smoking gun” that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was involved in the killing of U.S.-based Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month. Asked about reports that a CIA assessment earlier this month concluded the crown prince
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jay-Z on Wednesday sued to halt his private arbitration with clothing company Iconix Brand Group Inc, saying the company’s inability to find an African-American arbitrator to hear the trademark dispute was unfair. FILE PHOTO: Rapper Jay Z arrives at a United States District Court to testify in downtown Los Angeles,
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Nov 18, 2018; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky (10) leaves the field after the Bears defeated the Minnesota Vikings at Soldier Field. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta Falcons: Defensive end Derrick Shelby (groin) was placed on injured reserve, becoming the seventh Atlanta player put on the list
[ad_1] Amazon.com Inc’s autonomous toy car, The AWS DeepRacer, one-eighteenth the size of a real race car, aimed at helping web developers try some some of their own self-driving technology, is shown in this handout photo provided November 28, 2018. REUTERS/Amazon.com/Handout via REUTERS LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Self-driving cars, meet Amazon’s self-driving toys. Amazon.com Inc’s
[ad_1] CARACAS (Reuters) – Two U.S. senators on Wednesday will ask the Trump administration to investigate whether ZTE Corp, the Chinese telecommunications company, violated U.S. sanctions by helping Venezuela set up a database that monitors the behavior of its citizens. China’s ZTE Corp logo is seen at its offices in Caracas, Venezuela October 4, 2018.
[ad_1] TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) – Several thousand Central American migrants languished in a filthy, overcrowded sports complex within tantalizing sight of the United States, facing sickness and indefinite waits amid shifting U.S. border policies that barred them from crossing. A migrant, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., November 26, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rose higher on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that the gradual interest-rate hikes are meant to balance risks as it tries to keep
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “SpongeBob SquarePants” creator Stephen Hillenburg, who brought the zany cartoon marine underworld of Bikini Bottom to television, the movies and the stage, has died at the age of 57, the Nickelodeon television network said on Tuesday. Hillenburg had said last year that he was suffering from the neurodegenerative disease ALS,
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing with Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai on the Alphabet Inc unit’s social media practices on Dec. 5, the committee said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: Google Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at the annual session of China Development Forum (CDF) 2018 at the
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Trump Administration has temporarily frozen a program meant to exempt small oil refineries in financial distress from the U.S. biofuels law, as it reviews the scoring system to evaluate applications, according to two sources familiar with the matter. FILE PHOTO: A fuel nozzle from a bio diesel fuel pump
[ad_1] BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman landed in Buenos Aires on Wednesday for the G20 summit of industrialized nations, Argentine state television reported, a visit fraught with controversy over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Human Rights Watch asked Argentina on Monday to use a war crimes clause
[ad_1] U.S. snowboarder Shaun White, who won his third gold medal in the men’s halfpipe at the 2018 Winter Olympics in February, poses for a photograh after winning the award for best male athlete at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics at the Association of National Olympic Committee (ANOC) ceremony in Tokyo, Japan, in this photo taken
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Furhat tilts his or her head, smiles, exudes empathy and warmth, and encourages us to open up. The robot, a three-dimensional bust with a projection of a human-like face, aims to build on our new-found ease talking to voice assistants like Siri and Alexa, by persuading us to interact with it
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