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MLB roundup Harper launches first Phils HR in win over Braves
High priced offseason acquisitions Bryce Harper and J T Realmuto hit their first home runs for Philadelphia and sparked the Phillies to an 8 6 win over the visiting Atlanta Braves on Saturday Realmuto ripped a two run shot into the center field bleachers that put the Phillies ahead to stay in the fifth inning and Ha...
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UConn tops Louisville heads to 12th straight Final Four
Katie Samuelson had a game high 29 points including seven 3 pointers as second seeded Connecticut held off a late rally by top seed Louisville to seal an 80 73 victory in the Albany N Y Region final on Sunday The Huskies 35 2 will play in their 12th consecutive Final Four while Louisville ends its season at 32 ...
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Rapper Nipsey Hussle shot dead outside his Los Angeles store media
Reuters Grammy nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed outside his clothing store in south Los Angeles on Sunday media reports said Two other people were wounded in the shooting outside Marathon Clothing the Los Angeles Times reported citing law enforcement sources According to the newspaper Hussl...
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T Mobile TMUS Activates Nationwide 5G Network Coverage
T Mobile US NASDAQ TMUS Inc NYSE S has become the first telecom carrier to activate nationwide 5G network covering nearly 200 million Americans in more than 5 000 cities and towns The company s widely accessible and affordable 600 MHz 5G network is likely to give a run for money to larger rivals like Verizon ...
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Huawei Issue Opens Rift Between U S and Global Carriers
Bloomberg A group representing top U S mobile service providers disagreed with European and Asian counterparts over alleged security threats from Chinese equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co ahead of a conference that will highlight a U S Europe divide on the issue A Feb 14 release from GSMA a London based...
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Telcos bet on connecting everything to recoup 5G costs
By Douglas Busvine and Isla Binnie BARCELONA Reuters For the telecoms industry the task of launching 5G services is a lot like going the wrong way on the moving walkways that ferry delegates around the vast Barcelona fairground that hosts the Mobile World Congress Operators are striding towards a future with data...
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U S telecoms regulator stops clock on Sprint T Mobile merger review
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON Reuters The U S Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday it has halted the informal 180 day shot clock on the review of the merger of wireless providers Sprint Corp and T Mobile US Inc to give the public three additional weeks to comment on the 26 billion tie up The FCC...
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Trump changes mind and extends Liberians immigration protections in U S
By Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON Reuters President Donald Trump on Thursday extended an immigration designation granting protected status to Liberians in the United States for an additional year just three days before it was to expire a rare move from a president who has taken a hardline stance on immigration Trump...
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John Williams Downplays Recession Fears Stresses Flexible Fed Policy
Bloomberg Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams NYSE WMB one of the U S central bank s top policy makers downplayed fears of recession risks being signaled by bond markets On the national outlook 2 percent GDP growth the economy continuing to add lots of jobs low unemployment that...
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Fed Downplays Recession Fears Trade Talks for Months Eco Day
Bloomberg Welcome to Friday Asia Here s the latest news and analysis from Bloomberg Economics to help get your day started New York Fed chief John Williams NYSE WMB downplayed recession fears even as economic growth cooled by more than initially reported last quarter That signals a more significant slowdown...
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Capitals lock up playoff spot with win over Hurricanes
Nic Dowd s slight redirection led to the winning goal as the defending Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals clinched a playoff spot with a 3 2 victory against the host Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night in Raleigh N C Dowd s seventh goal of the season came with 4 56 remaining when defenseman Nick Jensen delive...
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No 3 Purdue outlasts No 2 Tennessee in OT thriller
Senior guard Ryan Cline exploded to score a career best 27 points and made seven 3 pointers as Purdue knocked off Tennessee 99 94 in overtime of a South Region semifinal game Thursday night at Louisville Ky Junior guard Carsen Edwards made five 3 pointers while scoring a game high 29 points as third seeded Purdue 26...
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NCAA Tournament roundup Purdue tops Vols in OT
Ryan Cline exploded to score a career best 27 points and made seven 3 pointers as Purdue knocked off Tennessee 99 94 in overtime of a South Region semifinal game Thursday night at Louisville Ky Carsen Edwards made five 3 pointers while scoring a game high 29 points as third seeded Purdue 26 9 reached the Elite Eigh...
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Global funds raise stock allocations and cut cash buffer Reuters poll
By Rahul Karunakar BENGALURU Reuters Global funds recommended switching cash back into equities in March as stocks have recovered smartly despite some turbulence this quarter from a deep sell off late last year a Reuters poll showed While there are clear signs of a global economic slowdown with the latest data sh...
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Fed policymakers do not want rate cuts not even the doves
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Ann Saphir NEW YORK Reuters Barely a week after the U S Federal Reserve called a halt to interest rate hikes policymakers are now battling a view growing in financial markets and embraced by the Trump administration that the Fed will need to cut rates before long Larry Kudlow Presiden...
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Sprint beats on revenue loses fewer phone subscribers
By Sheila Dang and Akanksha Rana Reuters Sprint Corp on Thursday posted third quarter revenue that beat estimates while the U S wireless carrier lost fewer customers than expected even as it cut back on price promotions to improve financials The company posted a net loss of 3 cents a share versus a net profit la...
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T Mobile results beat on higher subscriber additions
By Sheila Dang and Akanksha Rana Reuters T Mobile US Inc on Thursday reported quarterly revenue and profit that beat Wall Street estimates as the wireless carrier added more than expected phone subscribers who pay a monthly bill Shares of the company rose nearly 2 percent to 68 01 in trading before the bell The...
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Sprint sues AT T over 5G branding
Reuters Sprint Corp sued AT T Inc NYSE T late on Thursday saying it was misleading consumers into believing that they were using fifth generation or 5G wireless network a technology that has not yet been widely deployed AT T customers were seeing 5G E logo on their mobile devices in over 400 markets Even th...
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Democratic senators urge administration to reject Sprint T Mobile merger
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON Reuters A group of eight Democratic U S senators and independent Senator Bernie Sanders urged the Justice Department and Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday to reject a proposed 26 billion merger of T Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp The merger is likely to raise prices for ...
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T Mobile Chief Pledges He Won t Use Huawei Equipment
Bloomberg T Mobile US Inc Chief Executive Officer John Legere says his company doesn t use equipment from Huawei Technologies Co and won t after buying Sprint Corp to form a bigger No 3 in the U S wireless market Let me be clear we do not use Huawei or ZTE network equipment in any area of our network P...
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T Mobile Sprint executives face skeptical House panel
By Diane Bartz and David Shepardson WASHINGTON Reuters Executives from T Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp faced tough questions from lawmakers on Wednesday about how the companies planned merger would affect prices and jobs especially in rural America The deal to combine the No 3 and No 4 U S wireless carriers ...
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Canadian judge says ex Guantanamo inmate s war crimes sentence has expired
By Nia Williams NYSE WMB Reuters A judge in Alberta Canada ruled on Monday that the war crimes sentence of a Canadian man formerly held at U S military base Guantanamo Bay in Cuba has expired making Omar Khadr a free man Khadr was 15 when he was captured in Afghanistan in 2002 and sent to Guantanamo Bay cha...
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Canadian teenager Andreescu retires in Miami fourth round
Reuters Bianca Andreescu s dominant recent impressive run ended at the Miami Open as the Canadian teenager who has taken the tennis world by storm retired with a shoulder injury while trailing 6 1 2 0 in her fourth round clash with Estonia s Anett Kontaveit The 18 year old arrived in Miami fresh off her triumph at...
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Stanford bounces BYU reaches 12th straight Sweet 16
Senior forward Alanna Smith scored 23 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as second seeded Stanford recovered from a sluggish first half to earn its way into the Sweet 16 of the Women s NCAA Tournament with a 72 63 home victory over seventh seeded BYU on Monday Junior guard DiJonai Carrington scored 19 points and sophomor...
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Unpredictable election makes Ukraine s friends wary
By Matthias Williams NYSE WMB and Gabriela Baczynska KIEV BRUSSELS Reuters Ukraine s Western backers fear the country s next president may prove unwilling or unable to accelerate reforms they have spent five years investing in whoever it turns out to be The election due on Sunday has boiled down to a three hors...
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Formula One and FIA present 2021 rules package to teams
By Alan Baldwin LONDON Reuters Formula One and the governing FIA presented teams with a detailed post 2021 vision for the sport at a meeting in London on Tuesday The sport s current commercial agreements expire at the end of 2020 and U S based commercial rights holders Liberty Media NASDAQ FWONA want to create ...
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Comedian set to win first round of Ukraine presidential vote
By Matthias Williams NYSE WMB and Margaryta Chornokondratenko KIEV Reuters Ukrainians exhausted by five years of war and decades of official corruption look set to send a comedian with no political experience into a second round run off against the incumbent when they vote in Sunday s presidential election The f...
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NBA roundup Bledsoe leads Bucks past Rockets
Eric Bledsoe stole the spotlight from the MVP front runners and the Milwaukee Bucks coasted to a 108 94 victory over the visiting Houston Rockets on Tuesday Bledsoe paired 23 points with seven assists and was the catalyst during a third quarter run that enabled the Bucks to seize control He scored 16 consecutive poi...
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Halep sees off Wang to move into Miami semis
Reuters Simona Halep overcame a second set lapse to secure a 6 4 7 5 Miami Open quarter final victory over China s Wang Qiang on Wednesday that put the Romanian one win away from reclaiming the world s top ranking Second seed Halep stormed back from 5 1 down in the second set and saved three set points before wrap...
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Tennis Hopman Cup ends after three decades as Perth made ATP Cup host
Reuters Perth has been chosen as the third city to host the inaugural ATP Cup in January 2020 signaling an end to the Hopman Cup international mixed team event that has been hosted by the Western Australian city for the past 31 years Sydney and Brisbane were announced as the other ATP Cup host cities in January ...
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AT T Enters Into Agreement With Amdocs For Digital Upgrade
AT T Inc NYSE T has inked an agreement with Amdocs Limited NASDAQ DOX to upgrade and modernize its digital business support system The multi year managed services agreement is part of the business transformation strategy of AT T and is primarily aimed at bringing innovation to the market in an agile manner Th...
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Sprint Unveils Community Lab To Boost OpenRAN 5G NR Project
Sprint Corporation NYSE S has unveiled a Telecom Infra Project TIP Community Lab in a bid to further develop OpenRAN 5G New Radio NR solutions Launched in 2016 TIP is a collaborative telecom community formed to provide enhanced connectivity services to underserved markets through the development of software b...
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T Mobile Sprint Unveil Location Of New Support Center
T Mobile US Inc NYSE S and Sprint Corporation NYSE S recently unveiled the location of the fourth Customer Experience Center CEC post their proposed merger The facility to be built in New York s Nassau County is expected to create about 1 000 local direct jobs with several benefits such as healthcare s...
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Verizon Shares Drop After Mixed Q4 Flat Profit Outlook
Investing com Shares in Verizon moved lower in premarket trade on Tuesday after the company warned that the need to invest in 5G networks will stop its earnings growing this year For 2019 the company said it expects to achieve low single digit growth in revenue while adjusted profit will be similar to 2018 As we ...
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Verizon Falls 3
Investing com Verizon NYSE VZ fell by 3 29 to trade at 53 21 by 09 35 14 35 GMT on Tuesday on the NYSE exchange The volume of Verizon shares traded since the start of the session was 3 11M Verizon has traded in a range of 53 21 to 53 72 on the day The stock has traded at 57 8700 at its highest and 53 210...
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Verizon sees no increase in 2019 profit misses fourth quarter revenue estimate
By Sheila Dang and Akanksha Rana Reuters Verizon Communications Inc NYSE VZ on Tuesday said it does not expect profit growth in 2019 due to a higher tax rate and interest expense and missed Wall Street estimates for fourth quarter revenue The largest U S wireless carrier by subscribers said 5G the next gene...
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Serena Williams withdraws from Miami Open with knee injury
Reuters Serena Williams NYSE WMB has withdrawn from the Miami Open with a left knee injury tournament officials said on Saturday It is the second consecutive WTA event in which the American has been unable to continue after her retirement from last week s tournament in Indian Wells with a viral illness I am ...
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World number one Osaka stunned by Hsieh in Miami
Reuters Japan s world number one Naomi Osaka was sent spinning to a crushing loss as Taiwan s 27th seeded Hsieh Su wei pulled off the biggest shock of the Miami Open by defeating her in three absorbing sets on Saturday Hsieh came from a set down to prevail 4 6 7 6 4 6 3 as her unorthodox style frustrated perple...
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NBA roundup Hornets storm back to stun Celtics
Kemba Walker had 36 points 11 rebounds and nine assists and the Charlotte Hornets rallied from an 18 point fourth quarter deficit for a stunning 124 117 victory over the visiting Boston Celtics on Saturday night The Hornets closed out the game on a 30 5 run after falling behind 112 94 with 8 21 left in the fourth qu...
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Tennessee survives second half scare for OT win vs Iowa
Junior power forward Grant Williams NYSE WMB scored six of his 19 points in overtime as Tennessee blew a 25 point lead before posting an 83 77 victory over Iowa on Sunday in NCAA Tournament second round play at Columbus Ohio Senior guard Admiral Schofield also scored 19 points in the South Region contest for the se...
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Halep recovers to beat Hercog Venus wins in Miami
Reuters Romanian second seed Simona Halep fought back from a set down to defeat Slovenian Polona Hercog in a challenging third round match at the Miami Open on Sunday Hercog ranked 93rd in the world pushed Halep all the way in the second set but the Romanian dominated the tiebreak to turn the match around and ev...
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UConn tops Buffalo rolls into another Sweet 16
Napheesa Collier collected 27 points and 16 rebounds as second seeded Connecticut advanced to the Sweet 16 for the 26th straight year on Sunday with an 84 72 victory over 10th seeded Buffalo in an NCAA Women s Tournament Albany Region game at Storrs Conn Collier shot 12 for 15 from the floor for the Huskies 33 2 w...
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NCAA roundup No 1 Duke barely holds off UCF
RJ Barrett scored off a rebound with 12 seconds remaining and Duke made a final defensive stand to pull out a 77 76 victory against Central Florida in the NCAA Tournament s East Region second round Sunday in Columbia S C Central Florida s BJ Taylor missed a runner in the final seconds and a tip in attempt by Aubrey...
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NBA roundup Curry returns Warriors retake No 1 seed
Stephen Curry returned from a one game absence to hit five 3 pointers and total a game high 26 points Sunday night as the Golden State Warriors shook off the embarrassment of a 35 point loss to the Dallas Mavericks one day earlier to turn back the Detroit Pistons 121 114 in Oakland Calif The Golden State win coupled...
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Ribbon Deploys Emergency Calling Service For Colt Japan
Ribbon Communications Inc NASDAQ RBBN recently deployed Emergency Calling Services ECS for the Japan division of multinational telecom firm Colt Technology Services Group Limited The move reinforced the long term business relationship between the two entities and enabled Colt Japan to augment its service capabi...
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The Promise of 5G Is the Problem With Huawei in Eyes of Critics
Bloomberg The new wireless technology known as 5G will do more than make mobile phones faster it will link billions of devices revolutionizing transportation manufacturing and even medicine It will also create a multitude of potential openings for bad actors to exploit The vulnerability helps explain the ri...
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WSJ Verizon Media laying off about 800 narrowing focus
Verizon VZ 1 is laying off 7 of staffers in its media group the WSJ reports the result of a months long review by Tim Armstrong s successor at the unit K Guru Gowrappan joined Verizon last spring and on Oct 1 officially took over from Armstrong at the head of Verizon Media Group formerly Oath That unit had ...
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Why Is Chevron A Better Big Oil Stock Than ExxonMobil
With massive market caps of 256 1 billion and 210 3 billion Exxon Mobil Corporation NYSE XOM and Chevron Corporation NYSE CVX dominate the energy sector Both the companies businesses are primarily guided by oil and natural gas prices However there are some key factors need to be analyzed elaborately befo...
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Big Oil s Big Problem Plunging Natural Gas Prices
Slumping commodity prices and flagging global demand growth have plagued the energy market for long Most oil and gas companies are under pressure with share prices too close to their yearly lows right now for comfort The sell off has been indiscriminate not even sparing the so called supermajors ExxonMobil NYS...
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The Phil Flynn Energy Report February 12 2020
Chasing The Virus Oil funds started to pile on to the short side of crude after more than a 20 drop as they all of a sudden realized that we saw oil demand destruction of historic nature Today Goldman Sachs NYSE GS downgraded China s GDP growth forecast to 5 2 from 5 8 Yet with the Chinese stock market reboundin...
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Pompeo in Israel calls Hezbollah risk to Middle East stability
By Dan Williams NYSE WMB JERUSALEM Reuters U S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo described Hezbollah on Wednesday as a risk to Middle East stability and conferred with Israel about the heavily armed Iranian backed Lebanese group ahead of a trip to Beirut Pompeo who has been on a regional tour to promote the Tru...
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Germany urged to champion global treaty to ban killer robots
BERLIN Reuters Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jody Williams NYSE WMB and other activists warned on Thursday that fully autonomous weapons could be deployed in just 3 4 years and urged Germany to lead an international campaign for a ban on so called killer robots Williams who won the Nobel in 1997 for leading effo...
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Tennis Venus shines as sun returns to Miami Open
By Steve Keating MIAMI Reuters Three times Miami Open champion Venus Williams NYSE WMB lit up center court by easing past Slovenian qualifier Dalila Jakupovic 7 5 6 3 in the first round as the sun and fans returned to the tournament on Thursday After two days of almost constant rain Williams match on the 13 800...
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Trump signs executive free speech order for U S colleges
WASHINGTON Reuters U S President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order linking free speech efforts at public universities to federal grants in an effort to combat what he considers a clamp down on conservative students abilities to share their views Under the order the schools will themselves cer...
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Morant No 12 Murray State race past No 5 Marquette
Star sophomore point guard Ja Morant had 17 points 16 assists and 11 rebounds for the first triple double in NCAA Tournament play since 2012 to help Murray State roll to a convincing 83 64 victory over Marquette on Thursday in West Regional play at Hartford Conn Morant dominated the contest from the outset despite t...
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No upset alert for No 1 seed Gonzaga in first round rout
Rui Hachimura scored 21 points Killian Tillie had a season high 17 and top seeded Gonzaga dominated from the start in an 87 49 beatdown of Fairleigh Dickinson in a first round West Region game Thursday in Salt Lake City Gonzaga set a school record for margin of victory in an NCAA Tournament game Brandon Clarke had 1...
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NCAA roundup No 12 Murray State stuns No 5 Marquette
Star sophomore point guard Ja Morant had 17 points 16 assists and 11 rebounds for the first triple double in NCAA Tournament play since 2012 to help Murray State roll to a convincing 83 64 victory over Marquette on Thursday in West Regional play at Hartford Conn Morant dominated the contest from the outset despite t...
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Tennis Osaka enjoys rollercoaster win in Miami
By Steve Keating MIAMI Reuters World number one Naomi Osaka endured a rollercoaster start to the Miami Open on Friday advancing to the third round with a 6 0 6 7 3 6 1 win over Belgian Yanina Wickmayer After facing eight times Miami champion Serena Williams NYSE WMB in her first match last year Osaka might hav...
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Tennessee holds off stubborn No 15 seed Colgate
Admiral Schofield sank consecutive corner 3 pointers in the final two minutes Friday enabling second seeded Tennessee to avoid a major upset at the hands of 15th seeded Colgate and earn a 77 70 win in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Columbus Ohio Schofield s first 3 pointer with 1 34 left upped the Volunt...
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NBA roundup Harden scores 61 as Rockets stop Spurs
James Harden matched his career high with 61 points delivering early and late to bail out the host Houston Rockets in their 111 105 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Friday Harden who also scored 61 points on Jan 23 at Madison Square NYSE SQ Garden against the New York Knicks finished 19 of 34 from the floor whi...
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3 Communication Mutual Funds To Buy On Stellar Q3 Earnings
Mutual fund investors willing to take long term risks could consider the technology sector To be specific mutual funds that invest in telecom which posted better than expected earnings last quarter could be lucrative bets In addition the U S China trade dispute is widely expected to conclude by the end of this y...
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T Mobile confirms its 5G network is up awaiting compatible phones
T Mobile NASDAQ TMUS has quietly confirmed that it has an active 5G network in 30 cities Light Reading reports after questioning the carrier about its pledge to do so by the end of 2018 But the news is quiet because the company says it won t offer commercial services on the network until 5G smartphones are availab...
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Motor racing IndyCar signs title sponsorship deal with NTT
Reuters IndyCar announced a multi year agreement with NTT on Tuesday that will make the Japanese tech giant the title sponsor of North America s premier open wheel racing series NTT replaces Verizon NYSE VZ as title sponsor of the series Its sponsorship of what will now be known as the NTT IndyCar Series launch...
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Imperial Oil IMO Q4 Earnings Meet Estimates Sales Lag
Imperial Oil NYSE IMO released fourth quarter 2019 results with adjusted earnings of 27 cents a share meeting the Zacks Consensus Estimate The quarterly earnings were driven by higher price realizations However the Canadian integrated oil and gas player s bottom line plunged significantly from the year ago quar...
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Tennis Andreescu emerges as Canada s next great hope for Grand Slam glory
By Frank Pingue TORONTO Reuters Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu s Indian Wells triumph was not shown on television in her home country but that did not dampen the excitement across a nation where the future of women s tennis is suddenly looking as bright as ever Andreescu enjoyed an unprecedented run in the Cal...
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NFL notebook Bengals release LB Burfict
Linebacker Vontaze Burfict was released by the Cincinnati Bengals after seven seasons the team confirmed Monday As we continue to build our roster for the 2019 season we felt it best to give both the team and Vontaze a fresh start head coach Zac Taylor said in a statement Burfict 28 had two seasons remaining o...
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Tennis Canadian teen Andreescu keen to ensure injuries don t block her meteoric rise
By Frank Pingue Reuters Bianca Andreescu has brushed aside several big name players during her meteoric rise in women s tennis but the Canadian teenager is wary for now of injuries and not opponents becoming the biggest obstacle in her career Andreescu who has dealt with several injury setbacks in her young ca...
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Economy center stage in April election in Canada s Alberta province
By Nia Williams NYSE WMB CALGARY Alberta Reuters The western Canadian province of Alberta will hold an election on April 16 kick starting a contest that many polls suggest will result in a change of government in the country s oil producing heartland as it struggles with a sluggish economy Premier Rachel Notle...
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Tennis Rain delays Miami Open start at new Hard Rock home
By Steve Keating MIAMI Reuters Rain wiped out the opening day play at the Miami Open on Tuesday delaying the start of the tournament at its new Hard Rock Stadium home Having outgrown the cramped quarters of Key Biscayne s Crandon Park and unable to secure the necessary approvals to renovate and expand the Miami...
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NHL roundup Caps alone atop Metro
Brett Connolly had a goal and an assist and the Washington Capitals defeated the New Jersey Devils 4 1 on Tuesday night in Newark N J to move into sole possession of first place in the Metropolitan Division Andre Burakovsky Evgeny Kuznetsov and Tom Wilson also scored for Washington Nicklas Backstrom collected hi...
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Kuwait says U S Mideast peace plan should weigh regional considerations
By Sylvia Westall and Ahmed Hagagy KUWAIT Reuters Kuwait s foreign minister said on Wednesday that a long awaited U S peace proposal for the Middle East should be acceptable to all stakeholders and factor in regional considerations U S President Donald Trump s special adviser Jared Kushner visited several Gulf A...
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Netanyahu says Iran has sensitive information on rival Tehran denies hack
By Dan Williams NYSE WMB JERUSALEM Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alleged on Wednesday that Iran could blackmail his main election rival Benny Gantz after hacking the former armed forces chief s phone even as Tehran denied doing so Without providing any evidence or details Netanyahu said I...
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Tennis Osaka sister act primed for Miami Open spotlight
By Steve Keating MIAMI Reuters Serena and Venus Williams NYSE WMB usually get top billing at the Miami Open but this year there is another sister act vying for the spotlight with world number one Naomi Osaka showing older sibling Mari the ropes The Williams sisters have hoisted the Miami trophy 11 times between ...
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Rain again spoils Miami Open party wiping out play
By Steve Keating MIAMI Reuters Rain again spoiled the Miami Open party wiping out the evening session on Wednesday and adding to what has been a soggy and dejecting kickoff to a tournament looking for a new start A move from the cramped Crandon Park on picturesque Key Biscayne to the wide open spaces at Hard Rock ...
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Verizon Rises 3
Investing com Verizon NYSE VZ rose by 3 28 to trade at 58 58 by 11 49 16 49 GMT on Tuesday on the NYSE exchange The volume of Verizon shares traded since the start of the session was 8 61M Verizon has traded in a range of 57 05 to 58 62 on the day The stock has traded at 58 6100 at its highest and 54 900...
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Verizon adds more phone subscribers than expected in fourth quarter
Reuters Verizon Communications Inc NYSE VZ on Tuesday beat Wall Street estimates for net new phone subscribers who pay a monthly bill adding 650 000 customers in the fourth quarter The largest U S wireless carrier was expected to add 355 600 new subscribers according to research firm FactSet The company ha...
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T Mobile adds more phone subscribers than expected in fourth quarter
Reuters T Mobile US Inc O TMUS on Wednesday beat Wall Street estimates for net new phone subscribers who pay a monthly bill adding 1 million customers in the fourth quarter The third largest U S mobile carrier was expected to add 857 900 new phone subscribers according to research firm FactSet Last month T ...
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Exxon Mobil XOM Q4 Earnings And Revenues Lag Estimates
Exxon Mobil XOM came out with quarterly earnings of 0 41 per share missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 0 44 per share This compares to earnings of 1 51 per share a year ago These figures are adjusted for non recurring items This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 6 82 A quarter ago it ...
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NBA roundup Bucks rally from 23 down to rout Heat
The Milwaukee Bucks overcame a 23 point first quarter deficit to rally past the host Miami Heat 113 98 on Friday night Giannis Antetokounmpo tallied 33 points 16 rebounds and nine assists giving him his 49th double double Khris Middleton and Eric Bledsoe had 21 and 17 points respectively for the Bucks who top th...
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Nadal pulls out with injury before Federer semi final
Reuters Rafael Nadal withdrew from the Indian Wells tournament on Saturday with a knee injury shortly before his eagerly awaited semi final clash with great rival Roger Federer Federer bidding for his 101st career title and a record sixth Indian Wells crown received a walkover into the final where he will play...
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PG E close to reshaping leadership with investor backing WSJ
Reuters PG E Corp is close to naming a new chief executive officer and revamping its board backed by some of its largest investors the Wall Street Journal said on Saturday as the power utility restructures after filing for bankruptcy because of potential liabilities from California wildfires Bill Johnson who is...
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NHL roundup Killorn Lightning crush Caps
Alex Killorn recorded his first career hat trick Tampa Bay set a franchise record for wins in a season and the Lightning beat the visiting Washington Capitals 6 3 on Saturday in the first meeting this season between the Eastern Conference s two division leaders The Lightning notched their 55th victory and became jus...
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Bottas and Mercedes dominate Australian opener
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE Reuters Valtteri Bottas capitalized on a late pitstop to upset his world champion team mate Lewis Hamilton and clinch the season opening Australian Grand Prix for Mercedes on Sunday with the best race of his life Starting second behind pole sitter Hamilton Bottas got the jump on the Brit...
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Fed looks to avoid crossed signals at policy meeting
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Ann Saphir NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO Reuters Only two things will really matter when Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell strides to the podium for his press conference on Wednesday after the end of the U S central bank s latest two day policy meeting Dots and bonds That Powell and his col...
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Israel s top court disqualifies far rightist approves Arab party for ballot
By Dan Williams NYSE WMB JERUSALEM Reuters Israel s top court disqualified on Sunday a far right Jewish politician from next month s national election and approved the candidacy of a disputed Arab party overturning March 6 decisions by the election board a court statement said The Supreme Court rulings were w...
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NBA roundup Sixers down Bucks despite Giannis 52
Joel Embiid scored 40 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead the visiting Philadelphia 76ers past the Milwaukee Bucks 130 125 on Sunday It was Embiid s 52nd double double and the 25th time he has scored at least 30 points and swept 10 rebounds in a game He scored 18 points alone in the fourth quarter Jimmy Butler ha...
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Verizon Communications VZ Q3 Earnings And Revenues Beat Estimates
Verizon Communications VZ came out with quarterly earnings of 1 25 per share beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 1 24 per share This compares to earnings of 1 22 per share a year ago These figures are adjusted for non recurring items This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 0 81 A quarter...
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FCC affirms that wireless carriers can block unwanted text messages
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON Reuters The Federal Communications Commission voted on Wednesday to clarify that wireless carriers have the authority to block unwanted or spam text messages but Democrats warned the decision would allow carriers to block or censor texts that customers send The FCC voted 3 to 1 to c...
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Deutsche Telekom reviews Huawei ties Orange says no on 5G
By Douglas Busvine and Gw na lle Barzic FRANKFURT PARIS Reuters Huawei HWT UL faces fresh challenges in Europe after Germany s Deutsche Telekom DE DTEGn announced it would review its vendor strategy and Orange PA ORAN said it would not hire the Chinese firm to build its next generation network in France The ...
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Verizon Falls 3
Investing com Verizon NYSE VZ fell by 3 09 to trade at 53 23 by 10 09 15 09 GMT on Monday on the NYSE exchange The volume of Verizon shares traded since the start of the session was 2 68M Verizon has traded in a range of 53 21 to 55 02 on the day The stock has traded at 57 5000 at its highest and 53 2300...
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Cannabis constituency Israeli election rivals warm to pot
By Dan Williams NYSE WMB JERUSALEM Reuters Marijuana has becoming an election issue in Israel now that an upstart far right party that favors legalizing the drug seems to be drawing voters away from conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Opinion polls originally showed the party Zehut would fail to win...
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Mercedes look to burst Ferrari s bubble in Melbourne
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE Reuters High hopes of a meaningful Formula One title race will face their first test at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday as five times champion Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes team seek to crush the pre season optimism surrounding Ferrari NYSE RACE Under different management and after ...
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Value Doesn t Die
A I and machine learning are changing the face of finance but the underlying principles of investment remain the same Mark Yusko CIO and managing director of Morgan Creek Capital Management outlines to Grant Williams NYSE WMB both the changes that are taking place and the opportunities provided by this fast movi...
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Israel says Hezbollah suspect in U S troop deaths now active on Golan
By Dan Williams NYSE WMB JERUSALEM Reuters Israel on Wednesday accused a suspected Lebanese Hezbollah operative who was previously held in Iraq over the killing of five U S military personnel of now setting up a Syrian guerrilla network for cross border attacks on Israeli targets The accusations against Ali Mu...
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NFL transactions notebook NT Mebane agrees to deal with Chargers
Nose tackle Brandon Mebane remained with the Los Angeles Chargers after agreeing to a two year deal on Wednesday according to the team Mebane had 40 tackles and one sack in 12 games last season his third with the franchise He has 17 5 career sacks in 12 NFL seasons with the Seattle Seahawks 2007 15 and Chargers ...
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Superdry founder urges shareholders to vote him to board
Reuters Julian Dunkerton the founder and former boss of British fashion group Superdry urged shareholders on Thursday to elect him and industry veteran Peter Williams NYSE WMB to the company s board at its upcoming shareholder meeting in April Dunkerton in a letter to shareholders said he would work to resto...
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Andreescu continues fairytale run to reach Indian Wells final
Reuters Bianca Andreescu became the youngest player to reach the final at Indian Wells in 20 years after the teenager beat Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6 3 2 6 6 4 at the BNP Paribas PA BNPP Open on Friday The 18 year old Canadian continued her magical run by overcoming sixth seeded Svitolina to set up a final ...
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Nokia NOK Misses On Q3 Earnings Cuts 2019 2020 Outlook
Nokia HE NOKIA Corporation NYSE NOK reported mixed third quarter 2019 financial results wherein the top line beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate but the bottom line missed the same The company s gross margin was impacted by product mix a high cost level associated with its first generation 5G products profitabil...
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Can Solid WarnerMedia Margins Drive AT T s T Q3 Earnings
AT T Inc NYSE T is scheduled to report third quarter 2019 results before the opening bell on Oct 28 For the third quarter the company is likely to have recorded lower revenues due to adverse foreign currency translation despite solid performance of the WarnerMedia business Factors at PlayThe WarnerMedia segment ...
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Former U S Attorney General Barr may return to job source
WASHINGTON Reuters Former U S Attorney General William Barr who served under former President George H W Bush is the leading candidate for the job as a permanent replacement for Jeff Sessions a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday The Washington Post reported earlier on Thursday that President Don...