NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jerry Seinfeld has defeated a lawsuit claiming he stole the Netflix hit “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” from a former colleague who said he had pitched the idea for the show a decade before its debut. FILE PHOTO: Jerry Seinfeld arrives for the premiere of the movie “A Star Is Born”
Month: September 2019
(Reuters) – California cleared the way on Monday for college athletes to profit from brand sponsorships and endorsement deals, as Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation making it the first U.S. state to give them that potentially lucrative opportunity. The legislation states that college athletes may profit from their “name, image or likeness.” It could set
FILE PHOTO: The Sprint logo is displayed on a a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 30, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sprint Corp (S.N) and MetTel have been awarded a $994 million U.S. defense contract for wireless services and devices, the
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Attorney General William Barr participates in a presentation ceremony of the Medal of Valor and heroic commendations to civilians and police officers who responded to mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S. September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Erin
FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends the Conservative Party annual conference in Manchester, Britain, September 30, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will reveal his final Brexit plan to European Union leaders as early as Tuesday, the Telegraph reported bit.ly/2o0UEtW on Monday. The plan is expected to be based
FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends the Conservative Party annual conference in Manchester, Britain, September 30, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is asking the European Union to rule out further delay of Brexit, the Times newspaper reported. Senior British judges are planning for an emergency legal challenge if
(Reuters) – WeWork’s parent The We Company said on Monday it will file to withdraw its initial public offering, a week after the SoftBank-backed office-sharing startup ousted founder Adam Neumann as its chief executive officer. FILE PHOTO: A man enters a WeWork co-working space in New York City, New York U.S., January 8, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan
(Reuters) – A San Francisco tour guide has been charged with being an agent of the Chinese government, accused of picking up U.S. national security secrets from furtive locations and delivering them cloak and dagger style to Beijing, federal prosecutors said on Monday. David L. Anderson, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California and
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A genetically modified soy seed technology from Germany’s Bayer set to launch soon in Brazil has sparked concern from some farmers who worry that other crops could be impacted by dicamba, a herbicide the biotech product is designed to tolerate. FILE PHOTO: Soybean fields are inspected as part of University of
KABUL (Reuters) – The front-runners for Afghanistan’s presidency, incumbent Ashraf Ghani and chief executive Abdullah Abdullah, have both declared victory, echoing an election crisis five years ago when competing claims by the two men led to months of turmoil. FILE PHOTO: Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani speaks after casting his vote in the presidential election
LIWONDE, Malawi (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry appealed on Monday in a national park in Malawi for increased global efforts to protect the environment against “greed, apathy and selfishness”. Harry, whose tour of southern Africa has taken him to four countries, observed a simulated anti-poaching operation by Malawian rangers and British soldiers aimed at protecting
FILE PHOTO – A view shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland August 14, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration jointly issued warning letters to four online networks for illegally marketing unapproved versions of opioid medicines, the
DOHA (Reuters) – The embarrassingly low attendance at the world athletics championships was blamed on late start times and a blockade of the country by other nations in the region by the event’s organizers on Monday. Athletics – World Athletics Championships – Doha 2019 – Women’s 200 Metres Heats – Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – As Britain’s governing Conservatives hold their annual conference in Manchester there is one riddle which has echoed around the bars and restaurants – how will Prime Minister Boris Johnson fulfil his pledge to deliver Brexit on Oct. 31? FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a roundtable at Downing Street
FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk attends a parliament session in Kiev, Ukraine, April 14, 2016. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy fired national security council secretary Oleksandr Danyliuk, according to a decree published on the president’s official website. Danyliuk offered to quit before Zelenskiy began a visit to the United
FILE PHOTO: White House trade adviser Peter Navarro listens to a news conference about a presidential executive order relating to military veterans outside of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, U.S. March 4, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Monday dismissed reports that the Trump
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has decided it does not need to close the eastern island of Komodo next year as planned because its population of rare Komodo dragons is relatively stable and not under threat, the environment minister said on Monday. FILE PHOTO: A Komodo dragon walks at the Komodo National Park in Komodo island,
FILE PHOTO: U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton speaks during a graduation ceremony at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, U.S., May 22, 2019. REUTERS/Michelle McLoughlin WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s ousted national security adviser John Bolton, a harsh critic of North Korea, said the country will not give up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. online privacy bill is not likely to come before Congress this year, three sources said, as lawmakers disagree over issues like whether the bill should preempt state rules, forcing companies to deal with much stricter legislation in California that goes into effect on Jan. 1. The logo of Amazon is
FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (R-CA) talks to reporters after testimony from Acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Joseph Maguire about the handling of the whistleblower complaint on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 26, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday escalated his attacks against
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Police expect more violence on Hong Kong’s streets on Tuesday, the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, after a chaotic weekend in which they fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters who set fires and threw petrol bombs. There will be a “very serious violent
LIWONDE, Malawi (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry will join an anti-poaching patrol with local park rangers in Malawi on Monday to highlight conservation work, another leg of his family’s southern African trip. Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex speaks during reception at the British High Commissioner’s Residence in Lilongwe, Malawi, September 29, 2019. Dominic Lipinski/Pool
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seen outside the venue for the Conservative Party annual conference in Manchester, Britain, September 29, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Allegations that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson groped two women 20 years ago overshadowed the Conservative Party’s conference on Monday. A Johnson spokesman denied the claim. Charlotte
FILE PHOTO: Sep 1, 2019; Flushing, NY, USA; Novak Djokovic of Serbia serves to Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland in the fourth round on day seven of the 2019 US Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic may be one of the
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) plunged 16% year-on-year to $729 billion in the third quarter, according to Refinitiv data, the lowest quarterly volume since 2016, as growing economic uncertainty curbed the risk appetite of companies considering deals. FILE PHOTO: Chinese and U.S. flags flutter near The Bund, before U.S. trade delegation
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s ByteDance, owner of video-sharing app TikTok and one of the world’s most valuable unicorns, booked revenue of 50-60 billion yuan ($7 billion to $8.4 billion) in a better-than-expected result for the first half, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People are seen at the Bytedance Technology booth
FILE PHOTO: An Indonesian National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) helicopter dumps water on a burning forest near Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan province, Indonesia, September 29, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said it expects forest fires that have been raging through parts of Sumatra island and in Kalimantan on the
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s metro stations and roads re-opened on Monday, after a chaotic weekend that saw police fire water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who set fires and threw petrol bombs outside government offices and across central districts. An anti-government protester uses a tennis racket to hit a tear
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump over his request that a foreign power investigate a domestic political rival is set to intensify this week with testimony due from witnesses concerning allegations made by a whistleblower within the U.S. intelligence community. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump spaeks to
FILE PHOTO: The GM logo is seen at the General Motors plant in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, January 22, 2019. REUTERS/Roosevelt Cassio (Reuters) – General Motors Co and United Auto Workers (UAW) said they will continue talks on a new labor deal on Monday, as a strike by the union’s members enters its third
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