Shares in paper and packaging group Smurfit Kappa fell marginally after it was hit with a €124m fine by Italy's competition authority over alleged price-fixing; a move which the company said it will "vigorously" appeal.
The British marque’s souped-up coupe carries the same engine as a Toyota Camry…only different.
To help fund part of the acquisition of Anadarko, Occidental Petroleum has started selling bonds this week, with the sale expected in the range of US$11 billion to US$13 billion and divided into 10 parts, Bloomberg News reported, quoting a person familiar with the matter. This spring, Occidental outbid Chevron to seal one of the largest oil and gas M&A deals of the past few years by buying Anadarko. Occidental offered US$38 billion for Anadarko, 80 percent of it in cash, in addition to the assumption of Anadarko’s debt. Читать дальше...
Later this month (Aug. 23-25) MLB will once again host a Players' Weekend that will feature sleek new uniforms for all, more social media presence than ever before, player nicknames, and custom designs for various pieces of equipment -- including spikes, batting gloves, bats, and catcher’s gear. Featured here is a peek at the uniforms, and as you can see they've gone decidedly minimalistic this season. Instead of the flashy colors like in years past, they've chosen monochromatic all-black or all-white uniforms. Читать дальше...
There's a hidden message in Chick-fil-A's logo.
Ben Powell, head of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech, discusses his newly-released book Socialism Sucks (co-authored with Robert Lawson). Powell and Lawson toured countries around the world to observe firsthand life under ACTUAL socialism—in places like North Korea and Venezuela—versus places that merely have large welfare states (like Sweden). They concluded that, well, socialism sucks.
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Much of my knowledge about Barbie Ferreira dates back to 2014, when she first reached Internet Cool Girl status. Before American Apparel’s official death knell, she represented the brand and garnered attention as one of its few thicker models. Before photographer Petra Collins went on to direct adverts for Gucci and…
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Eight months ago, Katelyn Ohashi was simply a student gymnast at UCLA – and now, she's a viral sensation working alongside the likes of Peyton Manning and Serena Williams.
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“The Kids Are Alright” star Michael Cudlitz does not like ABC President Karey Burke’s explanation for why the show was canceled back in May.
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At this point in time, Essence is an American classic, beloved by those of us who grew up with the magazine atop the coffee tables of our mothers, aunties, grandmothers, big sisters, and now, ourselves. But on the heels of the 25th annual Essence Festival, and as the magazine approaches its 50th birthday in 2020,…
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It’s become clear to Mortal Kombat 11 players over the last few weeks that the game’s online modes have some critical vulnerabilities. Netplay competitors have been subjected to numerous attacks, including distributed denial of service (DDoS) targeting that makes matches unplayable and has apparently even exposed IP…
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Live Nation Entertainment has announced the promotion of senior concert promoter Kelly Kapp to vice president touring/ executive vice president House...
Article 370 scrapped, Lok Sabha passes bill: Is it a historic day or historic blunder?
Pregs Govender has penned a column looking at how the stubborness of 20 000 women paved the way for the women of today
Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile, Governor Bank of Uganda said that said the medium- to long-term prospects for the global economy remains uncertain.
There’s a regrettable tendency in Hollywood to employ actors with Down syndrome either as harbingers of weirdness (see Lars von Trier’s miniseries The Kingdom) or as irrepressible life forces that are mostly around to remind uptight “normal” characters what’s really important. A smidgen of the latter can be found in …
Читать дальше...Approval and funding delays could push a long-awaited multi-well drilling campaign at the Barryroe oil and gas field, off the Cork coast, into 2020, a UK broker has said.
ANDY MURRAY and Feliciano Lopez are in doubles action today at the Rogers Cup against Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo - but what time will it start?
Latest Bhojpuri Song 'Devghar Nagariya' Sung By Indu Sonali
Pizza chain Domino's has spent £7 million ($8.5 million) to stockpile imported ingredients that might not be available if Britain crashes out of the European Union.
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:10 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has begun striking Jaysh Al-Izza’s positions at Zakah and Arbaeen in northern Hama after the collapse of the conditional ceasefire on Monday. Led by the Tiger Forces, the Syrian Arab Army began their attack by firing a large barrage of missiles and artillery shells towards […]
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Yamileth Lopez holds a photo of her deceased friend Javier Amir Rodriguez at a makeshift memorial for victims outside Walmart, near the scene of a mass shooting which left at least 22 people dead, on August 6, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. Rodriguez was a sophomore at Horizon High School and was killed in the shooting. A 21-year-old white male suspect remains in custody in El Paso, which sits along the U.S.-Mexico border. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Outlining his vision for the future of Greece’s public administration, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told Parliament on Tuesday that citizens will no longer be “hostages of bureaucracy.”