CINCINNATI (AP) — The Reds tried to help their struggling bullpen on Wednesday by calling up right-handers Jumbo Diaz and Keyvius Sampson from Triple-A Louisville before the start of a two-game series against the Cleveland Indians.
Fact: Blake Lively is absolutely slaying the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. The Shallows actress has appeared on multiple red carpets at the French event and has looked nothing but stunning....
The casino industry’s Washington, D.C.-based trade group announced today it has added eight new members, including multiple companies from Las Vegas. The American Gaming Association said ...
Cisco posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings and gave positive guidance for its next quarter, boosted by growth in Asia.
Cisco posted a 3.6% drop in net income, but adjusted profit came in better than analysts expected and the network-gear maker gave a rosy outlook for the current quarter.
The Twins commited three errors Wednesday afternoon, including one on the first batter faced by Ricky Nolasco, in getting swept in a three-game series for the seventh time in the first seven weeks of the season.
Foot Locker Inc. said late Wednesday that its chief executive will take on the additional role of chairman. The shoe retailer said that CEO Richard Johnson will become chairman effective immediately, succeeding Nicholas DiPaolo, who has served as chairman for a year. Shares of Foot Locker were unchanged at $57.12.
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A brick pillar holding hammock collapses, crushing an Iowa teen to death.
Donald Trump met Wednesday with influential former secretary of state Henry Kissinger in New York, US media reported.
Tesla Motors announced a $2 billion stock sale to help fund the production acceleration of the Model 3.
Shares of Salesforce.com Inc. climbed in Wednesday's extended session after the cloud software company posted quarterly results ahead of Wall Street's estimates. Salesforce reported its first-quarter earnings rose to $38.8 million, or 6 cents a share, from $4.1 million, or a penny a share, a year earlier. On an adjusted basis, the company earned 24 cents a share. Revenue grew to $1.78 billion from $1.41 billion. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast earnings of 23 cents a share on revenue... Читать дальше...
Israel’s military said it successfully tested a naval version of its land-based Iron Dome system and would begin deploying it on its newest frigates. The Israeli Defense Force released video of what it is calling "the Iron Dome of the sea" on Wednesday. Photo: Tel Aviv
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Wednesday it has decided not to allow officials from the country's two umbrella labor groups to meet their North Korean counterparts in China for talks over potential friendly football matches. The Korean
On August 31, 1949, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson announced the creation of an Armed Forces Day which serves as a day to honor all those who serve in the sister-service branches.
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When Denmark introduced negative interest rates in 2012, it was a pioneer. But the policy has become such an accepted part of central banks’ toolbox in the years since that financial pundits hardly batted an eyelash when Hungary became the world’s sixth central bank to introduce negative rates in March 2016. As the practice becomes more widespread, the question of how low interest rates can go has become increasingly relevant for investors.
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The writer and documentarian Sebastian Junger, author of “Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging.”
LAGOS, Nigeria — One of the teenagers kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists over two years ago from a school in northeastern Nigeria has been found with a baby and was reunited Wednesday with her mother — the first of the Chibok girls to be freed since the mass abduction. The young woman told her mother that some of the Chibok girls have died in captivity and the others still are held by Boko Haram, according to family’s doctor, Idriss Danladi, who spoke after a conversation with the mother. “This... Читать дальше...
At events like International Jazz Day, the UNESCO-sponsored event designed to promote the music across the globe, “Jazz is…”...
Shares rally 5.2 per cent as services business shows growth
Disney has enjoyed a good business in offering content to third-party platforms such as Netflix Inc. and Hulu, but the media giant may be considering a future where it keeps a tighter hold on its content.
Disney has enjoyed a good business in offering content to third-party platforms such as Netflix Inc. and Hulu, but the media giant may be considering a future where it keeps a tighter hold on its content.
Disney has enjoyed a good business in offering content to third-party platforms such as Netflix Inc. and Hulu, but the media giant may be considering a future where it keeps a tighter hold on its content.
