SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp has agreed to give up board seats and access to sensitive information, take a more passive role in startups and make other concessions to get government clearance for its technology deals, as the Japanese investor confronts a new U.S. law aimed at cracking […]
Daily Archives: April 11, 2019
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(Reuters) – The most powerful operational rocket in the world, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, launched its first commercial mission on Thursday from Florida in a key demonstration for billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s space company in the race to grasp lucrative military launch contracts. Spectators watch from Jetty Park as booster rocket […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – ESPN+, Walt Disney Co’s sports video streaming service, could attract between 8 million and 12 million paying subscribers by the end of the fiscal 2024 year, the company said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: A screen shows the logo and a ticker symbol for The Walt Disney […]
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Visual China Group, China’s largest stock images provider, on Friday shut its website to make changes and apologized after it was criticized online and by regulators for selling images which it did not hold the ownership rights to. The company, sometimes likened to U.S. photo agency Getty […]
Pregnant women are more likely to have complications during labor and cesarean deliveries than during vaginal births, and a new study offers fresh evidence that older mothers are most at risk. FILE PHOTO: A pregnant woman, in the last trimester of her pregnancy, poses in this illustration photo in Sete, […]
(Reuters) – The city of Chicago filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Jussie Smollett seeking three times the damages it said it incurred in the investigation of a hate crime that authorities allege the “Empire” actor staged. FILE PHOTO: Actor Jussie Smollett leaves court after charges against him were dropped […]
Family, friends, fans and community members said goodbye to Nipsey Hussle in Los Angeles with a memorial procession through the city. source: bbc.com
Arizona’s Republican governor quickly signed a bill Thursday repealing a 1991 state law that had barred HIV and AIDS instruction that “promotes a homosexual lifestyle.” The move was intended to end a discrimination lawsuit filed by LGBTQ groups. Gov. Doug Ducey’s signature came less than an hour after the state […]