VALLETTA, Malta — More than two years after a car bomb killed Malta’s best-known investigative journalist, prosecutors in the Mediterranean island nation on Saturday charged a wealthy Maltese businessman with complicity in her murder and other crimes. The arraignment of the businessman, Yorgen Fenech, a member of one of Malta’s most prominent…
Month: November 2019
Dutch Police Arrest Suspect in Stabbing of Three Teens
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch police arrested a 35-year-old homeless man Saturday on suspicion of stabbing three teens on a street in The Hague that was crowded with Black Friday shoppers. The man, whose identity wasn’t released, was detained in The Hague early Saturday evening and taken to a police station for…
Buffett’s Berkshire outbid for Tech Data: CNBC
(Reuters) – Billionaire investor Warren Buffett was thwarted in trying to spend some of the $128.2 billion of cash at his Berkshire Hathaway Inc, after a private equity firm outbid him to buy technology equipment distributor Tech Data Corp for $5.14 billion, CNBC said on Friday. Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett walks…
Apple ‘taking a deeper look’ at map policies after calling Crimea part of Russia
FILE PHOTO: The Apple Inc. logo is seen hanging at the Apple store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo (Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is “taking a deeper look at how we handle disputed borders” after it referred to the Russian-annexed Crimean Peninsula as…
International stocks to outperform U.S. in 2020: investors
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Even though the U.S. stock market continues a record-breaking rally that has sent the benchmark S&P 500 index up nearly 25% for the year, investors appear to be looking elsewhere for better values in the year ahead. World stock funds brought in $8.2 billion in investor inflows over…
Connected car prices may rise if Qualcomm wins antitrust case: auto makers
(Reuters) – The cost of cars equipped with ultra-fast 5G wireless technology is likely to go up if microchip supplier Qualcomm Inc’s (QCOM.O) patent licensing practices fail to change, a trade group representing major automakers and two leading automotive suppliers said in court filings on Friday. FILE PHOTO: Computer chip maker Intel’s…
Singapore tells Facebook to correct user’s post in test of ‘fake news’ laws
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore instructed Facebook (FB.O) on Friday to publish a correction on a user’s social media post under a new “fake news” law, raising fresh questions about how the company will adhere to government requests to regulate content. FILE PHOTO: Silhouettes of laptop users are seen next to a screen…
Factbox: Quotes from shoppers as they scour for the best deals on Black Friday
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Shoppers headed out to stores across the United States in a quest to score the best Black Friday discounts on everything from handbags to 4K TVs, with early promotions marking the start of a condensed holiday shopping season. People wait in line to pay for purchases at Best…
Stocks dip as trade worries halt record rally, dollar falls
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices slumped and a gauge of global equity markets on Friday edged away from an all-time high it nearly breached earlier in the week as doubts simmered over the outlook for signing an initial deal to ease U.S.-China trade tensions. Gold prices rose and stocks on Wall…
Exclusive: U.S. weighs new regulations to further restrict Huawei suppliers – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government may expand its power to stop more foreign shipments of products with U.S. technology to China’s Huawei, amid frustration the company’s blacklisting has failed to cut off supplies to the world’s largest telecoms equipment maker, two sources said. The U.S. Commerce Department in May placed Huawei…
That frenzied Black Friday crush? Not this year
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The frenzy associated with Black Friday shopping was missing this year as U.S. retailers offered earlier discounts and more consumers shopped online, though spot checks around the country showed traffic picked up after a sluggish morning. “It’s slow now because we had a big, big rush last night,”…
Wall Street slips as U.S.-China tensions weigh, investors watch retail
(Reuters) – Wall Street’s major indexes ended Friday’s shorter session lower as U.S.-China discord over Hong Kong fueled investor anxiety about trade talks and retail stocks dipped as in-store Black Friday sales appeared to draw smaller crowds. China on Thursday threatened to retaliate against a U.S. law backing pro-democracy protesters in Hong…
Shmoo Cake, Persians and Spudnuts: Touring Canada’s Regional Cuisine
Dan Bilefsky, my colleague who is based in his hometown, Montreal, looked into a existential threat that has united, sort of, two of the city’s greatest rivals: Fairmount Bagel and St-Viateur Bagel. Image Roberto Castro removing bagels from the wood-burning oven at Fairmount Bagel in Montreal.Credit…Chris Wattie for The New York Times…
The Best Movies and TV Shows New on Netflix Canada in December
Image Clockwise from top left, scenes from “Marriage Story,” “6 Underground,” “Glow Up” and “The Witcher”Credit…Netflix Every month, Netflix Canada adds a new batch of TV shows and movies to its library. Here are the titles we think are most interesting for December, broken down by release date. Netflix occasionally changes schedules…
Sudan Overturns Moral Policing Law and Disbands Al-Bashir’s Party
CAIRO — Sudan’s transitional government announced on Friday that it had overturned a moral policing law that criminalized revealing clothing worn by women and drinking alcohol. It also moved to dissolve the former governing party of Omar al-Bashir — fulfilling two major demands by pro-democracy protesters. The country’s sovereign council and cabinet…
Oil ends mixed, pressured by U.S. tensions with China over rights bill
LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices ended mixed on Thursday, with U.S. prices rebounding modestly from concerns that arose from U.S. President Donald Trump signing into law a bill backing protesters in Hong Kong, fuelling tensions with China. FILE PHOTO: Oil pump jacks at sunset near Midland, Texas, U.S., August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Jessica…
Hedge funds control 35-45% of Osram shares in headache for suitor AMS: source
MUNICH (Reuters) – Hedge funds control 35-45% of the shares of German lighting group Osram (OSRn.DE), posing a headache for Austrian suitor AMS (AMS.VI) as the investors may press for the $5 billion offer to be sweetened, a person close to the matter said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: The logo of German…