Webster
@Webster
411 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Webster
@Webster -
about 5 years ago
Rescuers scour rubble as Cambodia building collapse toll rises to 18
Rescuers scour rubble as Cambodia building collapse toll rises to 18Increasingly desperate rescue workers were picking through the debris looking for survivers Victims of a Cambodia building collapse were buried alive as they slept, a survivor said Sunday, as the death to...continued
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about 5 years ago
West Indies focus on team bonding instead of training on the eve of New Zealand game
4:25 PM ETCricket has an unhealthy obsession with training. Of course, you need to come to the ground once before the match to look at the pitch, get the feel of it, but teams rightly take the day before the match easy. Fast bowlers usually give training a miss the day be...continued
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about 5 years ago
Trump’s secret family separation policy
When Maria and her partner Luz (whose names have been changed to protect their identity) arrived at the U.S. border with Luz’s child last month, they did not anticipate what would happen next. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent reportedly looked them both in...continued
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over 5 years ago
Weather looms large over World Cup's most anticipated clash
3:00 AM ETDanyal RasoolBig pictureMust we succumb to building this game up beyond the point of hyperbole? Despite the fact that one side so heavily outguns the other in just about every department imaginable? Despite the fact that India and Pakistan have never played a Wo...continued
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over 5 years ago
Tesla's chart looks like Netflix did a decade ago—and it could see a similarly huge recovery
They say history may not exactly repeat, but it does often rhyme.That's the basic framework for a new theory from Eddie Yoon, founder of think tank EddieWouldGrow, who says that Tesla's stock in 2019 looks very similar to Netflix's stock performance in 2011.Back then, sh...continued
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over 5 years ago
Trump says 'devalued' currencies put US at a disadvantage and the Fed doesn't have a 'clue'
President Donald Trump, left, and Jerome Powell, the new chairman of the Federal Reserve on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017.Carlos Barria | ReutersPresident Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. dollar is at a disadvantage compared with other major currencies like the euro as ce...continued
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over 5 years ago
Live Report - Afghanistan v Sri Lanka
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over 5 years ago
Beyond Meat's shares jump 8% after European production deal is signed
A package of Beyond Meat beef crumbles is displayed for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Illinois, April 23, 2019.Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShares of Beyond Meat jumped 8% in morning trading Tuesday after the company said it has signed a deal to start producing its ...continued
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over 5 years ago
MacKenzie Bezos pledges to give away more than half her $37B fortune to charity and philanthropy...
MacKenzie Bezos, the world’s third-richest woman following her divorce from Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, has signed the Giving Pledge — a commitment that will see her giving away more than half her wealth to philanthropy or charitable causes, either during her lifet...continued
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over 5 years ago
People.ai, the predictive sales startup, raises $60M at around $500M valuation – TechCrunch
The best salespeople like to pride themselves on having both a sixth sense when it comes to closing a deal, and a healthy amount of persuasive magic to get a sale over the line. Now, a startup that says it can help any salesperson be like those top people, and help those ...continued
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over 5 years ago
Masayoshi Son: Genius or insane? Maybe neither
There are two schools of thought on 61-year-old SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son. To quote from the 1990s animated cartoon theme song for "Pinky and the Brain": One is a genius, the other's insane.Son is one of the world's wealthiest men, with a net worth of more than $20 ...continued
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over 5 years ago
Disney to take full control over Hulu, Comcast has option to sell its stake in 5 years
Disney will take "full operational control" over Hulu from Comcast, effective immediately, the companies announced Tuesday. Comcast also will be allowed to sell its 33% stake in Hulu to Disney in 2024 at a valuation of at least $27.5 billion, even if the streaming servic...continued
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over 5 years ago
Free State Stars v Mamelodi Sundowns Match Report, 11/05/2019, PSL | Goal.com
A solitary strike by substitute Phakamani Mahlambi proved enough to not only give Mamelodi Sundowns the three points, but a ninth PSL title, while Free State Stars suffered automatic relegation. Sundowns had only one objective on their mind and that was lifting the league...continued
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over 5 years ago
What Patrick Shanahan’s nomination for secretary of defense would mean for U.S. foreign policy
Nearly five months after appointing a former Boeing executive as interim Secretary of Defense, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday announced the president’s intention to nominate Patrick Shanahan permanently to the position. In the tweet announc...continued
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over 5 years ago
Jeremy Siegel blames the Fed for the 20% stock market drop late last year
Jeremy Siegel, the longtime stock market bull and influential Wharton School professor, called for more diversity of thought among the members of the Federal Reserve's policymaking committee, saying the central bank's groupthink causes it to make mistakes. "Over the last ...continued
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