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NYSE fixes issue that showed 99% drops, triggered trading halts
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/06/2024
» A glitch during a software update early Monday led the New York Stock Exchange to erroneously halt trading on about 40 stocks and display odd trades showing a 99% drop in companies including Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Hopes of deal on N. Ireland protocol as EU chief to meet UK PM
AFP, Published on 27/02/2023
» LONDON - The prospect of a deal on post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland appeared tantalisingly close Sunday as British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen announced they were to meet in the UK "for final talks".
Coal under increasing financial pressure: activists
AFP, Published on 02/12/2020
» PARIS - The coal industry is under increasing financial pressure, a coalition of environmental groups said Wednesday, but insurers are not ditching the polluting fuel fast enough to meet climate targets they warned.
Anger at second virus closing time for English pubs
AFP, Published on 04/11/2020
» LONDON: English pubs call last orders at the bar for a month on Wednesday evening, as the country effectively shuts down for the second time this year to try to cut coronavirus cases.
Anger at second virus closing time for English pubs
AFP, Published on 04/11/2020
» LONDON - English pubs call last orders at the bar for a month on Wednesday evening, as the country effectively shuts down for the second time this year to try to cut coronavirus cases.
Balding bids to add another Derby fairytale to family story
AFP, Published on 03/07/2020
» LONDON - Trainer Andrew Balding grew up surrounded by memorabilia of his father Ian's 1971 Epsom Derby champion Mill Reef and on Saturday he hopes Kameko will emulate him in winning the "Holy Grail" of racing.
UK police say deadly stabbing spree was 'terrorism incident'
AFP, Published on 21/06/2020
» READING, UK: British police said on Sunday they were treating a stabbing spree in which a lone assailant killed three people in a park in the southern English city of Reading as a "terrorism incident".
UK police report injuries in 'serious incident'
AFP, Published on 21/06/2020
» READING (UNITED KINGDOM) - British police said Saturday "a number of people" had been injured in a crowded park in the southern English city of Reading, in what witnesses called a multiple stabbing attack.
Virus update: Global numbers approach 100,000
Agencies, Published on 06/03/2020
» The number of coronavirus cases globally approached 100,000 as the outbreak in the US gathered pace, and China and South Korea continued to report new infections and deaths.
Omaha's 'Woodstock for Capitalists' celebrates Buffett
AFP, Published on 04/05/2019
» OMAHA (UNITED STATES) - Two words are on the lips of the tens of thousands who have descended on this small city in the American heartland: "Warren Buffet."