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Sony Acquires Minority Stake In Fortnite Maker Epic Games With $250M Investment
Friday, July 10, 2020 - 1:58am | 296Read More...Sony Corporation (NYSE: SNE) has made a strategic investment of $250 million in Epic Games, the two companies announced Thursday. What Happened The Japanese conglomerate will own a 1.4% stake in the company best known as the maker of the cooperative shooter-survival game Fortnite, according to a...
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Iran Wants To Arrest Donald Trump Over General Qasem Soleimani Death In Baghdad
Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 7:51am | 343Read More...Iran has issued arrest warrants against 36 individuals, including the president of the United States Donald Trump, over the killing of General Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps. What Happened Ali Alqasi Mehr, Attorney General of Tehran, said that Trump would be...
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Trump Deletes 'White Power' Tweet After Public Outrage
Monday, June 29, 2020 - 6:59am | 353Read More...President Donald Trump shared a video on Sunday, showing supporters chanting "white power" on Twitter Inc.'s (NYSE: TWTR) social media platform. What Happened "Thank you to the great people of The Villages. The Radical Left Do Nothing Democrats will Fall in the Fall....
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Walmart Stops Display Of Mississippi Flag In Stores Over Confederate Flag Emblem Issue
Wednesday, June 24, 2020 - 8:31am | 327Read More...Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) will refrain from displaying the flag of Mississippi in local stores over a confederate emblem in the flag, Reuters reported Tuesday. What Happened "While the issue continues to be discussed, we've made the decision to remove the Mississippi state flag from display...
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Media Network And Data Platform Benzinga Announces Global Fintech Awards Featuring Leading Disruptive Innovations In Finance
Friday, June 19, 2020 - 3:20pm | 430Read More...Detroit, MI, June 19, 2020 -- Benzinga, a leading news and data platform, announced it will be holding its annual Benzinga Global Fintech Awards, a day of dealmaking, networking, and recognition in the financial technology space, on November 10, 2020, at New York, NY. The event will recognize...
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Tim Cook, Satya Nadella, Others Praise Supreme Court's Landmark Decision Protecting LGBTQ Employees
Tuesday, June 16, 2020 - 9:06am | 487Read More...America's business leaders are praising the majority 6-3 Supreme Court ruling that LGBTQ employees are entitled to federal protections against job discrimination in states where such protections were not available. What Happened The Supreme Court has extended employment ...
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Twitter Shuts Down More Than 170,000 Accounts Linked To Chinese Government
Friday, June 12, 2020 - 7:11am | 349Read More...Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) announced Thursday it had shut down over 170,000 accounts for pushing deceptive narratives about political dynamics in Hong Kong favorable to the Communist Party of China (CCP). What Happened In an attempt to prevent the efforts of governments seeking to push their...
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Starbucks To Close 400 US Stores As It Restructures Business, Expects $2.2B Decline In Q3
Thursday, June 11, 2020 - 1:58am | 412Read More...Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) on Wednesday shared its forecast for the third quarter of its financial year in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Q3 Forecast The coffee chain giant said it expects Q3 total revenue to drop between $3-$3.2 billion due to the impact of the...
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Tesla CEO Musk Says Other Three Officers Should Be Charged In Floyd's Murder Case
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 - 6:12am | 586Read More...Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk on Monday, said it wasn't right for three other officers involved in the case of George Floyd's death to go scot-free. What Happened "Definitely not right that the other officers were charged with nothing," Musk said in...
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Moncef Slaoui To Divest Moderna Stake As He Joins White House Vaccine Accelerator
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 - 9:00am | 561Read More...President Donald Trump's administration announced Monday that former Moderna Inc. (NASDAQ: MRNA) board member Moncef Slaoui is divesting his stock options in the biotechnology company, CNN reported. Slaoui Selected For 'Operation Warp Speed' Slaoui held 155,438 shares in Moderna...
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China Plans To Test All 11M Wuhan Residents Due To Coronavirus Second Wave Scare
Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - 7:01am | 227Read More...The Chinese government is planning to test all Wuhan residents for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as new cases emerged in the city last weekend, CNN reported Tuesday. An emergency notice issued by local authorities says that they will conduct nucleic acid testing on all 11 million residents over...
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Coronavirus Has Been Circulating Since Late 2019, UK Research Says
Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - 1:04am | 578Read More...The coronavirus has been circulating around the world since late last year, a study in the United Kingdom has found. No Herd Immunity Yet Researchers at the University College London Genetics Institute told CNN Tuesday that they studied data of more than 7,600 COVID-19 patients to...
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SpotlightNews Informs Communities, Extends Helping Hand To Small Publishers
Monday, April 27, 2020 - 11:38am | 757Read More...SpotlightNews, a revolutionary new way to consume trusted content, has rolled out a mobile- and web-friendly application. As part of the firm’s move from beta, Founder and CEO Tamer Morsy spoke with Benzinga regarding his mission to inform communities about the most important local...
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Bill Gates, Backer of Inovio And Six Others, Says Coronavirus Vaccine Could Be Mass Produced Within A Year
Monday, April 27, 2020 - 3:42am | 409Read More...Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates on Sunday said that a vaccine for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) could be produced at a mass-scale within a year. What Happened "If everything went perfectly, we'd be in scale manufacturing within a year," Gates told CNN's...
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House Passes $484B Coronavirus Relief Package For Small Businesses And Hospitals
Friday, April 24, 2020 - 3:46am | 433Read More...The United States House of Representatives on Thursday voted 388 to five in favor of a $484 billion novel coronavirus (COVID-19) relief package for small businesses and hospitals. What Happened The House was meeting after weeks due to the shelter-in-place requirements imposed to curb the spread of...
















