Image copyright Eos Deal Advisory Image caption Ina Kjaer and Maggie Brereton After years of early starts and late nights, two of KPMG’s former top bosses have shunned what they call a “culture of fear” at the “big four” accountancy firms to start a rival that prides itself on keeping more sociable hours. Maggie Brereton […]
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PHILADELPHIA — Jenna Papagni stood amid a crowd of hundreds outside the Wells Fargo Center on Sunday. She was at the Philadelphia arena for the Overwatch League Grand Finals, an annual e-sports tournament, and she came dressed for battle. “This game is my life,” said Ms. Papagni, a 20-year-old from Newark who was dressed as
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Cubs coaches Mark Loretta and Will Venable are being considered for the team’s managerial opening. Loretta and Venable join David Ross as the club’s only internal candidates to replace Joe Maddon, whose contract expired after the Cubs missed the playoffs this year for the first time since 2014. The 48-year-old Loretta was Maddon’s bench coach
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WASHINGTON — Senator Mitch McConnell’s comment this week that the Senate would be forced to “take up” articles of impeachment from the House had the capital in a swirl, bracing for a full-blown Senate trial of President Trump. But as things now stand, any trial would likely be swift, ending in dismissal of the accusations.
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Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday announced it had reached an agreement worth more than $20 million with two Ohio counties, becoming the latest company to settle a lawsuit to get out of the first federal trial over the nation’s opioids crisis. The deal with Cuyahoga and Summit counties comes a little more than a month
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Image copyright Joseph Sinclair Image caption Adam Lambert: “The act of declaring your sexuality publicly, is an act of defiance.” It’s four years since Adam Lambert last released an album – but it wasn’t touring with Queen that put the brakes on his solo career. “I was fried and disillusioned,” says the pop star. He
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Nigel Farage was hit by a milkshake while campaigning in Newcastle A Burger King tweet alerting customers it was “selling milkshakes all weekend” has been banned for condoning and encouraging anti-social behaviour. The fast food firm’s post came after a number of European election candidates had milkshakes thrown at
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Washington Mystics star Elena Delle Donne left Game 2 of the WNBA Finals with back spasms on Tuesday night and is questionable to return according to the team. Delle Donne was subbed out for Emma Meesseman with 6:32 remaining in the first quarter and went back to the locker room to be evaluated. On Sunday,
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Music festivals are a massive part of British culture, with a chance to hang out in a muddy field, drink warm cider and, most importantly, see a huge number of bands in one weekend. This summer gave us an excellent season of festivals – but will things be different next year? BBC online political reporter
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British royal Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has sued a tabloid newspaper that she claims illegally published a personal letter she wrote to her father. The civil lawsuit accuses the Mail on Sunday of copyright infringement, misuse of private information and violating the U.K”s data protection law with the “intrusive” publication of the letter, a
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