November 2019

Japan’s SoftBank tumbles into losses over costly investments

Japanese technology company SoftBank Group Corp. tumbled into losses in the last quarter as its earnings were hammered by money-losing investments, including a bailout for office-space sharing startup WeWork. SoftBank’s founder, Masayoshi Son, said he was regretting “mistaken investment moves.” He said the situation at WeWork was under control, and he expects to turn it

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Green Party co-leader Sian Berry: ‘This must be the climate election’

Greens co-leader Sian Berry has called this the “climate election” at the campaign launch for the Green Party of England and Wales. She said that “some things are even bigger than Brexit”. Earlier, the party pledged to invest £100bn a year into climate action for the next decade and to make Britain carbon neutral by

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Serbia set to buy Russian missiles despite US sanctions hint

Russia will deliver a sophisticated anti-aircraft missile system to Serbia even though the U.S. has warned of possible sanctions against the Balkan country in the event of such purchases. Russia’s state TASS news agency said Wednesday that the Pantsir-S system will be delivered to Serbia “in the next few months in accordance with the signed

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Where To Order Your Thanksgiving Dinner Ahead For Delivery

No plans to cook a big Thanksgiving meal? You could join the 1 in 10 Americans who make restaurant reservations, or you can have turkey and all the fixings delivered right to your door for a home-cooked holiday meal without the cooking. Grocers, gourmet retailers and even fast-casual restaurants have started delivering Thanksgiving dinners. (And

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Woke, prorogue, cancelled? Word of the year 2019 to be revealed

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Photobomb, Brexit and binge-watch have been named previous words of the year by Collins Dictionary publisher Collins announces its word of the year on Thursday – and there’s no shortage of terms they could pick for 2019. Every year, brand new words or phrases emerge to reflect the changes

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