Tokyo Olympic organizers and the International Olympic Committee say there’s “no case for any contingency plans or cancelling” the 2020 Games because of the fast spreading virus that has caused one death in Japan and about 1,400 in mainland China By STEPHEN WADE and MARI YAMAGUCHI AP Sports Writer February 14, 2020, 12:54 PM 5 […]
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Good morning and welcome to On Politics, a daily political analysis of the 2020 elections based on reporting by New York Times journalists. Sign up here to get On Politics in your inbox every weekday. Where things stand in the race It’s starting to dawn on everyone that, after the relative breeze of the New
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The majority state-owned U.K. bank RBS has announced a name change as it tries to leave behind its near-collapse during the 2008 financial crisis February 14, 2020, 10:57 AM 1 min read LONDON — The majority state-owned U.K. bank RBS announced a name change on Friday as it tries to leave behind its near-collapse during
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A person with coronavirus was at a conference at the QEII centre in Westminster last week Health officials have contacted hundreds of people who attended a conference in London, after it emerged someone subsequently diagnosed with coronavirus had been there. The person, who has not been identified, was at
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption The work was found on the side of a house in Bristol – the home of the elusive artist An artwork that appeared on the side of a house in Bristol has been confirmed as the work of street artist Banksy. The piece features a stencil of a girl
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The St. Louis Blues are on their annual father’s trip, and the dads are providing some valuable counseling after Jay Bouwmeester collapsed in the first period of Tuesday’s game at Anaheim By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press February 14, 2020, 6:36 AM 3 min read LAS VEGAS — Jay Bouwmeester’s cardiac episode was a scary experience
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“It has been a hard thing for Pete and for his administration to not be a top-down policymaker, but to find ways of gaining authentic input from large varieties of people,” said Ms. Schuth, director of Near Northwest Neighborhood Inc., which helps low-income residents buy homes. “And I absolutely think he’s gotten better at that.”
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Once you decide on your approach, you have another choice: active management, where fund managers handpick the contents of a portfolio company by company, or passive management, where they might license an index. Active funds tend to have higher fees, particularly for international funds where more expensive research may be necessary. And high fees can
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BEIJING — China cracked down on the sale of exotic species after an outbreak of a new virus in 2002 was linked to markets selling live animals. The germ turned out to be a coronavirus that caused SARS. The ban was later lifted, and the animals reappeared. Now another coronavirus is spreading through China, so
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Alec Baldwin on Thursday took a swipe at Donald Trump and Senate Republicans with biting tweets referencing Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and fascism. The actor — who has repeatedly drawn Trump’s scorn in recent years with his portrayal of him on “Saturday Night Live” — said people who wonder how Hitler took control of “once great country”
