The European Central Bank says it’s restricting all nonessential travel by members of its executive board and employees through April 20 amid the global coronavirus outbreak March 4, 2020, 9:30 AM 2 min read BANGKOK — The Latest on the virus outbreak (all times local): 4:15 p.m. The European Central Bank says it’s restricting all […]
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FRANKFURT — For most of the last century the auto industry has been known more for shutdowns than start-ups. Brands like Saab, Pontiac and Plymouth disappeared and not much took their places. But the advent of electric cars has provided a rare opportunity for new companies to challenge the automotive establishment. Tesla has shown that
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William Karlsson scored his 100th career goal, Robin Lehner stopped 27 shots in his 300th career game and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the New Jersey Devils 3-0 By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press March 4, 2020, 7:09 AM 5 min read LAS VEGAS — Marc-Andre Fleury has been the face of the Vegas Golden Knights
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“Opposite” is notionally about health care, but if the sound was turned off, you would hardly know it. There are no hospitals or patients, no sickness or injury, no healing. (Yes, there’s the doctor, but she’s alone.) It’s as if the ad knows, deep down, that presenting a rosy picture of an actual American health
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This article is part of our continuing Fast Forward series, which examines technological, economic, social and cultural shifts that happen as businesses evolve. Derrick Gaddis knew his equipment was nearing the end of its useful life. Two of his logging skidders — the heavy-duty machines that haul cut timber — needed to be replaced. But
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption One of the banned adverts appeared on cnn.com Adverts by two companies which made false claims about using face masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus have been banned. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled the claims by Easy Shopping 4 Home Ltd and Novads OU were in breach
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Image copyright Getty Images/PA Media Image caption Ronan Farrow supports his sister’s allegations against their father Woody Allen’s son Ronan Farrow has attacked his own publisher over its plans to publish his father’s memoir. The journalist, whose Catch and Kill was published by Hachette, said he was “disappointed” to learn that the firm will release
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The annual trade event welcomes delegates from around the world This year’s London Book Fair, one of the UK’s largest book events, has been called off due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak. “It is with reluctance that we have taken the decision not to go ahead with this
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It’s getting harder to take a truly bad photo on a good smartphone. Thanks to better lenses, robust processors and integrated computational photography software to process images under the hood, even scenes in low-light, no-flash situations that used to be hopelessly murky can now turn out nicely. Your phone’s native camera app makes it simple
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Dozens of countries are voting in a pivotal phase of an election to choose the next head of the U.N.’s intellectual property agency By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press March 4, 2020, 10:11 AM 2 min read GENEVA — Dozens of countries are voting Wednesday in a pivotal phase of an election to choose the next
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