WELLINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) ― Serena Williams won her first title since the 2017 Australian Open with a 6-3 6-4 victory over Jessica Pegula at the Auckland Classic on Sunday but was unable to complete the perfect week in New Zealand when she lost the doubles final. The 38-year-old Williams, who said she would donate […]
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Image copyright Bank of England Another Bank of England policy setter has floated the idea of cutting the central bank’s main interest rate. The rate is used by banks and other lenders who set borrowing costs. It affects everything from mortgages to business loans and thus has a big effect on peoples’ and firms’ finances.
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NFL PLAYOFFS Titans stun Ravens, Niners down Vikings UNDATED (AP) — So much for earning home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs. The Baltimore Ravens posted the NFL’s best regular-season record at 14-2, but they are done until next September following a 28-12 loss to the Tennessee Titans in the AFC divisional round. Derrick Henry ran
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The founder and former top employees of a pharmaceutical company are being sentenced in a bribery scheme that prosecutors say helped fuel the national opioid epidemic By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press January 12, 2020, 2:22 PM 4 min read BOSTON — The founder and former top employees of a pharmaceutical company are facing a reckoning
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Prince William told a friend he’s “sad” that he and Prince Harry are now “separate entities” after his brother announced plans earlier this week to step away from the British royal family, reported The Sunday Times. “I’ve put my arm around my brother all our lives and I can’t do that any more; we’re separate entities,” William
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Iran’s only female Olympic medalist says she has defected from the Islamic Republic January 12, 2020, 1:59 PM 2 min read DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s only female Olympic medalist said she defected from the Islamic Republic in a blistering online letter that describes herself as “one of the millions of oppressed women in
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Privacy is getting more attention at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas this week, after years of being hidden and under the radar By RACHEL LERMAN and JOSEPH PISANI Associated Press January 10, 2020, 8:32 PM 5 min read LAS VEGAS — Once a hidden and under-the-radar topic, privacy got more attention at the
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Image copyright BEALES One of Britain’s oldest department stores has warned that it could collapse into administration. Beales, which began trading in Bournemouth in 1881, said 22 stores and 1,000 jobs were at stake if it cannot find a buyer. The firm is negotiating with its landlords to try and agree rent reductions. It is
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Second-ranked Novak Djokivic leveled the inaugural ATP Cup final for Serbia with a 6-2, 7-6 (4) win over top-ranked Rafael Nadal to force a deciding doubles match against Spain By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer January 12, 2020, 1:05 PM 5 min read SYDNEY — Novak Djokovic extended his supremacy on hardcourts against Rafael Nadal
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NEW YORK — The Chin is in. Former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in a surprise announcement Saturday night before the Tennessee Titans-Baltimore Ravens AFC divisional round playoff game. Hall President and CEO David Baker delivered the news live in studio to Cowher, an analyst for
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