PARIS (Reuters) – Franco-British biotech company Novacyt (ALNOV.PA) says it can offer a coronavirus test that is faster than rival methods by focusing on a narrow sequence of DNA coding, as it fights stiff competition to turn the outbreak into a business opportunity. Police in protective gear wait to evacuate residents from a public housing
DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. (Reuters) – Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s shadow over the Democratic presidential race grew a bit longer on Tuesday after his surprise write-in win in a hamlet that traditionally kicks off voting in New Hampshire’s closely watched primary election. The billionaire businessman, who is skipping the first four state nominating
(Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N) Chief Executive Charles Scharf announced his first major reshuffle on Tuesday, promoting several executives to new roles while also tapping a JPMorgan veteran to head consumer lending. A Wells Fargo ATM machine is shown in Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 19, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake The shakeup is aimed
(Reuters) – Nearly 200 Americans evacuated from the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in China could be released from quarantine at a U.S. Air Force base in California on Tuesday after 14 days, a leading U.S. health official said. FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as
Exclusive trivago.com The face of Trivago ads compared all his options after getting busted for a DWI and, apparently, chose wisely — his case has been dismissed. Tim Williams — the actor in the ads for the popular hotel search engine — successfully completed a pre-trial diversion program … although he did it overseas, despite
U.S. President Donald Trump makes remarks during the White House Business Session with the nation’s governors in the State Dining Room of the White House, Washington, DC, U.S., February 10, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Theiler WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Monday asked Congress for $25.2 billion for NASA in 2021, the agency’s biggest budget in
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Japanese wireless carrier NTT Docomo (9437.T), Sony Corp (6758.T) and California-based chip giant Intel Corp (INTC.O) pulled out of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona on Monday because of the coronavirus outbreak. Amazon (AMZN.O), South Korea’s LG Electronics (066570.KS), Swedish equipment maker Ericsson (ERICb.ST) and U.S. chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA.O) have already
KEENE/NASHUA, N.H. (Reuters) – A day before New Hampshire votes in its Democratic presidential primary, Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg sought on Monday to build on their strength as front-runners in an up-for-grabs race as an energized Senator Amy Klobuchar gained ground. Buttigieg and Sanders, who emerged first and second in delegates in the opening
FILE PHOTO: Andreas Harte, a Foodora delivery cyclist poses in front of Delivery Hero headquarters in Berlin, Germany, June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo (Reuters) – Delivery Hero (DHER.DE) expects its Europe business to remain break-even during 2020 after hitting this mark, as forecast, in the fourth-quarter of 2019, the German food delivery group said
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese security forces fired water canon at stone-throwing protesters seeking to prevent MPs and government officials from reaching parliament on Tuesday for a vote of confidence in Prime Minister Hassan Diab’s new cabinet. Tear gas wafted through central Beirut where security forces blocked roads leading to the parliament building in the already
DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. (Reuters) – As they have for six decades, the residents of the mountain hamlet of Dixville Notch cast the first ballots in the New Hampshire primary just after midnight on Tuesday, picking former New York City Michael Bloomberg as their choice for Democratic nominee. The tally board shows the results of voting,
New York Fashion Week is making a bold statement in the accessories department. From earrings to necklaces to belts, models graced the runways at Monse dripping in layered chains, Ulla Johnson’s muses are hiding behind tinted sunglasses, and Self-Portrait is making the case for equestrian hats. This season, more and bigger is better. Scroll through
The Oscars have pulled some big surprises before, sometimes unintentional (insert that La La Landand Moonlight mix-up reference here) and sometimes awesome. The 92nd Academy Awards had one of the most random — but surprisingly most welcome — surprises of all time: an Eminem performance. Yeah, Marshall Mathers decided to drop some bars at the
Toy Story 3 left an impression on everyone who saw it when it premiered in 2010, but especially brothers Morgan and Mason McGrew. The two were so moved by it that they recreated the entire Pixar film using real toys in their own stop-motion animation. It’s a mirror image of Toy Story 3, and it
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FILE PHOTO: The International Space Station (ISS) crew member Christina Koch of the U.S. gestures after donning space suits shortly before their launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan March 14, 2019. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (Reuters) – A capsule carrying a crew of three from the International Space Station, including record-setting United States astronaut Christina Koch, landed