All posts published in March 2017
William Wyler lost his hearing, George Stevens never made another comedy, and John Huston suffered what is now known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after years of filming scenes of death and destruction. More »
Investors hesitated to take more risk in the U.S. stock market, finding cover in bonds and outside their home market during the latest week, Investment Company Institute data showed on Wednesday. More »
Film convention Cinemacon in Las Vegas gives Hollywood studios the chance to show off some of their upcoming projects to cinema chains and journalists ahead of their release. More »
Private security guards stand outside Highgate Cemetery in London, Britain March 29, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall Best-selling British superstar singer George Michael was buried in London on Wednesday in a private funeral some three months after his death on Christ... More »
Dr. Scott Gottlieb is seen in this American Enterprise Institute photo released in Washington, DC, U.S., March 10, 2017. Courtesy The American Enterprise Institute/Handout via REUTERS Dr. Scott Gottlieb, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Food a... More »
FILE PHOTO – A man injects himself with heroin using a needle obtained from the People’s Harm Reduction Alliance, the nation’s largest needle-exchange program, in Seattle, Washington April 30, 2015. REUTERS/David Ryder/File Photo Heroin use in the United State... More »
French artist Abraham Poincheval is seen in a vivarium on the first day of his performance in an attempt to incubate chicken eggs, which takes from 21 to 26 days, at the Palais de Tokyo Museum in Paris, France, March 29, 2017. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes French ar... More »
Switzerland-based ShapeShift, a digital currency exchange, said on Wednesday it has raised $10.4 million in capital from both U.S. and international venture capital investors to fund future expansion. More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – It may be tempting to latch on to the latest diet fad like juicing or going gluten-free to lose weight or achieve More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – – After menopause, women who take estrogen therapy may be less likely to develop severe oral health problems than More »
89th Academy Awards – Oscars Red Carpet Arrivals – Hollywood, California, U.S. – 26/02/17 – Singer Justin Timberlake. REUTERS/Mike Blake Singer Justin Timberlake has been confirmed as the headline act at this year’s U.S. Formula One Grand Prix as organizers se... More »
Two black employees of Fox News have accused a white executive of racial harassment and the cable network of ignoring their claims of discrimination in a lawsuit filed in New York City. More »
Bill Kochevar, 56, is using computer-brain interface technology and an electrical stimulation system to move his own arm after eight years of paralysis, in this undated handout photo. Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland FES Center/Handout via REUTERS A p... More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. musician Bob Dylan performs during day 2 of The Hop Festival in Paddock Wood, Kent on June 30th 2012. REUTERS/Ki Price/File photo Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan will receive his Nobel Literature Prize diploma and medal in the next few days in Sto... More »
A man walks next to a BlackRock sign pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York, October 11, 2015. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz BlackRock Inc on Tuesday said it would overhaul its actively managed equities business, cutting jobs, dropping fees and relying more on ... More »
The sign outside the Wells Fargo & Co. bank in downtown Denver April 13, 2016. REUTERS/Rick Wilking Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N) said it agreed to pay $110 million to settle a lawsuit by customers challenging its opening of accounts without their permission, a pra... More »
Shannon Winckler from Wheaton, Illinois, sits before her shoes are judged during the Odor-Eater’s Rotten Sneaker Contest at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Times Square in New York, U.S., March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Seven young contestants from aroun... More »
A Bitcoin (virtual currency) paper wallet with QR codes and a coin are seen in an illustration picture taken at La Maison du Bitcoin in Paris, France, May 27, 2015. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday denied... More »
Hedge fund Citadel said it is making changes at the top of its global quantitative division by bringing back James Yeh to replace the current head who is retiring. More »
The logo of Morgan Stanley is seen at an office building in Zurich, Switzerland September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo Grupo BTG Pactual SA’s stock is undervalued based on its ability to outperform peer banks in Latin America, where investment-ba... More »
A supplied image of Aboriginal elder and Goolarabooloo Law Boss Richard Hunter alongside a 1.75m sauropod dinosaur track in the Lower Cretaceous Broome Sandstone, Walmadany area, Dampier Peninsula, in Western Australia, March 26, 2017. Picture taken March 26, ... More »
People participate in a yoga class during the 14th Annual Solstice in Times Square event in New York, U.S., June 20, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Callan Olive is about as adult as you can get for a 26-year-old. More »
Pablo Picasso’s lifelong admiration for art from far-flung civilizations comes to light in a new Paris exhibition featuring such pieces from the artist’s collection as well as his own sketches, sculptures and paintings inspired by them. More »
FILE PHOTO – Picture taken in Vienna, Austria on June 25, 2010 shows experts of an Austrian art forwarding company holding one of the world’s largest gold coins, a 2007 Canadian $ 1,000,000 ”Big Maple Leaf”. An identical coin was stolen from Berlin’s Bode Muse... More »
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble takes part in a eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium March 20, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, a key figure in Berlin’s handling of the euro zone crisis and Gre... More »
Two spacewalking astronauts ventured outside the International Space Station on Friday for a 6-1/2-hour spacewalk, the first of three to prepare the orbiting laboratory for future commercial space taxis and to tackle maintenance chores, NASA TV showed. More »
FILE PHOTO: Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem holds a news conference during a Euro zone finance ministers emergency meeting on the situation in Greece in Brussels, Belgium June 27, 2015. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo By upsetting southern Europeans wit... More »
Candidate for the 2017 presidential election Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader, arrives for a meeting with members of the State Duma, the Russian lower house of parliament’s international affairs committee, in Moscow, Russia Marc... More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. dollar notes are seen in this November 7, 2016 picture illustration. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo All eyes in global financial markets were fixed on stuttering Republican efforts to pass a replacement for Obamacare on Friday, wit... More »
Floral tributes are seen outside New Scotland Yard following a recent attack in Westminster, in London, Britain March 24, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls Before he killed at least four people in Britain’s deadliest attack since the 2005 London bombings, Khalid Ma... More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. dollar notes are seen in this November 7, 2016 picture illustration. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo The dollar edged up against the yen on Friday, recovering from its worst run of daily losses versus the safe-haven currency since 2... More »
U.S. dollar bank notes are seen in a bank in Budapest August 8, 2011. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo As doubts grow over whether the dollar will resume the rally that took it to 14-year highs against other major currencies early this year, at least one measure seems ... More »
As visitors sip champagne at Hong Kong’s Art Basel event this week and take selfies with replicas of deceased leaders Fidel Castro and Mao Zedong, a more urgent issue is rumbling through dealers exhibiting – how big an impact China’s capital controls will be i... More »
Armored troop carriers, belonging to Singapore, are detained at a cargo terminal in Hong Kong, China November 28, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo Hong Kong authorities have launched a prosecution against the captain of the ship and shipping agent involved i... More »
Lights are on as people work in their offices in a skyscraper in downtown Milan, February 17, 2015. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini/File Photo Businesses across the euro zone marked the end of the first quarter by ramping up activity at the fastest pace in almost s... More »
Chief Executive of Indonesia’s MNC Group Hary Tanoesoedibjo looks on during his visit to the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in Jakarta, Indonesia February 3, 2017. REUTERS/Beawiharta The Indonesian business partner of the Trump group has pledged to respect Hin... More »
Police work at Carriage Gate outside the Houses of Parliament. REUTERS/Neil Hall The attacker who plowed a car through a throng of pedestrians and then stabbed a policeman outside Britain’s parliament was named on Thursday as Khalid Masood, a British-born man ... More »
Lights are on as people work in their offices in a skyscraper in downtown Milan, February 17, 2015. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini/File Photo Businesses across the euro zone marked the end of the first quarter by ramping up activity at the fastest pace in almost s... More »
European Central Bank executive board member Peter Praet attends the 2016 Institute of International Finance (IIF) Spring Membership meeting in Madrid, Spain, May 25, 2016. REUTERS/Susana Vera The European Central Bank’s chief economist stood by the ECB’s pled... More »
FILE PHOTO — A pump jack stands idle in Dewitt County, Texas January 13, 2016. REUTERS/Anna Driver/File Photo U.S. shale producers are drilling at the highest rate in 18 months but have left a record number of wells unfinished in the largest oilfield in the co... More »
China’s debt risks are “very much under control”, but local governments must ensure that the increase in their debt spending this year is within stipulated limits, Vice Finance Minister Liu Wei said on Friday. More »
A promotional footage on a property development of China Evergrande Group is shown at a news conference on the company’s interim results in Hong Kong, China August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo China Evergrande Group (3333.HK), the country’s top home ... More »
FILE PHOTO: A Saudi Aramco employee sits near the Saudi Aramco stand at the Middle East Petrotech 2016 in Manama, Bahrain, September 27, 2016. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo Saudi Arabia is having “serious discussions” with the New York Stock Exchange abo... More »
Shaybah oilfield complex is seen at night in the Rub’ al-Khali desert, Saudi Arabia, November 14, 2007. REUTERS/ Ali Jarekji/File Photo Saudi Arabia’s crude exports to the United States in March will fall by around 300,000 barrels per day from February, in lin... More »
Floral tributes are seen placed near the scene of an attack in Westminster, in London, Britain March 24, 2017. REUTERS/Darren Staples British police said they had made two further significant arrests in the investigation into the attack on London’s parliament ... More »
Jason Greenblatt (L), U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem March 13, 2017. Courtesy Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv/Handout via REUTERS The Trump administr... More »
Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche ! (Onwards !) and a candidate for the 2017 presidential election, delivers a speech during a campaign rally in Dijon, France, March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Robert Pratta A month before the first round of Fran... More »
People walk past a major branch of HSBC at the financial Central district in Hong Kong, China February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip HSBC (HSBA.L) plans to add as many as 1,000 new employees to its Chinese retail banking and wealth management arm this year, the ... More »
Formula One – F1 – Australian Grand Prix – Melbourne, Australia – 24/03/2017 Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain laps the circuit during the first practice session. REUTERS/Jason Reed Three-times world champion Lewis Hamilton dominated practice at the se... More »
A worker at an oil field owned by Bashneft, Bashkortostan, Russia, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/File Photo Oil prices edged up on Friday, supported by a fall in Saudi exports to the United States, but overall markets remained under pressure on th... More »
Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan attends an interview with Reuters in front of the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, the third Bosphorus bridge linking the European and Asian sides of Istanbul, Turkey, August 23, 2016. REUTERS/Osman Orsal Turkey is negotiating with in... More »
Russia said on Friday that six of its soldiers had been killed while successfully repelling a militant assault on a military facility in Chechnya. More »
FILE PHOTO – City workers cross the River Thames with the City of London financial district seen behind in London, in Britain October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo Britain’s Labour party has won five seats at elections in the City of London, the h... More »
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney arrive for a meeting about the American Health Care Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein U.S. President Donald Trump w... More »
Customers order meals on tablets and pick up food from cubbies at Eatsa, a restaurant in the financial district of San Francisco, California, U.S., September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Peter Henderson Fast food startup Eatsa is being sued by disability rights advocates... More »
Kwon Oh-Hyun, co-chief executive officer of Samsung Electronics Co., speaks during the company’s annual general meeting at the Seocho office building in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, March 24, 2017. REUTERS/SeongJoon Cho/Pool Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (00593... More »
Supreme Court nominee judge Neil Gorsuch testifies during the third day of his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst The top U.S. Senate Democrat on Thursday pledged to pursu... More »
The logo of Dow Jones Industrial Average stock market index listed company Boeing (BA) is seen in Los Angeles, California, United States, April 22, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson A U.S. tax overhaul proposed by Republican leaders in Congress would deepen divisio... More »
High U.S. share prices are pushing Lipper Award-winning equity fund managers into the shares of beaten-down healthcare companies, retailers and emerging-market stocks that they say offer a greater chance for outsized gains. More »
Rising short-term interest rates in the United States are prompting Lipper Award-winning bond fund managers to add emerging-market debt and non-agency backed residential mortgages that they say offer more potential for gains in the year ahead. More »
Mar 23, 2017- Miami, FL, USA- Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain has a forehand against Christina McHale of the United States (not pictured) on day three of the 2017 Miami Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center. Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports Russian Elena Vesnina and Spania... More »
FILE PHOTO – Uber CEO Travis Kalanick speaks to students during an interaction at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campus in Mumbai, India, January 19, 2016. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File photo Global ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies is rethinking it... More »
Protesters demonstrate against U.S. President Donald Trump and his plans to end Obamacare as they march to the White House in Washington, U.S., March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Supporters of Obamacare staged rallies across the country on Thursday denounc... More »
The U.S. women’s ice hockey team has expressed “confidence” that any American players approached to stand in for them at the upcoming world championship would refuse. More »
Football Soccer – Uruguay v Brazil – World Cup 2018 Qualifiers – Centenario stadium, Montevideo, Uruguay – 23/3/17 – Brazil’s Paulinho celebrates his third goal. REUTERS/Andres Stapff Brazil recovered from conceding an early goal to beat Uruguay 4-1 in Montevi... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump intends to nominate businessman William Hagerty as the next U.S. ambassador to Japan, the White House said on Thursday. More »
Football Soccer – Argentina v Chile – World Cup 2018 Qualifiers – Antonio Liberti Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina – 23/3/17 – Argentina’s Lionel Messi reacts after scoring a penalty goal. REUTERS/Alberto Raggio Lionel Messi converted a penalty as Argentina la... More »
FILE PHOTO: YouTube unveils their new paid subscription service at the YouTube Space LA in Playa Del Rey, Los Angeles, California, United States October 21, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson The decision by a handful of high-profile consumer brands to pull advertis... More »
A Mercedes-Benz Concept EQ car is seen during the 87th International Motor Show at Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland March 8, 2017. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann Chinese automaker Chery Automobile Co Ltd [CHERY.UL] has filed a complaint with the country’s trademark regul... More »
Shareholders walk past the logo of Samsung Electronics before their general meeting at a company’s building in Seoul, South Korea, March 24, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS), one of several South Korean companies caug... More »
Mar 23, 2017- Austin, TX, USA- Martin Kaymer of Germany plays against Dustin Johnson of the United States during the second round of the World Golf Classic – Dell Match Play golf tournament at Austin Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Spo... More »
FILE PHOTO: The Twitter logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) is considering whether to build a premium version of i... More »
David Stawovy, owner and manager of the town, walks down a street in Reduction, Pennsylvania, March 23, 2017. Photo courtesy of Patricia Stawovy/Handout via REUTERS Got $1.5 million to spare? If so, tiny Reduction, a one-time company town built to house worker... More »
Indian online retailer Snapdeal is seeking investment to shore up its finances after unsuccessful talks with Chinese funds and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) as it battles to remain competitive, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. More »
President Donald Trump is expected to nominate attorney John Sullivan as deputy secretary of state, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing U.S. officials familiar with the discussions. More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump faces a news conference at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 16, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque The Trump administration is preparing new executive orders to re-examine all 14 U.S. free trade agreements and rev... More »
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) speaks to the media about President Donald Trump’s allegation that his campaign was the target of wiretaps on Capitol Hill in Washington March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein The ... More »
Investors eased off from “Trump trade” bets during the latest week, snatching the most money from bank sector funds in more than a year and stockpiling bonds, Lipper data for U.S.-based funds showed on Thursday. More »
A smog testing station for vehicles to stay in compliance with California air quality laws is shown in Oceanside, California, U.S., March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake When U.S. President Donald Trump announced a review last week of tough Obama-era vehicle emis... More »
An Amazon.com Inc driver stands next to an Amazon delivery truck in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 21, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson Amazon.com Inc on Thursday won a more than $1.5 billion tax dispute with the Internal Revenue Service over transactions invo... More »
PGA Tour rookie Trey Mullinax, playing five days after getting married, fired a nine-under-par 63 to grab the first-round lead at the Puerto Rico Open on Thursday. More »
The logo of U.S. memory chip maker MicronTechnology is pictured at their booth at an industrial fair in Frankfurt, Germany, July 14, 2015. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Micron Technology Inc forecast current-quarter revenue and profit far ahead of analysts’ estimate... More »
File photo: Michael Piwowar speaks at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 2, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson The acting head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has directed the regulator to launch a pilot pla... More »
Consumers stand in front of an Oi store, Brazil’s largest fixed-line telecoms group, in Sao Paulo, Brazil June 24, 2016. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker A new reorganization plan from Brazil’s debt-laden phone carrier Oi SA boosted shares on Thursday, but analysts cont... More »
U.S. municipal bond funds reported $173.5 million of net inflows in the week ended March 22, compared with $118.1 million in outflows in the previous week, according to data released by Lipper on Thursday. More »
By Madeline KennedyMore than 20,000 people living in U.S. nursing homes experienced serious injuries to the face last year, mainly from falling and h More »
By Jeffrey HoskinsFoam soaps are increasingly replacing traditional liquid soaps in hospitals, nursing homes, schools, the food industry and other pu More »
FILE PHOTO: The logo of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest is seen during a ceremony to hand over the Eurovision host city insignia to the Ukrainian capital in Kiev, Ukraine January 31, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo The Kremlin accused Ukraine on Thursd... More »
Eric Mindich, Founder and CEO of Eton Park Capital Management attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 29, 2010. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann Bayliss More »
U.S. President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans in the House of Representatives have proposed a healthcare law to kick off their promise to repeal and replace Obamacare. More »
Demonstrators hold signs during a protest against the repeal of the Affordable Care Act outside the Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein U.S. President Donald Trump and House of Representatives leaders pushed on Wedn... More »
A sign is displayed in the reception of Goldman Sachs in Sydney, Australia, May 18, 2016. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo For the first time in more than a decade, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) has managed to avoid any proxy battles with activist shareholders b... More »
Uber Canada on Thursday urged the Canadian government to retain a tax advantage available to ride-services companies, a day after the country’s Liberal administration proposed removing the measure. More »
Victor Montagliani, President of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) speaks to the media after a FIFA Council in Zurich, Switzerland, January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann FIFA needs to take care of the p... More »
By Carolyn CristEven without high blood pressure or other signs of illness, obese adults have a much higher risk of developing heart disease than nor More »
U.S. health regulators on Thursday approved a drug developed by Merck KGaA and Pfizer Inc that helps the immune system to fight a rare form of skin cancer once it has spread to other parts of the body. More »
FILE PHOTO — Bob Dylan performs during a segment honoring Director Martin Scorsese, recipient of the Music + Film Award, at the 17th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards in Los Angeles January 12, 2012. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo Bob Dylan’s new album “Tr... More »
U.S. hedge fund manager Emanuel ‘Manny’ Friedman plans to list a fund in London to invest in asset-backed securities and real estate assets put up for sale as a result of regulatory change in the financial sector. More »
FILE PHOTO – William Ackman, chief executive of Pershing Square walks on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, New York, U.S. on November 10, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Billionaire investor William Ackman’s Pershing Square Holdings Ltd said ... More »
Actor Charlize Theron reacts on the red carpet at a media event for the new film ‘The Fate of the Furious’ in Beijing, China March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song Fast car chases, daring stunts and explosions return to the big screen in the eighth installment of th... More »
