A candidate for the U.S. Congress from Texas has asked federal law enforcement authorities to look into reports of robocalls alleging she murdered her husband, a former Republican congressman who died of COVID-19 in February, a campaign statement said on Friday.The campaign of Susan Wright, the widow of the late Representative Ron Wright, said it…
Two years ago, we talked with Lior Susan, the founder of now six-year-old Eclipse Ventures in Palo Alto, California. At the time, the outfit believed that the next big thing wasn’t another social network but instead the remaking of old-line industries through full-tech stacks — including hardware, software and data — capable of bringing them…
Phil Edmondson-Jones Contributor Phil Edmondson-Jones is a principal at Oxx, the specialist SaaS VC backing Europe and Israel’s most promising B2B SaaS businesses at the scale-up stage. Once the uncool sibling of a flourishing fintech sector, insurtech is now one of the hottest areas of a buoyant venture market. Zego’s $150 million round at unicorn…
DUBLIN, April 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The “Recreational Boats Market by Propulsion (Outboard, Inboard and Sterndrive), Boat Size (Up To 20 Ft., 21 To 35 Ft.), Engine Type (Diesel, Electric), Horsepower (Below 250 HP, 250 to 500 HP) and Application (Fishing, Sports)- Global Forecast to 2027” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The recreational…
Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan speaks during an interview in his office at the bank’s headquarters in Dallas, Texas, U.S. January 9, 2020. REUTERS/ Ann SaphirDallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan on Friday called for beginning the conversation about reducing central bank support for the economy, warning of imbalances in financial markets…
Turkey will receive a further 1 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer (PFE.N) and BioNTech (22UAy.DE) in May, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Friday, adding that there were no issues with an option to procure another 30 million in June.Earlier this week, Koca had said that vaccines would be more scarce…
(Reuters) – London’s FTSE 100 index outshone its European rivals on Friday, boosted by earnings updates from AstraZeneca and Smurfit Kappa which help offset a slump in Barclays shares due to a cautious outlook despite profits beating expectations.FILE PHOTO: People walk through the lobby of the London Stock Exchange in London, Britain November 30, 2015.…
Energy trader Vitol on Friday said its U.S. upstream company, Vencer Energy LLC, will acquire Hunt Oil Company’s Midland Basin assets for an undisclosed sum.Dealmaking in the U.S. shale industry has jumped in 2021 as large companies unload assets to mollify investors angry about years of weak shareholder returns. Vitol is the world’s biggest independent…
A visitor speaks with a representative of Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 1, 2020. REUTERS/Chris HelgrenCanada’s Arctic territory Nunavut has delayed public hearings about a key water disposal project at Agnico Eagle Mines’ (AEM.TO) Meliadine gold mine, a company executive…
Topline A bill in the Louisiana Senate that would have put new restrictions on gender-affirming medical care for minors has been deferred after facing monumental backlash from transgender people and advocates, in a major victory for trans rights in a deeply red state, as GOP legislatures push anti-trans bills around the country. Key Facts The…





