December2016
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8,000 jobs announced by Trump are part of SoftBank pledge; Sprint, OneWeb say
Dec 29, 2016News Hour: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said telecommunications group Sprint Corp and a U.S. satellite company OneWeb will bring 8,000 jobs to the United States, and the companies said the positions were part of... -
Battered Toshiba out of easy options to plug nuclear hole
Dec 29, 2016News Hour: Faced with the prospect of a multi-billion-dollar writedown that could wipe out its shareholders’ equity, Japan’s Toshiba is running out of fixes: it is burning cash, cannot issue shares and has few easy assets... -
UK opposition leader accuses May of acting like Henry VIII over Brexit
Dec 29, 2016News Hour: Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May is acting like Tudor King Henry VIII in refusing to commit to giving parliament a vote on the deal to leave the European Union, opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn... -
Euro zone corporate lending hits highest rate since 2009
Dec 29, 2016News Hour: Bank lending to euro zone companies grew at the fastest pace since the tail end of the global financial crisis last month as the European Central Bank (ECB) tries to stimulate the economy after... -
Italy criticizes ECB over Monte Paschi capital decision
Dec 29, 2016News Hour: The European Central Bank should have explained more clearly why it nearly doubled its estimated capital shortfall for the ailing Monte dei Paschi di Siena bank, which is being bailed out by the state,... -
George Michael’s partner expresses sadness at finding musician dead
Dec 29, 2016News Hour: George Michael’s partner has spoken of his sadness at discovering the 53-year-old musician, a multi-million selling idol of 1980s and 1990s pop, dead at his Oxfordshire home on Christmas morning. British police said the... -
WFP welcomes Denmark’s contribution to support Iraqis affected by Mosul crisis
Dec 29, 2016News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$7.1 million from Denmark to provide emergency food assistance for thousands of Iraqi families affected by the continuing crisis in Mosul. This... -
Brack Obama bans oil drilling in large areas of Atlantic and Arctic oceans
Dec 29, 2016News Hour: President Obama moved to solidify his environmental legacy Tuesday by withdrawing hundreds of millions of acres of federally owned land in the Arctic and Atlantic Ocean from new offshore oil and gas drilling. Obama... -
New bird species and giraffe under threat
Dec 29, 2016News Hour: Over 700 newly recognised bird species have been assessed for the latest update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM, and 11% of them are threatened with extinction. The update also reveals a... -
Russia announces ceasefire in Syria from midnight
Dec 29, 2016News Hour: Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a ceasefire between Syrian opposition groups and the Syrian government starting at midnight on Thursday. The parties were also prepared to start peace talks, Putin said, after Moscow, Iran...
