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Would-be knights battle it out in New York’s Central Park
(Reuters) - To shouts of "Rip his head off!" and "Oh my God!" gladiators in medieval armor battle it out with steel swords and axes, one Saturday a month in New York's Central Park. In one-on-one matc...
Aug 18, 2021
Ex-editor of Kushner newspaper who was pardoned by Trump is charged in Manhattan
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ken Kurson, a former editor of the New York Observer newspaper who was pardoned in January by then-U.S. President Donald Trump, was criminally charged on Wedne...
Aug 18, 2021
Disney’s U.S. parks to offer quicker ride entry for a fee
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tired of long waits for the Haunted Mansion or the Millennium Falcon? Walt Disney Co's U.S. theme parks will offer an option to pay for quicker access to some of the most popul...
Aug 18, 2021
Amazon warns merchants about antitrust bills in Congress
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has warned some merchants selling via its marketplace that antitrust proposals in the U.S. Congress might hurt their business, a company spokesperson said. In June, the U.S....
Aug 18, 2021
Nvidia forecasts revenue above estimates on gaming, data center demand
(Reuters) -Nvidia Corp forecast third-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations on Wednesday as it benefits from a boom in demand for its chips used in data centers and gaming devices. The compan...
Aug 18, 2021
Biden to require nursing home staff to be vaccinated as condition of federal funding -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration will require nursing home staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the...
Aug 18, 2021
Robinhood warns of lower trading revenue in third quarter
(Reuters) - Robinhood Markets Inc said on Wednesday lower trading activity was likely to impact its third quarter after reporting a 131% jump in the second-quarter revenue, thanks to a surge in crypto...
Aug 18, 2021
Cisco beats quarterly revenue estimates on hybrid work demand
(Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc narrowly beat fourth-quarter revenue estimates on Wednesday, thanks to higher demand for its cybersecurity and teleconferencing products as offices adapted to hybrid work...
Aug 18, 2021
Richard Sackler says Purdue family did not contribute to opioid epidemic
By Maria Chutchian (Reuters) - Former Purdue Pharma President Richard Sackler said on Wednesday that his family's reign over the OxyContin maker did not contribute to the national opioid epidemic and ...
Aug 18, 2021
War over masks deepens in U.S. South where COVID-19 cases are highest
By Peter Szekely and Tyler Clifford (Reuters) - The superintendent of Florida's largest school district sought to impose a mask mandate on Wednesday, the latest chapter in the coronavirus political ba...
Aug 18, 2021
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