Washington Capitals clinch playoff berth
Author: APSun, 2017-03-19ID: 1489918106134398000TAMPA, Florida: T.J Oshie had three goals and an assist while Justin Williams and John Carlson had early third-period goals as the Washington Capitals clinched a playoff spot by beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Saturday night.Oshie scored twice, including an early power-play goal, as the Capitals took a 2-0 lead midway through […]
Amanda Seyfried elopes with Thomas Sadoski
Author: APSun, 2017-03-19ID: 1489861613328781400LOS ANGELES: Mom-to-be Amanda Seyfried has married fellow actor Thomas Sadoski in a low-key ceremony.Sadoski delivered the news to “Late Late Show” host James Corden on Thursday’s episode. Sadoski flashed a wedding ring at Corden and told him the pair eloped on Sunday.He said they “just took off into the country with an officiant […]
G-20 to jointly fight banking sector hacking
Author: AFP, ReutersSun, 2017-03-19ID: 1489862537268977500 BADEN-BADEN: Finance ministers from the world’s biggest economies were battling Saturday to halt a bid by US President Donald Trump’s administration to roll back hard-fought pledges on trade and climate. Representatives from G-20 nations have gathered in the picturesque western German spa town of Baden-Baden since Friday for a meeting clouded by […]
China hits back at scrutiny on its steel capacity
Author: ReutersSun, 2017-03-19ID: 1489862537238976900 BEIJING: China should not be singled out in a fight against excess steel capacity that requires stronger global cooperation, Wang Shouwen, a vice commerce minister, said on Saturday. “When we are talking about overcapacity in the steel sector, China should not be singled out. This is a global issue, this is a cyclical […]
Inequality stokes populism: OECD chief
Author: AFPSun, 2017-03-19ID: 1489862537208976600 BADEN-BADEN: Governments are slacking the pace of needed economic reforms amid waning popular support even as global growth slows, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) warned Friday. There had been progress in reducing unemployment, the rich nations’ club conceded in its annual “Going for Growth” report, unveiled at a G-20 gathering […]
Moody’s cuts Turkey’s outlook to ‘negative’
Author: ReutersSun, 2017-03-19ID: 1489862537248977200 ISTANBUL: Ratings agency Moody’s on Friday cut its outlook for Turkey to “negative” from “stable,” citing continuing erosion of its institutional strength — the latest hit for an emerging market struggling to win back investor favor. Once seen as one of the world’s most promising emerging markets, Turkey has been hurt by deepening […]
Italy scraps employment voucher system
Author: ReutersSun, 2017-03-19ID: 1489862333768938600 ROME: Italy has abolished voucher payments for workers, which were highly popular with employers, to avoid a bruising referendum championed by the country’s main union, Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Friday. Payment by vouchers was introduced in 2008 as an experiment for seasonal farm laborers. The flexible and unregulated form of payment […]
Brazil’s economy is turning around: Temer
Author: ReutersSun, 2017-03-19ID: 1489862333798938900 BRASILIA: The Brazilian economy has begun to turn around, jobs are being created, and business confidence is slowly recovering, President Michel Temer said on Friday, touting initial successes of his recovery plan. Speaking at a business meeting in Sao Paulo, Temer pointed to the latest cover of The Economist showing Brazil beginning to […]
Telecom policy tilts in favor of industry under Trump
Author: The Associated PressSun, 2017-03-19ID: 1489862333708938300 NEW YORK: Trumpism is slowly taking hold on your phone and computer, as newly installed federal regulators begin chipping away at hard-fought protections on privacy and competition. These protections, put in place during the Obama administration, had upset the phone and cable industries. The new regime at the Federal Communications Commission […]
Country-specific rules of origin in NAFTA unacceptable: Mexico
Author: ReutersSun, 2017-03-19ID: 1489862333818939200 MONTERREY, Mexico: Country-specific rules of origin within the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) would be “totally unacceptable,” and a US border adjustment tax would likely violate global trade rules, Mexico’s economy minister said on Friday. Under the trilateral trade deal between the US, Mexico and Canada, rules of origin can specify that […]
