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Dec182020 by adminNo Comments

Tesla jumps 6% in heavy volume ahead of S&P 500 entry, stock then falls a bit in after hours

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People wearing face masks are seen inside a Tesla showroom at a shopping mall in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicentre of China's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, March 30, 2020.Aly Song | ReutersShares of Tesla traded more than four times their 30-day average volume on Friday as passive funds bought the stock ahead of Tesla joining the S&P 500. The stock will be added to the benchmark index ahead of Monday's opening bell, based on prices from Friday's close.Amid the heightened volume, Tesla shares rose 5.96% on Friday to close at a record high of $ 695 after swinging between gains and losses during the final hour of trading. During after hours trading the stock slid about 3%.Heightened activity continued after hours, and by 4:45 p.m. ET more than 200 million shares had exchang...

Apr192020 by adminNo Comments

Myanmar refuses entry to 200 Rohingya refugees, citing COVID-19

World

April 18 (UPI) -- On Friday Malaysia's air force confirmed it had denied entry to a boat carrying about 200 Rohingya people, days after it was reported that dozens of people died onboard a boat that was refused entry to the country and left adrift. Officials said Friday's move was made to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus in the country. On Wednesday the Bangladesh Coast Guard said it had rescued nearly 400 Rohingya refugees in the Bay of Bengal, on a boat that had left Bagladesh for Myanmar but was also turned away from the country. At least 32 people died aboard the ship, according to Bangladesh Coast Guard spokesman Hamidul Islam. Their bodies were thrown overboard. According to Bangladesh authorities, rescued refugees -- most of whom were women and children and many of whom...

Feb272020 by adminNo Comments

How does the UK’s Eurovision entry stack up against the competition?

Entertainment

James Newman has produced the UK's best Eurovision entry in years - but will that be enough? The 31-year-old, whose younger brother is Brit Award nominee John Newman, has already written for Ed Sheeran, Jess Glynne, Calvin Harris and Little Mix. He got a Brit Award and a Grammy nomination for his work on Rudimental's song Waiting All Night. On the other hand, he co-wrote Ireland's 2017 Eurovision entry, Dying To Try, and got knocked out in the semi-finals.In May, he'll head to Rotterdam as a solo artist with a mid-tempo banger called My Last Breath. It's short and direct, with the sort of "woah-oh" hook that would make Chris Martin envious. "That was definitely intentional," says the singer, who wrote the song in January. "We wan...

Feb272020 by adminNo Comments

Eurovision 2020: James Newman announced as United Kingdom’s entry

Entertainment

Singer-songwriter James Newman will represent the United Kingdom at this year's Eurovision Song Contest. He'll perform My Last Breath at the event's final in Rotterdam in The Netherlands on 16 May.Speaking to Radio 1 Newsbeat, James hopes his "simple, memorable and anthemic" song will help win votes. James is a successful pop songwriter and has written for acts including Ed Sheeran and Jess Glynne, and is the older brother of John Newman. The UK's looking to improve on 2019's contest, when Michael Rice's X-Factor style ballad Bigger Than Us finished in last place. It marked the fourth time the UK had come bottom of the table but James says he doesn't feel nervous at that prospect.He feels his song will "connect" with the...

Nov302018 by adminNo Comments

The Latest: Ukraine bars entry to Russian men from 16 to 60

World

The Latest on Russia-Ukraine tensions (all times local): 12:40 p.m. Russia's foreign ministry says that Moscow is not going to mirror the travel ban that Ukraine has imposed on Russian men. Ukrainian officials announced earlier on Friday that all Russian men aged between 16 and 60 will be barred from entering Ukraine for the 30-day duration of martial law. The statement is the latest step in the escalation of the long-simmering conflict between Russia and Ukraine which began in 2014 with Russia's annexation of Crimea. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters that Russia is not planning to impose similar measures on Ukrainians. Zakharova blamed the Ukrainian government for implementing a policy that hurts ordinary people. ——— 12 p.m. The Ukrain...