France will extend an overnight curfew to dozens more areas in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus, Prime Minister Jean Castex has announced. “The second wave is now under way,” he said, shortly before the country announced a record 41,622 new cases. The 21:00 to 06:00 curfew will […]
Month: October 2020
NEW YORK: Intel on Thursday (Oct 22) missed third-quarter revenue estimates for its data-centre chip unit as the COVID-19 pandemic crippled sales to government and business customers, sending its shares down 10 per cent. Revenue from Intel’s data-centre business fell 7 per cent to US$5.9 billion in the reported quarter, […]
NEW YORK: US companies’ borrowings for capital investments fell about 13 per cent in September from a year earlier, the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) said on Thursday (Oct 22). The companies signed up for US$8.7 billion in new loans, leases and lines of credit last month, down from […]
Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it has invested US$100 million in opening new warehouses in Mexico, including its first shipping centers outside the populous capital area, in a bid to offer faster deliveries. MEXICO CITY: Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it has invested US$100 million in opening new warehouses in […]
Wipro announced it has entered into an agreement with enterprise application software provider SAP to offer advanced customer-specific content and training assets and boost productivity. Wipro on Thursday announced it has entered into an agreement with enterprise application software provider SAP to offer advanced customer-specific content and training assets and […]
SAO PAULO: A Paraguayan football official who was banned for life for match-fixing tried to influence the result of a Copa Libertadores match last year, FIFA said on Wednesday (Oct 21). Marco Trovato, the former Olimpia club president, also tried to fix 11 Paraguayan league matches in 2018 and 2019, […]
MELBOURNE: Australia’s innovative Vic Open, the only event on the world’s professional golf tours where men and women tee off in alternate groups on the same course, fell victim to the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday (Oct 22). Jointly sanctioned by the men’s European Tour and the US-based elite women’s LPGA […]
TOKYO: Long-jumper Sayaka Murakami is hoping not just for a medal at the postponed Tokyo Paralympics, but also for lasting acceptance in a Japanese society where disabled people can feel pressured to stay out of the public eye. Like many Japanese para-athletes, Murakami believes the Games are a unique chance […]
Highlighting the “clear resurgence in coronavirus” in the country, the NCOC has asked the chief secretaries to “strictly implement” the SOPs. Another lockdown in the country might soon happen as the authorities are failing to “strictly implement” the standard operating procedure (SOP) to prevent the spread of coronavirus, said Pakistan’s […]
ALCAÑIZ, Spain: Despite not having won a race since 2017, Spain’s Joan Mir is edging closer to the MotoGP world title as the championship enters its 2020 end-game this weekend. The 23-year-old Mir has a wafer-thin advantage of just six points over France’s Fabio Quartararo ahead of the Teruel Grand […]