Meet Xata, a startup with a new take on managed databases. The company runs your database for you and turns it into an API so that you can query and update it from your serverless app. Xata has raised a $5 million funding round. Its product is not yet ready for prime time but the […]
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Soccer-Chelsea’s Tuchel says Pulisic doubtful for Villa clash
September 20, 2021 (Reuters) – Chelsea’s American forward Christian Pulisic is still recovering from an ankle injury sustained on international duty this month and Wednesday’s League Cup game against Aston Villa will likely come too soon for him, manager Thomas Tuchel said. The 23-year-old picked up the problem in the United States’ 4-1 win over […]
China Evergrande’s lenders weigh up loan losses, rolling over credit – sources
September 20, 2021 BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) -One of China Evergrande Group’s main lenders has made provisions for losses on a portion of its loans to the embattled property developer, while some creditors are planning to give it more time to repay, four bank executives told Reuters. The Chinese banks’ measures, reported for the first time, […]
American Airlines, Microsoft join Gates-backed program to boost clean energy
September 20, 2021 (Reuters) – Several U.S. companies, including American Airlines Group Inc, General Motors and Microsoft Corp, on Monday build on their commitment to clean energy by joining billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy program. The initiative aims to boost development of technologies to achieve the target of net-zero carbon emissions by […]
India’s Cars24, a used-vehicle marketplace, raises $450M at a $1.84B valuation
The used car market is getting another major infusion of venture capital today, with one of the faster scaling startups out of India picking up a major round of financing to double down on growth: Cars24 — a site and app that sells users cars and used two-wheeled motorbikes — has raised $450 million, a […]
Pakistan edtech startup Maqsad gets $2.1M pre-seed to make education more accessible
Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in strategy consulting and investment banking in London earlier this year in order to found a mobile-only education platform startup, Maqsad, in Pakistan, with a goal “to make education more accessible to 100 million Pakistani students.” Having grown up in Karachi, childhood friends Ahmed and Aziz are […]
Expelled from Texas, returned Haitians lament lost American dream
September 20, 2021 By Robenson Sanson and Gessika Thomas PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Around 300 Haitians returned home on Sunday after the United States ejected them from Texas, leaving many of the would-be migrants demoralized and angry that their search for a better life far away from their impoverished country was over. U.S. border agents began […]
Universal Studios Beijing to draw eager throngs amid uneasy U.S.-China ties
September 20, 2021 BEIJING (Reuters) – Universal Studios’ Beijing resort was set to open its doors to the public on Monday after a two-decade wait, including delays because of COVID-19. The highly-anticipated opening takes place amid U.S.-China relations that have deeply deteriorated in recent years. The park will be U.S.-based Universal’s largest and its fifth […]
‘Ted Lasso’ wins Emmy award for best comedy series
September 20, 2021 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “Ted Lasso,” the Apple TV+ show about an upbeat American coach trying to rally a struggling British soccer team, won the Emmy award on Sunday for best comedy series. (Reporting by Lisa Richwine) Source Link ‘Ted Lasso’ wins Emmy award for best comedy series David Barret
‘The Crown’ wins Emmy award for best drama series
September 20, 2021 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “The Crown,” the Netflix Inc series about the British monarchy under Queen Elizabeth, won the Emmy award on Sunday for the year’s best drama series. (Reporting by Lisa Richwine) Source Link ‘The Crown’ wins Emmy award for best drama series David Barret
Factbox-Key winners for the 2021 Emmy Awards
September 20, 2021 (Reuters) – Here is a list of winners in key categories at television’s Emmy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday, hosted by Cedric the Entertainer and broadcast live on CBS television: BEST DRAMA SERIES “The Crown” BEST COMEDY SERIES “Ted Lasso” BEST LIMITED SERIES “The Queen’s Gambit” BEST COMEDY ACTOR Jason […]
Cambodia bat researchers on mission to track origin of COVID-19
September 20, 2021 By Cindy Liu and Prak Chan Thul STUNG TRENG, Cambodia (Reuters) – Researchers are collecting samples from bats in northern Cambodia in a bid to understand the coronavirus pandemic, returning to a region where a very similar virus was found in the animals a decade ago. Two samples from horseshoe bats were […]
China Evergrande shares plummet on default risks
September 20, 2021 HONG KONG (Reuters) – Shares of Evergrande plunged over 15% on Monday, extending losses as investors take a dim view of its business prospects with a fast approaching deadline for payment obligations this week. As of 0245 GMT, the stock was down 14.6% to HK$2.17, the lowest since Oct 2011. The company’s […]
MLB roundup: Cardinals edge Padres for 8th straight win
September 20, 2021 Edmundo Sosa, Harrison Bader and Dylan Carlson each drove in two runs, and the St. Louis Cardinals edged the visiting San Diego Padres 8-7 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. Tyler O’Neill scored three runs and drove in another for the Cardinals, who extended their winning streak to eight games. Tommy Pham […]
NFL roundup: Derek Carr leads Raiders past Steelers
September 20, 2021 Derek Carr threw for 382 yards and two touchdowns Sunday as the Las Vegas Raiders topped the host Pittsburgh Steelers 26-17 in Week 2 action. Carr hit on 28 of 37 passes, including a pair of huge completions in the fourth quarter, as the Raiders improved to 2-0. The Steelers, upset winners […]
Soccer-Borja goal shocks Flamengo as Gremio leave Rio with 1-0 win
September 20, 2021 RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Colombian striker Miguel Borja scored on the stroke of halftime to give Gremio a surprise 1-0 win way at Flamengo on Sunday and hand the Rio de Janeiro club their first league defeat in five matches. Borja rose between two Flamengo defenders to head home a cross […]
MLB roundup: Cardinals rally past Padres, widen wild-card lead
September 20, 2021 Tyler O’Neill hit a two-run homer to rally the St. Louis Cardinals past the visiting San Diego Padres 3-2 Saturday for their seventh straight victory. O’Neill’s eighth-inning blast off reliever Emilio Pagan (4-2) erased San Diego’s 2-1 lead. The Cardinals pushed their lead over the Cincinnati Reds to two games and over […]
Oil down on stronger greenback, rising U.S. rig count
September 20, 2021 MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Monday, extending losses from Friday after the U.S. dollar jumped to a three-week high and the U.S. rig count rose, although nearly a quarter of U.S. Gulf of Mexico output remained offline in the wake of two hurricanes. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures […]
Dollar creeps higher as Fed’s taper looms
September 20, 2021 By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar began the week firmly on Monday with investors in a cautious mood ahead of several central bank meetings, headlined by the Federal Reserve, while looming catastrophe at indebted developer China Evergrande added to markets’ fragility. In thin trade, owing to holidays in Japan and […]
Growth? Value? Some investors opt for a bit of both
September 20, 2021 By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) -Some investors are playing this year’s tug of war between so-called growth and value stocks by owning companies that straddle the line between the two categories, as uncertainties mount over the U.S. economy’s trajectory in the months ahead. Value stocks, which trade at comparatively cheap multiples […]