By: Dave Doyle | February 21, 2020 11:10 pm THACKERVILLE, Okla. – In a battle of world-class sambo vs. world-class wrestling, sambo emerged victorious. Yaroslav Amosov made a statement in Bellator’s deep welterweight division on Friday night by nothing one of his biggest career victories, as he won a battle of attrition over Ed Ruth…
Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has been hospitalized with COVID-19.A spokesman confirmed the diagnosis Thursday afternoon, describing the 73-year-old as “resting comfortably” at an Atlanta-area hospital after his symptoms became serious enough Wednesday to require care, but not a respirator. Cain’s positive June 29 test came just over a week after he appeared at…
In an impressive display of international collaboration, NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have come together to launch a virtual hackathon running between May 30 and May 31, with the aim of using open data to develop innovative solutions to problems arising from the global COVID-19 pandemic. All…
Mayor Bill De Blasio has endorsed a rental relief plan that would provide immediate aid to those struggling to pay their April rent.The plan, which still needs to be approved by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, would allow tenants to use already-paid security deposits in place of their April rent payments.Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. New…
For financial institutions such as EQ Bank, offering interest rates that are 40 times higher than those attached to savings accounts at the Big Five banks is starting to pay dividends.EQ, which is backed by the Toronto-based Equitable Bank, is still offering its clients a two per cent base interest rate on its Savings Plus…
It’s technically possible to catch COVID-19 from the dead. April 17, 2020, 9:39 AM6 min read Hic locus est ubi mors gaudet vitae succurrere, is a phrase often inscribed on the walls of morgues and autopsy suites. Roughly translated from Latin it means, “This is the place where death rejoices in teaching the living.” Indeed,…
Judge Patrick Jaji. (Patrick Jaji, Facebook) An Eastern Cape high court judge has died days after testing positive for Covid-19.Judge Patrick Jaji died on Sunday. Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge said the effects of the pandemic had now reached the doorstep of the judiciary. Eastern Cape High Court Judge Patrick Jaji has died of Covid-19, the…
Mary Barra, Chairman and CEO of General Motors.Bill Pugliano | Getty ImagesGeneral Motors is continuing a years-long global restructuring to concentrate on high-profit markets such as North America and China.The Detroit automaker said Sunday that it will “wind down” its sales, design and engineering operations in Australia and New Zealand and discontinue its Holden brand…
BEIJING (Reuters) – Several Chinese provinces are stepping up inspections of fresh and frozen meat and seafood, including imported products, after a new outbreak of coronavirus infections linked to a Beijing food market. The tougher checks are raising fears of possible delays in handling cargoes or even temporary halts to imports. China is the world’s…
(Reuters) – Kevin Kelly has discovered the many ways a deadly pandemic can be both a boom and a burden on some U.S. businesses. As the nation clamped down with stay-at-home orders, Kelly said his company, Emerald Packaging Inc. in Union City, Calif, saw demand for the factory’s output explode. Emerald churns out plastic bags…
