Month: November 2020

Energica has big goals for 2020, including finishing the year strong with an increase in US-based sales of its electric motorcycles. And to help make that happen, the Italian motorcycle manufacturer is taking on additional funding from Westlake Financial Services. The company plans to use that funding to help finance their U.S. dealer network, according
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8:54 AM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers officially named Daryl Morey president of basketball operations and extended the contract of general manager Elton Brand on Monday. Morey stepped down as GM of the Houston Rockets this month after blockbuster moves that failed to lead the franchise to the NBA Finals. The Rockets
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Gunmen stormed a university campus book fair, shooting dead at least 19 and wounding more than 20 more. The hours-long siege at Kabul University came as the Iranian ambassador to Afghanistan was attending the event. Security forces eventually shot dead all three gunmen. Image: Security forces remain on guard at the locked-down university campus Throughout
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Britain’s biggest airport is preparing to launch a legal challenge to the Treasury’s move to end VAT rebates for tourists, arguing that it will intensify the crisis afflicting the coronavirus-battered retail industry. Sky News has learnt that Heathrow Airport is leading plans for a judicial review of the government’s decision, which retailers say will trigger
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SINGAPORE — For Hong Kong’s financial technology ecosystem to grow further, the city needs more measures in the areas of funding, talent and regulation, according to a top official from the Chinese city. Compared to other technologies, fintech is the equivalent of a new industrial revolution and it can be potentially used as a lever
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7:01 PM ET CHICAGO — Bears wide receiver Javon Wims was ejected in the third quarter of Sunday’s 26-23 overtime loss against the Saints after he sucker-punched New Orleans safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson. At the 9:11 mark of the third quarter, Bears quarterback Nick Foles completed a 5-yard pass to Allen Robinson II; but the real
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8:00 PM GMT Champions England sealed the Grand Slam in the women’s Six Nations for a second year running after they trounced Italy 54-0 in Parma on Sunday in their final match of the tournament which was postponed from March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. England had already won the title without stepping foot on
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Boris Johnson will tomorrow insist the national lockdown in England will end on 2 December, despite a member of his cabinet indicating the new measures could be extended beyond that date. Growing numbers of senior Conservative backbenchers have signalled their opposition to the measures due to come into effect on Thursday, while Labour have said
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