BOX SCORE Minutes before the Sixers played Wednesday against the Raptors, we learned that their game that night, for all intents and purposes, was meaningless. The Pacers’ win over the Rockets ensured that the Sixers would play the Celtics in the first round of the playoffs. That said, while Wednesday’s …
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Japanese stocks grow, dollar falls as investors ‘glass half full’ seen by Reuters
© Reuters. Passers-by wearing protective face masks, following an outbreak of coronavirus, are reflected on a screen showing stock prices outside a Tokyo brokerage By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Japanese stocks were up six months and the dollar was under pressure on Thursday as investors positively plucked from recent …
Read More »Thai king remains silent on Protestants’ call for monarchy reform | News
King of Thailand Maha Vajiralongkorn has called for “order and peace” in the country, but remained silent about the recent protests of anti-government students who have opposed reforms of the powerful monarchy because he swore in a new cabinet of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha. The ceremony on Wednesday marked the …
Read More »FDA remembers some limes, lemons, oranges and red potatoes
My darling. Photo: Getty Images About days ago, the CDC and FDA advised us to chuck our onions. Yes, all onions, they said; the red, the yellow, the white – all onions should go, for fear of a multistate salmonella outbreak. That was bad enough, but now? Now a new …
Read More »Japanese stocks grow, dollar falls as investors ‘glass half full’
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Japanese stocks were up six months and the dollar was under pressure on Thursday as investors positively plucked from recent economic data and bets on China and the United States with their trading sales at a crucial weekend meeting . FILE PHOTO: Passers-by wearing protective face masks, …
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