Tuesday, August 28, 2018

UPDATE 1-Video game maker cancels three tournaments after shooting

U.S. video game maker Electronic Arts on Tuesday canceled three tournaments of its Madden NFL 19 football game to review its security measures after a competitor who lost a Florida matchup shot dead two rivals and wounded 11 others.
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Students are learning and experimenting inside Google's virtual labs

The last thing you want to do in a college chemistry lab is spill a beaker full of acid and run screaming to the eyewash station. But a virtual reality laboratory safety course requires you to do just that if you hope to pass the class. Well, all but the screaming. That's optional. https://ift.tt/2PLAOwo support@endlesssupplies.biz (Endless Supplies .Biz) August 28, 2018 at 01:02PM

UPDATE 5-Slowing online sales hurt Best Buy's 2nd qtr, shares drop

Best Buy Co Inc on Tuesday reported a drop in quarterly online sales growth and offered a profit forecast for the current quarter that fell short of analyst estimates, sending its shares down more than 5 percent in afternoon trading.
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US STOCKS-Wall Street flat after U.S.-Mexico trade deal high

* Cosmetics firm Coty, chipmaker Xilinx up on broker upgrades (Updates to early afternoon, adds comments)
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UPDATE 8-Oil dips on profit taking; trade deal limits decline

* Unite suspends planned strike on Total North Sea oil platforms
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EA Sports cancels three remaining Madden Tournaments to review 'safety protocols'

EA Sports said it will cancel three remaining Madden Classic qualifier events to review safety protocols after a deadly shooting last weekend at an event in Jacksonville, Florida. https://ift.tt/2MXl5vG support@endlesssupplies.biz (Endless Supplies .Biz) August 28, 2018 at 01:02PM

UPDATE 1-Italy's Autostrade was planning a cut in investment returns

Toll-road operator Autostrade per l'Italia, facing accusations of profiteering from Italy's ruling coalition after a bridge collapse this month, said it had already proposed a cut to its expected return on investment prior to the incident.
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Instagram says users can now evaluate authenticity of accounts

Photo-sharing app Instagram's more than 1 billion users will now be able to evaluate the authenticity of accounts, weeks after parent Facebook Inc rolled out similar measures in a bid to weed out fake accounts on its social media platform.
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UPDATE 1-Norway's Aker Solutions to step up expansion in offshore wind farms

The chief executive of Norwegian oil services company Aker Solutions sees high growth potential from its Brazilian business and from expansion in offshore windfarms, he said on Tuesday.
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UPDATE 2-Fire breaks out at Plains All American crude tank near Wichita Falls, Texas

A fire broke out on Tuesday morning at a Plains All American Pipeline crude storage tank east of Wichita Falls, Texas, the company said.
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Fixes: A New Way to Detect Breast Cancer

iBreastExam is a very portable battery-operated wireless machine that records variations in breast elasticity. https://ift.tt/2NrVS9C support@endlesssupplies.biz (Endless Supplies .Biz) August 28, 2018 at 01:00PM

UPDATE 3-Turkish lira weakens, Moody's delivers more downgrades

* German official says financial aid for Turkey not on agenda (Updates numbers, adds reports of financial support from Germany, Moody's report)
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