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McDermott International may file for bankruptcy as soon as next week - Bloomberg
McDermott is discussing a restructuring plan in which its debt could be converted into equity, with its group of lenders getting the majority of the shares, the report said. Unsecured creditors would receive less than 10% of the equity along with warrants, according to one of the people cited in the
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China reports 17 new cases of mystery virus
China reported 17 new cases of the mysterious SARS-like virus on Sunday, including three in a severe condition, heightening fears ahead of China's Lunar New Year holiday when hundreds of millions of people move around the country. The new coronavirus strain has caused alarm because of its connection
Reuters
UK's Harry and Meghan to drop titles and retire as working royals
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will no longer be working members of Britain's monarchy and they will pay their own way in life as they embark on an independent future, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday. The queen and senior family members met last week to discuss the situation and have been in
AFP News
Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan to give up royal titles
Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will give up their royal titles and public funding as part of a settlement with the Queen to start a new life away from the British monarchy. The historic announcement from Buckingham Palace on Saturday follows more than a week of intense private talks
Engadget
Lexus imagines space vehicles for humans on the Moon
If humanity ever ends up living on the Moon, what would the vehicles be like? According to Lexus, they'd be sleek, shiny and wouldn't look out of place in a sci-fi flick. The European Advanced Design Studio for Lexus and Toyota, the brand's parent company, has created seven lunar vehicle
Oilprice.com
The New Energy Superpower In The Middle East
Russia has become increasingly powerful under the leadership of Vladimir Putin, and with the U.S.’ relative withdrawal from the Middle East it appears to be gaining even more influence
Oilprice.com
Why BlackRock Is ‘Going Green’
Investor pressure on fossil fuel producers as well as users has been increasing dramatically of late, and BlackRock, the world’s largest money manager could no longer afford to ignore this trend
Oilprice.com
China’s Cheap Electric Vehicles Could Disrupt Global Markets
China’s legion of electric vehicle manufacturers are looking to seize a piece of the global EV market which could potentially lead to a new front in the ongoing trade war
AFP Relax
Benin welcomes back 28 antique royal artefacts
Ambassadors from France and Japan mingled with presidential officials, royalty and schoolchildren as Benin celebrated the return of dozens of colonial-era antique artefacts looted by France more than a century ago. Earlier this year, the Collective of Saint-Germain-des-Pres Antiquarians, a group of
Yahoo Finance
42% of people say this is why they aren't investing in the stock market
The stock market is continuing its decade-long bull run, with all three of the major indices ending Friday’s trading session at record closes. So why are some potential investors staying on the sidelines?
Investing.com
EOS Climbs Above 3.8953 Level, Up 2%
Investing.com - EOS rose above the $3.8953 threshold on Sunday. EOS was trading at 3.8953 by 20:26 (01:26 GMT) on the Investing.com Index, up 2.33% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage gain since January 18.
Investing.com
Bitcoin Climbs Above 9,034.6 Level, Up 0.65%
Investing.com - Bitcoin rose above the $9,034.6 threshold on Sunday. Bitcoin was trading at 9,034.6 by 20:02 (01:02 GMT) on the Investing.com Index, up 0.65% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage gain since January 19.
Oilprice.com
Is This The Death Knell For Nuclear?
Nuclear energy is a divisive topic around the globe, but now new studies are suggesting that it is too slow and too expensive to contend with other low-carbon energy alternatives
AFP News
Europe will face terror threat if Tripoli govt falls: Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday warned Europe it could face new threats from terrorist organisations if Libya's UN-recognised government in Tripoli were to fall. In the article, published on the Politico news website on the eve of a Libya peace conference in Berlin, Erdogan said
Reuters
Sixty killed in Houthi attack on camp in Yemen's Marib
Iran-aligned Houthis attacked a military training camp in the Yemeni city of Marib on Saturday, killing‮ ‬60 military personnel and wounding dozens others, Saudi state television said on Saturday evening. A proxy war has been playing out in Yemen between Iran and Saudi Arabia. The Saudi-led coalition
Engadget
Microsoft will fix an Internet Explorer security flaw under active attack
Mozilla isn't the only one grappling with a serious web browser security flaw. Microsoft has confirmed to TechCrunch that it will fix an Internet Explorer security exploit already being used for "limited targeted attacks." The vulnerability lets attackers corrupt memory used for the
Reuters
UK's Harry and Meghan to drop titles and retire as working royals
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will no longer be working members of Britain's monarchy and they will pay their own way in life as they embark on an independent future, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday. The queen and senior family members met last week to discuss the situation and have been in
Oilprice.com
How Important Is The Suriname Oil Discovery?
Guyana has been the offshore success story of 2019, and Suriname could be the story of 2020 after Apache and Total made a significant discovery of both oil and condensate off its coast
TechCrunch
Startups Weekly: Plaid's $5.3B acquisition is a textbook Silicon Valley win
Hi everyone, my name is Eric Eldon and I'm the new writer of the Startups Weekly newsletter. Some people tell us that TechCrunch doesn't cover startups like it used to. This newsletter will highlight the best startup coverage on TechCrunch and Extra Crunch to help fix that.
Reuters
Paris Opera musicians serenade public in pensions protest
Striking musicians and singers of the Paris Opera staged an open-air concert on Saturday in front of the city's historic opera house in protest against a pension reform that seeks to end their special retirement scheme. Orchestra members and singers performed well-known airs by Verdi and Bizet in
Associated Press
St. Louis donations wipe away $13 million in medical debt
Thousands of St. Louis-area families were freed from a major financial burden thanks to a charitable effort that is increasingly popular among churches and other organizations trying to help the needy — eliminating medical debt. Money raised at more than a dozen United Church of Christ congregations
Oilprice.com
This Country Just Agreed To A $44 Billion Plan To Ditch Coal
Germany has just agreed to a $44 billion deal to enable the country to move away from the use of brown coal power plants
FX Empire
Virology, the Asian Markets, and Contagion Risk
While some consider Iran the nemesis, others consider pandemics as the major thorn…
TechCrunch
Instagram drops IGTV button, but only 1% downloaded the app
At most, 7 million of Instagram's 1 billion-plus users have downloaded its standalone IGTV app in the 18 months since launch. For reference, TikTok received 1.15 billion downloads in the same period since IGTV launched in June 2018. In just the US, TikTok received 80.5 million downloads compared
AFP News
South Koreans among seven missing in Himalayan avalanche
Four South Koreans and three Nepalis are missing and about 200 people have been rescued after an avalanche hit trekkers on the Annapurna region in the Himalayas, officials said Saturday. South Korea was to send an emergency team to Nepal to help in a desperate search operation. "A search operation