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Laurel Griggs, Broadway Actress, Dies at 13 After Asthma Attack, Family Says

Laurel was a brilliant young lady whose impact in the lives of everyone she met went far and beyond her immense talent, the site said in a post. Her wisdom and kindness were gifts to the theater community during her time on Earth. Ms. Griggs made a few appe…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Alibaba

Alibaba Singles’ Day sales hit $23 bn in first nine hours; over 500 mn users likely to participate in shopping festival this year

Hangzhou, China: Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Inc on Monday said sales for its annual Singles Day shopping blitz hit 158.31 billion yuan (£17.69 billion) in its first nine hours, up 25 percent from 126.72 billion yuan at the same point last …

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Singapore

Singapore’s Green-Finance Hub Target Gets a $2 Billion Boost

(Bloomberg) -- Singapore pledged more incentives to encourage green lending, measures that may propel its way in a race to be a global sustainable-financing hub. The city-state will launch a $2 billion green investments program, according to Monetary Authori…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

eSports

FunPlus Phoenix Stomps G2 3-0 to Become the 2019 ‘League of Legends’ World Champions

After an impressive Mid Season Invitational victory and dominating the LEC throughout the year, Europe’s G2 Esports suffered a crushing loss to China’s FunPlus Phoenix in the 2019 League of Legends World Champions grand final. In the packed Accorhotels Arena…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Electric Scooter

E-scooter rider charged with causing death of cyclist in Bedok

SINGAPORE: An electric scooter rider involved in a fatal collision with a cyclist in Bedok was charged on Monday (Nov 11) with causing the death of the 65-year-old woman. Hung Kee Boon, 20, was also given two other charges under the Active Mobility Act for r…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Far-right surges amid Socialist win in Spain

MADRID (AP) Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialists won Spain’s national election on Sunday but large gains by the upstart far-right Vox party appear certain to widen the political deadlock in the European Union’s fifth-largest economy. After a fourth nati…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Alibaba

Alibaba says Singles’ Day sales hit $13 billion in first hour

By Josh Horwitz HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Inc said on Monday that sales for its annual Singles' Day shopping blitz hit 91.2 billion yuan (£10.2 billion) within the first hour, up 32% from last year's early hau…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Alibaba

CORRECTED-Alibaba Singles’ Day sales hit 84 billion yuan in first hour

(Corrects first-hour sales figure to 84 billion yuan, not 91.2 billion yuan, corrects increase to 22%, not 32%) SHANGHAI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Inc said on Monday that sales for its annual Singles' Day shopping bli…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Global Warming

Climate change: Speed limits for ships can have ‘massive’ benefits

Image copyrightGetty Images Cutting the speed of ships has huge benefits for humans, nature and the climate, according to a new report. A 20% reduction would cut greenhouse gases but also curb pollutants that damage human health such as black carbon and ni…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

CCTV

South Waikato supermarket struck by violent thieves

Calls to install CCTV cameras in Trau's town centre have been renewed after two burglaries and a robbery within six months at its supermarket. The latest robbery, at about 5pm last Tuesday, saw two females and a male entering Trau Supermarket in Hillcrest S…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Laurel Griggs, Broadway Actress, Dies at 13 After Asthma Attack, Family Says

Alibaba Singles’ Day sales hit $23 bn in first nine hours; over 500 mn users likely to participate in shopping festival this year

Singapore’s Green-Finance Hub Target Gets a $2 Billion Boost

FunPlus Phoenix Stomps G2 3-0 to Become the 2019 ‘League of Legends’ World Champions

E-scooter rider charged with causing death of cyclist in Bedok

Far-right surges amid Socialist win in Spain

Alibaba says Singles’ Day sales hit $13 billion in first hour

CORRECTED-Alibaba Singles’ Day sales hit 84 billion yuan in first hour

Climate change: Speed limits for ships can have ‘massive’ benefits

South Waikato supermarket struck by violent thieves

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