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BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged carmaker Volkswagen on Tuesday to be fully transparent in clearing up a scandal over its rigging of emissions tests. Volkswagen faced fresh questions on Tuesday after U.S. regulators widened their accusations of emissions test cheating against the German carmaker to include the luxury Porsche brand previously run by its new CEO. “‘Made in Germany’ is a good label… what has happened with
Arsenal travel to Bayern Munich looking to repeat last month’s heroics against the German champions in the Champions League.
The Grand Slam of Darts is on the horizon and Wayne Mardle has already been dreaming of more terrific tungsten!
Former England batsman Tom Graveney has died at the age of 88.
Sky Sports ambassador Nick Dougherty is the guest presenter for this week’s edition of Season Pass, taking a look at the best stories on and off the course at the Turkish Airlines Open.
An easy getaway from Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York City, and Washington, D.C., Lancaster County, the epicenter of Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is best known for its Amish and Mennonite communities. Sightseers flock to the area to look for farmers in straw hats plowing their fields with mule teams, and to watch black-clad families driving country roads in horse-drawn buggies. But the county and the eponymous city that anchors it have, in
Sprint shares fell 26 cents, or 5.4 percent, to $4.59 on the New York Stock Exchange. Under Chief Executive Marcelo Claure, the company rolled out half-priced offers, increased data allotments, a hand-delivery service of new phones, new retail stores and the industry’s most-affordable iPhone 6 leasing plan at $1 per month to lure customers. Sprint said it added 1.1 million total net customers in its second quarter.
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc has replaced its star-shaped “favorite” icon with a heart-shaped icon called “like”. “You might like a lot of things, but not everything can be your favorite,” Twitter said in a blog post on Tuesday. “We know that at times the star could be confusing, especially to newcomers.” (Reporting by Abhirup Roy in Bengaluru; Editing by Ted Kerr)
By Deborah M. Todd SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – In a rare public appearance, Google co-founder and Alphabet Inc CEO Larry Page explained why he was spurred to create a whole new structure for the company he created with Sergey Brin almost two decades ago. “I want to push the envelope for what’s possible for an innovative company with large resources,” he said during a Q&A session with Fortune editor Alan
