ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producer, set its guaranteed price for farmers at 700 CFA francs ($1.27) per kilogram for the 2017/18 main crop season, the Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) marketing board said on Sunday. Lambert Kouassi Konan, the chairman of CCC’s board, announced the price at a ceremony marking […]
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By Alison Bevege SYDNEY (Reuters) – American rap artist Macklemore performed a gay anthem at a rugby league final in Sydney on Sunday, thanks to the sport’s bosses rejecting pressure from opponents of same-sex marriage as Australia votes on liberalizing its marriage laws. Macklemore sang “Same Love” to more than 80,000 fans of a sport […]
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ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s industry regulator Cocobod plans to open the 2017/18 cocoa season on Oct 13, later than usual, after receiving part of a syndicated loan it signed this month to cover its purchasing needs, two company officials said on Saturday. The world’s second-largest cocoa producer does not plan to lower the producer price […]
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By Will Dunham (Reuters) – Monty Hall, one of the most popular game show hosts in American television history as he presided over a throng of outrageously costumed and nearly delirious contestants on “Let’s Make a Deal” for almost three decades, died on Saturday at age 96, his son said. Richard Hall said his father […]
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By Luke Baker PARIS (Reuters) – A French art expert believes a charcoal drawing kept in a collection for more than 150 years may be a preparatory sketch made by Leonardo da Vinci of the Mona Lisa. The black-and-white drawing of a woman, nude from the waist up, known as the Monna Vanna, was previously […]
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(Reuters) – Nearly 2 million people logged onto Amazon.com <AMZN.O> for the online retailer’s first livestream of Thursday Night Football, the U.S. National Football League said on Friday. Some 1.9 million people tuned in to Amazon’s kickoff show and game between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers, according to the NFL. That compares to […]
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By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The creators of satirical animated series “The Simpsons,” who once eerily predicted Donald Trump would become U.S. president, cannot keep pace with the comedy he is now inspiring and have decided instead to take family back to medieval times. Bumbling Homer, housewife Marge, troublemaker Bart, prodigy Lisa and […]
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By Jussi Rosendahl HELSINKI (Reuters) – Rovio <ROVIO.HE>, the maker of hit mobile game “Angry Birds,” will look to buy up other players in the gaming industry following its listing on Friday, its main owner Kaj Hed said. The Finnish company’s shares got off to a flying start on their stock market debut, trading up […]
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(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday proposed giving manufacturers an extra 1-1/2 years to comply with new nutrition label requirements on packaged foods. The agency said it plans to extend the compliance date for big companies, defined as those with more than $10 million in annual sales, to Jan. 1, 2020, […]
Read More PARIS (Reuters) – The creators of the 1984 cult mockumentary “This is Spinal Tap” can proceed with their lawsuit against Vivendi after the media giant’s motion to dismiss the case was partially rejected, a U.S. court said on Thursday. Harry Shearer, best known for his voiceovers in “The Simpsons”, sued Vivendi in February for $125 […]
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “Sex and the City” will not be back for a third movie, despite years of on-again, off-again plans, but actress Kim Cattrall says she is not the one to blame. “It’s over. We’re not doing it,” Sarah Jessica Parker, who played Carrie Bradshaw in the 1990s TV series and two subsequent […]
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LONDON (Reuters) – Renovations that will silence the Big Ben bell in the British parliament’s famous clock tower for four years will cost more than double the original estimate, officials said on Friday. The commissions overseeing the work at Westminster have agreed to set aside 61 million pounds ($81 million) as opposed to the 29 […]
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