The Patriots were eliminated from postseason contention Sunday after losing at the Miami Dolphins. The defeat dropped the Patriots' record to , meaning that the franchise will finish at. The acquisition announced late Sunday is part of Lockheed Martin's attempt to gird for competition from recent industry entrants, Space X and Blue Origin, which are backed by two of the world's richest men, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. Hong Kong police late on Sunday caught a COVID positive patient who escaped on Friday from one of the city's largest hospitals while undergoing treatment.
Police said on its Facebook page late on Sunday Li was caught in the working class neighbourhood of Mong Kok at around GMT and sent to hospital for treatment. Bloomberg -- The dollar climbed and stocks edged lower as the worsening pandemic and lack of progress on Brexit trade talks sapped risk appetite despite a nearing U. The Australian dollar fell amid new restrictions in Sydney due to a growing virus cluster.
Treasuries ticked higher with gold and crude oil declined. European stock futures underperformed as Germany and France halted flights from Britain.
In the U. Meantime, Beijing threatened to impose countermeasures after Washington blacklisted more than 60 Chinese companies. Here are some key events coming up:EIA crude oil inventory report is due Wednesday. Most global markets are shut Friday. The index fell 0. Euro Stoxx 50 futures lost 1. The yen lost 0. The euro fell 0. The pound dropped 0.
The offshore yuan was at 6.
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The Aussie declined 0. BondsThe yield on year Treasuries dipped to 0. CommoditiesWest Texas Intermediate crude fell 2. Gold gained 0. For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg. Rent-A-Center, Inc.
The transaction is expected to close in the first half of subject to customary closing conditions, including clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act. Further details regarding the Acima acquisition will be discussed in a conference call with investors tomorrow at am ET and more information is available at investor. Oil prices slid in early trade on Monday as a fast-spreading new coronavirus strain in the United Kingdom raised concerns that tighter restrictions there and in other European countries could stall a recovery in the global economy and its need for fuel.
Brent crude dropped 97 cents, or 1.
The game regular season, down from the usual 82 games, will begin on Jan. The two sides said the plan is to play games in each teams' home arena while understanding that most venues will not, at least in the initial part of the season, be able to host fans. To accommodate this plan, the NHL's 31 teams will be split into four divisions - North, West, Central and West - including a seven-team, all-Canadian division. Formal training camps will begin on Jan. There will be no pre-season games. Play resumed with a Stanley Cup tournament played entirely in Canada and the champion -- Tampa Bay Lightning -- was crowned in September, three months later than usual.
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More than 16 million Britons are now required to stay at home as a full lockdown came into force in London and the southeast of England, with some European countries taking steps to limit travel with the U. The new development comes as vaccines are being rolled out in several countries and as the U.
A weaker dollar has also boosted the appeal of commodities like oil that are priced in the currency. In the short term, however, prices are being buffeted by the fast-spreading virus leading to more stay-at-home orders. Oil is a vaccine trade right now with robust demand seen in the second half of as more people resume flying, Jeff Currie, the head of commodities research at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Drilling rigs targeting crude oil in the U. The spread was as much as 13 cents in backwardation earlier this month.
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Lockheed has been scouting for deals. Aerojet rose 0. When I confronted him, he suggested that he might be bisexual. There were lots of tears, both his and mine. We clung tightly to each other. He begged me not to leave him and swore that he loved me. I still had faith in the relationship, though: I suggested we go to couples counselling, which we did for a while, and things seemed to improve a little. But there was still an atmosphere of tension, a feeling like there was a ghost in the house, a shadow of secrecy. When I turned on the computer in the morning, the history page would be worryingly blank.
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Then once, a dating site for gay men popped up. He admitted to having had encounters but promised that it would never happen again. He truly wanted to be with me. In one sense I was relieved. He had these feelings, but he had chosen not to act on them; he was opting for me, for our marriage. I swallowed my pride, battened down the hatches on my anger and hurt, and tried to resume our relationship and live as normal. But it was eating away at me inside and I became clingy and suspicious.
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Then one day I received an explicit text from him to some random guy. He had sent it to me by mistake. All hell broke loose. We agreed to a trial separation, but he was miserable and pleaded with me to take him back. I loved him. I could see he was struggling, coming to terms with his sexuality. He believed I should give him the space to have his crisis. So I did. So, in a large sense, I protected him. For two more years I protected him, but it took its toll on me. I was living a conspiracy of silence.
The children knew that something was up but not what it was. He kept telling me he could make it work exclusively, and yet I kept finding evidence on his computer that belied this. For them it was black and white: he had cheated on many occasions.