Author Archives: Syndicated Content
NFL has flexibility to delay ’20 schedule
Plans are subject to change during a pandemic, and the NFL is armed with the ability pause or delay the start of the 2020 season. ESPN's Adam Schefter reported the NFL could delay the season by severa...
May 08, 2020
NBPA president: NBA ‘bubble’ plan ‘incarceration’
Isolating players to resume the NBA season sounds like a closed book if National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts is telling the story. In an interview with ESPN, Robe...
May 08, 2020
U.S. jobless rate likely much higher than 14.7%, Labor Department says
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Millions of U.S. residents were counted as employed in April despite having no job, suggesting April's true unemployment rate was closer to 20%, much higher than the official...
May 08, 2020
Italy tops 30,000 coronavirus deaths, new cases edge down
ROME (Reuters) - Italy on Friday became the third country in the world to record 30,000 deaths from the coronavirus, reporting 243 new fatalities compared with a daily tally of 274 the day before. Ita...
May 08, 2020
Member of U.S. Vice President’s staff tests positive for coronavirus: NBC reporter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A member U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's staff has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, which caused Pence's Friday flight to Iowa to be delayed and some fellow passenger...
May 08, 2020
U.S. chief justice puts hold on disclosure of Russia investigation materials
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday put a temporary hold on the disclosure to a Democratic-led House of Representatives committee of grand jury material...
May 08, 2020
Still hiring! Walmart, other superstores buck U.S. employment trend
By Lindsay Dunsmuir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amid the carnage of the U.S. employment report for April was one bright spot: superstores led by Walmart Inc , the world's largest retailer, added more than ...
May 08, 2020
Wall Street weekahead: U.S. data deluge to underscore divide between roaring market, plunging economy
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - A week packed with U.S. economic data is likely to provide investors with more evidence of the extent to which the coronavirus pandemic has hit growth, sharpe...
May 08, 2020
After historic job losses from virus, Americans begin heading back to work
By Lucia Mutikani and Maria Caspani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic triggered the steepest monthly loss of American jobs since the Great Depression, the U.S. government said on Friday,...
May 08, 2020
Exclusive: Brazil asks mint to work overtime as currency shortage looms
By Carolina Mandl and Marcela Ayres SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil is running short of hard currency needed to pay funds aimed at helping people impoverished by the coronavirus crisis, accordin...
May 08, 2020
