Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Fed’s Bullard: U.S. must consider “structural” responses to lack of Black economic progress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - St. Louis Federal Reserve president James Bullard said Wednesday that "structural and historical" factors were continuing to hold back Black economic progress. "A more inclusive...
Jun 24, 2020
Ontario to allow some COVID-19 positive employees into workplaces
By Moira Warburton and Allison Martell TORONTO (Reuters) - Ontario will allow some people who test positive for COVID-19 but do not have symptoms to return immediately to their workplaces with precaut...
Jun 24, 2020
Venezuela criticizes U.S. ‘provocation’ after navy operation
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's defense minister Vladimir Padrino on Wednesday called a Tuesday incident in which a U.S. Navy ship navigated near the South American country's coast an "act of provocat...
Jun 24, 2020
No New Covid Cases Here, 432 More in Wisconsin
by Kevin Zimmermann SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - No new cases of coronavirus disease were reported since Tuesday according to the daily report from the Sheboygan County Division of Public Health.&nbs...
Jun 24, 2020
California seeks to classify Uber, Lyft drivers as employees via court order
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - California is planning to ask a state court judge to force Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc to classify their ride-hail drivers as employees, rather than contractors, ratc...
Jun 24, 2020
Fitch cuts Canada’s rating to below AAA due to pandemic
By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) - Fitch on Wednesday downgraded Canada's sovereign rating for the first time, to "AA+" from "AAA," citing deterioration of the country's public finances in 2020 due t...
Jun 24, 2020
Apple to shut seven retail stores in Houston again as COVID-19 cases jump
(Reuters) - Apple Inc is set to shut seven of its retail locations in Houston, Texas again due to an increase in the number of novel coronavirus cases in the United States, the company said Wednesday....
Jun 24, 2020
Exclusive: Trump administration labels Huawei, Hikvision as backed by Chinese military – document
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration has determined that top Chinese firms, including telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] and video surveillance company Hikvision , are ow...
Jun 24, 2020
U.S. business borrowing for equipment falls about 26% in May: ELFA
(Reuters) - U.S. companies' borrowings for capital investments fell about 26% in May from a year earlier, as businesses put spending on hold amid the coronavirus crisis, the Equipment Leasing and Fina...
Jun 24, 2020
UAE lifts coronavirus-related curfew: tweet
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates' government has lifted its coronavirus-related curfew, it posted on Twitter on Wednesday. "All members of society are allowed to freely enter and exit throug...
Jun 24, 2020
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