Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
S&P DJI removes Chinese firms from indexes after U.S. order
By Andrew Galbraith SHANGHAI (Reuters) - S&P Dow Jones Indices on Thursday became the second major index provider to remove some Chinese companies from its index products following a Trump administrat...
Dec 10, 2020
Biden to campaign for Georgia Democrats next week amid hot U.S. Senate races
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden next week will jump into the fiery U.S. Senate campaigns in Georgia, two contests that could help push his legislative agenda through Congress if ...
Dec 10, 2020
United Airlines invests in carbon-capture project to be 100% green by 2050
By Tracy Rucinski CHICAGO (Reuters) - United Airlines said on Thursday it had committed to a multimillion-dollar investment in a project to remove carbon dioxide from the air through air direct-captur...
Dec 10, 2020
U.S. FDA advisory panel meets on Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine
By Manas Mishra and Michael Erman (Reuters) -A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is meeting on Thursday to weigh whether to recommend that the agency authorize Pfizer'...
Dec 10, 2020
U.S. on cusp of COVID-19 vaccine as deaths surpass 3,000 in a day
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States prepared to roll out a coronavirus vaccine within days as the country's daily death toll surpassed 3,000 for the first time, exceeding the number of lives lost...
Dec 10, 2020
Special Report-China launches ‘gray-zone’ warfare to subdue Taiwan
By Yimou Lee, David Lague and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - Months after eliminating a popular challenge to its rule in Hong Kong, China is turning to an even higher-stakes target: self-governing T...
Dec 10, 2020
S&P 500 futures rise on vaccine boost ahead of jobless claims
By Shriya Ramakrishnan (Reuters) - Futures tied to the S&P 500 and the Dow edged higher on Thursday as hopes for a swift roll out of a COVID-19 vaccine took the focus off a report that is likely to sh...
Dec 10, 2020
U.S. election year shaped by pandemic and Trump’s defiance
By James Oliphant (Reuters) - The U.S. presidential election was defined at first by a paralyzing coronavirus pandemic that upended traditional campaigning and then by President Donald Trump's frenzie...
Dec 10, 2020
Moderna begins study of COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents
(Reuters) -Moderna Inc said on Thursday it had dosed the first participant in a mid-to-late stage study testing its COVID-19 vaccine candidate in adolescents aged 12 to less than 18. The study is bein...
Dec 10, 2020
Trump admin revives oil leasing in California despite opposition
(Reuters) - The Trump administration on Thursday will hold a sale of oil and gas leases on federal land in California for the first time in eight years despite widespread opposition to the auction in ...
Dec 10, 2020
