Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
From romance scams to phantom PPE, banks battle coronavirus crimewave
By Sinead Cruise and Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) - Fraud risk analyst Rajendran Raj was used to the odd out-of-hours alert from authorities, but a call one Saturday in March heralded a new era, of...
Dec 10, 2020
Newsmax plans expansion to capitalize on Trump support, anger at Fox News
By Lisa Richwine and Helen Coster LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Newsmax, a conservative cable news channel promoted by President Donald Trump, plans to expand in the United States and Britain, Chie...
Dec 10, 2020
Manufacturers hunt for deals amid pandemic wreckage
By Timothy Aeppel (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic has been a disaster for many U.S. manufacturers, but it is also creating acquisition opportunities. Cary Wood, chief executive of Grede Holdings LLC...
Dec 10, 2020
U.S. Senate to vote on spending stopgap as COVID-19 aid debate continues
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is expected to vote as early as Thursday on a one-week extension of federal government funding to provide more time for legislators to work out...
Dec 10, 2020
Exclusive-U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair to resign early next year
By Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Heath Tarbert will resign as chair of the U.S. derivatives market regulator early next year when Democratic President-elect Joe Biden designates an acting agen...
Dec 10, 2020
What’s next for Hollywood? Spotlight turns to Disney’s streaming plans
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - What will Disney do? Hollywood is asking that question a week after AT&T Inc's Warner Bros upended the film business by saying it would debut all of its 2021 m...
Dec 10, 2020
U.S. senators seek possible sanctions over Ethiopia conflict abuses
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Two U.S. senators have called on their government to consider imposing sanctions on any political or military officials found to be responsible for human rights violations during a...
Dec 10, 2020
Not without India: World’s pharmacy gears up for vaccine race
By Abhirup Roy, Euan Rocha and Krishna N. Das PUNE, India/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India, the world's biggest vaccine maker, is getting set for the massive global blitz to contain the coronavirus pandemi...
Dec 10, 2020
Boxed out: China’s exports pinched by global run on shipping containers
By Stella Qiu, Shivani Singh and Roslan Khasawneh BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China's world-beating economic rebound from the coronavirus pandemic is being blunted by a global shortage of shipping c...
Dec 10, 2020
Brexit hangs in the balance ahead of new Sunday deadline
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain and the European Union still have significant differences over a Brexit trade deal so real progress needs to be made to keep talking beyond the new deadline of Sunday, Foreig...
Dec 10, 2020
On Air Now
Sat Aug 22
Sheboygan, WI, USA
79°FFeels Like: 78°F
Wind/Dir: 36 MPH-NW
Humidity: 48%
