Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
New York judge reduces J&J damages award in baby powder case to $120 million
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York state judge has reduced to $120 million from $325 million a damages verdict against Johnson & Johnson to a woman who blamed her cancer on asbestos exposure from using t...
Nov 20, 2020
Mnuchin says Main Street U.S. companies need grants, not loans
By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Friday defended his decision to end several of the Federal Reserve's key pandemic lending programs on...
Nov 20, 2020
S&P, Dow futures slip as stimulus hopes fade
By Shivani Kumaresan (Reuters) - Futures tracking the S&P 500 and the Dow dipped on Friday as fears over rising coronavirus infections and fading stimulus threatened to further hamper a slowing econom...
Nov 20, 2020
Special Report: When cops and America’s cherished gun rights clash, cops win
By Lawrence Hurley, Andrew Chung and Andrea Januta LEESBURG, Florida (Reuters) - The night a cop killed Andrew Scott started out like many others had for the 26-year-old pizzeria worker. Home from his...
Nov 20, 2020
Gap between vaccine hopes and pandemic reality poses market hazard
By April Joyner NEW YORK (Reuters) - As winter approaches, U.S. equity investors are weighing brightening prospects for a COVID-19 vaccine against a resurgence of the pandemic across the United States...
Nov 20, 2020
How Airbnb’s CEO succumbed to an IPO he resisted
By Joshua Franklin and Anirban Sen (Reuters) - Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky resisted calls from his investors for years to follow the lead of other Silicon Valley unicorns and take the home rental startup ...
Nov 20, 2020
Why Republican voters say there’s ‘no way in hell’ Trump lost
By Brad Brooks, Nathan Layne and Tim Reid SUNDOWN, Texas (Reuters) - Brett Fryar is like many mainstream Republicans. A 50-year-old chiropractor in this west Texas town, he owns a small business. He h...
Nov 20, 2020
Pfizer applies for U.S. emergency use for COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said on Friday it has applied to U.S. health regulators for emergency use authorization (EUA) of its COVID-19 vaccine, a major step toward providing protection against the new c...
Nov 20, 2020
Explainer: Can Trump override the popular vote?
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's latest strategy for attacking the legitimacy of the U.S. election appears to be focusing on a bold power play of persuading Republican...
Nov 20, 2020
U.S. financial groups, wary of crackdown, feel out Biden transition team
By Michelle Price and Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Financial lobbyists, kept at arm's length by Joe Biden's campaign, have begun engaging with the Democratic president-elect's transition team...
Nov 20, 2020
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