Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Britain’s spies defending COVID-19 vaccine work, MI5 chief says
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - British spies are trying to defend COVID-19 vaccine work against hostile powers that seek to either steal or sabotage research data in the race for the global p...
Oct 14, 2020
Goldman Sachs profit nearly doubles on trading surge
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc reported a 94% rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday, driven by a resurgence in deal-making and continued strength in its trading and underwriting businesses. The b...
Oct 14, 2020
Senator Warren slams Disney for layoffs, executives’ salaries
By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren slammed Walt Disney Co's move to lay off 28,000 workers while making shareholder payouts in the years leading up to the COVID-19 ...
Oct 14, 2020
U.S. coffee drinkers consume as much at home during pandemic, poll shows
By Marcelo Teixeira NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans are drinking just as much coffee during the pandemic, as often as before, but at home instead of in coffee shops and restaurants, a poll released on ...
Oct 14, 2020
Bank of America profit falls on higher provisions
(Reuters) - Bank of America Corp reported a 15.8% drop in quarterly profit on Wednesday, hit by higher provisions for credit losses and a slump in performance in three of its four chief segments. The ...
Oct 14, 2020
Futures muted ahead of next batch of bank earnings
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - Futures tracking the S&P 500 were flat on Wednesday on doubts about more fiscal stimulus following an impasse in Washington and ahead of the next batch of quarterly bank ear...
Oct 14, 2020
Panicked Europe battens down against COVID second wave
By Jan Lopatka and Marine Strauss PRAGUE/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European countries have begun to close schools and cancel surgeries, going well beyond curbs on social life, as overwhelmed authorities fa...
Oct 14, 2020
Supreme Court confirmation hearing doubles as campaign stop for embattled Republicans
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Embattled Senate Republicans took advantage of the spotlight at Tuesday's confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump's third Supreme Court nominee to t...
Oct 14, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Barrett faces second day of scrutiny
By Andrew Chung, Lawrence Hurley and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett faces more grilling by senators on Wednesday, a day after fending off repeate...
Oct 14, 2020
After two lost decades, U.S.’s weakest local economies may face worse from pandemic
By Howard Schneider (Reuters) - A decade-long economic expansion did little to narrow the gaps between the United States' prosperous and ailing areas, with thousands of "distressed" zip codes shedding...
Oct 14, 2020
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