Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. pension funds sue Allianz after $4 billion in coronavirus losses
By Tom Sims FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Pension funds for truckers, teachers and subway workers have lodged lawsuits in the United States against Germany's Allianz, one of the world's top asset managers, fo...
Sep 28, 2020
Texas county on alert over brain-eating amoeba after death of six-year-old
(Reuters) - Texas has stepped up efforts to counter the threat posed by a brain-eating amoeba detected in the water supply of a coastal county that led to the death of a 6-year-old boy earlier this mo...
Sep 28, 2020
Democrats attack Trump on taxes ahead of first debate with Biden
By Susan Heavey and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON/WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Democrats seized on a fresh line of attack on the eve of the first U.S. presidential election debate, accusing President Do...
Sep 28, 2020
Democrats attack Trump on taxes ahead of first debate with Biden
By Susan Heavey and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON/WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Democrats seized on a fresh line of attack on the eve of the first U.S. presidential election debate, accusing President Do...
Sep 28, 2020
GM will repay $28 million to Ohio in tax incentives after closing plant
(Reuters) - General Motors will repay $28 million in state tax incentives after it closed its Lordstown Assembly plant in March 2019, the state and automaker confirmed Monday. Under an agreement with ...
Sep 28, 2020
California wine country fire quadruples in size, more evacuations ordered
(Reuters) - A wildfire in northern California's Napa Valley wine country more than quadrupled in size overnight to 11,000 acres (4,500 hectares) as thousands of residents awoke to mandatory evacuation...
Sep 28, 2020
California wine country fire quadruples in size, more evacuations ordered
(Reuters) - A wildfire in northern California's Napa Valley wine country more than quadrupled in size overnight to 11,000 acres (4,500 hectares) as thousands of residents awoke to mandatory evacuation...
Sep 28, 2020
Microsoft gets into 5G race with Azure cloud for telecom operators
By Supantha Mukherjee (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp unveiled a new cloud platform on Monday aimed at enabling telecom operators to build 5G networks faster, reduce costs and sell customised services to b...
Sep 28, 2020
Trump says he paid millions in taxes, plays down concerns about debt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he paid "many millions of dollars in taxes" but was entitled to depreciation and tax credits and also said he was under-leveraged, hav...
Sep 28, 2020
Pelosi rallies U.S. House Democrats on possible presidential election decision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is rallying Democrats to prepare for a once-in-a-century election scenario requiring Congress to decide the outcome of the pre...
Sep 28, 2020
