Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Color blind? How boardroom diversity data eludes advocates
By Ross Kerber, Jessica DiNapoli and Simon Jessop BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Last month CtW Investment Group urged Fresenius Medical Care AG to add diverse directors to its board. The group determine...
Sep 16, 2020
‘It made a lot of ash’: California lightning fire torches family cabin
By Nathan Frandino BROOKDALE, Calif. (Reuters) - Sandra Stone's family has been coming for years to the cabin along Clear Creek in Brookdale, California, that her great-grandparents built in 1907 usin...
Sep 16, 2020
Headaches and hospital visits as wildfire smoke blankets the U.S. West
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - The splitting headaches began when smoke from wildfires rolled in around Tim Hunt's suburban Seattle home. Next came a debilitating fatigue. As deadl...
Sep 16, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. pushes arms sales surge to ‘Fortress Taiwan,’ needling China – sources
By Mike Stone and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to sell as many as seven major weapons systems, including mines, cruise missiles and drones to Taiwan, four people fa...
Sep 16, 2020
U.S. House report blasts failures of Boeing, FAA in 737 MAX certification
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An 18-month investigation by a U.S. House panel blasted Boeing Co and the Federal Aviation Administration over the 737 MAX which has been grounded since Marc...
Sep 16, 2020
UK government in talks with rebels over Brexit treaty breach bill
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government has had talks with rebels in his party over the Internal Market Bill, which the European Union says could sink Brexit talks by breaching th...
Sep 16, 2020
Hurricane Sally shifts from offshore U.S. oil fields, heavy rains to damp fuel demand
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - Hurricane Sally crawled offshore along the U.S. Gulf Coast on Wednesday, moving away from oil fields while soaking the region with heavy rains that could damp fuel de...
Sep 16, 2020
Sally strengthens into Category 2 hurricane
(Reuters) - Hurricane Sally has strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday. The hurricane is located about 65 miles (105 km) south south-east o...
Sep 16, 2020
Fed expected to raise economic forecasts, extend vow to keep rates low
By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is expected to wrap up its latest policy meeting on Wednesday with somewhat rosier economic forecasts but a renewed pledge to keep in...
Sep 16, 2020
Exclusive: Alibaba, China Mobile weigh $443 million investment in blacklisted Dahua – sources
By Julie Zhu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd [CHNMC.UL] are considering investing 3 billion yuan ($443 million) in Zhejiang Dahua Technolog...
Sep 16, 2020
