Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Thousands of small-business loans may have been fraudulent, House panel finds
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of loans worth billions of dollars may have been subject to fraud, waste and abuse in the $659 billion taxpayer-funded Paycheck Protection Pr...
Sep 01, 2020
New York City schools to delay class start under safety deal with unions
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City public schools, the largest U.S. school system, will delay the start of classes by 11 days to Sept. 21 under an agreement with education unions that had pushed for a...
Sep 01, 2020
Trump White House restarts tours, with pandemic restrictions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration will restart tours of the White House on Sept. 12 with new restrictions aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus, according to an ...
Sep 01, 2020
U.S. House Oversight Committee to subpoena AbbVie in drug-pricing probe
(Reuters) - The U.S. House Oversight Committee has decided to subpoena drugmaker Abbvie Inc to seek documents as part of its investigation into drug pricing practices. "After more than 18 months, AbbV...
Sep 01, 2020
U.S. manufacturing activity at 19-month high in August
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing activity accelerated to a more than 1-1/2-year high in August amid a surge in new orders, but employment continued to lag, supporting views that the labor mar...
Sep 01, 2020
Trump alleges plane ‘loaded with thugs’ sought to damage RNC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said authorities were investigating an alleged plot involving about seven people aboard a plane last weekend carrying unspecified "gear" and aiming t...
Sep 01, 2020
Senate Republicans likely to take up COVID-19 bill next week, Meadows says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Tuesday said he expects Senate Republicans to bring up a targeted COVID-19 relief bill next week and that the Trump administration may...
Sep 01, 2020
Zoom shares soar; Wall Street warns of risks when pandemic eases
(Reuters) - Wall Street analysts raised price targets for Zoom Video Communications on Tuesday as its shares were set to hit record highs, while warning that a return to office work could hamper its s...
Sep 01, 2020
Small the new big for hotels post-pandemic, says Oyo CEO
By Axel Threlfall and Joshua Franklin LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic will mean holiday-goers will shy away from larger hotels for the foreseeable future in favor of boutiques and ho...
Sep 01, 2020
Zuckerberg, Chan to donate $300 million for U.S. elections to deal with COVID-19 pandemic
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan will donate $300 million to help the U.S. election process deal with challenges related to the COVID-19 pan...
Sep 01, 2020
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