Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Pandemic pushes U.S. insurers to avoid already strained senior care market
By Suzanne Barlyn (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic has made it even harder for senior-care centers in the United States to find or afford standard liability insurance, with rates soaring by as muc...
Jul 09, 2020
Trump administration could allow families to use U.S. education funds elsewhere, DeVos says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration will not cut federal education spending but could allow families to use funds elsewhere if their school does not open amid the coronavirus pandemic, the...
Jul 09, 2020
EU urges more G20 cooperation on monetary, fiscal policy against COVID-19 crisis
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Global powers should cooperate better on monetary and fiscal policy to tackle the COVID-19 economic crisis, European Union finance ministers and central bankers will tell their G2...
Jul 09, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. finalizing federal contract ban for companies that use Huawei, others
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration plans to finalize regulations this week that will bar the U.S. government from buying goods or services from any company that uses p...
Jul 09, 2020
U.S. forecaster sees 50-55% chance of La Niña in 2020 fall
(Reuters) - There is about 50-55% chance of La Nia development during the northern hemisphere fall in 2020, with a 50% chance the pattern will continue through winter 2020-21, a U.S. government weathe...
Jul 09, 2020
Exclusive: Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase readies stock market listing: sources
By Anirban Sen, Joshua Franklin and Anna Irrera (Reuters) - Coinbase Inc has initiated preparations for a stock market listing that could come as early as this year, making it the first major U.S. cry...
Jul 09, 2020
India raises concerns with U.S. over new rules for foreign students
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has conveyed its concerns to the United States about a new immigration order that could force a large number of Indian students to return home, the foreign ministry said on...
Jul 09, 2020
British high street reeling as another 5,000 jobs go
By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Two of the biggest names on the British high street said they would cut more than 5,000 jobs on Thursday after conceding that customers were unlikely to return to the...
Jul 09, 2020
U.S. weekly jobless claims stay elevated; labor market improvement stalling
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Weakening demand and a resurgence in new COVID-19 cases are keeping new U.S. applications for unemployment benefits extraordinarily high, suggesting the labor ...
Jul 09, 2020
Moderna signs contract for filling potential COVID-19 vaccine vials by Spain’s Rovi
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc said on Thursday it has signed an agreement with Spain's Laboratorios Farmacuticos Rovi SA to provide vial filling and packaging capacity for its potential COVID-19 vaccine to ...
Jul 09, 2020
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