Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
With ‘Main Street’ in view, Fed weighs risks of job, productivity shocks
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve officials have talked broadly about helping households and firms through the current economic crisis and quickly unleashed trillions of ...
May 29, 2020
Attack on Taiwan an option to stop independence, top China general says
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent, one of the country's most senior generals said on Friday, a rhetorical escalation betwee...
May 28, 2020
Calm before the storm for Japan suicides as coronavirus ravages economy
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - The phones at the Tokyo suicide hotline start ringing as soon as it opens for its once-weekly overnight session. They don't stop until the lone volunteer fielding call...
May 28, 2020
Travel disruptions, cost cutting key issues for U.S. business in China: report
BEIJING (Reuters) - Global travel disruptions are the top concern for American businesses in China, of which many are cutting compensation and bonuses amid the fallout of the COVID-19 epidemic, accord...
May 28, 2020
Hong Kong government warns removing U.S. special status is ‘double-edged sword’
By Marius Zaharia HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's government warned Washington that withdrawing its special U.S. status, which has underpinned the city as a global financial hub, could be a "double-...
May 28, 2020
Los Angeles union, joined by ‘Pandemic Pig,’ demands meatpacking plant closure
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The union representing workers at a meatpacking plant near Los Angeles where at least 153 employees have come down with COVID-19 called on Thursday for the plant'...
May 28, 2020
U.S.-China tension to push Asian shares lower in choppy trade
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian shares were set to dip in choppy trade on Friday as worries about worsening U.S.-China ties offset the fillip from hopes massive government stimulus can jump-start the world...
May 28, 2020
U.N. delays crucial climate summit for a year, cites pandemic
By Kate Abnett and Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic has prompted the United Nations to delay until late 2021 a crucial climate summit that had been scheduled for Britain this yea...
May 28, 2020
California regulator approves PG&E’s Chapter 11 reorganization plan
(Reuters) - Power regulator California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved PG&E Corp's Chapter 11 reorganization plan, the San Francisco-based utility company said on Thursday. (Reporting ...
May 28, 2020
First Latina U.S. senator withdraws name from Biden’s running mate list
By Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, the first Latina elected to the U.S. Senate, said on Thursday she is not interested in being Joe Biden's running mate in ...
May 28, 2020
