Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. planning to cancel visas of Chinese graduate students: sources
By Matt Spetalnick and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is planning to cancel the visas of thousands of Chinese graduate students believed by President Donald Trump's administrat...
May 28, 2020
Trump marks 100,000 U.S. coronavirus deaths milestone on Twitter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump marked the coronavirus pandemic milestone of 100,000 U.S. deaths in a Twitter post on Thursday, a day after the threshold was reached and his silence...
May 28, 2020
U.S. Department of Justice says probe into George Floyd’s death ‘top priority’
(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday it had made its investigation into police involvement in the death of George Floyd a “top priority,” after a second day of...
May 28, 2020
Despite rally, 2020 to be worst year for stocks in nearly a decade: Reuters poll
By Rahul Karunakar BENGALURU (Reuters) - This year will be the worst for many world stock markets in nearly a decade at least, although a majority of equity strategists polled by Reuters say top index...
May 28, 2020
Coronavirus unleashing new wave of U.S. layoffs
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits held above 2 million last week for a 10th straight week amid job cuts by U.S. state and local governme...
May 28, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. taxpayers’ virus relief went to firms that avoided U.S. tax
By Tom Bergin and Lawrence Delevingne LONDON/BOSTON (Reuters) - Last month Zagg Inc, a Utah-based company that makes mobile device accessories, received more than $9.4 million in cash from a U.S. gove...
May 28, 2020
CVS Health to open last of 1,000 drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites
(Reuters) - CVS Health Corp said on Thursday it would open more COVID-19 testing sites at some of its pharmacy drive-thru locations, completing the last leg of the drugstore chain's planned 1,000 site...
May 28, 2020
From Mr. Clean to Michelle Yeoh, how the travel industry plans to woo customers back
By Sheila Dang, Kate Holton and Stella Qiu NEW YORK/LONDON/BEIJING (Reuters) - Lysol is starring with celebrities and rock-bottom prices in the $8 trillion global travel industry's pitch to get people...
May 28, 2020
U.S. firms shield CEO pay as pandemic hits workers, investors
By Jessica DiNapoli and Ross Kerber NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - Sonic Automotive Inc , which operates 95 U.S. car dealerships, started laying off and furloughing about a third of its workforce as the ...
May 28, 2020
International students wonder if U.S. business school worth it in coronavirus era
By Humeyra Pamuk and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - This summer, dozens of incoming students at New York's Columbia Business School had planned to sail around the coast of Croatia for a week to get ...
May 28, 2020
