Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. economy may not need more stimulus to weather coronavirus hit: White House official
By Reporting by Timothy Ahmann; Editing by Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy may be able to weather the hit from the coronavirus with the stimulative policies already in the pipelin...
Apr 30, 2020
Fed to expand reach of ‘Main Street’ lending program
By Howard Schneider and Lindsay Dunsmuir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Thursday widened a key program to nurse the "Main Street" economy through the coronavirus pandemic, agreeing...
Apr 30, 2020
Macy’s to reopen 68 stores, targets all within six weeks
(Reuters) - Macy's Inc plans to reopen 68 U.S. stores on Monday in states that have loosened coronavirus lockdowns, the department store operator said on Thursday, as more retailers sought to get busi...
Apr 30, 2020
Coronavirus sends U.S. consumer spending into record fall in March
(Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending plunged by the most on record in March on the back of stay-at-home orders across much of the country to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus. The Commerce De...
Apr 30, 2020
Pelosi says additional state aid would be for up to four years
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that a prospective $500 billion in congressional coronavirus assistance for U.S. states would be intended to ...
Apr 30, 2020
Dow, S&P 500 futures dip at end of strong month; jobless data eyed
By C Nivedita (Reuters) - Dow and S&P 500 stock index futures dipped on Thursday at the end of a strong month for Wall Street, with investors nervous about another stunning jobless claims figure, whil...
Apr 30, 2020
Funds suggest cutting stocks, expect U-shaped global economic recovery: Reuters poll
By Rahul Karunakar BENGALURU (Reuters) - Global funds recommended an increase in bond holdings to the highest level in seven years, at the expense of stocks, and said the recovery in the coronavirus-h...
Apr 30, 2020
Long-sought U.S. labor rule change raises worker safety questions in coronavirus crisis
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Some contract workers in America's fast food restaurants, hospitals and warehouses could find it harder to demand equipment and other measures to protect them from the coronavi...
Apr 30, 2020
Special Report: Trump told Saudis: Cut oil supply or lose U.S. military support – sources
By Timothy Gardner, Steve Holland, Dmitry Zhdannikov and Rania El Gamal WASHINGTON/LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) - As the United States pressed Saudi Arabia to end its oil price war with Russia, President Do...
Apr 30, 2020
U.S. FAA probing runway incident involving actor Harrison Ford – media
(Reuters) - The United States' Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating an incident in which actor Harrison Ford was piloting a small plane that wrongly crossed a runway where another ai...
Apr 30, 2020
