Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. Supreme Court to consider limiting reach of computer fraud law
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to limit the type of conduct that can be prosecuted under a federal computer fraud law in a case it took up on Mo...
Apr 20, 2020
Record wide gap opens in U.S. oil futures contracts
By David Gaffen (Reuters) - An extreme situation has developed in the U.S. crude oil futures markets, as the current front-month May contract, due to expire Tuesday, has dropped by a whopping 36%, ope...
Apr 20, 2020
New York mayor says lack of coronavirus testing may delay city reopening
(Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday that it could take weeks if not months before the country's most populous city reopens due to a lack of widespread testing, even as offici...
Apr 20, 2020
House Republican leader: still no deal on more coronavirus money for small U.S. businesses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said on Monday there was still no deal on a funding measure that would provide more relief for small businesses hurt by the coronavir...
Apr 20, 2020
Halliburton books $1.1 billion charge, cuts spending amid oil rout
(Reuters) - Halliburton Co on Monday recorded $1.1 billion in impairment charges during the first quarter, lowered its spending forecast for the year, and gave a bleak outlook for North America activi...
Apr 20, 2020
Futures slide as oil price slump hammers energy stocks
By Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell on Monday as a slump in oil prices pounded energy stocks, with investors also bracing for another batch of dour first-quarter earnings rep...
Apr 20, 2020
Kept home by COVID-19, U.S. politics goes virtual with digital dance parties and avatars
By Sharon Bernstein and Makini Brice (Reuters) - When stay-at-home orders sparked by the coronavirus forced him to find new ways to reach young voters ahead of the November U.S. election, Felix Clarke...
Apr 20, 2020
Exclusive: In Russia, a black market for HIV drug to try on coronavirus
By Polina Ivanova MOSCOW (Reuters) - A black market has developed in Russia for an antiviral HIV drug explored as a possible treatment for COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavir...
Apr 20, 2020
Ex-Trump campaign aide Gates asks to serve sentence at home over coronavirus fears
By Bhargav Acharya (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's former deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates has asked to serve his remaining 45-day "intermittent" prison sentence from his home over fears ...
Apr 20, 2020
Coronavirus takes toll on global M&A as $1 billion deals disappear
By Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - For the first time since September 2004, no merger and acquisition deal worth more than $1 billion was announced worldwide last week, according to data provider Refini...
Apr 20, 2020
