Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Google’s fast-growing Meet video tool getting Zoom-like layout, Gmail link
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - Google will allow business and education users on Gmail.com to directly take calls on its video conferencing tool Meet starting Thursday, a new feature b...
Apr 16, 2020
Trump to push for reopening U.S. as millions more seek unemployment aid
By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday plans to announce new guidelines to reopen the economy after a monthlong shutdown over the coronavirus outbreak, despite ...
Apr 16, 2020
Morgan Stanley profit plunges 32% on COVID-19 impact
(Reuters) - Morgan Stanley posted a 32% fall in quarterly profit on Thursday as its advisory and wealth management businesses took a hit from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. The bank sa...
Apr 16, 2020
Options markets send cautiously bullish signal on U.S. stock rally
By April Joyner NEW YORK (Reuters) - As Wall Street stocks pause for breath following a blistering three-week surge, signals from the options market are suggesting that some investors believe the gain...
Apr 16, 2020
Futures gain ahead of earnings reports, jobless claims
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Thursday, with investors weighing the prospects of the economy re-opening against worsening macroeconomic data and dour first-quarte...
Apr 16, 2020
Kiper Jr. now has Lions taking Okudah first
ALLEN PARK, MI (WTVB) - ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. has the Detroit Lions selecting Ohio State defensive back Jeff Okudah third overall in the fourth edition of his mock draft. Kiper forecasts De...
Apr 16, 2020
Europe COVID-19 cases almost at 1 million, coming weeks ‘critical’ – WHO
LONDON (Reuters) - Europe is currently in eye of the storm of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the number of cases nearing a million, the World Health Organization's (WHO) European regional director said o...
Apr 16, 2020
How coronavirus hitched a ride through China
By Marco Hernandez and Cate Cadell (Reuters) - As residents of China's Wuhan began leaving for the first time last week, a Reuters analysis of official statements, data and residents' accounts reveals...
Apr 16, 2020
Millions face hunger as African cities impose coronavirus lockdowns
By Libby George and Katharine Houreld LAGOS/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Shehu Isah Daiyanu Dumus has run out of cash and says he only has a few handfuls of cassava flour left to eat. The 53-year-old paraplegi...
Apr 16, 2020
Europe’s scramble for face masks prompts longer term rethink
By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) - As countries scramble for face masks to protect their healthcare workers from the coronavirus, German and U.S. manufacturers in Europe are seeing an opportunity ...
Apr 16, 2020
