Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Democrat Ocasio-Cortez plans to back Biden but wants to see tougher stances
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of Congress's leading progressives, told Politico on Wednesday she wanted to see former Vice President Joe Biden refine his sta...
Apr 15, 2020
Pentagon probe unable to rule out White House influence on JEDI contract
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon's inspector general on Wednesday said it could not determine whether the White House influenced the award of a $10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft ove...
Apr 15, 2020
Best Buy to furlough 51,000 hourly U.S. store employees
(Reuters) - Best Buy Co Inc said on Wednesday it would furlough about 51,000 hourly U.S. store employees and that its sales dropped about 5% in the first two months of the current quarter, as the elec...
Apr 15, 2020
Some governors believe their states ready to reopen after coronavirus shutdown, CDC head says
By Doina Chiacu and Maria Caspani WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Governors of about 20 U.S. states where the new-coronavirus pandemic has had a low impact believe they may be ready to start the proce...
Apr 15, 2020
Abbott launches antibody test for coronavirus, plans to deliver 20 million tests by June
(Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories Inc on Wednesday launched a coronavirus blood test that could show whether a person has been infected and plans to ramp up manufacturing to produce 20 million tests in ...
Apr 15, 2020
U.S. manufacturing output posts biggest drop since 1946
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing output dropped by the most since 1946 in March as the novel coronavirus pandemic fractured supply chains, suggesting business investment contracted further in...
Apr 15, 2020
Citigroup profit nearly halves as loan defaults loom
(Reuters) - Citigroup Inc reported a 46% plunge in quarterly profit on Wednesday as the bank set aside nearly $5 billion to prepare for an expected flood of defaults on loans due to a virtual halt in ...
Apr 15, 2020
CDC director says some U.S. states may be ready to reopen May 1
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday he believes 19 or 20 U.S. states have had limited impact from the new coronavirus and th...
Apr 15, 2020
Wider Image: A day fighting COVID-19: U.S. hospital staff share hardest moments on shift
BALTIMORE, Md. (Reuters) - The shifts are long and the scenes are heartbreaking inside a Maryland hospital where nurses and doctors have been treating coronavirus patients for weeks, unable to let fam...
Apr 15, 2020
Goldman Sachs profit halves on mounting loan loss provisions
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc reported a 49% fall in quarterly profit on Wednesday, as the bank put aside nearly $1 billion to meet future loan defaults and booked heavy losses on its debt and e...
Apr 15, 2020
