Category Archives: Syndicated
Britain’s Princess Anne turns 70 with low key celebration
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Princess Anne will mark her 70th birthday on Saturday with a low-key celebration, as befits the traditionally hardest-working member of the royal family, after COVID-19 fo...
Aug 14, 2020
Pop-up COVID-19 testing sites help California farmers keep working
By Norma Galeana THERMAL, Calif. (Reuters) - For farmworkers in California's Coachella Valley, it's brutally simple: no work means no food. But fear of contracting COVID-19 and spreading it amongst th...
Aug 14, 2020
Justice Department opens probe into ex-NASA official, Boeing over space contract: sources
By Joey Roulette and Eric M. Johnson WASHINGTON/SEATTLE (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has opened a criminal probe into whether NASA's former head of human spaceflight gave Boeing Co improper...
Aug 14, 2020
Mexico central bank member eyes U-shaped economic recovery
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is more likely to be U-shaped than V-shaped, a Mexican central bank board member said on Friday, giving a contrasting v...
Aug 14, 2020
Berkshire reduces Wells Fargo, JPMorgan, Goldman stakes; adds Barrick Gold
(Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc said on Friday it has reduced its investments in some of the largest U.S. banks, lowering its stakes in Wells Fargo & Co and JPMorgan Chase & Co and...
Aug 14, 2020
U.S. judge dismisses NRA lawsuit challenging gun shop closures in New York state
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday dismissed the National Rifle Association's lawsuit challenging New York's decision to close gun stores in the state in the early stag...
Aug 14, 2020
Activist investor Starboard slashes eBay holding in second quarter, filing shows
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Starboard Value said on Friday that it sold nearly three quarters of its stake in eBay Inc during the second quarter when the activist investment firm also en...
Aug 14, 2020
Brazilian gaming company reaches $3 billion valuation with new investment
By Peter Frontini SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian gaming company Wildlife Studios said on Friday it had raised $120 million from Vulcan Capital, a fund tied to Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, which n...
Aug 14, 2020
Obama says he worries about Trump’s efforts to ‘kneecap’ Postal Service
DETROIT (Reuters) - Former President Barack Obama said on Friday he worries about protecting the integrity of November's election in view of efforts by President Donald Trump to "kneecap" the U.S. Pos...
Aug 14, 2020
Whiting Petroleum CEO to resign after it emerges from bankruptcy
(Reuters) - Whiting Petroleum Corp said on Friday Chief Executive Officer Bradley Holly would resign after the company emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, even though it had paid him $6.4 million in b...
Aug 14, 2020
