Category Archives: Syndicated
U.S. appeals court won’t unseal papers in Facebook encryption fight
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday declined to unseal a ruling that let Facebook avoid wiretapping a criminal suspect who was using one of the company's encr...
Jul 22, 2020
CSX quarterly profit falls as pandemic stifles rail shipments
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. railroad operator CSX Corp reported on Wednesday a drop in quarterly profit after cost controls failed to offset a 20% volume slump from the COVID-19 pandemic that now thr...
Jul 22, 2020
Ohio governor orders masks to be worn inside businesses
(Reuters) - Ohio Governor Mike DeWine issued a statewide mandate on Wednesday, requiring masks to BE worn while inside businesses and outdoors when social distancing is not possible. The order, which ...
Jul 22, 2020
U.S. mortgage refis surge as rates fall to historically low levels
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. mortgage refinancings are surging as historically low 30-year fixed mortgage rates attract borrowers, Bespoke Investment Group said on Wednesday. Mortgage rates fell below 3%...
Jul 22, 2020
Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen’s attitude justified return to prison, prosecutors say
By Jonathan Stempel and Karen Freifeld (Reuters) - Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump, was sent back to prison from home confinement this month because he was "a...
Jul 22, 2020
California surpasses New York as worst-hit state in coronavirus cases
By Anurag Maan and Shaina Ahluwalia (Reuters) - California on Wednesday overtook New York, the original epicenter of the nation's outbreak, as the worst-hit state for cases of COVID-19, according to a...
Jul 22, 2020
Ford says Mexico railway blockade near U.S. border impacting operations
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Ford's Mexico unit said on Wednesday that a railway blockade in the Mexican border state of Sonora is affecting operations at its Hermosillo plant in the same state, as well as...
Jul 22, 2020
S&P affirms Canada at ‘AAA/A-1+’
(Reuters) - Ratings agency Standard & Poor affirmed Canada's sovereign debt ratings at 'AAA/A-1+' on Wednesday, citing the government's use of its fiscal and monetary headroom as a safety net to cushi...
Jul 22, 2020
Senior U.S. diplomat says U.S., China can still cooperate on North Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. diplomat said on Wednesday that the United States and China can still work together against North Korea's development of weapons of mass destruction, despite tensi...
Jul 22, 2020
Frozen U.S. pork supplies fell by 25% after virus hit meat plants, USDA says
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - America's frozen pork inventories were down 25% from a year earlier at the end of June, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Wednesday, after outbreaks of the co...
Jul 22, 2020
