Category Archives: Syndicated
Protests in Michigan after student jailed for not doing online schoolwork
PONTIAC, Michigan (Reuters) - Hundreds of Detroit-area students turned out in protest outside their high school Thursday calling for the release of a classmate who is in juvenile detention after not c...
Jul 16, 2020
Fed balance sheet rises to $7.01 trillion, weekly data shows
(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's stash of bonds and other assets rose for the first time in more than a month, data released by the central bank on Thursday showed. The Fed's total balance sheet...
Jul 16, 2020
Proxy adviser ISS backs Toshiba, recommends against dissidents
BOSTON (Reuters) - Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services Inc (ISS) on Thursday recommended that Toshiba Corp shareholders elect all company directors, dealing a blow to two activist investo...
Jul 16, 2020
New Yorkers soak up the sun on High Line park, nearly empty at its reopening
By Gabriella Borter NEW YORK (Reuters) - A few dozen New Yorkers wandered through Manhattan's elevated High Line Park on Thursday, marveling at the lush gardens, city views and lack of crowds as it re...
Jul 16, 2020
Golf: Muirfield a whole new test in second leg of double-header
(Reuters) - The Memorial Tournament is the second PGA Tour event in as many weeks to be held at Muirfield Village Golf Club and those competing in both ends of the unusual double-header were greeted w...
Jul 16, 2020
U.S. prepares push to reduce ‘unnecessary’ COVID-19 testing – official
(Reuters) - The United States is preparing to issue guidance on reducing "unnecessary" testing for COVID-19 as it works to reduce turnaround times for tests, a senior U.S. health official said on Thur...
Jul 16, 2020
U.S, UK agree to work to promote ‘additional trusted 5G solutions’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. and British foreign ministers agreed to promote the development of "additional trusted 5G solutions," the U.S. State Department said on Thursday, two days after Britain...
Jul 16, 2020
Hong Kong reverts to China tariffs under Trump order, impact limited: trade lawyers
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's executive order ending Hong Kong's special status under U.S. law effectively ends the territory's separate customs treatment from China ...
Jul 16, 2020
WNBA says it won’t push Dream owner Loeffler to sell
Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said the WNBA won't push Atlanta Dream co-owner Kelly Loeffler to sell her stake in the team. Loeffler, a Republican U.S. senator from Georgia, angered team members with r...
Jul 16, 2020
U.S. judge approves transfer of jailed former VW executive to Germany
WASHINGTON/MUNICH (Reuters) - A U.S. judge in Detroit on Thursday approved the transfer to Germany of a former Volkswagen AG executive imprisoned in the automaker's diesel emissions scandal. In 2017, ...
Jul 16, 2020
