Category Archives: Syndicated
Carnival CEO defends company’s safety record as cruise industry remains grounded
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - Carnival Corp Chief Executive Officer Arnold Donald defended the company's safety record on Thursday, telling reporters in a media call that Carnival followed protocols fro...
Apr 16, 2020
Gilead surges after report suggests COVID-19 patients responding to remdesivir
(Reuters) - Shares of Gilead Sciences Inc soared 15% on Thursday after a media report suggested that severe COVID-19 patients were positively responding to the drugmaker's experimental treatment remde...
Apr 16, 2020
FBI official says foreign hackers have targeted COVID-19 research
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior cybersecurity official with the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Thursday that foreign government hackers have broken into companies conducting...
Apr 16, 2020
Toyota-backed Pony.ai to offer autonomous delivery service in California
BEIJING (Reuters) - Toyota-backed self driving company Pony.ai said on Friday it would provide an autonomous delivery service to residents of Irvine, California, as demand for online orders surges bec...
Apr 16, 2020
U.S. judge denies bid by Trump’s longtime adviser Roger Stone for new trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday denied a bid for a new trial by President Donald Trump's longtime friend and adviser Roger Stone after the veteran Republican operative accused the j...
Apr 16, 2020
China’s virus-hit economy set to post first decline since at least 1992
By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - China's coronavirus crisis is expected to have tipped its economy into its first decline since at least 1992, data is set to show on Friday, raising pressure on author...
Apr 16, 2020
‘Makeshift morgue’ at New Jersey nursing home sparks broader coronavirus probe
By Nathan Layne and Jessica Resnick-Ault (Reuters) - New Jersey's governor on Thursday ordered a probe into long-term care facilities after a "makeshift morgue" was found at a nursing home devastated ...
Apr 16, 2020
Pence says more than 5 million Americans will have been tested for coronavirus by end of April
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday that he expects more than 5 million Americans will have been tested for the novel coronavirus by the end of April. "We'll continue to ...
Apr 16, 2020
IMF sees ‘lost decade’ of no growth in Latin America due to pandemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, combined with other problems in recent years, meant Latin America and the Cari...
Apr 16, 2020
Trump announces plan to reopen virus-ravaged U.S. economy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump laid out guidelines on Thursday for reopening the coronavirus-ravaged U.S. economy, saying states should take a phased approach to let Americans retu...
Apr 16, 2020
