Category Archives: Syndicated
Nicklaus: Fall Masters should favor McIlroy
World No. 1 Rory McIlory should benefit from a November Masters Tournament, legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus said Wednesday. Speaking with Golf Channel's "Morning Drive" on Wednesday, the 18-time major ...
Apr 08, 2020
Cut salaries, taxes to reopen U.S. economy says Laffer, conservative fave
By Ann Saphir and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican economist Art Laffer, an architect of the Reagan era tax cuts that paved the way for historic budget deficits in the United States, has a...
Apr 08, 2020
Costco’s March same-store sales jump as coronavirus triggers surge in buying
(Reuters) - Costco Wholesale Corp reported a 9.6% jump in March comparable sales, as customers stocked up on essentials to weather coronavirus-led lockdowns. U.S. comparable sales rose 10.7% for five ...
Apr 08, 2020
Philips says U.S. deal will enable it to ramp up ventilator production
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch health technology company Philips said on Wednesday it struck a deal with the White House that will enable it to significantly ramp up its production of hospital ventilator...
Apr 08, 2020
Pelosi: more small business spending alone would not pass U.S. House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday that $250 billion in coronavirus relief for small businesses desired by Republicans could not pass the House of Representatives...
Apr 08, 2020
Brazil turns to local industry to build ventilators as China supplies fail
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Health Minister Luis Henrique Mandetta said on Wednesday that the country's attempts to purchase medical supplies from China to fight the coronavirus epidemic were failin...
Apr 08, 2020
Portugal suspends water, electricity shutoffs and releases some prisoners amid coronavirus outbreak
By Catarina Demony and Victoria Waldersee LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's parliament temporarily suspended electricity, water and gas shutoffs and granted partial pardon to some of its prisoners on Wedn...
Apr 08, 2020
JetBlue seeks U.S. approval to temporarily halt flights to 11 airports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - JetBlue Airways Corp on Wednesday asked the U.S. Transportation Department for emergency approval to temporarily suspend service to 11 U.S. airports, including Dallas, Houston, ...
Apr 08, 2020
Medtronic wins U.S. approval for ventilator, plans launch in May
(Reuters) - Medical device maker Medtronic Plc said on Wednesday it has won the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval to immediately market its ventilator, which it plans to launch by May, to m...
Apr 08, 2020
‘This is very real’: from their window, New York couple sees refrigerated trucks remove bodies
(Reuters) - A New York couple has seen the cityscape outside their Brooklyn apartment change dramatically in recent weeks, as refrigerated trucks line up in the lot below to receive the remains of COV...
Apr 08, 2020
