U.S.: China reneged on trade commitments, sparking Trump tariff hike
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China backtracked on substantial commitments it made during trade talks with the United States, prompting President Donald…
Trump vows tariff hike on Chinese goods, escalating tension in trade talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump dramatically increased pressure on China on Sunday to reach a trade deal, saying he…
Trump vows new tariff hike on Chinese goods, escalating tension in trade talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump dramatically increased pressure on China to reach a trade deal by announcing on Sunday…
Get your children vaccinated or face fine: German health minister
FILE PHOTO: German Health Minister Jens Spahn attends a strategy meeting of Germany’s governing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party in…
U.S. doctors use medical records to fight measles outbreak
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. doctors are tapping into their electronic medical records to identify unvaccinated patients and potentially infected individuals…
U.S. rejects Tesla bid for tariff exemption for Autopilot ‘brain’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. trade officials rejected Tesla Inc’s bid for relief from President Donald Trump’s 25-percent tariffs on the…
U.S. House panel will hold May 15 hearing on grounded Boeing 737 MAX
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a May 15 hearing on the grounded Boeing…
Google parent struggles with mobile clicks, YouTube changes, shares down 7%
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google failed to reap the benefits of a strong economy that bolstered rivals in the first…
U.S. measles outbreak raises questions about immunity in adults
(Reuters) – Adults in the United States who were vaccinated against measles decades ago may need a new dose depending…
China’s Xi touts more than $64 billion in Belt and Road deals
BEIJING (Reuters) – President Xi Jinping on Saturday hailed deals worth more than $64 billion signed during China’s Belt and…
SAS grounds more flights as pilot strike continues
STOCKHOLM/OSLO (Reuters) – Scandinavian airline SAS canceled hundreds of flights scheduled for Sunday as a pilot strike entered its second…
U.S. judge blocks new Trump abortion rule for health clinics
(Reuters) – A federal judge in Washington state on Thursday blocked a Trump administration rule that would prohibit taxpayer-funded family…
Amazon aims to bring one-day delivery to Prime members around the globe
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc plans to deliver packages to members of its loyalty club Prime in just one day, instead…
New York investigating Facebook over storage of ‘unauthorized’ email contacts
(Reuters) – New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Thursday she is investigating Facebook Inc’s unauthorized storage of up…
Tesla promises return to profit in third quarter after large loss, may raise more capital
(Reuters) – Tesla Inc lost $700 million in the first quarter but predicted it would return to profit in the…
Trump says he is holding big Pharma accountable in opioid fight
ATLANTA (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump touted progress in the fight against opioid abuse on Wednesday and promised to…
PG&E get approval to pay employees $350 million to meet safety goals after wildfires
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – PG&E Corp can pay employees up to $350 million in bonuses this year to spur them…
Boeing sees FAA approving software fix in May, MAX ungrounding in July: sources
CHICAGO/SEATTLE (Reuters) – Boeing Co has told some 737 MAX owners it is targeting U.S. Federal Aviation Administration approval of…
U.S. brings first criminal case against major drug distributor over opioids
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Tuesday filed its first criminal charges against a major drug distributor and…
U.S. to end all waivers Iran oil imports, crude price jumps
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Monday said it will eliminate in May all waivers granted to eight economies…
Oil hits 2019 high on U.S. plan to tighten squeeze on Iran
LONDON (Reuters) – Oil topped $74 a barrel on Monday, the highest since November, as the United States was set…
Exclusive: Tereos still searching for wider funding – sources
(Corrects headline and paragraph 1 to make clear that syndication process is ongoing, to make clear in paragraph 5 that…
Exclusive: Spain’s Repsol suspended swap deal for Venezuelan oil under U.S. pressure
HOUSTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Spain’s Repsol suspended its swaps of refining products for crude with Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA,…
Tesla’s Elon Musk, SEC get another week to work out deal on Twitter use
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will get another…
New North American trade deal modestly boosts U.S. economy, trade panel finds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The new North American free trade pact would modestly boost the U.S. economy, especially auto parts production,…
Sears sues Lampert, claiming he looted assets and drove it into bankruptcy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sears Holdings Corp sued longtime former Chairman Eddie Lampert, his hedge fund ESL Investments and others…
Qualcomm shares soar on surprise settlement with Apple of long legal dispute
(Reuters) – Qualcomm Inc on Tuesday won a major victory with a surprise settlement of its wide-ranging legal dispute with…
Oil rally stalls on talk of OPEC+ boosting output
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices halted their rally on Monday, with both benchmarks down nearly 1 percent, after Russia’s…
U.S. to press allies to keep Huawei out of 5G in Prague meeting: sources
WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – The United States will push its allies at a meeting in Prague next month to adopt shared…
U.S. airlines face too many travelers, too few planes in 737 MAX summer dilemma
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Normally, U.S. airlines compete to sell tickets and fill seats during the peak summer travel season. But…
Italy’s UniCredit to pay $1.3 billion to settle U.S. sanctions probe
(Reuters) – Italy’s top bank UniCredit SpA and two subsidiaries have agreed to pay $1.3 billion to U.S. authorities to…
In South Korea’s struggling Kia Town, ‘bad jobs’ better than no jobs
GWANGJU, South Korea (Reuters) – Park Byung-kyu once led Kia Motor’s union in the city of Gwangju, fighting for labor…
U.S. measles cases surge nearly 20 percent in early April, CDC says
(Reuters) – The number of confirmed cases of measles in the United States this year jumped by nearly 20 percent…
FAA meets with U.S. airlines, pilot unions on Boeing 737 MAX
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration met for three hours on Friday with representatives from the three major U.S.…
U.S. lawmakers grill bank CEOs on social issues
(Reuters) – Chief executives of some of the largest U.S. banks faced off with the House Financial Services committee for…
U.S., China agree to establish trade deal enforcement offices: Mnuchin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and China have largely agreed on a mechanism to police any trade agreement they…
More U.S. states push ahead with near-bans on abortion for Supreme court challenge
(Reuters) – North Dakota Republican Governor Doug Burgum signed legislation on Wednesday making it a crime for doctors to perform…
Delays at U.S.-Mexico border crossing hits autos, trucks still lining up
Trucks wait in queue for border customs control to cross into the U.S. at the Cordova-Americas border crossing bridge in…
Uber, ahead of IPO, sees some time before self-driving cars dominate the road
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc expects it will be a long time before one of its biggest investments,…
World Bank board elects U.S. Treasury’s Malpass as next president
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – David Malpass, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the World Bank, won unanimous approval from the…
Swedbank chairman quits over money laundering scandal
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedbank Chairman Lars Idermark has quit only a week after the lender’s chief executive was ousted over…
Trump picks former presidential candidate Cain for Fed board
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump plans to nominate former pizza chain executive and Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain for…
Biotech crops still a sticking point in U.S.-China trade deal: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China’s lengthy approval process for genetically modified crops remains a sticking point in talks to end the…
Trump says U.S.-China trade deal may be reached in four weeks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States and China were getting very close to…
FAA launches new review of Boeing 737 MAX to ensure safety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration said late on Wednesday it is forming an international team to review the…
Cholera vaccinations launched in post-cyclone Mozambique
GENEVA (Reuters) – Health officials launched a vaccination campaign in Mozambique’s cyclone-hit port city of Beira on Wednesday in an…
Exclusive: Renault alerts prosecutors to Oman dealer payments in Ghosn era
PARIS (Reuters) – Renault has alerted French prosecutors to payments made to a Renault-Nissan business partner in Oman under former…
‘Impossible’ meatless patty gets Burger King Whopper test
(Reuters) – Vegetarian burgers may finally be getting the recognition they need to go mainstream. On Monday Burger King and…
Mixed data offer glimmers of hope for slowing U.S. economy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales unexpectedly fell in February, but a rebound in factory activity in March and strong…
Supreme Court rebuffs anti-abortion activists in Planned Parenthood suit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by anti-abortion activists to narrow a Planned Parenthood…
J&J baby shampoo samples fail Indian quality test; company rejects findings
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson’s baby shampoo samples failed quality tests conducted by the northwestern Indian state of…
National Enquirer: Bezos’ girlfriend’s brother ‘single source’ for reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The publisher of the National Enquirer on Sunday said its reports on Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos’…
U.S., China report progress in Beijing trade talks
BEIJING/PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that trade talks with China were going very…
Lyft shares soar on Nasdaq debut, setting stage for Uber
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lyft Inc’s shares rose as much as 23 percent in their market debut on Friday,…
Disney bans smoking at U.S. parks ahead of ‘Star Wars’ openings
Security officers staff the entrance at the Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Florida, U.S. June 13, 2016. REUTERS/Barbara…
Lyft valued at $24.3 billion in first ride-hailing IPO
(Reuters) – Lyft Inc was valued at $24.3 billion in the first initial public offering (IPO) of a ride-hailing startup…
Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan steps down
(Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co said on Thursday Tim Sloan will resign immediately as chief executive, becoming the second…
No call for simulators in new Boeing 737 MAX training proposals
SEATTLE/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Boeing Co said it will submit by the end of this week a training package that…