U.S. health officials report 41 new cases of measles last week
(Reuters) – The United States recorded 41 new measles cases last week, bringing the year’s total number of cases to 981 in the worst outbreak of the disease since 1992,…
Brazil halts beef exports to China after atypical mad cow case
FILE PHOTO: Workers carry salted meat which will be spreaded, dried and then packed at a plant of JBS S.A, the world’s largest beef producer, in Santana de Parnaiba, Brazil…
Auto sector scrambles after Trump threatens Mexican tariffs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Global auto and parts manufacturers scrambled on Friday to make contingency plans and look at ways of speeding some deliveries after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened new…
Exclusive: Space firm founded by billionaire Paul Allen closing operations – sources
SEATTLE/ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Stratolaunch Systems Corporation, the space company founded by late billionaire and Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen, is closing operations, cutting short ambitious plans to challenge traditional…
Cruise line Carnival seeks dismissal of U.S. lawsuits over Cuba docks
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cruise line Carnival Corp is asking a U.S. court to dismiss lawsuits that claim the company profited from confiscated Cuban property, the first such cases brought since…
From prison, ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli sues ex-colleagues for $30 million
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical entrepreneur serving a seven-year prison term for fraud, on Friday sued three former colleagues at Retrophin Inc for more than $30 million,…
Exxon shareholders reject resolutions on climate and separating CEO: chairman
DALLAS (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp shareholders on Wednesday rejected a proposal to split the chief executive officer and board chairman roles that some had promoted to protest a decision…
Pence, Trudeau to discuss Huawei and China trade issues in Ottawa: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will discuss their countries’ joint dispute with China over Huawei during a meeting in Ottawa on…
U.S. football player’s overdose death spotlighted in J&J Oklahoma opioid trial
(Reuters) – The father of a college football player who died of a drug overdose gave emotional testimony about the U.S. opioid epidemic’s personal cost on Wednesday in the second…
J&J’s greed helped fuel U.S. opioid crisis, Oklahoma claims at trial
NORMAN, Okla. (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson’s greed led the drugmaker to use deceptive marketing to create an oversupply of painkillers that fueled the U.S. opioid epidemic, the state of…