Ford extends warranty on 560,000 Focus, Fiesta models
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Ford is seen on a 2020 Ford Explorer car at Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant in…
Oil slumps more than 4% on weak global economic data, U.S. crude build
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices sank more than 4% on Wednesday after global demand fears were revived by weak…
Macy’s shares sink as discounts to clear inventory hurt, tourism drops
(Reuters) – Macy’s Inc (M.N) cut its full-year earnings forecast on Wednesday after missing estimates for quarterly profit for the…
U.S. import prices rebound, but trend remains subdued
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. import prices unexpectedly rose in July, but the underlying trend continued to be weak, pointing to…
FCC chairman circulates order to approve Sprint, T-Mobile tie-up
FILE PHOTO: A smartphone with Sprint logo are seen in front of a screen projection of T-mobile logo, in this…
Trade tensions and a weaker yuan drive Chinese crypto demand, market players say
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Trade tensions between the United States and China and a weakening yuan are boosting demand for…
Macy’s sinks as discounts to clear inventory backfire, tourism drops
(Reuters) – Macy’s Inc (M.N) slashed its full-year earnings forecast on Wednesday after missing estimates for quarterly profit for the…
Wall Street tumbles on rising fears of recession
(Reuters) – Wall Street main indexes slid more than 2% on Wednesday, as a closely watched U.S. bond market indicator…
Americans Protest Trump, Injustice In U.S. On Medals Stand At Pan Am Games
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Two Americans used their medal-winning moments at the Pan American Games to draw attention to social…
Bayer mediator dismisses report of $8 billion Roundup settlement
NEW YORK/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bayer AG has not offered to pay billions of dollars to settle claims in the United…
Amgen wins U.S. patent battle on arthritis drug Enbrel, thwarting Novartis
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday upheld two patents relating to Amgen Inc’s blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis drug Enbrel, denying…
No-deal Brexit could deepen Europe’s shortage of medicines – experts
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – As the Oct. 31 deadline for Britain to leave the European Union approaches, health professionals are warning…
U.S. records 10 new cases of measles last week
FILE PHOTO: A vial of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine is pictured at the International Community Health Services…
Regeneron’s Ebola treatment proves superior to rival in trial
(Reuters) – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Monday its experimental treatment for Ebola proved superior to a rival therapy from…
U.S. budget deficit widens; spending up on health, military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government’s deficit widened to $120 billion in July, fueled by increases in spending on health…
Bills from out-of-network doctors rising at in-network hospitals
A growing number of Americans treated at hospitals that are part of their insurance networks are getting billed for out-of-network…
Senator Grassley seeks info on Novartis’s Zolgensma data issues
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) speaks to reporters on his way from the Senate floor after a vote…
Scientists hail promise of first effective Ebola treatments in Congo trial
LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists are a step closer to finding the first effective treatments for the deadly Ebola haemorrhagic fever…
Boy, 16, dies after attack by 3 dogs in Dallas-area backyard
Police say a 16-year-old boy has died after being mauled by three pit bulls inside the fenced backyard of a…
Calls for Michigan civil rights director to step down grow
Calls for the director of the Michigan agency that investigates discrimination complaints to resign are growing as new details have…
Texas service held for Vietnam War pilot, killed in 1967
U.S. flags and patriotic songs helped honor an Air Force pilot from Texas whose plane was shot down in 1967…
AMS plans rival takeover bid for Germany’s Osram
FILE PHOTO: CEO of lamp manufacturer Osram Olaf Berlien poses during the opening of the company ‘World of light’ showroom…
Tesla electric car catches fire after hitting a tow truck in Moscow
Joe Young, media relations associate for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), demonstrates a front crash prevention test on…
US military says service member killed in Iraq
The U.S. military says a U.S. service member has died during a combat mission with Iraqi security forces in Iraq‘s…
Judge rejects bid for new trial in ‘Making a Murderer’ case
A judge has rejected a man’s bid for a new trial in a Wisconsin killing featured in the Netflix series…
Investors embrace ESG investing but don’t target gun stocks
BOSTON (Reuters) – Two new BlackRock Inc funds that exclude gun makers are off to slow starts as socially-minded investors…
Walmart tells staff to pull violent video game signage from stores
(Reuters) – Walmart Inc said on Friday it has asked employees at its stores in the United States to take…
Beyond Meat shelves plans for Japan push, Mitsui says
FILE PHOTO: Products from Beyond Meat Inc, the vegan burger maker, are shown for sale at a market in Encinitas,…
Farm equipment maker Deere’s dealers reel from trade war, bad weather
CHICAGO (Reuters) – When China announced this week that it had stopped buying U.S. agricultural products and might impose additional…
Oil rises on European stock draw despite demand slowdown forecast
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices rose more than $1 a barrel on Friday, supported by a drop in European…
Wall Street ends down amid more trade woes, high volatility
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks fell on Friday following renewed jitters over the U.S.-China trade war, capping a week…
Gold gains as trade concerns weigh on global markets
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Signs of further escalation of the U.S.-China trade war and weak UK economic data weighed on…
U.S. still evaluating requests from firms to sell to China’s Huawei: officials
FILE PHOTO: The Silicon Valley office of Huawei and its U.S. subsidiary Futurewei Technologies Inc. in Santa Clara, California, U.S.,…
Trump roils markets with comments on China trade, Huawei
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he was not ready to make a deal with China…
IMF stands by yuan view; says China could need stimulus if trade war worsens
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund on Friday stood by its assessment that the value of China’s yuan was…
Timeline: Key dates in the U.S.-China trade war
(Reuters) – Hopes for an early settlement of the yearlong U.S.-China trade war dimmed this week after the United States…
Bayer mediator dismisses report of $8 billion Roundup settlement
NEW YORK/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bayer AG has not offered to pay billions of dollars to settle claims in the United…
Investors look for consumer pressure ahead of next tariffs
(Reuters) – As President Donald Trump prepares to slap new tariffs on Chinese imports, investors are bracing for signs of…
Ex-US Olympic dressage athlete charged with attempted murder
A history of disputes between a former Olympic equestrian athlete and two people who rented from him at a farm…
Police: 5 dead, 2 injured after crash in southern Indiana
Five young people died and two others were injured Friday after the SUV they were riding in crashed and overturned…
Police: El Paso shooting suspect said he targeted Mexicans
The man accused of carrying out last weekend’s deadly mass shooting at a Walmart in the Texas border city of…
Video of woman being hit by officer prompts changes
The chief of a small Vermont police department says he’s changed the use-of-force reporting policies in the aftermath of an…
Teen’s racist videos show SC needs hate crime law: Sheriff
A South Carolina sheriff said Thursday that the state needs a hate crime law after his deputies couldn’t initially charge…
Shootings prompt other countries to warn about travel to US
The United States often takes a leading role in calling out the world’s most dangerous places, warning its people about…
Sarepta says adverse event report for DMD gene therapy erroneously submitted
(Reuters) – Sarepta Therapeutics Inc said on Thursday it was informed that an adverse event report was erroneously submitted to…
Woman bites intruder who forced his way into home
A nearly toothless South Florida woman says she bit a man who forced his way into her apartment. Alice Coleman…
Susan Rice: ‘Unabashed Bigot’ Trump Has Poisoned The International Climate
Former U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice says Donald Trump’s racist rhetoric has not only seeped through the fabric of…
FDA panel backs Gilead’s HIV prevention drug Descovy, except in women
(Reuters) – An FDA advisory panel on Wednesday voted in favor of Gilead Sciences Inc’s combination drug to reduce the…
Supermarkets near home, fast-food along commute tied to obesity
(Reuters Health) – People with more supermarkets and grocery stores close to home and workers who pass more fast food…
Patient groups push back against Gilead’s pricey HIV prevention treatment
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Gilead Sciences Inc (GILD.O) hopes to soon introduce a pricey new pill to prevent HIV in…
Medicare to cover expensive cancer cell therapies
FILE PHOTO: A Gilead Sciences, Inc. office is shown in Foster City, California, U.S. May 1, 2018. REUTERS/Stephen Lam (Reuters)…
Rand Paul undergoes lung surgery stemming from assault
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul underwent lung surgery in a procedure he says stems from injuries suffered when a neighbor tackled…
California millionaire arrested in wife’s death
A Southern California millionaire charged with his wife’s killing has been captured after four years on the run, authorities said…
Drug industry urges Canada to act early on U.S. import plan
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s main pharmaceutical lobby group has urged the government not to wait for drug shortages before responding…
Nobio gets FDA approval for anti-bacterial dental fillings
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel’s Nobio Ltd said on Monday it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…