Coal miners to urge Congress to protect their black lung benefits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Around 120 coal miners with black lung disease were due in Washington on Tuesday hoping to pressure…
Medicare-for-all might not cause surge in hospital use
(Reuters Health) – Medicare-for-all and other versions of universal coverage being proposed for the U.S. by several presidential hopefuls wouldn’t…
Senators announce bipartisan proposal to lower drug prices
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The top Republican and Democrat on the U.S. Senate Finance Committee announced a proposal to lower…
Multiple sclerosis drug helps Biogen beat Wall St. profit expectations
(Reuters) – Biogen Inc reported better-than-expected second quarter profit and raised its 2019 earnings forecast on Tuesday, driven by higher…
Senators announce bipartisan proposal to lower drug prices
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The top Republican and Democrat on the U.S. Senate Finance Committee announced a proposal to lower…
Trump meets with tech CEOs on Huawei
U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.…
LG Display to invest $2.6 billion in OLED panel plant in South Korea
FILE PHOTO: A man walks out of the headquarters of LG Display in Seoul, October 20, 2011. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak/File Photo…
Trump agrees to prompt responses to license requests for Huawei sales
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump agreed at a meeting with the heads of top technology companies like Google on…
Easing hopes prop up global stocks, pound sags as Britain eyes new PM
TOKYO (Reuters) – Expectations of policy easing by major central banks such as the Federal Reserve propped up global stocks…
Huawei’s U.S. research arm slashes more than 70% of workforce
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (Reuters) – China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd said it is slashing more than 600 jobs at its…
U.S. farmers look past trade fears to cash in on China’s hog crisis
WALCOTT, Iowa/LONDON (Reuters) – It might seem an unlikely time for U.S. farmers to look to China for more business…
Southwest planes collide on Nashville airport tarmac
Two Southwest Airlines planes have collided on the tarmac of Nashville International Airport. Interested in Airlines? Add Airlines as an…
Michigan pageant winner ousted after tweets about Muslims
The Miss World America organization has stripped its Michigan pageant winner of her title, which she says was because of…
TV personality Jesse James offers reward for return of dog
Reality TV star Jesse James is offering a $5,000 reward for the return of one of his beloved dogs. James…
Exclusive: WeWork to host Wall Street analyst day in IPO push – sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The We Company, parent of shared office space manager WeWork, plans to host an analyst day…
AmEx warns of higher costs as it boosts rewards program, shares fall
(Reuters) – American Express Co (AXP.N) warned of higher operating costs this year as the credit card issuer spends heavily…
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says ECB must buy equities to stimulate euro zone
NEW YORK (Reuters) – BlackRock (BLK.N) Chief Executive Larry Fink said on Friday the European Central Bank will need to…
BlackRock profit misses estimates, hit by lower fees for lending stocks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – BlackRock Inc (BLK.N), the world’s largest asset manager, took in less cash last quarter as investors…
Exclusive: J.C. Penney taps debt restructuring advisers – sources
(Reuters) – J.C. Penney Co Inc (JCP.N) has hired advisers to explore debt restructuring options that would buy more time…
Trump: U.S. had ‘very good talk’ with China; in-person talks may follow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin had a very good…
Oil climbs as Middle East tensions offset demand worries
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices rose about 1 percent on Friday after steep losses a day earlier, supported by…
Wall Street falls as Fed signals smaller rate cut
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes fell on Friday following a report that the Federal Reserve plans to…
Four Republican lawmakers ask Trump to move forward with $10 billion Pentagon cloud contract
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four Republican members of U.S. Congress, including House Armed Services Committee ranking member Mac Thornberry, sent a…
Ford to lay off around 200 workers at Canadian plant
TORONTO (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co (F.N) will lay off about approximately 200 employees in September at a Canadian manufacturing…
Equifax nears deal to pay about $700 million to settle U.S. data breach probes: WSJ
FILE PHOTO: Credit reporting company Equifax Inc. corporate offices are pictured in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Tami Chappell…
White House to host meeting with tech executives on Huawei ban: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow will host a meeting with semiconductor and software executives on Monday…
American Airlines-Qantas joint venture wins final U.S. approval
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on Friday granted American Airlines Group Inc and Qantas Airways Ltd…
CBS stations go dark for DirecTV customers amid contract dispute with AT&T
FILE PHOTO: An AT&T logo is pictured in Pasadena, California, U.S., January 24, 2018. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (Reuters) – CBS Corp…
Biden versus Sanders: Top 2020 contenders snipe over healthcare policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden and rival Bernie Sanders are waging a public battle this week over…
Trump EPA allows use of controversial pesticide
(Reuters) – The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday said it will not ban the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, which…
Health Canada to keep importing Kaleo’s epinephrine shot amid shortages
(Reuters) – The Canadian health regulator said on Friday it would keep importing U.S.-based Kaleo Inc’s epinephrine auto-injectors and expects…
Woman accused of assault over pizza slice
Authorities have arrested a woman in Florida who they say tried to attack another woman with a knife when she…
Florida ‘pill mills’ were ‘gas on the fire’ of opioid crisis
Florida survives on tourism, but a decade ago thousands of visitors made frequent trips to the state not to visit…
CDC links two deaths to multi-state salmonella outbreak
(Reuters) – Two people have died following a multi-state outbreak of salmonella infections linked to backyard poultry, U.S. health officials…
Biohaven’s treatment for Lou Gehrig’s disease fails to win FDA nod
FILE PHOTO: The logo for Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company is displayed on a screen during the company’s IPO on the…
American citizen Ruslan Maratovich Asainov charged with becoming ISIS ’emir’: Authorities
An American citizen who allegedly traveled to Syria and became a sniper and weapons instructor for ISIS has been charged…
Capitol Police arrest 70 in immigration protests, including 90-year-old nun
Capitol Police arrested 70 people in the Senate office building Thursday, including a 90-year-old nun, as demonstrators gathered to protest…
Trump says US Navy ship destroys Iranian drone in Strait of Hormuz
President Donald Trump said that the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Boxer destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait…
Transport app FlixMobility gets Germany’s biggest tech funding round to drive growth
FRANKFURT/MUNICH (Reuters) – Transport app FlixMobility has raised around 500 million euros ($561 million) in Germany’s biggest tech funding round…
Trump to meet airline executives to discuss ‘competition and transparency’
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs for travel to Greenville, North Carolina from the…
Southwest schedules without Boeing 737 MAX until Nov. 2, freezes pilot hiring
(Reuters) – Southwest Airlines Co (LUV.N) joined U.S. rivals on Thursday in cancelling more flights until early November due to…
U.S. tells T-Mobile, Sprint to wrap up divestiture deal: source
FILE PHOTO: A smartphones with Sprint logo are seen in front of a screen projection of T-mobile logo, in this…
Oil falls about 2.5% as U.S. Gulf production returns
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil fell about 2.5% a barrel on Thursday, weighed down by weakness in U.S. equities markets…
BMW picks Oliver Zipse as new CEO
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – BMW (BMWG.DE) said Oliver Zipse will become chief executive on Aug. 16, picking the 55-year-old manufacturing expert…
U.S. Justice Department may sue to block Sprint, T-Mobile merger: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has told T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.O) and Sprint Corp (S.N) to wrap up…
Union Pacific cost cuts sheltered profit amid freight slowdown
(Reuters) – Union Pacific Corp (UNP.N) on Thursday reported a quarterly profit that beat Wall Street estimates, as the U.S.…
Netflix sinks on subscriber losses, analysts still see growth
(Reuters) – Wall Street brokerages stuck to a positive outlook on Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) on Thursday, betting that a strong…
U.S. solar sector launches lobbying push to preserve key subsidy
(Reuters) – The U.S. solar industry on Wednesday kicked off a lobbying push aimed at convincing Congress to extend a…
Stocks gain on Fed rate cut optimism; oil drops
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of global stocks advanced on Thursday, erasing declines on a late rally after comments…
Goldman Sachs’ equities-backed earnings results may face pressure
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Booming stock markets around the globe helped Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) offset declines in other…
U.S. airline group says it had a ‘productive meeting’ with Trump on Qatar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. airline industry group said it had a “productive” meeting on Thursday with President Donald Trump,…
Wall Street rises as Fed’s Williams cements rate-cut expectations
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks moved higher on Thursday after a slow start as comments from New York Fed…
Trump meets with airline CEOs over Qatar subsidy accusations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump met on Thursday with the chief executives of major American airlines to discuss…
Boeing takes $4.9 billion charge for prolonged grounding of 737 MAX planes
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Boeing Co (BA.N) said on Thursday it would take an after-tax charge of $4.9 billion in the…
Microsoft shares hit record highs, powered by growing cloud sales
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) on Thursday beat analysts’ estimates for fourth-quarter revenue and profit, driven by continued sales increases…
Second opioid distributor charged over role in U.S. drug epidemic
(Reuters) – An Ohio drug wholesale distributor and two former executives were charged on Thursday with profiting from the U.S.…
Wall Street opens flat, investors shrug off bank results
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., July 1, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan…
Baltimore man guilty of killing ex-girlfriend outside school
A Baltimore man has been found guilty of killing his ex-girlfriend, who was found bound, beaten, stabbed, strangled and dumped…
North Korea floats idea of lifting weapons test moratorium
North Korea on Tuesday suggested it might call off its 20-month suspension of nuclear and missile tests because of summertime…