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…
T-Mobile U.S. profit beats estimates as it signs up more customers
(Reuters) – T-Mobile US Inc first-quarter revenue and profit jumped from a year earlier, beating Wall Street’s estimates, as competitive…
Microsoft tops $1 trillion as it predicts more cloud growth
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp on Wednesday briefly topped $1 trillion in value for the first time after executives predicted continued…
Tesla solar installations slide 36 percent in first quarter
(Reuters) – Tesla Inc on Wednesday reported a 36 percent slide in solar installations and said it had implemented a…
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…
Facebook beats profit estimates, sets aside $3 billion for privacy penalty
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc on Wednesday blew away Wall Street profit estimates in the first quarter as it kept a…
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…
U.S. measles cases at highest since elimination in 2000: CDC
An illustration provides a 3D graphical representation of a spherical-shaped, measles virus particle studded with glycoprotein tubercles in this handout…
CBS suspends CEO search, fuelling Viacom merger expectations
FILE PHOTO: The CBS “eye” and logo are seen outside the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th St. in Manhattan,…
U.S. congressional leaders query Google on tracking database
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top Democrats and Republicans on the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday wrote Google…
Walgreens, Rite Aid set minimum age to sell tobacco products at 21 years
(Reuters) – Drugstore retailers Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc and Rite Aid Corp will no longer sell tobacco products to customers…
EBay raises forecast as redesign draws customers, boosts ad revenue
(Reuters) – EBay Inc raised its full-year sales and profit forecasts on Tuesday, as user-friendly changes to its ecommerce platforms…
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…
Trump complained to Twitter CEO about lost followers: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump met with Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey on Tuesday and spent a…
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…
Snap restarts user growth with original shows, Android overhaul
(Reuters) – Snap Inc’s original shows and rebuilt Android app helped it add Snapchat users for the first time in…
S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record closing highs on upbeat earnings
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq registered record closing highs after a broadbased rally on…
Walgreens, Rite Aid set minimum age to sell tobacco products at 21 years
(Reuters) – Drugstore retailers Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc and Rite Aid Corp will no longer sell tobacco products to customers…
Medicare offers to partially raise payment for cancer CAR-Ts
(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will slightly increase coverage for expensive CAR-T cell therapies administered…
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…
New York outbreaks drive US measles count up to 626
Outbreaks in New York state continue to drive up the number of U.S. measles cases, which are approaching levels not…
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…
Iran says ready for U.S. waivers end, as Guards threaten to shut Hormuz
FILE PHOTO: A gas flare on an oil production platform in the Soroush oil fields is seen alongside an Iranian…
U.S. existing home sales fall more than expected in March
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. home sales fell more than expected in March, pointing to continued weakness in the housing market…
Wall Street dips ahead of earnings deluge
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks pulled back slightly on Monday as investors awaited a barrage of major earnings reports this week,…
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…
Kraft Heinz banks on Anheuser-Busch executive in strategy shift
(Reuters) – Kraft Heinz Co replaced Chief Executive Officer Bernardo Hees with Anheuser-Busch InBev veteran Miguel Patricio, changing leadership after…
Merck’s Keytruda wins FDA approval as combination therapy for kidney cancer
FILE PHOTO: The Merck logo is seen at a gate to the Merck & Co campus in Linden, New Jersey,…
CDC reports 71 new measles cases in a week
FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30,…
U.S. intelligence says Huawei funded by Chinese state security: report
(Reuters) – U.S. intelligence has accused Huawei Technologies of being funded by Chinese state security, The Times said on Saturday,…
How America Became A Nation Of Truthers
From the moment the Declaration of Independence was signed, containing the bold and rather conspiratorial accusation that King George III…
Venezuela congress to weigh 2020 PDVSA bond payment next week
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition-controlled National Assembly expects to vote on making a $71 million bond interest payment when it…
PepsiCo results beat as new CEO’s ad push lifts sales
(Reuters) – PepsiCo Inc’s quarterly sales and profit beat Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, as the beverage maker’s advertising and…
Boeing 737 MAX joint governmental review will begin April 29: FAA
FILE PHOTO: A 737 Max aircraft is pictured at the Boeing factory in Renton, Washington, U.S., March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey…
Tesla to shrink board to seven directors from 11
(Reuters) – Tesla Inc said on Friday that four members of its eleven-member board would be leaving over the next…
Higher state minimum wage tied to lower suicide rates
(Reuters Health) – Suicide rates grow more slowly in states that increase their minimum wage, according to a U.S. study…
Second death in Novartis gene therapy trials under investigation
(Reuters) – Novartis AG, which this week announced positive interim trial results for its experimental gene therapy for spinal muscular…
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,…
Air Canada pilots reviewing aircraft systems on Boeing’s MAX jets
FILE PHOTO – An Air Canada Boeing 737 MAX 8 from San Francisco approaches for landing at Toronto Pearson International…
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…
Hudson Media chief James Cohen to buy National Enquirer
(Reuters) – American Media Inc (AMI) said on Thursday it is selling its tabloid the National Enquirer to James Cohen,…
Lower dose of Pfizer-Lilly painkiller misses main goals in late stage study
(Reuters) – A lower dose of non-opioid painkiller developed by Pfizer Inc and Eli Lilly and Co failed to meet…
Lower dose of Pfizer-Lilly painkiller misses main goals in late stage study
(Reuters) – A lower dose of non-opioid painkiller developed by Pfizer Inc and Eli Lilly and Co failed to meet…
Honeywell expects Boeing 737 MAX deliveries to resume in the second half of 2019
FILE PHOTO: An aerial photo shows Boeing 737 MAX airplanes parked on the tarmac at the Boeing Factory in Renton,…
Wisconsin governor wants to renegotiate Foxconn contract
Gov. Tony Evers said Wednesday that he wants to renegotiate Wisconsins nearly 3 billion contract with Foxconn Technology Group, saying…
Foxconn’s Gou says will follow order of sea goddess to run for Taiwan presidency
FILE PHOTO: Terry Gou, founder and chairman of Foxconn, greets during an event that marks the 40th anniversary of the…
Minnesota student sues China’s JD.com CEO Liu with allegation of rape
(Reuters) – A University of Minnesota student who said she was raped last August by Richard Liu, the chief executive…
No-frills no longer: GM’s China brand Baojun attempts a major makeover
LIUZHOU, China/BEIJING (Reuters) – By many measures, General Motors’ China brand Baojun has been an exceptional success story, growing at…
Intel says to exit 5G smartphone modem business
FILE PHOTO: Intel’s logo is pictured during preparations at the CeBit computer fair, which will open its doors to the…
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…
In some states, sexting could land teens in jail for a long time
(Reuters Health) – Sexting – the texting of sexual images – is increasingly common among teens, but in nearly half…
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…
Bank results curb Wall Street, oil falls as Russia mulls production boost
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Underwhelming quarterly results from U.S. banks limited gains in world stocks on Monday, and oil prices…
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…
Goldman Sachs to layoff 98 bank employees in New York
FILE PHOTO: A view of the Goldman Sachs stall on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange July 16,…
EU says it is ready to launch U.S. trade talks, but without agriculture
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is ready to start talks on a trade agreement with the United States and…
Wall Street slips as bank earnings disappoint
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street lost ground on Monday, dragged down by financials as underwhelming bank earnings curbed investor…