JetBlue targets low-fare transatlantic travel with 2021 London launch
(Reuters) – JetBlue Airways Corp hopes to break into the low-fare, transatlantic travel market beginning in 2021 with multiple daily…
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…
Asian shares pause near eight-month high, dollar weakens
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian stocks held near eight-month highs on Thursday and the dollar slipped again on expectations global interest…
Oil prices dip on surging U.S. crude stockpiles
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Thursday after U.S. crude stockpiles surged to their highest levels in almost 17…
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…
Bernie Sanders puts focus on healthcare with Medicare for All bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders unveiled the latest version of his ambitious “Medicare-for-All” plan on Wednesday, moving the…
Sony stock surges after Reuters reports Third Point re-building stake
TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Corp shares surged more than 9 percent on Tuesday after a Reuters report saying Third Point…
Felicity Huffman and 12 wealthy parents plead guilty in college admissions scam
Huffman, the “Desperate Housewives” star, pleaded guilty to paying $15,000 to a fake charity associated with Rick Singer to facilitate…
Oil gains up to 2% to five-month high as Libyan output threatened
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices rose up to 2 percent on Monday, hitting five-month highs on expectations that global…
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…
Exclusive: Loeb’s Third Point building stake to pressure Sony – sources
(Reuters) – Daniel Loeb’s hedge fund Third Point LLC is building a stake in Sony Corp to push for changes…
Stocks edge higher as crude oil gains
NEW YORK – A gauge of global equities edged higher on Monday as another drop in Boeing shares and concerns…
Exclusive: Standard Chartered expected to pay just over $1 billion to resolve U.S., U.K. probes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – London-based Standard Chartered is expected to pay slightly more than $1 billion to resolve a nearly…
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey paid $1.40 in 2018
FILE PHOTO: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addresses students during a town hall at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in…
Pinterest seeks $15-$17 per share in IPO, below last private valuation
(Reuters) – Pinterest Inc on Monday set a price range of $15 to $17 per share for its initial public…
S&P 500, Nasdaq edge higher as earnings season looms
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq edged into positive territory on Monday, with gains held in…
S&P 500, Nasdaq edge higher as earnings season looms
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq edged into positive territory on Monday, with gains held in…
U.S. proposes list of EU goods for tariff retaliation against Airbus subsidies
FILE PHOTO: The Airbus logo is pictured at Airbus headquarters in Blagnac near Toulouse, France, March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau…
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,…
Sony shares surge after Reuters reports Third Point building stake again
FILE PHOTO: A shopper looks at Sony Corp’s Bravia television monitors at an electronics store in Tokyo June 20, 2013.…
Up to 1 in 13 boys in U.S. have sex before adolescence
While it’s possible that as many as one in 13 boys in the U.S. have sex before reaching their teens,…
Zogenix’s seizure drug filing fails to pass U.S. FDA scrutiny
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday refused to fully review the marketing application for Zogenix Inc’s…
Demand for Aramco’s bond ‘north of’ $30 billion, says Saudi energy minister
FILE PHOTO: An Aramco employee walks near an oil tank at Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal…
China reports first African swine fever outbreak in Tibet
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s agriculture ministry late on Sunday confirmed the first outbreak of African swine fever in the country’s…
S&P posts seven-day winning streak as jobs data allay economic fears
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rose on Friday, boosted by better-than-expected job growth in March, which eased concerns of…
How excess speed, hasty commands and flawed software doomed an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX
PARIS/SEATTLE/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Minutes after take-off, the pilots of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX were caught in a bad situation.…
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…
Boeing cuts 737 MAX output in wake of two deadly crashes
CHICAGO/SEATTLE (Reuters) – Boeing Co said on Friday it plans to cut its monthly 737 aircraft production by nearly 20…
As latest round of U.S.-China talks end, ‘significant work’ remains
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and Chinese negotiators wrapped up their latest round of trade talks on Friday and were scheduled…
Petrobras agrees to sell pipeline unit to Engie for $8.6 billion
SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A consortium led by France’s Engie SA submitted the highest offer for a major…
Take Five: Panic over? World markets themes for the week ahead
LONDON (Reuters) – Following are the five big themes likely to dominate thinking of investors and traders in the coming…
Take Five: Panic over? World markets themes for the week ahead
LONDON (Reuters) – Following are the five big themes likely to dominate thinking of investors and traders in the coming…
Pope Makes History By Tapping First African American Bishop To Lead Washington, D.C.
VATICAN CITY, April 4 (Reuters) – Pope Francis named the first African-American to the Catholic Church’s most senior U.S. position…
Workplace yoga can indeed lower employee stress
People who get to do yoga at work may be less stressed out than their peers who don’t, a research…
Women often keep impact of menstrual pain, bleeding to themselves
Many women who suffer from menstrual symptoms like pain and heavy bleeding don’t tell their families or doctors about it…
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…
Asia shares sit on weekly gains, await U.S. jobs test
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian share markets consolidated weekly gains on Friday as Sino-U.S. talks dragged on with no concrete conclusions,…
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…
Major study debunks myth that moderate drinking can be healthy
LONDON (Reuters) – Blood pressure and stroke risk rise steadily the more alcohol people drink, and previous claims that one…
Oklahoma drops several claims in opioid case against J&J, Teva
(Reuters) – Oklahoma’s attorney general on Thursday had dropped all but a single claim against Johnson & Johnson and Teva…
Acceptance rates at top colleges are dropping, raising pressure on high school students
And with acceptance rates at top colleges and universities falling to record or near-record lows, high school students are facing…
Factbox: Who are PG&E's new directors?
PG&E Corp on Wednesday appointed Tennessee Valley Authority Chief Executive Officer William Johnson as its CEO and added 10 members…
PG&E names TVA’s William Johnson as CEO, reshuffles board
FILE PHOTO: Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) trucks are seen parked on a road between homes destroyed by the Tubbs…
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…
Oil prices edge lower after U.S. inventories build
FILE PHOTO: An offshore oil rig is seen in the Caspian Sea near Baku, Azerbaijan, October 5, 2017. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor/File…
Tokyo prosecutors enter former Nissan chief Ghosn’s home: NHK
FILE PHOTO: Former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn sits inside a car as he leaves his lawyer’s office after being…
U.S. states sue to undo Trump rollback of healthy school lunch rules
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Several U.S. states sued the Trump administration on Wednesday to undo its recent decision that allowed…
Factbox: Cyclone Idai’s death toll rises to 843, hundreds of thousands displaced
BEIRA, Mozambique (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of people are in need of food, water and shelter after Cyclone Idai…
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…
Lori Lightfoot elected to be first female African-American mayor of Chicago
“Now that it’s over I know that we will work together for the city that we both love,” Lightfoot said…
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…
Swiss drugmaker Novartis must face doctor kickback suit, U.S. judge rules
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Novartis AG must face a U.S. government lawsuit accusing it of paying millions of dollars in…
Oil rises to 2019 highs as demand outlook improves
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil climbed about 2 percent to new 2019 highs on Monday, with Brent crude touching $69…
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…
Frailty before surgery tied to more complications, higher costs
(The March 28 story was refiled to correct the source URL at end of the story) By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters…