Global auto powers plotting response to Trump auto tariff threats
MEXICO CITY/OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada, the European Union, Japan, Mexico and South Korea will meet in Geneva next week to…
FDA declines to approve Insys Therapeutic’s opioid painkiller
(Reuters) – Insys Therapeutics Inc said on Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve its opioid painkiller,…
Teen drivers take more risks after trading learner permits for licenses
(Reuters Health) – Adolescents may be cautious while they’re learning to drive, but a new study suggests they get downright…
Economy, dollar, trade key to U.S. stocks’ global edge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The ability of the U.S. stock market to keep an edge this year over equities elsewhere…
CBS probes misconduct claims against CEO Moonves amid legal battle
(Reuters) – U.S. broadcasting and media company CBS Corp (CBS.N) said on Friday it was investigating allegations of personal misconduct…
Shingrix vaccine makes shingles less severe, disruptive to quality of life
(Reuters Health) – The vaccine Shingrix prevents shingles, and if people do contract the virus, it reduces the severity of…
How the US economy is doing now in four charts
While he was on the campaign trail, President Donald Trump promised to grow the country’s economy by more than 4%…
Instagram not an instant fix for ailing Facebook
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Revenue forecasts from Facebook Inc that alarmed investors, fueling the worst day ever for its shares…
Amazon earnings skyrocket on cloud computing, advertising
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) posted a profit that was double Wall Street targets on Thursday and forecast a strong…
Factbox: Tributes paid to former Fiat Chrysler CEO Marchionne
(Reuters) – Former Fiat Chrysler Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne, one of the auto industry’s most tenacious and respected auto chiefs,…
Trump eases car tariff threat as U.S., EU launch talks to quell trade tensions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In what the EU chief called a “major concession,” U.S. President Donald Trump agreed on Wednesday to…
Strike-hit Ryanair warns of job losses as cuts Dublin fleet
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ryanair (RYA.I) has told more than 300 pilots and cabin crew that they risk losing their jobs…
GSK’s new R&D head bets on genetics with $300 million 23andMe deal
LONDON (Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline’s new research boss aims to turbo-charge the British group’s drug discovery engine with a $300 million…
Shares get China stimulus boost, bonds show the strain
LONDON (Reuters) – World shares climbed for a third day running on Tuesday, as China promised fiscal action to support…
Papa John’s shares fall as board adopts ‘poison pill’
(Reuters) – Shares of Papa John’s International Inc (PZZA.O) fell 8 percent on Monday after the pizza chain said it…
Veolia says Laruelle to become CFO, Brachlianoff COO
PARIS (Reuters) – French water and waste group Veolia (VIE.PA) said in a statement executive committee member Claude Laruelle had…
Exclusive: General Electric’s power unit faces threat in Saudi Arabia
NEW YORK and ABU DHABI (Reuters) – One of General Electric Co’s (GE.N) largest and most valuable customers, Saudi Arabia,…
China says threats, intimidation on trade will never work
BEIJING (Reuters) – Threats and intimidation on trade will never work on China, its foreign ministry said on Monday, after…
Bitter pill: China vaccine scandal sparks online fury, roils markets
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A vaccine scandal in China, which has prompted angry reactions from leaders and citizens fed up with…
Duck boat survivor describes sinking
Duck boat survivor Tia Coleman tells how she survived the incident that killed nine members of her family. Source link
Duck boat changed route on day of tragedy, Missouri attorney general says
The amphibious vessel, which had 31 people aboard, was sailing Thursday on Table Rock Lake near Branson when a severe…
Duck boat accident survivor mourns her 9 relatives who drowned
She and 10 of her relatives were on a family vacation from Indiana, taking a tour Thursday of Table Rock…
Fiat Chrysler picks Jeep boss as CEO as Marchionne’s health worsens
MILAN/PARIS (Reuters) – Sergio Marchionne was replaced as chief executive of Fiat Chrysler (FCA) on Saturday by the head of…
Amazon, Toyota, Alcoa and others working to counter Trump’s tariff plans
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Big companies in the United States from Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) to Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) and…
Cigarette use declines among U.S. young women, but marijuana blunt use rises
(Reuters Health) – Cigarette use decreased among young women – including pregnant women – during the past decade in the…
Eight people killed after tourist boat capsizes in Missouri
There were more than 20 people on the boat when it capsized, Nielsen said. Earlier, he said more than 10…
Asian stocks choppy, sentiment shaken by sliding yuan
TOKYO (Reuters) – Most Asian stock markets retreated on Friday after China allowed its yuan currency to slide further, stoking…
Mersana’s cancer drug trial put on hold by FDA; shares halted
(Reuters) – Mersana Therapeutics said on Thursday an early stage trial testing its lead cancer drug has been put on…
Allergan, Molecular Partners eye drug meets main goal in two studies
(Reuters) – Allergan Plc and Molecular Partners AG said on Thursday their treatment for neovascular age-related macular degeneration, a leading…
Bulgaria reports another case of ovine rinderpest
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria reported on Thursday another case of the highly contagious Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) close to…
Already BROKEN news: Trump can’t watch porn in White House, say some people who spoke to him
With stories based on unidentified sources getting bigger headlines in the mainstream media, the job of fact-checking is getting even…
Airbus says unnamed buyer signs provisional deal for 10 A320neo
FARNBOROUGH, England (Reuters) – Airbus (AIR.PA) said on Thursday it had won a provisional order from an undisclosed customer for…
Ryanair says biggest-ever strike to ground 600 flights next week
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ryanair is to cancel more than 12 percent of its flights for two days next week in…
Boeing in talks with Airbus, others for German helicopter bid
LONDON (Reuters) – Boeing Co (BA.N) is in talks with Airbus (AIR.PA) and other companies about joining its bid for…
S&P hovers at five-month highs, Amazon hits $900 billion market cap
(Reuters) – The benchmark S&P 500 remained at five-month highs on Wednesday as a rise in financial and industrial stocks…
Pfizer-Lilly pain drug meets late-stage trial goals
(Reuters) – An experimental osteoarthritis drug developed by Pfizer Inc and Eli Lilly and Co achieved its main goal of…
France needs ‘food safety police’ to avoid new Lactalis crisis: report
PARIS (Reuters) – France should appoint a “food safety police” and increase fines on those who sell contaminated products to…
Abbott Labs raises 2018 earnings forecast, shares hit record high
(Reuters) – Abbott Laboratories raised its full-year earnings forecast and topped estimates for quarterly profit on Wednesday, powered by demand…
Texas Instruments CEO resigns on code of conduct violation
(Reuters) – Texas Instruments Inc (TXN.O) said on Tuesday that Brian Crutcher had resigned as the company’s chief executive officer…
Trade war puts the hoof into U.S. pig part exports to China
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Before the U.S.-China trade war, American pig processors exported nine out of every 10 pigs’ feet and…
Japan shares jump as yen bows to strong dollar
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares followed Wall Street higher on Wednesday as a bullish outlook from the head of the…
CSX profit tops Wall St target on cost cuts, pricing power
(Reuters) – CSX Corp (CSX.O) on Tuesday posted quarterly profit that topped Wall Street’s target, as the No. 3 U.S.…
Australia’s Fairfax to share print costs with rival News Corp
(Reuters) – Publisher Fairfax Media (FXJ.AX) said on Wednesday it had agreed with rival News Corp’s (NWSA.O) Australian unit to…
Boeing gets $3.9 billion contract for new Air Force One jets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Boeing Co (BA.N) has received a $3.9 billion contract to build two 747-8 aircraft for use as…
CrossTalk: Distrusting The News?
If you trust the mainstream media, then you are in the minority. Sadly, a great deal of media today is…
‘Highest level of special’: Trump praises US-UK relations
As US President Trump wraps up the official part of his controversial UK tour, question’s still hang over a new…
Goldman Sachs profit rises 44 percent
(Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) reported a 44 percent rise in second-quarter profit on Tuesday, driven by strength…
Asia stocks sag after oil slides, dollar steady before Fed speech
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks sagged on Tuesday, weighed by a sharp decline in crude oil prices as Libyan ports…
Twelve Russians indicted in US 2016 election meddling investigation
Twelve Russian intelligence officers were indicted for hacking the Democratic party and the Hillary Clinton campaign, the US Department of…
Fast-growing e-cigarette maker Juul to launch in UK
LONDON (Reuters) – Silicon Valley e-cigarette start-up Juul Labs is bringing its small flash drive-sized vaping device to the United…
Netflix shares tank after big miss on subscriber growth
(Reuters) – Netflix Inc’s subscriber growth fell short of Wall Street expectations on Monday, sending shares of the normally high-flying…
Thyssenkrupp in leadership turmoil as chairman quits
DUESSELDORF/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The chairman of Germany’s Thyssenkrupp (TKAG.DE) has resigned, following the company’s chief executive under pressure from activist…
CRISPR gene editing can cause risky collateral DNA damage: study
LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists studying the effects of the potentially game-changing gene editing tool CRISPR/Cas9 have found it can cause…
Britain to unveil model of planned new fighter jet: source
FARNBOROUGH, England (Reuters) – Britain’s Defence Minister Gavin Williamson will unveil a model of the country’s proposed new fighter jet…
Planemakers to kickstart Farnborough jetliner order battle
FARNBOROUGH, England (Reuters) – Aerospace firms Airbus (AIR.PA) and Boeing (BA.N) will kickstart a contest for tens of billions of…
Boeing concerned about tariff talk, but no business impact yet
LONDON (Reuters) – Boeing Co (BA.N) is concerned about the impact of possible trade tariffs on the cost of running…
Iowa, Illinois investigating infections linked to McDonald’s salad
(Reuters) – The Iowa and Illinois health departments said on Thursday that they were investigating cyclospora infections linked to salads…