Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Nearly 80% of Americans say Biden won White House, ignoring Trump’s refusal to concede: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly 80% of Americans, including more than half of Republicans, recognize President-elect Joe Biden as the winner of the Nov. 3 election after most media organizat...
Nov 10, 2020
COVID-19 positives more than double in NFL testing
The number of positive COVID-19 cases in the NFL more than doubled in the past week, according to numbers released Tuesday by the league and the NFL Players Association. Testing for Nov. 1-7 resulted ...
Nov 10, 2020
NFL: League approves plan for 16-team playoff field if COVID-19 forces cancellations
(Reuters) - NFL owners approved a proposal on Tuesday to expand the playoff field from 14 teams to 16 if clubs are unable to complete the same number of regular-season games due to the ongoing COVID-1...
Nov 10, 2020
No more fiscal firehose? That might be okay by the Fed
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - A surge in novel coronavirus cases threatens to slow U.S. economic growth once more in coming months, Federal Reserve policymakers said on Tuesday, and to get through it the ...
Nov 10, 2020
More tech executives than tech critics on Biden’s transition team
By Nandita Bose and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Far more executives from technology companies than outspoken tech critics were named to President-elect Joe Biden's transition team on Tuesd...
Nov 10, 2020
Rahm makes trick shot hole-in-one in Masters practice
By Andrew Both AUGUSTA, Ga. (Reuters) - Jon Rahm on Tuesday had a hole-in-one at Augusta National for the second day in a row, and this time there was a camera to record the feat for posterity even if...
Nov 10, 2020
Brazil passes 5.7 million COVID-19 cases, death toll at 162,829
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil reported 25,012 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, and 201 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The South Ameri...
Nov 10, 2020
Fed’s Rosengren says fiscal aid should include help for state and local governments
(Reuters) - Any further fiscal policies should include aid to state and local governments, more income to individuals who lost their jobs because of the pandemic and assistance for small and medium si...
Nov 10, 2020
Biden should seek early G20 meeting, former U.S. officials say
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden should push for a summit of the Group of 20 major economies early next year, former senior U.S. officials said on Tuesday, to renew th...
Nov 10, 2020
Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris’ husband leaves job at powerhouse law firm DLA Piper
By Caroline Spiezio (Reuters) - Douglas Emhoff, the husband of U.S. Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris, will leave his job at one of the country's largest law firms by January to focus on supporting t...
Nov 10, 2020
