Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. Supreme Court’s divisions in voting cases put spotlight on Barrett
By Lawrence Hurley and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Divisions within the U.S. Supreme Court exposed in its decision preventing a deadline extension for mail-in ballots in Wisconsin indicate how ne...
Oct 27, 2020
Wisconsin breaks one-day state records in COVID-19 deaths and cases
(Reuters) - Wisconsin on Tuesday broke one-day state records in COVID-19 deaths and cases as state officials told residents to stay home, wear a mask, and implored them to cancel travel and social gat...
Oct 27, 2020
Greenlight’s Einhorn says tech stocks in bubble, hit top in September
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Technology stocks, which have surged for months during the pandemic, likely hit their top last month, hedge fund investor David Einhorn wrote on Tuesday, addi...
Oct 27, 2020
Explainer: What are the likely implications of a Biden presidency for Canada?
OTTAWA (Reuters) - If Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden wins the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election, the implications could be considerable for Canada after four years living with the unpredictable ...
Oct 27, 2020
TikTok to hire 3,000 engineers as it expands globally
By Echo Wang (Reuters) - TikTok has plans to hire about 3,000 engineers over the next three years, mostly in Europe, Canada and Singapore, the company told Reuters on Tuesday. The move shows that the ...
Oct 27, 2020
Trump removes tariffs on aluminum imports from Canada
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Tuesday removing tariffs on aluminum imports from Canada. In the document released by the White House, Trump said he would c...
Oct 27, 2020
Turkey lira tumble evokes echoes of 2018 meltdown
By Karin Strohecker LONDON (Reuters) - The Turkish lira's rapid decline in recent days has rung echoes of tumbles past such as the 2018 meltdown which pushed the country into an economic crisis and se...
Oct 27, 2020
Scant progress reported against two new Southern California wildfires
(Reuters) - Firefighters in Southern California on Tuesday made little headway against two explosive, wind-whipped wildfires that forced the evacuations of tens of thousands of residents and badly inj...
Oct 27, 2020
Consumer confidence falls in U.S. swing states ahead of presidential election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumer confidence dropped sharply in October in three U.S. states considered crucial for Republican President Donald Trump's re-election as fears about the economy's outlook m...
Oct 27, 2020
Facebook says suspected Iranian hackers behind U.S. election threats operated in 2019
By Jack Stubbs LONDON (Reuters) - Iranian hackers suspected of emailing threatening messages to U.S. voters last week and spreading false information about compromised election systems ran a disinform...
Oct 27, 2020
