Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. rejects permit for Alaska mine, company vows appeal
TORONTO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday issued its final decision to deny a key water permit for the contentious Pebble Mine in Alaska, putting the project's futur...
Nov 25, 2020
Fed policymakers may give new bond-buying guidance ‘fairly soon’: minutes
By Jonnelle Marte and Ann Saphir (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers may soon give new guidance on their plans for asset purchases, including for how long and in what maturities, as they see...
Nov 25, 2020
Tesla’s upcoming S&P 500 debut fuels ‘crazy’ trading volume
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) - If you traded a stock in the past week, there's a fair chance it was Tesla. Shares in the electric car maker led by CEO Elon Musk rose almost 3% on Wednesday and have now...
Nov 25, 2020
Naples stunned by the death of its soccer idol, Maradona
By Ciro De Luca NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) - In the southern Italian city of Naples, soccer is a religion and Diego Armando Maradona was its God. News of his death on Wednesday ricocheted around the city...
Nov 25, 2020
No benefit seen from plasma treatment in severe COVID-19; virus may hurt male fertility
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Nov 25, 2020
Former Jackson County youth basketball coach receives prison sentence in sex crime case
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — A former Jackson County youth basketball coach was sentenced to five to 15 years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to a charge of criminal sexual conduct involvi...
Nov 25, 2020
Jobless aid for nearly 14 million Americans to expire the day after Christmas
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits under pandemic programs set to expire the day after Christmas continued to rise in early November, according to a ...
Nov 25, 2020
Biden urged to extend U.S.-Russia arms treaty for full 5 years without conditions
By Jonathan Landay and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arms control advocates are urging Joe Biden to extend the last U.S.-Russian treaty limiting deployed strategic nuclear arms for five years...
Nov 25, 2020
Brazil regulator approves Boeing’s 737-MAX for return to service
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian aviation regulator ANAC has approved the return to service of Boeing Co's 737-MAX airplane, it said in a stetement on Wednesday. The regulator said Gol Linhas Aere...
Nov 25, 2020
State Department tells staff: transition to Biden administration has begun
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has informed staff that the transition process has begun and a team had been assigned inside the agency to support a handover to the i...
Nov 25, 2020
