Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Consumer outlooks brightening more among Democrats than Republicans: UMich survey
By Dan Burns (Reuters) - Democratic consumers gained ground on their Republican counterparts in their assessment of the economic outlook in early October as the race for the White House that appears i...
Oct 16, 2020
Strong retail sales boost optimism before U.S. election, but it may be short lived
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - In an ordinary presidential election, Friday's retail sales report would have been a dream for an incumbent like Republican President Donald Trump. Headline sales topped ...
Oct 16, 2020
Explainer: ‘Dueling electors’ pose risk of U.S. vote deadlock
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - In the United States, a candidate becomes president by securing the most "electoral" votes rather than winning a majority of the national popular vote. Known as the Electoral C...
Oct 16, 2020
Secretary of State bans open firearm carry at polling locations, clerk’s offices, and absent ballot counting boards
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) – Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced Friday that she has issued a directive that will ban the open carry of a firearm at polling locations, clerks' offices, and abs...
Oct 16, 2020
France launches terrorism probe after teacher killed in knife attack
By Tangi Salan and Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - A man armed with a knife on Friday killed a middle school history teacher by slitting his throat in front of his school in a suburb of Paris, polic...
Oct 16, 2020
Czech bar staff race model electric cars to bide time amid lockdown
PRAGUE (Reuters) - A Czech cafe has turned its bar area into a model electric car track for bartenders and staff to pass the time while the country's pubs and restaurants are shuttered to the public t...
Oct 16, 2020
U.S. Treasury asks dealers for views on TIPS, bank demand for Treasuries
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury on Friday said it is asking primary bond dealers whether it should increase the size of auctions for Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) following t...
Oct 16, 2020
Young people in France: ‘Don’t make us scapegoats for COVID-19’
By Caroline Pailliez PARIS (Reuters) - Solene Tissot, a 19-year-old student in Paris, will obey the curfew imposed to fight COVID-19, but she has one request for her country's leaders: don't blame you...
Oct 16, 2020
Exclusive: Google sweetens Fitbit concessions, heading for EU okay – sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet unit Google has tweaked its concessions aimed at allaying EU antitrust concerns about its $2.1 billion purchase of Fitbit , people familiar with the matter said, putting ...
Oct 16, 2020
WHO in dialogue with Russia on its second COVID-19 vaccine candidate
LONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Friday it had had very good dialogue with developers of a second Russian vaccine candidate against COVID-19. "We will only be able to have a po...
Oct 16, 2020
