Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Business News (Master Feed)
Headwinds for Google as rivals, customers criticise Fitbit concessions
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google's bid to win EU approval for its $2.1 billion purchase of Fitbit faces headwinds as rivals and customers argue concessions to EU antitrust regulators do not...
Oct 02, 2020
Canada’s Suncor Energy to cut up to 15% of jobs as pandemic crushes oil demand
WINNIPEG, Manitoba/TORONTO (Reuters) - Suncor Energy , Canada's second-biggest oil company, told employees on Friday it would cut its workforce by up to 15% over the next year and a half, and by 5% in...
Oct 02, 2020
U.S. agriculture secretary says unsure if China will meet Phase 1 farm commitment
By Unknown 2b20fe56-01cd-492b-ac9a-0647fe5a472b CEDAR GROVE, Wisc. (Reuters) - China may fall short of annual agricultural product purchasing commitments made in its Phase 1 trade deal with the United...
Oct 02, 2020
Fed says Powell has been working from home, observing mask and distance protocols
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has been working from home while also following masking and social distancing protocols when in public, and has not felt it necessary to take...
Oct 02, 2020
U.S. drillers add oil and gas rigs for third week in a row – Baker Hughes
By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for a third week in a row for the first time since October 2018 after price increases in recent months prompted...
Oct 02, 2020
Pelosi says agreement on U.S. airline payroll assistance ‘imminent’
By David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that agreement was "imminent" on a deal to provide another $25 billion in government assist...
Oct 02, 2020
Tesla to acquire German battery assembly maker: source
By Edward Taylor (Reuters) - Tesla Inc has agreed to acquire German ATW Automation, a supplier assembling battery modules and packs for the auto industry, a source familiar with the transaction said o...
Oct 02, 2020
Supreme Court will consider FCC effort to loosen media ownership rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court said on Friday it will take up a long-running legal dispute over whether the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) can loosen U.S. media ownership rules...
Oct 02, 2020
Two weeks after blockade easing, Libya triples oil production
LONDON (Reuters) - Two weeks into an easing of a blockade by eastern forces on Libya's oil infrastructure, the OPEC member is seeing a ramp up in oil production, which has risen nearly three-fold to h...
Oct 02, 2020
Supreme Court takes up energy companies’ appeal over Baltimore climate suit
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal by energy companies including BP PLC, Chevron Corp, Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell PLC conte...
Oct 02, 2020
