Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Toyota, Mazda joint venture Alabama plant will now cost $2.3 billion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp and Mazda Motor Corp said on Thursday they will now invest $2.3 billion in a new joint venture Alabama factory, $830 million more than announced in their origi...
Aug 13, 2020
Venezuela environment groups say they are barred from joining oil spill cleanup
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan environmental groups say the authorities have barred them from participating in the cleanup of an oil spill that has contaminated pristine beaches and mangroves, as the ...
Aug 13, 2020
Israel-UAE deal ‘brave and badly-needed’: U.S. presidential candidate Biden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden hailed the deal between on Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced on Wednesday as an historic step toward a more stable M...
Aug 13, 2020
Two Republican senators ask FTC to investigate TikTok’s data collection practices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two prominent U.S. Republican senators sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday asking for an investigation of video-sharing app TikTok's consumer data collecti...
Aug 13, 2020
Beirut blast halts American-Lebanese woman’s final journey home
By Callaghan O'Hare and Maria Caspani HOUSTON (Reuters) - Rami Basbous was on the phone with his uncle in Beirut on August 4, making arrangements to return his mother's remains from the United States ...
Aug 13, 2020
Trump to nominate Robert Benedict Bowes as U.S. CFTC commissioner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will nominate Robert Benedict Bowes to serve as a commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, according to a White House statement issued on...
Aug 13, 2020
Vandoorne hands Mercedes a first Formula E win in season-ender
BERLIN (Reuters) - Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne handed Mercedes a first Formula E victory on Thursday as the all-electric series wrapped up its season in Berlin. The ex-Formula One driver led Dutch team ...
Aug 13, 2020
Mnuchin told Pelosi he could support some COVID-19 aid, but not election funds: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi that he was willing to move forward with COVID-19 aid in some areas, but not on electio...
Aug 13, 2020
Uber, Lyft lose bid for delay in California driver injunction
(Reuters) - A California judge on Thursday refused to grant Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc more time to appeal his decision requiring the ride-hailing companies to classify drivers in that state a...
Aug 13, 2020
COVID-19 to weigh on U.S. seaport peak shipping season
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Imports at major U.S. container seaports could hit their lowest level in four years as the novel coronavirus pandemic pummels a U.S. economy that was already ...
Aug 13, 2020
