Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. homebuilder confidence matches record high
(Reuters) - U.S. home builder confidence rose for a third straight month in August to match a record high as record-low interest rates spur a surge in customer traffic, especially in suburban markets ...
Aug 17, 2020
U.S. won’t approve Israeli annexations for ‘some time’, Kushner says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States will not consent to Israeli annexations in the occupied West Bank for "some time," preferring to focus on the Israel-UAE normalisation deal and wider regional p...
Aug 17, 2020
Congo Ebola responders strike over unpaid salaries
By Fiston Mahamba GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Health workers responding to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo have gone on strike over unpaid salaries, hurting th...
Aug 17, 2020
Exclusive: Amazon in talks to invest in cloud services company Rackspace, say sources
By Greg Roumeliotis and Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is in preliminary talks to invest in U.S. cloud services provider Rackspace Technology Inc, people familiar with the discussion said on Mo...
Aug 17, 2020
Court throws out Tiffany’s judgment against Costco over fake ‘Tiffany’ rings
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Monday overturned Tiffany & Co's $21 million judgment against Costco Wholesale Corp over the warehouse club chain's sale of unbrande...
Aug 17, 2020
Apple’s ‘extreme’ app policies give Google defense in Fortnite antitrust suit
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google has a better chance than Apple Inc at defeating Fortnite video game maker Epic Games in court over its allegations the two companies br...
Aug 17, 2020
On eve of Hariri verdict, Lebanese grapple with new ordeal
By Tom Perry and Ghaida Ghantous BEIRUT (Reuters) - More than 15 years since Lebanon's Rafik al-Hariri was killed by a massive bomb blast in Beirut, the verdict of a U.N.-backed tribunal into his assa...
Aug 17, 2020
UK records 713 new daily cases of COVID-19
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded 713 new daily confirmed cases of COVID-19, official data showed on Monday, the first time it has dropped below 1,000 in six days. Three more people have ...
Aug 17, 2020
Australia, France object to release of final Taliban prisoners: officials
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - Some Western nations including France and Australia have urged Afghanistan not to free all of a final batch of prisoners demanded by Taliban militants, official...
Aug 17, 2020
Lights, camera, not much action: Hollywood slow to restart in a pandemic
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As home-bound audiences eagerly await new programming during the coronavirus pandemic, Hollywood has been slow to get cameras rolling again, even with quaranti...
Aug 17, 2020
