Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Tech fuelled ‘everything’s awesome’ rally looks unstoppable
By Saikat Chatterjee and Thyagaraju Adinarayan LONDON (Reuters) - Today's $72 trillion question for investors: To buy or not to buy into the global equities rally? Notwithstanding inflated share price...
Aug 18, 2020
New U.S. sanctions to slam Huawei, further roil tech supply
By Josh Horwitz and Hyunjoo Jin SHANGHAI/SEOUL (Reuters) - Ramped-up U.S. restrictions on Huawei are likely to cut off the Chinese smartphone maker's access to even off-the-shelf chips and disrupt the...
Aug 18, 2020
Trump rejects proposal to cut military healthcare by $2.2 billion
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said late on Monday he has rejected a Pentagon proposal to cut military healthcare by $2.2 billion. Politico reported https://politi.co/2E5GqQS on Sunday that P...
Aug 18, 2020
Hong Kong leader says U.S. sanctions an ‘inconvenience’
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday U.S. sanctions against her will cause "inconvenience" in her personal affairs, but nothing she will take to heart. Lam was speaking a ...
Aug 17, 2020
Three producers out at Ellen DeGeneres TV show amid backstage turmoil
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Three top producers on the "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" have exited the popular television talk show, Warner. Bros said on Monday, after an internal investigation into complaints...
Aug 17, 2020
Trump says he will pardon a very important person on Tuesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will pardon a "very, very important" person on Tuesday, but it will not be leaker Edward Snowden or his former national security ad...
Aug 17, 2020
California to probe investment complaints tied to former CalPERS CIO: WSJ
(Reuters) - California's Fair Political Practices Commission has opened a probe into whether the former investment chief of CalPERS, the largest public U.S. pension fund, violated conflict-of-interest...
Aug 17, 2020
Asia shares set to follow Wall Street’s tech-driven rally
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian equities were poised to track Wall Street's tech fueled rally on Tuesday that saw the Nasdaq benchmark hit a fresh record while oil prices perked up on Chin...
Aug 17, 2020
Scarred Lebanon braces for Hariri killing verdict
By Toby Sterling Leidschendam, NETHERLANDS (Reuters) - Judges at the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon are set to rule on Tuesday in the case of four Hezbollah members charged with conspiracy t...
Aug 17, 2020
U.S. military reviewing report of drone sighting near Air Force One
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force said on Monday it was reviewing a report that a drone flew near President Donald Trump's airplane on Sunday as it descended near Joint Base Andrews in Marylan...
Aug 17, 2020
