WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday failed to pass an additional $250 billion of aid intended to help small businesses cope with the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic as Democrats and Republicans blocked each other’s proposals. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walks to the Senate Chamber floor on Capitol Hill
FILE PHOTO: The Citigroup Inc (Citi) logo is seen at the SIBOS banking and financial conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 19, 2017. Picture taken October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (Reuters) – Citigroup Inc (C.N) said on Thursday it is offering full-time positions to its interns, but delaying the new class of summer intern program
ABUJA (Reuters) – Some African countries could see a peak in coronavirus cases in the coming weeks and testing should be urgently increased in the region, World Health Organization officials said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: A keeper feeds an orphaned baby elephant with milk from a bottle during feeding time normally attended by many visitors
What would life be like if Donald Trump wasn’t president of the United States? It’s a question many have asked, wondering what would have happened if Hillary Clinton had been elected over Trump in 2016. While there’s no way to know for sure, The Good Fight Season 4 Episode 1 tackles one of this century’s biggest “what
Play video content Jeopardy! ”Jeopardy!” had a clue about a pandemic … more than a month before the World Health Organization did — or so it appears to befuddled fans of the show. The totally eerie coincidence played out Tuesday night’s episode of the College Championship tournament. Yale sophomore Nathaniel Miller selected the “Health &
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists have figured out how to calculate the age of whale sharks – Earth’s largest fish – with some guidance from the radioactive fallout spawned by Cold War-era atomic bomb testing. FILE PHOTO: Visitors watch a whale shark at the Whale Shark Aquarium of Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Zhuhai, China September 4,
(Reuters) – Zoom Video Communications Inc has tapped former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos as an adviser as safety and privacy concerns about its fast-growing video-conferencing app drive a global backlash against the company. FILE PHOTO: The Zoom Video Communications ticker symbol is pictured at the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York, New York, U.S., April
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Efforts to push a further $250 billion of coronavirus aid for small businesses through the U.S. Congress were stalling on Wednesday as top Democrats said they would back the measure only if it was coupled with a similar amount for hospitals and local governments. FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
FILE PHOTO: The logos of Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse are seen at branch offices in Basel, Switzerland March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo ZURICH (Reuters) – UBS (UBSG.S) and Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) have decided to pay out part of their dividend for 2019 later this year after financial markets watchdog FINMA criticised the
SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris has said privately that he does not plan to stay on beyond the November U.S. presidential election, regardless of whether President Donald Trump wins another term, five sources told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Harry
My days in self-isolation go as such: Wake up and immediately check my phone in panic. (Read the slacks I’ve missed, New York Times push updates, emails from my mom portending the end of humanity as we know it.) Make coffee and refuse to turn on the news while my fiancé takes care of all
One of Amazon‘s most buzzed-about series of 2018 was Julia Roberts‘ Homecoming, which told the story of the Homecoming Transitional Support Center, a live-in facility designed to helped soldiers transition into civilian life. The 10-episode season turned into a psychological thriller that grabbed audiences around the world. The show was picked up with a two-season
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Video conferencing company Zoom has been responsive to concerns over its software, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a memo recently distributed to top government cybersecurity officials and seen by Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Eric Yuan, CEO of Zoom Video Communications takes part in a bell ringing ceremony at the
(Reuters) – Earl Kerr, a 57-year-old electrical contractor in Jacksonville, Florida, says he fears for his 80-year-old mother, who entered an assisted living facility just before the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States. And he says he worries that the tanking economy will sink his small business. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the
FILE PHOTO: A Wells Fargo logo is seen in New York City, U.S. January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Wednesday it would “temporarily and narrowly” modify the growth restriction on Wells Fargo & Co’s (WFC.N) asset cap so the bank can make more loans under government assistance