Author Archives: Syndicated Content
GM reaches $120 million settlement over lost vehicle value from defective ignition switches
(Reuters) - General Motors Co has reached a $120 million settlement with drivers who claimed that their vehicles lost value because of defective ignition switches, which have been linked to 124 deaths...
Mar 27, 2020
Report: Plan for Thanksgiving baseball being considered
There could be baseball during the 2020 holidays, with USA Today reporting Friday that both Major League Baseball and its players are willing to extend the season until Thanksgiving in order to preser...
Mar 27, 2020
Chile government negotiates bill-paying delay for poor as coronavirus bites
By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera announced on Friday that low-income families will be able to delay household debt payments without the fear of havin...
Mar 27, 2020
Trump says U.S. will make 100,000 ventilators in 100 days
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday the United States would produce 100,000 ventilators in 100 days and said he had named White House aide Peter Navarro as the coordinato...
Mar 27, 2020
Apple's factories are running, but suppliers wary about iPhone demand
By Yimou Lee, Heekyong Yang and Krishna N. Das (Reuters) - As China reopens its economy after months of lockdown, Apple Inc's iPhone factories are largely up and running. But with the coronavirus pand...
Mar 27, 2020
At some U.S. hospitals, drugs, catheters, oxygen tanks run low
By Joseph Ax and Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's not just protective facemasks that are in short supply: health workers in U.S. hospitals are reporting dwindling stocks of drugs, catheters an...
Mar 27, 2020
Airbnb to halt all marketing, most hiring as losses mount: The Information
(Reuters) - Airbnb plans to halt all of its marketing, pause most hiring, and likely withhold employee bonuses as it tries to conserve cash amid a slide in bookings, CEO Brian Chesky told employees in...
Mar 27, 2020
Brazil government ad rejects coronavirus lockdowns, saying #BrazilCannotStop
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's federal government launched an advertising campaign against social distancing measures to fight the coronavirus outbreak, the la...
Mar 27, 2020
Pentagon eyes Chicago, Michigan, Florida, Louisiana as coronavirus spreads
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military is watching coronavirus infection trends in Chicago, Michigan, Florida and Louisiana with concern as it weighs where else it may...
Mar 27, 2020
Exclusive: Ex-Venezuelan general charged with drug trafficking surrenders to DEA - sources
CARACAS (Reuters) - U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency agents flew to Colombia on Friday to take into custody Cliver Alcala, a retired Venezuelan general indicted for drug trafficking along with Venezuelan ...
Mar 27, 2020
