Uber and Lyft take different roads in search of profit
By Tina Bellon NEW YORK (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc <UBER.N> and Lyft Inc <LYFT.O>, the two leading U.S. ride-hailing companies, are on divergent paths as Uber pours money into … Read More
Kobe Bryant helicopter engines showed no sign of ‘catastrophic internal failure’: NTSB
By David Shepardson and Steve Gorman (Reuters) – The two engines of the helicopter that crashed in hazy, cloudy weather on a California hillside last month, killing basketball great Kobe … Read More
Blue collar boom? College grads, baby boomers big winners in Trump’s economy
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump rolled out an eye-catching statistic in his State of the Union address Tuesday: the wealth held by the poorest half … Read More
Palestinian protester killed in unrest over U.S. Mideast plan
By Stephen Farrell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A Palestinian protester was shot dead in the West Bank on Friday as Palestinian and U.S. leaders blamed each other for violence that erupted … Read More
India’s New Delhi heads to vote amid protests against citizenship law
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Voters in New Delhi began voting on Saturday in a state election seen as a test of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity following months of … Read More
New cases of coronavirus infections rise in China after two-day decline
BEIJING (Reuters) – The number of new confirmed infections from a coronavirus in mainland China rose on Friday after falling for two consecutive days, while the number of deaths from … Read More
Nicaraguan government releases ink, paper it impounded from newspaper critical of Ortega
By Ismael Lopez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Nicaragua’s government on Friday released a shipment of impounded ink and paper belonging to La Prensa newspaper, which has been critical of leftist … Read More
Coach who hired Michael Avenatti says he wanted to expose Nike, not in press conference
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – The government’s star witness in Michael Avenatti’s extortion trial conceded on Friday he wanted to expose Nike Inc’s alleged illegal payments to families … Read More
Pimco ex-CEO sentenced to prison in U.S. college admissions scam: prosecutor
By Peter Szekely (Reuters) – The former head of asset management firm Pimco was sentenced on Friday to nine months in prison for his part in a scheme in which … Read More
White House dismisses idea of U.S. buying Nokia, Ericsson to challenge Huawei
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Friday and the top White House economic adviser dismissed an unusual suggestion from U.S. Attorney General William Barr … Read More