FILE PHOTO: The logo of the web service Amazon is pictured in Mexico City, Mexico on June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso/Illustration/File Photo – RC1F1E649DB0 October 21, 2017 By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc <AMZN.O> is receiving offers of billions of dollars in tax breaks and other subsidies from cities […]
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Recent hurricanes take toll on quarterly earnings
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., October 20, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid October 21, 2017 By Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – After raging over the southern United States and Puerto Rico, remnants of hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria are now […]
U.S. tax plan hopes lift stocks, dollar strengthens
Pedestrians leave and enter the London Stock Exchange in London, Britain August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall October 21, 2017 By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – World stocks advanced, bond yields rose and the U.S. dollar strengthened on Friday on increased hopes President Donald Trump could make progress on his […]
Graft probe into Mexico president’s ally poses tricky challenge ahead of elections
Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto is pictured after delivering his speech during a ceremony ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Los Pinos presidential residence in Mexico City, Mexico, July 21, 2016. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido Picture Supplied by Action Images October 21, 2017 By Gabriel Stargardter and Ana Isabel Martinez […]
3 killings in 11 days ‘terrorizing’ neighborhood, police say
Police in Florida are searching for whoever is “terrorizing” a Tampa neighborhood after three people were shot and killed in the same vicinity in less than two weeks. The latest slaying occurred Thursday night when Anthony Naiboa, a 20-year-old man with autism, was killed in the southeast Seminole Heights neighborhood […]
New details from Niger ambush: when US troops sensed something wrong
More than two weeks after four U.S. soldiers were killed during an ambush in Niger, new details about how the events unfolded have emerged. A senior U.S. intelligence official familiar with the event tells ABC News that the U.S. troops saw early warning signs that something was wrong as they […]
Firm behind Trump-Russia dossier fights Republican demand to open its books
A powerful Republican is trying to force the identity of the person who first financed the infamous dossier of alleged links between Russians and the Donald Trump campaign into public view. House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes quietly approved a subpoena earlier this month that would compel the unidentified bank handling […]
Motor racing-Hamilton smashes track record in Austin
FILE PHOTO: Oct 20, 2017; Austin, TX, USA; Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton (44) of Great Britain during practice for the United States Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas. Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports October 21, 2017 By Alan Baldwin AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Formula One title favorite Lewis Hamilton shattered […]
Yellen says Fed’s extraordinary policies may be needed again
WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Friday defended the central bank’s extraordinary efforts to fight the Great Recession and said they might be needed again. Continue Reading Below During the recession, the Fed pushed short-term interest rates to zero. When the economy needed more help, it took the […]
The international hunt for Russian fugitive Viktoria Nasyrova
Produced by Chris O’Connell and Jonathan Leach [This story first aired on Oct. 21, 2017] A glamorous seductress with a love for furs made an error while driving through Russia. It seems she forgot to hide the body of her alleged victim — whom she had in the front seat […]