Month: March 2020

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has picked his favorite weapon to fight the economic fallout from the coronavirus: an elimination of the “payroll tax” on workers’ gross earnings that is used to fund national retirement programs. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during the daily Coronavirus-related briefing at the White House in
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LONDON (Reuters) – British rock band The Who have cancelled their UK tour due to coronavirus, just four days before they were due to take to the stage in Manchester. The group, famous for tracks like “My Generation” and “Substitute”, said the three-week tour would go ahead later in the year. “Haven’t reached this decision
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LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The new U.S. ban on foreign citizens entering the country if they have traveled to Europe in recent weeks will heap more pressure on airlines already reeling from the coronavirus pandemic, hitting European carriers the hardest, analysts said. FILE PHOTO: Airplanes of German airline Lufthansa and U.S. carrier United Airlines land
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(Reuters) – British police said four boys sustained injuries in a stabbing incident in Walthamstow, northeast London late on Wednesday. The boys, aged around 15-16, were taken to hospital with stab injuries not believed to be life-threatening, the police said in a tweet bit.ly/39NKbVS early on Thursday. Seven were arrested for “violent disorder, possession of
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FILE PHOTO: The German headquarters of online marketplace eBay is pictured at Europarc Dreilinden business park south of Berlin in Kleinmachnow, Germany, August 6, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (Reuters) – Activist investor Starboard Value LP has nominated a minority slate of directors to eBay Inc’s board, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar
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