TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will consider imposing tighter curbs on companies in security-sensitive sectors that procure overseas software as part of efforts to ramp up steps to counter cyberattacks, according to a proposal by a key panel released on Tuesd…
More U.S. Black colleges and universities receive bomb threats
By Julia Harte and Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) -At least a dozen historically Black colleges and universities in the United States received bomb threats and put their campuses on lockdown on Tuesday, a day after a rash of similar threats forced the cance…
Last year was fourth warmest for U.S. on record, report says
By Kanishka Singh and Nichola Groom (Reuters) – The year 2021 ranked as the fourth-warmest year on record in the United States, with December 2021 being the warmest December ever recorded, as the country was hit by 20 separate billion-dollar disasters,…
Wall St flat in choppy trading after two-day surge
By David French and Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) – Wall Street indexes seesawed between positive and negative territory on Tuesday as investors digested data releases and awaited big tech earnings. Recent sessions have been choppy, as the prospect of…
U.S. Supreme Court contender Jackson backs unions in first ruling
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A judge seen as a leading contender to be nominated by President Joe Biden to the U.S. Supreme Court penned her first ruling as an appeals court judge on Tuesday, striking down a policy begun under former President Donald…
Storm packing heavy ice, snow bears down on large swath of U.S
(Reuters) -A major winter storm is expected to wallop much of the central United States and stretch to parts of the Northeast this week, bringing heaving snow, freezing rain, and ice, the National Weather Service (NWS) said. The system, which is set to…
Tesla recalls nearly 54,000 vehicles that may disobey stop signs
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tesla Inc will recall 53,822 U.S. vehicles with the company’s Full Self-Driving (Beta) software that may allow some models to conduct “rolling stops” and not come to a complete stop at some intersections posin…
Trump directly involved in plans to seize voting machines -reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Then-President Donald Trump was directly involved in efforts to use national security agencies to seize voting machines after his 2020 election loss, pressing his lawyer to make queries as advisers drafted two versions of a relat…
Is Amazon ready to raise the price of Prime delivery? Wall Street thinks so
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – When Amazon.com Inc on Thursday reports how it fared during the holiday quarter, a key question will be if the retailer will finally raise the price of Prime, its fast-delivery and media subscription. The company has every…
U.S. job openings increase in December; quits decline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job openings increased to near record highs in December, suggesting a deceleration in employment growth at the end of last year was largely the result of worker shortages. Job openings, a measure of labor demand, rose 150,00…