A federal appeals court on Thursday revived nationwide litigation accusing Facebook Inc of violating users' privacy rights by tracking their internet activity even after they logged out of the social media website.
WASHINGTON: A staggering 16.8 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits in the last three weeks, with weekly new claims topping six million for the second straight time last week as the novel coronavirus outbreak relentlessly savages the economy. Thursday's weekly jobless claims ...
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin was due to brief President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday about the government's review of requests for US$32 billion in grants from passenger airlines, cargo carriers and airport contractors.
REUTERS: Volkswagen AG said it will furlough workers at its U.S. assembly plant in Tennessee starting on Apr 11 as the industry grapples with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The German automaker said the temporary emergency furloughs for its production and maintenance workforce are expected to ...
WASHINGTON: The top departments of the US government have endorsed cutting off Beijing-controlled China Telecom from serving the US market because of legal and security risks, the Justice Department announced on Thursday (Apr 9). The departments, including Defense, State, and Homeland Security ...
LOS ANGELES: Casino workers in Las Vegas voiced anger on Thursday (Apr 9) at being abandoned by their billionaire employers as the gambling mecca becomes a "ghost town" due to coronavirus. Tens of thousands employed on the city's world-famous Strip of glitzy hotels and high-stakes betting lost ...
THE Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) will give away a total of S$500,000 in rewards to small businesses that sign up for PayNow, in a drive to encourage greater use of digital payments to minimise community spread of Covid-19.
THE Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) will give away a total of S$500,000 in rewards to small businesses that sign up for PayNow, in a drive to encourage greater use of digital payments to minimise community spread of Covid-19.
WASHINGTON: The global coronavirus pandemic has inflicted an economic crisis unlike any in the past century and will require a massive response to ensure recovery, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday (Apr 9). The warnings about the damage inflicted by the virus already were stark, but ...
NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks rose on Thursday (Apr 9) after the Federal Reserve unveiled massive new stimulus that offset news of another huge spike in jobless claims. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 285.80 points (1.22 per cent) at 23,719.37. The broad-based S&P 500 advanced 39.84 ...
