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Lawsuit saying Twitter aided Islamic State thrown out by U.S. appeals court
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Boeing ends Wall St.'s slide, Fed caution limits gains
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U.S. food distributors allege Tyson Foods, rivals fixed chicken prices
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Democrats press Facebook, Twitter again to probe Russia links to Republican memo
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France to name and shame worst cases of tax fraud - PM
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Yellen's swan song to markets
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France to name and shame worst cases of tax fraud: PM
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European shares slip at end of strong month
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U.S. prosecutors drop corruption case against Sen. Menendez
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Lawsuit saying Twitter aided Islamic State thrown out by U.S. appeals court
By Jonathan Stempel, Reuters(Reuters) - A federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled on Wednesday that Twitter Inc is not liable to families of two U.S. government contractors killed in an Islamic State attack in Jordan for...
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Boeing ends Wall St.'s slide, Fed caution limits gains
By Tanya Agrawal, Reuters(Reuters) - A surge in Boeing led Wall Street out of a two-day slump on Wednesday, but U.S. stocks pared gains in early afternoon trading as investors awaited the Federal Reserve's comments to gauge...
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U.S. food distributors allege Tyson Foods, rivals fixed chicken prices
By Tom Polansek, ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - Top U.S. food distributors Sysco Corp and U.S. Foods Inc have sued the country's biggest chicken processors for allegedly conspiring to inflate prices. The distributors sued...
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Democrats press Facebook, Twitter again to probe Russia links to Republican memo
By Dustin Volz and Warren Strobel, ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two senior U.S. Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday asked Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc to answer questions about potential Russian involvement in social media campaigns that...
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France to name and shame worst cases of tax fraud - PM
By Reuters, ReutersPhilippe said the tougher measures were particularly necessary as his government intended to cut business and household taxes. "For grave offences, the French must know who is trying to absolve...
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Yellen's swan song to markets
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Reuters(Reuters) - Janet Yellen soothed markets' anxieties even while unwinding her predecessor's emergency measures to combat the 2007-2009 global financial crisis during her tenure as the first woman to...
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France to name and shame worst cases of tax fraud: PM
By Reuters, ReutersPhilippe said the tougher measures were particularly necessary as his government intended to cut business and household taxes. "For grave offences, the French must know who is trying to absolve...
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European shares slip at end of strong month
By Helen Reid and Danilo Masoni, ReutersLONDON/MILAN (Reuters) - European shares fell on Wednesday as investors locked in profits at the end of a strong month while results from some of the region's biggest names also weighed. The STOXX...
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U.S. prosecutors drop corruption case against Sen. Menendez
By Sarah N. Lynch and Joseph Ax, Reuters(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has dropped corruption charges against Democratic Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey, according to a court filing on Wednesday, days after the trial judge...
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For Saudi tycoons freed from detention, cheers and a business challenge
By Stephen Kalin and Katie Paul, ReutersRIYADH (Reuters) - Cheering supporters greeted Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal when he arrived at his skyscraper offices in Riyadh after his release from detention in an anti-...
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Winter storm threatens U.S. East Coast energy industry
By Harriet McLeod and Scott Malone, ReutersThe storm is the product of a rapid and rare sharp drop in barometric pressure known as bombogenesis, or bomb cyclone. Heavy snow pounded the East Coast along a front stretching from Maine as far...
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U.S. private sector adds 250,000 jobs in December, biggest rise since March
By Reuters, ReutersEconomists surveyed by Reuters had forecast the ADP National Employment Report would show a gain of 190,000 jobs, with estimates ranging from 165,000 to 225,000. Private payroll gains in the month...
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Pakistan shrugs off impending U.S. aid cuts, wary of harsher measures
By Drazen Jorgic, ReutersISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan is shrugging off proposed U.S. aid cuts but frets that Washington could take more drastic measures to deter what it sees as the South Asian nation's support for Taliban...
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German tax office targets Chinese online retailers: Handelsblatt
By Reuters, ReutersThe investigation is led by the Berlin-Neukoelln tax office, which is responsible for value added tax (VAT) registration of Chinese retailers in Germany, the paper said. The federal state of Berlin...
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Fewer family visas approved as Trump toughens vetting of immigrants: Reuters review
By Mica Rosenberg, ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is ramping up calls on the U.S. Congress to stop legal immigrants from sponsoring extended family members who want to move to the United States, saying so-...