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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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Senate looks for way out of gridlock on self-driving car bill
By David Shepardson, ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee is pursuing different strategies to win approval this year of landmark self-driving car legislation that could make it easier...
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Canada unveils ideas to save NAFTA, Trudeau lobbies U.S. firms
By David Ljunggren and Anthony Esposito, ReutersMONTREAL (Reuters) - Canadian negotiators at the NAFTA talks on Wednesday unveiled ideas to address contentious American demands for revamping the 1994 pact while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged...
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AT&T urges Congress to rewrite net neutrality rules
By David Shepardson, ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - AT&T Inc urged U.S. Congress on Wednesday to write new laws to govern the internet, seeing that as preferable to future regulatory involvement after the Trump...
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U.S. accuses Nevada-based company of cryptocurrency scam
By Nate Raymond and Susan Heavey, Reuters(Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Wednesday accused a Nevada company and two men involved with it of misappropriating over $6 million from customers seeking to buy a virtual currency called My Big Coin...
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U.S. business borrowing for equipment rises about 6 percent in December: ELFA
By Reuters, ReutersCompanies signed up for $12.8 billion in new loans, leases and lines of credit last month, up from $12.1 billion a year earlier. "December new business volume registered the typical end-of-quarter,...