Party City, Creditors in talks to spin off balloon business – Bloomberg News
(Adds attribution in headline) (Reuters) – Party City Holdco is considering splitting up its balloon manufacturing and retailing businesses as…
US lawmakers back closer coordination with Pacific islands to counter China
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has proposed legislation to support establishment of national…
Trucking firm Yellow considers asset sale through bankruptcy filing – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) – Trucking firm Yellow is considering a sale of assets and real estate through a bankruptcy filing, which may…
U.S. Mega Millions jackpot reaches $1.25 billion
By Rachel Nostrant (Reuters) – The U.S. multistate Mega Millions lottery jackpot has reached an estimated $1.25 billion, with ticket…
Florida school shooting re-enacted as part of civil lawsuit
(Reuters) -Gunfire rang out again at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Friday, this time as part of a…
Exclusive-US declines to invoke prisoner of war status for Travis King
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has declined so far to classify Army Private Travis King as…
Amazon again cited by US regulators over worker safety
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -The U.S. workplace safety regulator said Amazon.com Inc has subjected workers at yet another of its…
Many small US banks not ready to borrow from Fed in an emergency
(This Aug. 2 story has been corrected to say National Credit Union Administration, not association, in paragraph 27) By Ann…
Ethiopia declares six-month state of emergency in Amhara after clashes
By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Ethiopia’s government declared a six-month state of emergency on Friday in the country’s second-largest…
Two US Navy sailors arrested on charges of sharing secrets with China
By Raphael Satter and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two U.S. Navy sailors have been arrested on charges of handing over…