By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Black Friday shoppers weren’t the only ones out hunting for bargains on the day after Thanksgiving. Thieves were busy as well. Police in Los Angeles and cities elsewhere across the...
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U.S. Black Friday shoppers tapered online splurge, as some returned to stores
By Arriana McLymore and Richa Naidu RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) – U.S. shoppers spent slightly less online during Black Friday this year, with many venturing back to physical stores despite coronavirus fears, tight supplies,...
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Xiaomi to open car plant in Beijing with annual output of 300,000 vehicles – Beijing govt
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi Corp will build a plant that can produce 300,000 vehicles annually in Beijing for its electric vehicle unit, authorities in the capital said on Saturday. The plant will be...
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India tells public to shun Musk-backed Starlink until it gets licence
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The Indian government advised people against subscribing to Starlink Internet Services, a division of billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX aerospace company, as it does not have a licence to operate in the country. A...
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Equities, oil prices, U.S. Treasury yields all drop on COVID variant fears
By Chris Prentice and Carolyn Cohn WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – Shares tumbled on Wall Street on Friday as they reopened after Thanksgiving, while European stocks saw their biggest sell-off in 17 months and oil prices plunged by...
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Stocks tumble on new coronavirus variant fear
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks closed lower on Friday, with the Dow and S&P 500 suffering their biggest one-day percentage drops in months, and pandemic-hit sectors that had gained from a reopening falling...
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