WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration is considering banning travel to the United States from all members of the Chinese Communist Party and their families, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday, an idea that China dismissed as absurd. Senior officials who discussed the matter began distributing a draft …
Read More »End of jumbo jet: British Airways withdraws 747 fleets early on coronavirus problems
LONDON / BENGALURU (Reuters) – British Airways, the world’s largest Boeing 747 operator, will withdraw its entire fleet of jumbo jets with immediate effect after the new coronavirus pandemic sent air travel into freefall. FILE PHOTO: A British Airways Boeing 747-400 taxi at San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California, …
Read More »British Airways withdraws entire fleet of Boeing jumbo jets
(Reuters) – British Airways, the world’s largest Boeing 747 operator, said Thursday night that it would withdraw its entire fleet of jumbo jets with immediate effect due to the slowdown in the travel industry caused by the coronavirus pandemic. FILE PHOTO: A British Airways Boeing 747-400 taxi at San Francisco …
Read More »Retail sales in the United States decline; high unemployment, COVID-19 rise looms over recovery
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US retail sales rose more than expected in June as consumers bought high-priced items like motor vehicles and went out to dinner, but a resurgence in new COVID cases- 19 is impacting the budding recovery, keeping 32 million Americans unemployed benefits. Economists attributed the second consecutive monthly …
Read More »Retail sales in the United States decline; high unemployment, COVID-19 rise looms over recovery
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US retail sales rose more than expected in June as consumers bought high-priced items like motor vehicles and went out to dinner, but a resurgence in new COVID cases- 19 is impacting the budding recovery, keeping 32 million Americans unemployed benefits. FILE PHOTO: People line up outside …
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