Illinois bonds hit hard after U.S. judge’s Medicaid ruling
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois general obligation bond prices plummeted and yields soared in the U.S. municipal market on Thursday, a day after a federal judge ordered the cash-strapped state to find more money to pay Medicaid providers.
In major breakthrough, tiny Utah firm regenerates skin, hair in pigs
(Reuters) – A small U.S. biotech has successfully regenerated skin and stimulated hair growth in pigs with burns and abrasions, paving the way for a scientific breakthrough that could lead to the regeneration of fully functional human skin.
U.S. intelligence contractor pleads not guilty to leaking charge
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Reuters) – A U.S. intelligence contractor accused of illegally leaking a classified report on Russian interference in U.S. elections to a media outlet pleaded not guilty on Thursday to an espionage offense, and a federal judge denied her …
Nissan to make automatic emergency braking standard in one million U.S. cars
(Reuters) – Nissan Motor Co Ltd said on Thursday it will make automatic emergency braking (AEB) standard on an estimated one million vehicles sold in the United States for model year 2018.
U.S. business schools embrace ‘fintech’ as students clamor for courses
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Leading U.S. business schools are trying to teach students how to become masters of financial technology, a subsector of Wall Street that has grown in size and prominence, but because the area is still ill-defined and relatively ne…
U.S. Air Force says Boeing delays KC-46 aircraft delivery
(Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force said there would be a further delay in taking delivery of Boeing Co’s KC-46 aerial refueling aircraft, as the planemaker tries to get airworthiness certifications and complete a flight test program.
Some toast Comey testimony, others shrug at U.S. bar ‘watch parties’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Crowds packed U.S. bars on Thursday to watch former FBI chief James Comey testify to Congress, with some patrons dismissing the hearing as hype and others cheering his comments as they downed mixed drinks with names like “impeach…
Dominion assesses future of Connecticut Millstone nuclear plant
(Reuters) – Dominion Energy Inc said on Thursday that it will “continue assessing” its investments in Connecticut after the state house failed to pass a bill that would allow the state to buy electricity from Dominion’s Millstone nuclear power plant.
Supermarket worker kills three, himself in Pennsylvania store
(Reuters) – A supermarket employee fatally shot three co-workers before killing himself inside the store in northeast Pennsylvania early on Thursday, state police said.
Alabama executes man convicted of three murders
(Reuters) – Alabama executed a 46-year-old man on Thursday for the 1994 murders of three fast-food workers during a late-night robbery, in the 13 execution this year in the United States.
