FedEx sees record holiday shipments on rising retail, e-commerce
October 26, 2015 By Nick Carey CHICAGO (Reuters) – Package delivery company FedEx Corp <FDX.N> said on Monday that it expects to see a record number of shipments during this year’s busy holiday...
View ArticleWall St. slides on lower crude prices, stock options expiry
December 19, 2015 By Marcus E. Howard (Reuters) – U.S. stocks closed lower on Friday for the second straight day, as concerns, ranging from a decline in crude oil prices to the global response to the...
View ArticleChicago ‘Black Christmas’ protesters march against police violence
December 24, 2015 By Justin Madden CHICAGO (Reuters) – Several hundred protesters against police killings of black men marched on Thursday along Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, calling for Mayor Rahm...
View ArticleNew York spends Christmas Eve in T-shirts, ice-skating puddles
December 24, 2015 By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) – New Yorker Tyler Hickey usually spends Christmas Eve snowboarding on the nearest mountain. This year, he’s in a T-shirt and jeans while...
View ArticleWashington state woman convicted of murdering six family members
March 5, 2016 (Reuters) – A Washington state woman was found guilty on Friday of murdering six family members during a Christmas Eve gathering in 2007 after a dispute over money, prosecutors and a...
View ArticleSantas from all over the world meet to talk shop
July 21, 2016 (Reuters) – With just five months until Christmas, Santas from around the world are gathering in Copenhagen for a mid-season break at the annual World Santa Claus Congress. The annual...
View ArticleLady Gaga’s ‘Joanne’ debuts at top of Billboard album chart
November 1, 2016 By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Lady Gaga notched her fourth chart-topping album on Monday as her rock-infused record “Joanne” debuted at the top of the weekly U.S. Billboard...
View ArticleU.S. carriers see 3.5 percent bump in 2016 winter holiday flying
December 8, 2016 By Alana Wise (Reuters) – More than 45 million passengers will take to the skies on U.S. airlines this holiday season, Airlines for America projected on Thursday, up 3.5 percent from...
View ArticlePope says Christmas ‘hostage’ to materialism, God in shadows
December 24, 2016 By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Saturday that Christmas had been “taken hostage” by dazzling materialism that puts God in the shadows and blinds many...
View Article‘Rogue One’ dominating holiday box office, ‘Sing’ solid
December 25, 2016 By Dave McNary LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” remains powerful at the U.S. holiday box office with a dominant $15 million on Christmas Eve and projections...
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