United States

• Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 10:10 UTC

  Several airlines extend cancellations of Boeing 737 MAX flights until January

  

  United Airlines Holdings Inc said on Friday it is extending cancellations of Boeing 737 MAX flights until Jan. 6, as regulators continue to extensively review proposed software changes to the grounded plane.

• Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 10:05 UTC

  Pompeo tells NBA to stand up to China, after a row over support for Hong Kong protestors

  

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday urged the NBA to stand up to China, wading into a row as Beijing pressures the basketball league after a team official expressed support for demonstrations in Hong Kong.

• Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  US/China agree to a first phase of trade deal; Trump suspends a tariff hike

  

  United States and China agreed on Friday to the first phase of a deal to end a trade war, prompting President Donald Trump to suspend a threatened tariff hike, but officials said the agreement had to be put on paper and more work was required to get it finalized.

• Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:36 UTC

  American Airlines and Gol negotiating a partnership to counter Delta/Latam deal

  

  American Airlines Group Inc and Brazil's Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA are negotiating a “partnership” that could “integrate flights between the two airlines in Latin America,” a newspaper reported on Friday.

• Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:10 UTC

  Fed announces supply of reserves plan to avoid “cash crunches”

  

  The Federal Reserve has announced a new program to boost liquidity in the US financial plumbing and allow the central bank to better manage interest rates, but without changing monetary policy.

• Friday, October 11th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Strong US support for Argentina to join OECD, but Brazilian access process will be slower

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump and his top diplomat said on Thursday they supported Brazil’s taking steps toward joining the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), although it is first backing accession by Argentina.

• Friday, October 11th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Trade Integration more important for Latin America and the Caribbean as growth slows, World Bank

  

  The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has entered a new phase of weak economic performance, but increased integration in international trade and global value chains could reinvigorate economic growth.

• Friday, October 11th 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  Brazilian plane maker to furlough 15.000 workers ahead of Boeing's takeover

  

  Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA will furlough almost 15,000 workers in January, a metalworkers union said on Thursday, ahead of a partial takeover by Boeing Co as part of a deal that still needs regulatory approval.

• Friday, October 11th 2019 - 09:44 UTC

  “Third world” blackouts in California to prevent deadly forest fires

  

  More than a million Californians were without electricity due to pre-emptive blackouts Thursday, but localized fires broke out as hot, windy conditions spread south toward Los Angeles.

• Friday, October 11th 2019 - 09:32 UTC

  Asylum seeking migrants occupy bridge linking Matamoros with the US

  

  Migrants seeking asylum in the United States who are camped in a dangerous Mexican border town occupied a bridge to Brownsville, Texas on Thursday, leading U.S. authorities to close the crossing, witnesses and authorities said.