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Syria, Jordan Reopen Sole Border Crossing After Strikes, Agree To Joint Investigation   By The Media Line Staff   Syria and Jordan reopened the Nasib-Jaber border crossing Wednesday, restoring the only open route for passenger and commercial traffic between the countries after it was temporarily closed following Jordanian airstrikes in southern Syria.   Traffic through the crossing returned to normal after Tuesday’s closure, according to Syria.   The reopening came as the two governments […]

By Field Level Media Oct 28 (Field Level Media) – New York Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson is frustrated with losing and his diminished role in the offense, but he isn’t looking for a way out. Amid growing speculation ahead of the Nov. 10 NFL trade deadline, Wilson said Wednesday he has not requested a trade and wants to remain with the Jets. “Yeah, I want to be here, man,” […]

By Nate Raymond Oct 28 (Reuters) – Utah’s attorney general brought criminal charges against Kalshi and two of its top executives, accusing the prediction market platform of illegally promoting online gambling and allowing an undercover agent to place wagers on sports events. Utah Attorney General Derek Brown, a Republican, filed the charges against Kalshi and its two co-founders, Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara, a day after the US Commodity […]

By Jonathan Stempel Oct 28 (Reuters) – Zillow said on Wednesday it will pay $212.5 million in cash to settle a class action accusing the online real estate marketplace of misleading shareholders about its failed Zillow Offers home-flipping venture. The Seattle-based company did not admit wrongdoing in agreeing to the settlement, which requires a judge’s approval. Zillow announced the settlement a little over three weeks after the US Supreme Court refused to […]

WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said that he plans to attend a November 16 field hearing of the central bank’s productivity and jobs task force in the San Francisco Bay Area to hear from a broad range of people on questions about technology and productivity and their impact on monetary policy. Warsh told a news conference after the Fed held rates steady that the conference […]

WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) – The US Department of Agriculture confirmed a case of New World screwworm in a dog in Arizona, according to a statement on Wednesday. It is the first detection in Arizona, USDA said. (Reporting by Christian Martinez and Daphne Psaledakis; Editing by Jasper Ward) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

Oct 28 (Reuters) – FedEx said on Wednesday its quarterly operating margin in its core US express delivery segment slipped, even as it reported a bigger than expected profit, and its shares fell 1.6% in extended trading. The package delivery company said the margin dipped to 6.6% from 6.8% the year before. It forecast annual profit above estimates after reporting a 28% rise in earnings from the July-September quarter, driven by […]

By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh on Wednesday said he is “honored” to lead the central bank’s policymakers and said politics played no role in their decision to skip a rate hike, rebutting at least indirectly President Donald Trump’s allegation that the Fed Board is partisan and against him.  “We just came out of a heck of a family fight” […]

WELLINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Nine days out from New Zealand’s general election on November 7, polls continue to show no clear winner or even coalition grouping. • A Radio New Zealand-Reid Research poll released on Thursday saw opposition party Labour sitting at 30.6% and able to form a government with the support of the Greens and Opportunity. In this poll, the ruling National party had fallen to just 24.8% […]