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By Jody Godoy (Reuters) -CBS Corp and former Chief Executive Leslie Moonves agreed on Wednesday to pay investors an additional $9.75 million to settle the New York attorney general’s allegations …

By Clara Denina and Sarah McFarlane LONDON (Reuters) – Europe needs its industrial companies to save energy amid soaring costs and shrinking supplies, and they are delivering – demand for …

By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged on Wednesday the U.S. central bank’s latest ethics stumbles and said it was working hard to …

By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged on Wednesday the U.S. central bank’s latest ethics stumbles and said it was working hard to …

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Salvadoran prisoners collaborating with officials smashed gangster graves with hammers and metal poles in President Nayib Bukele’s latest crackdown on violent gangs, this time aiming to …

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks ended a volatile session lower while Treasury yields were up Wednesday as the U.S. Federal Reserve delivered a three-quarters of a …

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. jury began deliberations on Wednesday in the trial of Tom Barrack, the onetime private equity executive and fundraiser for former President Donald …

By Herbert Lash and Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar regained some strength on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said it was premature to discuss …

By David Gaffen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Wednesday, gaining ground even as other risk assets dropped following the Federal Reserve’s fourth interest rate hike of the year. …

By Rajesh Kumar Singh, David Shepardson and Abhijith Ganapavaram CHICAGO (Reuters) – Boeing Co’s top executives on Wednesday forecast a ramp-up in jet deliveries and higher free cash flow next …

By Anirban Sen NEW YORK (Reuters) – DuPont De Nemours Inc’s decision to scrap its deal to buy Rogers Corp has raised concerns that more Western buyers will follow the …

(Reuters) – Pennsylvania’s highest court on Tuesday ordered officials to disallow mail-in ballots with the wrong date marked on the envelope, potentially throwing out numerous votes in close races that …

By Scott DiSavino and Laura Sanicola (Reuters) – This winter the U.S. Northeast faces its highest energy costs in more than 25 years due to tight heating oil supplies and …

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Olusegun Obasanjo has had mixed results as a mediator of intractable conflicts across Africa since he stepped down as Nigeria’s president in 2007, although he has never …

By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to return to power in one of the most right-wing coalitions in Israel’s history, causing jitters among …

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump and his namesake company have settled a lawsuit by protesters who said his security guards violently attacked them while they were …

By Liz Hampton (Reuters) -Shares of U.S. shale oil producer Devon Energy slumped almost 13% on Wednesday on an outlook for higher than expected capital spending and lower than forecast …

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia (Reuters) – Serb opposition parties protested on Wednesday against the results of last month’s presidential vote in Bosnia’s autonomous Serb Republic, accusing the state election commission of …

By Ali Kucukgocmen and Pavel Polityuk ANKARA/KYIV (Reuters) – Russia said on Wednesday it would resume its participation in a deal freeing up grain exports from war-torn Ukraine, reversing a …

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) – Benjamin Netanyahu’s likely return to power will fuel concern about deepening tensions with Arab neighbours, but Gulf states which forged ties with Israel under …

DUBAI (Reuters) – Most Gulf states said on Wednesday they would increase their key interest rates after the Federal Reserve raised its key policy rate by three-quarters of a percentage …

HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese policymakers pledged on Wednesday that growth was still a priority and they would press on with reforms, helping further boost stock markets buoyed by hopes that …

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – California’s attorney general on Wednesday sent letters to top plastic bag manufacturers requesting information about their claims that the bags they produce are recyclable, …