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By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stock indexes were mixed and benchmark Treasury yields rebounded after the much-anticipated U.S. August employment report showed an uptick in unemployment and cooler-than-expected wage growth, cementing expectations that the Federal Reserve will let key interest rates stand at its September policy meeting. The three major indexes gave up earlier gains as the session progressed and investors digested the data ahead of the […]

(Corrects election day to Saturday in paragraph 24) LIBREVILLE (Reuters) -Pressure mounted on coup leaders in Gabon to hand back power to a civilian government on Friday, two days after they overthrew President Ali Bongo and announced their own head of state. Military officers seized power on Wednesday, minutes after an announcement that Bongo had secured a third term in an election. The officers placed Bongo under house arrest and […]

(Corrects election day to Saturday in paragraph 24) LIBREVILLE (Reuters) -Pressure mounted on coup leaders in Gabon to hand back power to a civilian government on Friday, two days after they overthrew President Ali Bongo and announced their own head of state. Military officers seized power on Wednesday, minutes after an announcement that Bongo had secured a third term in an election. The officers placed Bongo under house arrest and […]

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday authorized the payout of $41.53 million to investors who lost money when Elon Musk tweeted about taking his electric car company Tesla private. Payouts will come from a “fair fund” created under a settlement between Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, arising from Musk’s August 2018 post on Twitter that he had “funding secured” for a […]

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday authorized the payout of $41.53 million to investors who lost money when Elon Musk tweeted about taking his electric car company Tesla private. Payouts will come from a “fair fund” created under a settlement between Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, arising from Musk’s August 2018 post on Twitter that he had “funding secured” for a […]

By Lori Ewing (Reuters) – American sprinter Noah Lyles is ending his season, he announced on Friday, less than a week after he captured the sprint treble at the World Athletics Championships. “And with that I say goodbye to the 2023 season!” Lyles said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. The social media post included three checked boxes: “World’s fastest man in 100 & 200; 2 years […]

By Lori Ewing (Reuters) – American sprinter Noah Lyles is ending his season, he announced on Friday, less than a week after he captured the sprint treble at the World Athletics Championships. “And with that I say goodbye to the 2023 season!” Lyles said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. The social media post included three checked boxes: “World’s fastest man in 100 & 200; 2 years […]

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday authorized the payout of $41.53 million to investors who lost money when Elon Musk tweeted about taking his electric car company Tesla private. Payouts will come from a “fair fund” created under a settlement between Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, arising from Musk’s August 2018 post on Twitter that he had “funding secured” for a […]

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday authorized the payout of $41.53 million to investors who lost money when Elon Musk tweeted about taking his electric car company Tesla private. Payouts will come from a “fair fund” created under a settlement between Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, arising from Musk’s August 2018 post on Twitter that he had “funding secured” for a […]