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By Marianna Parraga and Gary McWilliams (Reuters) -A U.S. court on Friday approved claims by 17 Venezuela-linked creditors, including ConocoPhillips, Rusoro Mining and Koch Industries, to get proceeds from a coming auction of shares in the parent of Venezuela-owned oil refiner Citgo Petroleum to satisfy claims for expropriations and debt defaults. The list, which reduced …

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By Zeba Siddiqui and Christopher Bing (Reuters) -Microsoft said on Friday that a Russian state-sponsored group hacked into its corporate systems on Jan. 12 and stole some emails and documents from staff accounts. The Russian group was able to access “a very small percentage” of Microsoft corporate email accounts, including members of its senior leadership …

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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A lawyer hired to help run the Georgia election interference criminal case against Donald Trump paid for airline tickets for the district attorney overseeing the prosecution, bank records attached to a legal filing showed on Friday, potentially bolstering claims the two had an inappropriate relationship. Records show special prosecutor …

Georgia prosecutor on Trump case paid for flights with DA Fani Willis, filing shows Read More »

By Andrea Shalal and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Central Command forces on Friday conducted strikes against three Houthi anti-ship missiles that were aimed into the Southern Red Sea and were prepared to launch, the U.S. military said on X, formerly called Twitter. “U.S. forces identified the missiles in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and determined …

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By David Shepardson and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) -JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines said on Friday they will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that blocked the air carriers’ planned tie-up on the grounds that the proposed merger would violate U.S. antitrust law. The appeal came after U.S. District Judge William Young in Boston on Tuesday …

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By Tatiana Bautzer NEW YORK (Reuters) -Morgan Stanley Executive Chairman James Gorman’s compensation in his last year as CEO rose 17% to $37 million for 2023 from $31.5 million in 2022, the bank said in a filing on Friday. That is the highest pay for a major U.S. bank chief disclosed so far this year. …

Morgan Stanley’s Gorman gets 17% pay bump to $37 million in last year as CEO Read More »

(Reuters) – A small commercial plane with seven people on board made an emergency landing on a Virginia highway on Friday after taking off from Dulles International Airport, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said. Nobody was injured, WUSA9 television reported, citing police and the airline. Southern Airways Express flight 246 was on its way to …

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By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – New York Mayor Eric Adams on Friday vetoed legislation that would ban the use of solitary confinement in city jails and a second bill that would force police officers to document more of their stops, but city council leaders vowed to override the vetoes. Adams, a Democrat and former New …

New York mayor vetoes bills he says would ‘handcuff’ police Read More »

By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – Harvard University on Friday urged a judge in Boston to dismiss lawsuits by families accusing it of mishandling the bodies of loved ones that were donated to its medical school and whose organs and parts were then sold on the black market by the former manager of its morgue. …

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By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Falling inflation and expectations of an economic soft landing are buoying hopes for U.S. real estate stocks in 2024, even as the sector continues to lag the broader market. Real estate investment trusts (REITs) were among the worst performing sectors over the last year, with share prices weighed …

Maligned US real estate sector draws buyers eyeing rate cuts Read More »