By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – Producers of the Western movie “Rust” on Friday said they had agreed to pay a $100,000 civil fine for “serious” workplace safety breaches prior to the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on a New Mexico film set in 2021. New Mexico’s worker safety bureau last year levied its maximum …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran has developed a cruise missile with a range of 1,650 km (1,025 miles) a top Revolutionary Guards commander said on Friday, in a move likely to raise Western concerns after Russia’s use of Iranian drones in the Ukraine war. Separately, Amirali Hajizadeh, the head of the Revolutionary Guards aerospace force, also spoke …
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By Ross Kerber BOSTON (Reuters) – Tesla Inc investor Ross Gerber said on Friday he will end his run for the electric carmaker’s board of directors, citing changes investors can expect to see next week. Gerber said in a telephone interview that he decided to withdraw after Martin Viecha, Tesla’s investor relations chief, told him …
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By David French (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes posted their biggest weekly drop of 2023 after sharp losses on Friday, as investors braced for the possibility of more aggressive rate hikes from the U.S. Federal Reserve as U.S. economic data pointed to resilient consumers. For the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average, the 3% fall …
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By Steve Gorman and Rich McKay LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A slow-moving winter storm intensified over California on Friday, triggering the first blizzard warning in parts of the Los Angeles area in 30 years and creating the extraordinary sight of snowflakes swirling around the iconic Hollywood sign. Snow and freezing rain pushed into the Golden State …
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By Saeed Azhar (Reuters) -putting down for reporter to check background on Archegos-dg Morgan Stanley said it was cooperating with U.S. regulators over investigations into its block-trading practices and providing authorities with information, according to a filing on Friday. The Wall Street firm added it could face civil claims from market participants who said they …
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(Reuters) – Raytheon Technologies Corp said on Friday the U.S. government has cleared its Pratt and Whitney unit to resume deliveries of its F-135 engine for the F-35 fighter jet, after a halt was put in place in December following the discovery of a safety concern. The F-35 Joint Program Office said in a statement …
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(Reuters) – Moderna Inc will make certain contingent development, commercial and regulatory milestone payments to the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) related to the development of COVID-19 vaccines, the company said in a filing on Friday. Moderna and the U.S. government agency had entered into a license agreement in December related to certain patents …
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By Nathan Layne (Reuters) -Richard “Alex” Murdaugh, the disbarred South Carolina lawyer on trial for the murder of his wife and son, said on Friday that he believed someone angry about a deadly boating accident had committed the crimes, floating an alternative theory for the jury as two days of dramatic testimony came to a …
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By Michael Martina and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chairman of a new U.S. House of Representatives select committee focused on China sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation director Christopher Wray on Friday seeking answers about alleged Chinese-government run police outposts on U.S. soil. Wray told Congress in November he was deeply …
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