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Nadal battles past Dimitrov to reach fourth China Open final
(Reuters) – World number one Rafa Nadal beat Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-3 4-6 6-1 in the China Open semi-finals on Saturday to reach his ninth final of the year. The top-seeded Spaniard took control from the start, winning 13 consecutive points on his own serve and breaking Dimitrov to seal the first set in 35 minutes. Nadal led the second 3-1 but world number eight Dimitrov fought back to level at 4-4 before clinching the set. Bulgarian Dimitrov’s eye-catching shots were not enough to overcome the 31-year-old, however, and Nadal
Read MoreBombardier signs deal with Spicejet for 50 Q400 turboprop planes
Sept 29 (Reuters) – Airplane maker Bombardier Inc has sealed a deal to sell up to 50 Q400 turboprop planes to India’s SpiceJet, carrying a list price of $1.7 billion, the Canadian company said on Friday. Bombardier said the order, the subject of an initial letter of intent in June, was the largest it had received so far for the 90-seater aircraft. Bombardier is currently at the center of a trade row between Canada and the United States after a complaint by Boeing Co led to the U.S. Department of
Read MoreCalifornia to file lawsuit over Trump border wall
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California’s attorney general plans to file a lawsuit on Wednesday challenging President Donald Trump’s plan to construct a wall along the border with Mexico, the state AG’s office said, adding to the obstacles facing a key Trump campaign promise. Trump has insisted Mexico would pay for building the wall, which experts said could cost about $22 billion and take more than three years to complete. With Mexico refusing to pay, Trump has said since taking office in January that the wall will initially need U.S. funding
Read MoreUS stocks rise further as banks climb with interest rates
U.S. stocks continue to rise Tuesday as banks move higher along with bond yields. Chemicals company DowDuPont is up after it made changes to its breakup plans, and Apple edged lower after it revealed its new lineup of iPhones. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index finished at an all-time high Monday and other major indexes are also trading around their recent record highs. KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 5 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,493 as of 2:50 p.m. Eastern time. The Dow Jones industrial average Read More
Facebook says it sold $100,000 in ads to fake Russian accounts during presidential election
Facebook revealed Wednesday that fake accounts linked to a Russian company bought more than $100,000 worth of political ads during the presidential election, adding a new dimension to the ongoing investigations into allegations of Russian election interference. Facebook indicated that nearly 500 fake accounts purchased roughly 3,000 political ads between June 2015 and May 2017, according to Alex Stamos, Facebook’s chief security officer. Most of the ads did not mention a specific presidential candidate or the election, but focused on “amplifying divisive social and political messages” on immigration, gun rights Read More
The Latest: Guatemala prosecutor backs targeted UN official
The Latest on the effort by Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales to expel the head of a U.N. anti-corruption agency (all times local): 12:40 p.m. Guatemala’s chief prosecutor says President Jimmy Morales must obey an injunction by the country’s top court that suspends his order to expel the head of the U.N.’s anti-corruption commission. Prosecutor Thelma Aldana has worked closely with commission chief Ivan Velasquez and says he has her unconditional support. The Constitutional Court on Sunday blocked Morales’ expulsion of Velasquez. But the president appeared to set up a constitutional Read More
Four Boston Teamsters acquitted of ‘Top Chef’ extortion plot – world news headlines from reuters
(Corrects paragraph 12 of Aug. 15 story to say that Mark Harrington was sentenced to six months of home confinement, not prison. The error first appeared in Update 1) By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – Four Teamsters union members in Boston were acquitted on Tuesday of charges they tried to extort jobs from a production company filming “Top Chef” in 2014, using thuggish tactics that included threatening host Padma Lakshmi. A federal jury found Daniel Redmond, John Fidler, Robert Cafarelli and Michael Ross not guilty of conspiracy and attempted extortion
Read MoreRon Howard shares behind-the-scenes ‘Star Wars’ secrets Video – Abc news headlines
Transcript for Ron Howard shares behind-the-scenes ‘Star Wars’ secrets Expect more, pay less. Get it, get it. Time for “Pop.” Adrienne. You almost got to start singing because that beat — You love to dance. I like to have fun. So rob can sit in it. Director Ron Howard sharing some hints about the director’s chair directing the new Han solo movie locked in secrecy but giving us tantalizing glimpses sharing his short video on Twitter captioning it where old speeders go to die. Okay, so if anybody was in Read More