(Reuters) – Nearly half of lymphoma patients treated with Gilead Sciences Inc’s Yescarta were alive at least three years after a one-time infusion of the CAR-T cell therapy, according to data presented on Saturday. FILE PHOTO: A Gilead Sciences, Inc. logo is seen outside the company headquarters in Foster City, California, U.S. May 1, 2018.… Read More

The actor who appeared in a widely criticized Christmas advertisement for exercise bike maker Peloton Interactive Inc appears in a new role selling Ryan Reynolds’ Aviation American Gin, in this still image taken from social media video, obtained December 7, 2019. Aviation American Gin via REUTERS NEW YORK (Reuters) – The actress who appeared in… Read More

(Refiles to fix typo in quote in paragraph 9) By Tom Hals Dec 6 (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s daring has left its mark on electric cars and rockets, and now experts say the entrepreneur may have reshaped U.S. defamation law with his willingness to defend at a high-stakes trial a lawsuit over an off-the-cuff tweet.… Read More

The U.S. military believes that an unarmed American drone reported lost near Libya’s capital last month was in fact shot down by Russian air defenses and it is demanding the return of the aircraft’s wreckage, U.S. Africa Command says. Such a shootdown would underscore Moscow’s increasingly muscular role in the energy-rich nation, where Russian mercenaries… Read More

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s rand was barely changed in late trade on Friday, with fresh optimism over Sino-U.S. trade talks helping the currency to weather stronger employment numbers from the United States. South African Rand coins are seen in this photo illustration taken September 9, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo At 1530 GMT, the rand… Read More

The leak and distribution of classified UK-U.S. trade documents online is tied to a previous Russian disinformation campaign, social media site Reddit said on Friday, fueling fears that Moscow is seeking to interfere in Britain’s upcoming election. Britain’s opposition Labour Party seized on the leaked documents on Nov. 27, saying they showed the ruling Conservatives… Read More

SYDNEY, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Marc Leishman thinks Patrick Reed’s rules violation at the Hero World Challenge has given the Melbourne crowd plenty of ammunition to try and get under the American’s skin at next week’s Presidents Cup. Reed was penalised two strokes on Friday after twice moving sand while taking practice swings to improve… Read More

(Reuters) – California’s bankrupt power producer PG&E Corp (PCG.N) said on Friday it had reached a $13.5 billion settlement with victims of some of most devastating wildfires in the state’s modern history. FILE PHOTO: Employees of Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) work in the aftermath of the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, U.S., November 14,… Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Swedish mobile telecoms company Ericsson has agreed to pay over $1 billion to resolve probes into corruption, including the bribing of government officials, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: An Ericsson logo is pictured at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Shanghai, China June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song The… Read More

(Corrects first name of plaintiff to Vernon, instead of Richard, paragraph 2) By Nichola Groom and Rachel Parsons LOS ANGELES, Dec 6 (Reuters) – A federal jury in Los Angeles began deliberating on Friday to decide whether Tesla Inc boss Elon Musk defamed a British cave explorer whose lawyer said the “billionaire bully” should pay… Read More

FILE PHOTO: The Goldman Sachs company logo is seen in the company’s space on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, (NYSE) in New York, U.S., April 17, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) could end up paying less than $2 billion to resolve criminal and regulatory probes over… Read More

(Adds latest figures, analyst quote) JOHANNESBURG, Dec 6 (Reuters) – South Africa’s rand was barely changed in late trade on Friday, with fresh optimism over Sino-U.S. trade talks helping the currency to weather stronger employment numbers from the United States. At 1530 GMT, the rand edged 0.07% firmer at 14.6400, improving from session’s low of… Read More

The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church and several Kremlin officials fly on a $43 million jet linked to a major state lender, The Bell business website reported Friday. The report follows prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s claims that week that the state VTB bank CEO’s alleged partner and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s wife fly… Read More

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Many South Africans could be without electricity this weekend if rain continues, state power utility Eskom said on Friday, after announcing it would cut up to 4,000 megawatts (MW) of power as wet weather makes it difficult for power stations to use coal. Friends talk by candle light during load shedding in… Read More

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SYDNEY (Reuters) – A prosecution witness in an Australian criminal cartel case against Citigroup Inc (C.N) and Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE) said on Friday that the banks never colluded, but that he helped a regulator build its case to get immunity. FILE PHOTO: A sign outside the headquarters of JP Morgan Chase & Co in… Read More

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 6 (Reuters) – South Africa’s rand was little changed in early trade on Friday, as investors awaited employment figures from the United States to gauge the likely direction for interest rates. At 0620 GMT, the rand edged up 0.06% at 14.6410, improving from session’s low of 14.6950 on Thursday after a batch of… Read More

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – An association representing minority investors in Brazil is lobbying European antitrust regulators to spike a deal between planemakers Embraer SA (EMBR3.SA) and Boeing Co (BA.N), calling it a killer acquisition. FILE PHOTO: A pilot sits in a cockpit of the Embraer E-195 E2 jet airliner at the MAKS 2019 air show in… Read More