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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM GAME THREE OF THE MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD SERIES BETWEEN THE NEW YORK YANKEES AND THE BOSTON RED SOX AT YANKEE STADIUM COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 2, 2025) (MLB – See restrictions) SHOTLIST TO FOLLOW STORY: Rookie Cam Schlittler struck out 12 in eight innings during a stellar postseason debut as the New York Yankees eliminated the Boston Red Sox with a 4-0 victory in Game Three of the American League wild-card series on Thursday (October 2) night. The Yankees, who won the final two games of the best-of-three set, advance to the AL Division Series to face the Blue Jays. Game 1 of the best-of-five series is scheduled for Saturday in Toronto. New York capitalized on shaky Boston defense in a four-run fourth inning. That was more than enough for Schlittler (1-0), who allowed five hits and no walks while throwing consistently in the upper 90s. The 24-year-old right-hander fired 75 of his career-high 107 pitches for strikes. Schlittler joined Roger Clemens (15 in 2000), Gerrit Cole (13 in 2020) and Orlando Hernandez (12 in 2000) as the fourth player in Yankees history with at least 12 strikeouts in a postseason game. He is the only rookie in that group. Schlittler ended the seventh by fanning Wilyer Abreu on his 100th pitch as Fernando Cruz warmed up. He needed seven more pitches to finish the eighth, which was aided by third baseman Ryan McMahon falling into the Boston dugout to catch a foul pop by Jarren Duran. Amed Rosario hit an RBI single and Anthony Volpe added a bases-loaded single off Boston rookie Connelly Early (0-1). The last two runs scored when first baseman Nathaniel Lowe misplayed Austin Wells' grounder. In the postseason for the first time since 2021, the Red Sox got short starts from Brayan Bello and Early after Garrett Crochet's 117-pitch masterpiece on Tuesday. Early allowed four runs (three earned) on six hits in 3 2/3 innings. The left-hander struck out six and walked one. Cody Bellinger started the fourth-inning rally by hustling for a double when Abreu could not make a diving catch in right field. Giancarlo Stanton followed with a walk. One out later, Rosario drove in Bellinger with a single to left, Jazz Chisholm Jr. loaded the bases with a hit, and Volpe stroked a single to right for a 2-0 lead. Wells fell behind 0-2 in the count but capped a nine-pitch at-bat by hitting a grounder off Lowe's glove that trickled into right field and allowed Rosario and Chisholm to score. New York closer David Bednar pitched around a walk in the ninth inning. (Production: Bhagya Ayyavoo) More MLB content is available on Reuters Connect here: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?sources=mlbimagen
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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM GAME THREE OF THE MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD SERIES BETWEEN THE NEW YORK YANKEES AND THE BOSTON RED SOX AT YANKEE STADIUM COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 2, 2025) (MLB – See restrictions) SHOTLIST TO FOLLOW STORY: Rookie Cam Schlittler struck out 12 in eight innings during a stellar postseason debut as the New York Yankees eliminated the Boston Red Sox with a 4-0 victory in Game Three of the American League wild-card series on Thursday (October 2) night. The Yankees, who won the final two games of the best-of-three set, advance to the AL Division Series to face the Blue Jays. Game 1 of the best-of-five series is scheduled for Saturday in Toronto. New York capitalized on shaky Boston defense in a four-run fourth inning. That was more than enough for Schlittler (1-0), who allowed five hits and no walks while throwing consistently in the upper 90s. The 24-year-old right-hander fired 75 of his career-high 107 pitches for strikes. Schlittler joined Roger Clemens (15 in 2000), Gerrit Cole (13 in 2020) and Orlando Hernandez (12 in 2000) as the fourth player in Yankees history with at least 12 strikeouts in a postseason game. He is the only rookie in that group. Schlittler ended the seventh by fanning Wilyer Abreu on his 100th pitch as Fernando Cruz warmed up. He needed seven more pitches to finish the eighth, which was aided by third baseman Ryan McMahon falling into the Boston dugout to catch a foul pop by Jarren Duran. Amed Rosario hit an RBI single and Anthony Volpe added a bases-loaded single off Boston rookie Connelly Early (0-1). The last two runs scored when first baseman Nathaniel Lowe misplayed Austin Wells' grounder. In the postseason for the first time since 2021, the Red Sox got short starts from Brayan Bello and Early after Garrett Crochet's 117-pitch masterpiece on Tuesday. Early allowed four runs (three earned) on six hits in 3 2/3 innings. The left-hander struck out six and walked one. Cody Bellinger started the fourth-inning rally by hustling for a double when Abreu could not make a diving catch in right field. Giancarlo Stanton followed with a walk. One out later, Rosario drove in Bellinger with a single to left, Jazz Chisholm Jr. loaded the bases with a hit, and Volpe stroked a single to right for a 2-0 lead. Wells fell behind 0-2 in the count but capped a nine-pitch at-bat by hitting a grounder off Lowe's glove that trickled into right field and allowed Rosario and Chisholm to score. New York closer David Bednar pitched around a walk in the ninth inning. (Production: Bhagya Ayyavoo) More MLB content is available on Reuters Connect here: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?sources=mlbimagen
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(Adds new items, updates futures) Oct 3 – Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening higher on Friday, with futures up 0.13%. * BEAUTY TECH GROUP: Beauty Tech Group has priced its IPO at 271 pence per share, implying a market capitalisation of 300 million pounds ($402.90 million), as the British company prepares to make its London market debut on Friday. * J D WETHERSPOON : – British pub group J D Wetherspoon reported a more than 10% rise in annual adjusted pretax profit, helped by resilient demand for its budget-friendly drinks and pub grub. * BP: BP said it will seek a partner for its major Bumerangue oil discovery in Brazil and could close a deal before making a final investment decision on the project * SHELL: Shell-led LNG Canada has begun starting up its second 6.5 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) liquefied natural gas processing unit, Train 2, in Kitimat, British Columbia, a spokesperson told Reuters. * SHAWBROOK : British bank Shawbrook could file for an initial public offering as early as the coming days, two people familiar with the matter said. * ZEGONA: Zegona Communications is mulling a potential sale of the five data centers it acquired through its purchase of Vodafone's Spanish unit, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter. * COMMODITIES: Oil prices rose slightly but were on track for their steepest weekly decline since late June, copper prices rose on supply disruptions and gold held steady, buoyed by expectations of further U.S. interest rate cuts. * For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: TODAY'S UK PAPERS > Financial Times > Other business headlines (Reporting by Simone Lobo in Bengaluru)
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By Leika Kihara OSAKA (Reuters) -Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said inflation was on track to durably hit the bank's target but warned of global uncertainties that could discourage firms from raising wages, leaving himself a free hand on whether to raise interest rates in October. Ueda reiterated the central bank's resolve to continue raising still low interest rates if the economy and prices move in line with its forecasts. But he said there were various uncertainties surrounding Japan's economic outlook, such as growing signs of labour market weakness in the United States and the expected impact of higher U.S. tariffs on Japanese corporate profits. "If uncertainty regarding overseas economies and trade policies remains high, firms may place stronger emphasis on cost-cutting and may weaken their efforts to reflect price increases in wages," Ueda said in a speech to business leaders in Osaka on Friday. The Japanese yen weakened 0.3% to 147.72 per U.S. dollar after Ueda's comments, as some market players interpreted them as reducing the likelihood of an October rate hike. "There wasn't any clear change in the BOJ's communication that would suggest it was trying to lay the groundwork for an October rate hike," said Shotaro Mori, senior economist at SBI Shinsei Bank, predicting that a hike in December was now more likely than October. The remarks came in the wake of a U.S. government shutdown that began on Wednesday, which is likely to delay the release of key economic data and complicate the BOJ's rate decision. While any delay in U.S. data would be a "serious" problem, the BOJ would scrutinise other available data to make up for the loss, Ueda told a news conference after delivering the speech. Ueda also said he hoped to gather information through talks with policymakers and bankers during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting in Washington later this month, suggesting the gathering's tone on the global outlook could affect the bank's decision on whether to hike in October. "There's quite significant uncertainty remaining on how tariffs could affect global, U.S. and Japanese economies," Ueda said, though adding the BOJ did not have to await all hard data to determine whether risks have been dispelled. NOT BEHIND-THE-CURVE Market players have been closely watching Ueda's comments for any clues on how soon the BOJ will resume a rate-hike cycle that has been paused due to uncertainty over the economic fallout from U.S. tariffs. A hawkish board split at the BOJ's September meeting and calls for a near-term rate hike by a dovish policymaker have led markets to price in over a 60% chance the bank will hike rates to 0.75% from 0.5% at its next policy meeting on October 29-30. Ueda said Japan's economy was weathering the hit from U.S. tariffs so far, with many companies armed with buffers from high profits accumulated in the past. He also said underlying inflation, or the broad price trend excluding one-off factors, will accelerate toward the BOJ's target – removing earlier reference it will briefly stall in a nod to recent mounting pressure from rising food costs. "Given intensifying labour shortages and rising medium- to long-term inflation expectations, underlying inflation is likely to accelerate in tandem with actual inflation," Ueda said. The remark compared with language in the BOJ's policy statement in September, which said underlying inflation "will be sluggish due to slowing growth, before increasing gradually." While rises in food costs will moderate, the pace of slowdown may be smaller than initially thought and could push up underlying inflation, Ueda told the news conference. "I don't think the risk is high but if so, it requires attention," Ueda said on the possibility of the BOJ being behind the curve in addressing the risk of too-high inflation. The BOJ has justified going slow on rate hikes on the view underlying inflation, or price rises driven by domestic demand as measured by various indicators, below its 2% target. The BOJ ended a massive, decade-long stimulus programme last year and raised rates to 0.5% in January, on the view that Japan was on the cusp of durably hitting its inflation target. While consumer inflation has exceeded 2% for more than three years, Ueda has stressed the need to tread cautiously in raising borrowing costs to ensure price rises are driven by wage gains and robust domestic demand. (Reporting by Leika Kihara; Additional reporting by Kentaro Sugiyama and Makiko Yamazaki in Tokyo, Ankur Banerjee in Singapore; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman and Sam Holmes)
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Oct 3 (Reuters) – Competition and Markets Authority : * COMPETITION AND MKTS – MERGER UPDATE: VANDEMOORTELE / DELIFRANCE * CMA : INVITATION TO COMMENT ON ANTICIPATED ACQUISITION BY VANDEMOORTELE GROUP OF DÉLIFRANCE S.A. Source text:
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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM GAME THREE OF THE MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD SERIES BETWEEN THE NEW YORK YANKEES AND THE BOSTON RED SOX AT YANKEE STADIUM / SOUNDBITES ANKEES’ STARTER CAM SCHLITTLER RESENDING VIDEO WITH UPDATED SLATE SHOWS: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 2, 2025) (MLB – See restrictions) TOP 1ST 1. NEW YORK YANKEES’ STARTER CAM SCHLITTLER STRIKES OUT BOSTON RED SOX’S ALEX BREGMAN AND WALKING BACK 2. CROWD CHEERING BOTTOM 4TH 3. AMED ROSARIO SINGLES ON A SHARP GROUND BALL TO LEFT FIELDER JARREN DURAN. CODY BELLINGER SCORES TO PUT YANKEES 1-0 UP / CROWD CHEERING / YANKEES DUGOUT CHEERING 4. ANTHONY VOLPE SINGLES ON A GROUND BALL TO RIGHT FIELDER WILYER ABREU / GIANCARLO STANTON SCORES TO MAKE IT 2-0 FOR YANKEES 5. RED SOX STARTER CONNELLY EARLY REACTS 6. CROWD CHEERING 7. CUTAWAYS OF VOLPE AND EARLY 8. AUSTIN WELLS REACHES ON A FIELDER'S CHOICE, FIELDED BY FIRST BASEMAN NATHANIEL LOWE / AMED ROSARIO AND JAZZ CHISHOLM JR. SCORE TO MAKE IT 4-0 FOR YANKEES 9. YANKEES CELEBRATING / CROWD CHEERING TOP 6TH 10. SCHLITTLER STRIKES OUT CEDDANNE RAFAELA AND WALKING BACK TOP 8TH 11. RED SOX’S JARREN DURAN POPS OUT SOFTLY TO THIRD BASEMAN RYAN MCMAHON IN FOUL TERRITORY WHICH IS CAUGHT IN RED SOX DUGOUT 12. MCMAHON COMING OUT OF RED SOX DUGOUT AFTER TUMBLING CATCH OVER RAILING 13. MCMAHON SMILING / DURAN WALKING BACK / MCMAHON WALKING 14. REPLAYS X 2 OF MCMAHON'S TAKING THE CATCH OVER RAILING 15. MCMAHON GESTURING WITH THUMBS UP 16. SCHLITTLER STRIKES OUT ROMY GONZALEZ / CROWD CHEERING 17. CUTAWAYS OF SCHLITTLER AND GONZALEZ 18. REPLAYS X 2 TOP 9TH 19. NATHANIEL LOWE POPS OUT TO THIRD BASEMAN RYAN MCMAHON IN FOUL TERRITORY AS YANKEES WIN 4-0 20. JUDGE CELEBRATING 21. VARIOUS OF YANKEES CELEBRATING / CROWD CHEERING 22. REPORTER ASKING (OVERLAYS OF CROWD CHEERING): “Cam Schlittler. How are you feeling?” 23. (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) NEW YORK YANKEES’ STARTER CAM SCHLITTLER, SAYING: 24. “Feeling good. I mean, winner go home situation. Just happy to be able to help the team and get the win and go to Toronto.” 25. REPORTER ASKING (NOT IN VISION): “Tell me what it felt like to come off the field after that eighth inning. The crowd going crazy.” 26. (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) NEW YORK YANKEES’ STARTER CAM SCHLITTLER, SAYING: “Yeah, it was great. I mean, I wasn't sure I was going to get back out there for the eighth. (OVERLAYS OF CROWD) So for Booney to let me take that chance, it felt great. So obviously the crowd was electric and yeah, taking it to the next series.” 27. VARIOUS OF YANKEES CELEBRATING WITH AARON JUDGE LEADING THE WAY 28. CROWD CHEERING 29. MORE OF YANKEES CELEBRATING INCLUDING SLOW-MOTION OF AARON JUDGE CELEBRATING STORY: Rookie Cam Schlittler struck out 12 in eight innings during a stellar postseason debut as the New York Yankees eliminated the Boston Red Sox with a 4-0 victory in Game Three of the American League wild-card series on Thursday (October 2) night. The Yankees, who won the final two games of the best-of-three set, advance to the AL Division Series to face the Blue Jays. Game 1 of the best-of-five series is scheduled for Saturday in Toronto. New York capitalized on shaky Boston defense in a four-run fourth inning. That was more than enough for Schlittler (1-0), who allowed five hits and no walks while throwing consistently in the upper 90s. The 24-year-old right-hander fired 75 of his career-high 107 pitches for strikes. Schlittler joined Roger Clemens (15 in 2000), Gerrit Cole (13 in 2020) and Orlando Hernandez (12 in 2000) as the fourth player in Yankees history with at least 12 strikeouts in a postseason game. He is the only rookie in that group. Schlittler ended the seventh by fanning Wilyer Abreu on his 100th pitch as Fernando Cruz warmed up. He needed seven more pitches to finish the eighth, which was aided by third baseman Ryan McMahon falling into the Boston dugout to catch a foul pop by Jarren Duran. Amed Rosario hit an RBI single and Anthony Volpe added a bases-loaded single off Boston rookie Connelly Early (0-1). The last two runs scored when first baseman Nathaniel Lowe misplayed Austin Wells' grounder. In the postseason for the first time since 2021, the Red Sox got short starts from Brayan Bello and Early after Garrett Crochet's 117-pitch masterpiece on Tuesday. Early allowed four runs (three earned) on six hits in 3 2/3 innings. The left-hander struck out six and walked one. Cody Bellinger started the fourth-inning rally by hustling for a double when Abreu could not make a diving catch in right field. Giancarlo Stanton followed with a walk. One out later, Rosario drove in Bellinger with a single to left, Jazz Chisholm Jr. loaded the bases with a hit, and Volpe stroked a single to right for a 2-0 lead. Wells fell behind 0-2 in the count but capped a nine-pitch at-bat by hitting a grounder off Lowe's glove that trickled into right field and allowed Rosario and Chisholm to score. New York closer David Bednar pitched around a walk in the ninth inning. (Production: Bhagya Ayyavoo) More MLB content is available on Reuters Connect here: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?sources=mlbimagen
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Oct 3 (Reuters) – J D Wetherspoon PLC: * J D WETHERSPOON FY SALES GBP 2,127.5 MILLION VERSUS. IBES ESTIMATE GBP 2,118 MILLION * J D WETHERSPOON FY ADJUSTED PRETAX PROFIT GBP 81.4 MILLION VERSUS. IBES ESTIMATE GBP 77.5 MILLION * J D WETHERSPOON FY LIKE-FOR-LIKE 5.1% * J D WETHERSPOON FY DIVIDEND GBP 12 * J D WETHERSPOON: CURRENTLY ANTICIPATES A REASONABLE OUTCOME FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR * J D WETHERSPOON FY DIVIDEND GBP 0.12 * J D WETHERSPOON: IN LAST NINE WEEKS, TO 28 SEPTEMBER 2025, LIKE-FOR-LIKE SALES INCREASED BY 3.2% Further company coverage:
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(Reuters) -A fire broke out at Chevron's El Segundo refinery in Los Angeles county, California Governor Gavin Newsom's press office said on Thursday on X. The city's fire department is ready to assist with any request for aid, Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass said, adding, "There is no known impact to LAX at this time," referring to the city's international airport. The cause of the incident was unclear, the Los Angeles Times said, while broadcaster CBS said officers and firefighters rushed to the refinery after reports of an explosion. Police in El Segundo were not aware of any immediate injuries or evacuations, it added. The refinery's rated capacity is 290,000 barrels per day, and its main products are gasoline, jet and diesel, Chevron says on its website. Its total storage capacity is 12.5 million barrels in about 150 major tanks. (Reporting by Shivani Tanna in Bengaluru; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
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Oct 3 (Reuters) – P/F Bakkafrost: * Q3 HARVEST VOLUMES FOR OPERATION IN THE FAROE ISLANDS WAS 25.4 THOUSAND TONNES * Q3 HARVEST VOLUMES FOR OPERATION IN SCOTLAND WAS 5.3 THOUSAND TONNES * Q3 SMOLT RELEASE IN FAROE ISLANDS AT 4.8 MILLION * Q3 SMOLT RELEASE IN SCOTLAND AT 3.3 MILLION Source text: Further company coverage: (Gdansk Newsroom)
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