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Sep 30 (OPTA) – Summaries for the La Liga on Tuesday (start times are CET) Valencia (1) 1 Scorers: A. Danjuma 4 Yellow card: César Tárrega 56 Missed penalty: A. Danjuma 75 Subs used: Diego López 55 (André Almeida), Pepelu 55 (Javi Guerra), Beltrán 55 (Hugo Duro), Dani Raba 78 (Danjuma), Ramazani 86 (Luis Rioja) Real Oviedo (0) 2 Scorers: L. Ilić 85, S. Rondón 86 Yellow card: Viñas 61, Alberto Reina 70, Ilić 71, Ilić 93 (2nd), 77 Subs used: Ilić 65 (Brekalo), Chaira 76 (Alberto Reina), Rondón 76 (Viñas), David Costas 88 (Hassan) Referee: Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea ……………………………………………………….. Friday, October 3 fixtures (CET/GMT) Osasuna v Getafe (1900) Saturday, October 4 fixtures (CET/GMT) Real Oviedo v Levante (1200) Girona v Valencia (1415) Athletic Club v Mallorca (1630) Real Madrid v Villarreal (1900) Sunday, October 5 fixtures (CET/GMT) Alavés v Elche (1200) Sevilla v Barcelona (1415) Espanyol v Real Betis (1630) Real Sociedad v Rayo Vallecano (1630) Celta de Vigo v Atlético de Madrid (1900)

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(Adds detail from Department of Transportation) WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department said on Tuesday more than 11,000 employees at the Federal Aviation Administration will be furloughed if government funding lapses at midnight. U.S. airlines have warned that a partial federal government shutdown could strain American aviation and slow flights, as air traffic controllers and security officers would be forced to work without pay and other functions would be halted. The Transportation Department said the FAA would continue to hire air traffic controllers, and field training of controllers would continue. During prior government shutdowns, the FAA suspended hiring and most training of air traffic controllers. More than 13,000 current controllers would be required to continue working, but would not be paid until the shutdown ended, the FAA said. The FAA has about 45,000 employees. In total, the Transportation Department would furlough 12,200 employees out of 53,717, including the FAA. The FAA also said certification activities would continue for operational safety functions of commercial airplanes and engines, as well as commercial space launch oversight and licensing. (Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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* Investors seek safe assets amid U.S. government shutdown risk * Shutdown could impact economic growth, Fed's labor market data * Previous shutdowns saw S&P 500 gains, lower Treasury yields (Updates prices; adds quotes from market participants, context) By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK, Sept 30 (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury yields were mixed on Tuesday as the prospect of an imminent U.S. government shutdown gained ground, with some investors seeking safe assets amid political uncertainty. Federal agencies are preparing to send thousands of workers home, as Republicans and Democrats appeared unlikely to reach an agreement that would extend funding past a midnight deadline on Tuesday. The Labor Department meanwhile has said that if there is a shutdown it would not issue its monthly unemployment report, due on Friday, which investors and the Federal Reserve scrutinize as a key barometer of economic health. The risk of a protracted shutdown could have an impact on economic growth in the fourth quarter, analysts have said, and leave the U.S. central bank without a crucial gauge of the labor market at a time when mounting concerns over weakening jobs growth have strengthened market expectations of multiple interest rate cuts. "The fact that we're not going to get potentially significant labor data for some time leads to a bit of a flight to quality from a Treasury standpoint," said Brendan Murphy, head of fixed income, North America, at Insight Investment. "To me, it's more about the absence of data as opposed to any sort of big negative macro impact from the shutdown," he added. Historically, government shutdowns haven’t hurt major financial assets. In fact, during the last six shutdowns the S&P 500 stocks index gained ground each time, with the most recent one in 2018-2019 coinciding with a sharp 10% rally, Deutsche Bank said in a note. Similarly for Treasuries, 10-year yields ended lower in each of the last five shutdowns, the bank said. Yields move inversely to bond prices. The Fed lowered interest rates earlier this month and policymakers have anticipated another rate cut at the central bank's next rate-setting meeting at the end of October. Should official labor market data continue to be unavailable until then because of the shutdown, the central bank could be forced to rely more heavily on its own forecasts, making another 25 basis point rate cut in October more likely, analysts said. "If a government shutdown removes the potential for the data to prevent further normalization, it follows intuitively that the Fed will offer another ‘risk management’ cut," BMO Capital Markets analysts said in a note. "After all, there are plenty of risks to the real economy by sending home a significant portion of the federal labor force," they said. On the data front on Tuesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the number of job openings in August was roughly unchanged month on month, while the Chicago Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), a gauge of regional manufacturing activity, fell to 40.6, missing forecasts. U.S. consumer confidence declined more than expected in September amid mounting worries over the availability of jobs, the Conference Board said on Tuesday. Rates futures traders late on Tuesday were assigning a 97% probability of a 25 basis point rate cut in October, up from 90% on Monday. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins said on Tuesday that she’s open to more interest rate cuts amid expectations price pressures will start to wane sometime next year. Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields had declined earlier on Tuesday but the notes pared back those gains later in the day, with yields closing flat at 4.146%. There was no macroeconomic driver behind the reversal, said Subadra Rajappa, head of U.S. rates strategy at Societe Generale, citing some block-selling that pushed yields higher. Two-year yields, which tend to more closely reflect market expectations of interest rate changes, were about three bps lower at 3.6%. The 10-year yield has decreased by eight basis points in September and by about the same amount in the third quarter. Two-year yields have gone down by two basis points in September, but declined by about 12 bps over the past three months. The closely-watched yield curve comparing two- and 10-year yields has flattened over the past month, but it has steepened by about four bps in the third quarter. The steepening – which happens when the yield premium of long-dated debt over shorter-dated debt increases – coincided with rising expectations of interest rate cuts over the next few months. Tom di Galoma, managing director of rates and trading at Mischler, said on Tuesday he expects that dynamic to accelerate next week when the Treasury will sell three-year, 10-year, and 30-year debt. "We get supply next week, that's why I think the curve should steepen," he said. (Reporting by Davide Barbuscia; Editing by Susan Fenton and Nick Zieminski)

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* U.S. patients often pay nearly three times more than in other developed nations for prescription drugs * Pfizer first drug company to announce a deal with the Trump administration * Pfizer shares rise more than 6%, other drugmakers also up * White House plans a direct-to-consumer website for Americans to buy drugs (Adds shares in paragraph 3 and 12, pharma sources, paragraph 8; grace period detail, paragraph 9, analyst comment, paragraph 15) By Nandita Bose and Patrick Wingrove WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Pfizer will cut the price of all prescription drugs in the Medicaid program for low-income Americans and sell new medicines at a "most-favored- nation" price in exchange for tariff relief. Trump also said he expects other drugmakers to follow suit. Shares of Pfizer and Eli Lilly, which was flagged favorably by Trump during his press conference, rose, as did those of Merck, Amgen, AbbVie and GSK on investor relief that they would escape the worst of tariffs. U.S. patients currently pay by far the most for prescription medicines, often nearly three times more than in other developed nations, and Trump has been pressuring drugmakers to lower their prices to what patients pay elsewhere. Pfizer will be part of the White House's new direct-to-consumer website for Americans to buy drugs, called TrumpRx, that will launch in 2026. "The United States is done subsidizing the healthcare of the rest of the world," Trump said, speaking at an event in the Oval Office accompanied by Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and others. PFIZER DEAL INCLUDES 3-YEAR GRACE PERIOD On September 25, Trump announced he would impose a 100% tariff on imports of branded or patented pharmaceutical products from October 1, unless a drugmaker is building a manufacturing plant in the U.S. The U.S. has been doing a national security investigation, or 232 probe, to determine tariffs for pharmaceuticals. Pfizer is the first drugmaker to announce a deal. Trump sent letters to 17 leading drug companies in July telling them to slash prices to match those paid overseas – a policy the president has called most-favored-nation pricing. He asked them to respond with binding commitments by September 29. Sources at five large drugmakers told Reuters the Trump-Pfizer announcement caught their companies by surprise and that they watched the White House press conference to gauge its implications. Pfizer will invest $70 billion in research and development and domestic manufacturing and received a three-year grace period during which its products will not be subject to the pharmaceutical-targeted tariffs, "as long as, of course, we move the products here," Bourla said. Pfizer said a large majority of its primary care treatments and some select specialty brands will be offered at savings that will range as high as 85% and on average 50%. According to a poster on display at the event, those will include rheumatoid arthritis drug Xeljanz, which carries a list price of over $6,000 a month, migraine treatment Zavzpret, dermatitis drug Eucrisa and post-menopausal osteoporosis medication Duavee. Pfizer shares jumped 6.3% to $25.36. OTHER DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER PROGRAMS Several drugmakers have set up direct-to-consumer pricing for some of their drugs, to be listed on a new website from the U.S. lobby group PhRMA, and raised the prices of their therapies in Britain in line with Trump's desire to offset price decreases in the U.S. Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer announced in July that they will start selling their blockbuster blood thinner Eliquis directly to cash-paying U.S. customers. While the program targeted at the small percentage of uninsured or underinsured Eliquis patients offers a 43% discount from the list price, the drug will still cost more than nine times the average out-of-pocket cost paid by commercially insured patients. Bernstein analyst Courtney Breen said Pfizer's announced price cuts would not have a material impact on its finances, and for the sector, "today’s announcement appears to be the beginning of the rebound." According to Medicare Director Chris Klomp, most-favored-nation pricing is based on the lowest price paid in a group of other wealthy countries after fees and rebates. The U.S. has been engaged in one-on-one talks with the companies, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said at a cabinet meeting last month, adding that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was using the threat of tariffs on the industry for additional leverage. LAUNCH PRICES HAVE BEEN RISING The launch prices of drugs in the United States have been rising significantly in recent years. Many new medications enter the market at annual prices in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, leading to questions about whether patient benefits are worth the cost. A Reuters analysis found that U.S. prices for newly-launched pharmaceuticals more than doubled last year to a median of $370,000 compared to $180,000 in 2021. More than 70 million people are covered by Medicaid, the state and federal government program for low-income people. Another 65 million people are enrolled in the government's Medicare program, which covers people aged 65 and older or who have disabilities and is not included in Tuesday's announcement. Medicare's drug spending reached $216 billion in 2021, while Medicaid's gross spending was around $80 billion. For Medicaid, drugmakers are required to pay rebates, which in 2021 brought its net drug spending to about $38 billion, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. (Reporting by Nandita Bose, Jarrett Renshaw, Katherine Jackson and Susan Heavey in Washington; Maggie Fick in London; Patrick Wingrove in New York, Sneha S K in Bengaluru and Deena Beasley in Los Angeles; Writing by Michael Erman in New Jersey; Editing by Bill Berkrot)

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US SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION TELLS STAFF TO PREPARE FOR SHUTDOWN CONTINGENCIES AT MIDNIGHT, EMAIL SAYS

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* Yemen's Houthis sanction 13 U.S. oil firms, including Exxon Mobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips * Sanctions list also includes company CEOs * Any Houthi attacks risk violating ceasefire agreement with US, analyst said (Adds analyst comments in paragraphs 6, 12-13, EIA data in paragraphs 8 and 11, details on Houthi attacks in region in paragraph 9) By Jonathan Saul and Lisa Baertlein LONDON/LOS ANGELES, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Yemen's Houthis will target U.S. oil majors including Exxon Mobil and Chevron despite an earlier truce with President Donald Trump's administration to not attack U.S.-linked ships sailing in the Red Sea and the wider Gulf of Aden, the Iran-backed militia said on Tuesday. The Sanaa-based Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center (HOCC), which liaises between Houthi forces and commercial shipping operators and is associated with the Houthi military, sanctioned 13 U.S. companies, nine executives and two vessels. Entities designated by the Houthis "shall be dealt with in accordance with the principle of confrontation," HOCC said on its website of what it will do regarding those deemed to be under their sanctions. The announcement is a notice that the companies, which also include ConocoPhillips, are deemed hostile entities open to attack. The companies did not immediately respond to requests for comment. "It remains unclear whether these sanctions signal that the Houthis will begin targeting vessels linked to the sanctioned organizations, companies, and individuals — a move that would risk violating the ceasefire agreement with the Trump administration, facilitated by Oman," independent Middle East analyst Mohammed Albasha said in a LinkedIn post on Tuesday. The Houthis since 2023 have launched numerous assaults on vessels in the Red Sea that they deem to be linked with Israel in what they say is solidarity with Palestinians over Israel's war on Gaza. That campaign has had little effect on vital oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, which is located between Oman and Iran and connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The Houthis have occasionally attacked ships in the Gulf of Aden, which flows into the Arabian Sea. This week, a Houthi-style attack on a Dutch cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden injured two crew and left the vessel ablaze and adrift. The rebels have not claimed responsibility. Last year, the U.S. imported about 500,000 barrels per day of crude and condensate from Persian Gulf countries through the Strait of Hormuz, according to the EIA. That represents about 7% of total U.S. crude oil and condensate imports – the lowest level in nearly 40 years due to increased domestic production and Canadian imports, the agency said. "Why now? The Houthis say this action is taken under the principle of reciprocity, a response to U.S. sanctions — despite Oman's May 6, 2025, announcement of a de-escalation and ceasefire between the U.S. and them," analyst Albasha wrote. The Houthi statement, Albasha added, also said "the ultimate goal of these sanctions is not punishment for its own sake, but to bring about a positive change in behavior." (Reporting by Lisa Baertlein in Los Angeles, Jonathan Saul in London and Liz Hampton in Denver; Editing by Leslie Adler and Daniel Wallis)

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JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP FROM CUTTING $233 MLN IN COUNTERTERRORISM FUNDS FOR DEMOCRATIC-LED STATES

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(Adds detail in paragraphs 1-3) Sept 30 (Reuters) – Zillow allegedly paid Redfin $100 million to stop competing against it in online apartment rental listings, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said in a lawsuit on Tuesday against the online real estate platforms. The agency said the alleged deal reduces competition in an already concentrated market and is likely to drive up the cost of advertising vacancies in multifamily rental buildings. “Paying off a competitor to stop competing against you is a violation of federal antitrust laws,” said Daniel Guarnera, who leads the FTC’s bureau of competition. (Reporting by Christian Martinez and Jody Godoy in New York; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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All-Star catcher Will Smith will be activated from the injured list by the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers in advance of Tuesday night's wild-card opener against the visiting Cincinnati Reds. Smith, 30, has played just one game since Sept. 4 because of a right hand injury that finally was diagnosed as a hairline fracture after Smith saw action on Sept. 9. Smith batted .296 with 17 home runs and 61 RBIs in 110 games this season. In seven seasons, all with the Dodgers, the three-time All-Star is a career .264 hitter with 128 home runs and 442 RBIs in 722 games. The Dodgers will have three catchers on their roster for the first-round series, adding both Ben Rortvedt and rookie Dalton Rushing. The roster also will include 11 pitchers, although manager Dave Roberts will have 12 available with two-way player Shohei Ohtani lined up to start Game 3 of the series, if the contest is necessary. Veteran left-hander Clayton Kershaw, who has announced his retirement effective at the end of the team's playoff run, is not on the roster after he started Sunday's regular-season finale and went 5 1/3 innings. He is expected to be added if Los Angeles advances. The bullpen will include right-hander Roki Sasaki, a starter who returned from a shoulder injury during the last week of the regular season and had two effective relief appearances. While Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Ohtani are lined up as starters in the series, two other members of the rotation — Emmet Sheehan and Tyler Glasnow — are on the roster and available out of the bullpen. Veteran outfielder Michael Conforto, who played 138 games this season and batted .199, was not included for the wild-card round. The club added speedy outfielder Justin Dean, who made his major league debut earlier this season and played in 18 games with just two at-bats. Left-handed reliever Anthony Banda, who made a team-high 71 appearances, also was left off the roster. The Dodgers still will have four lefties in the bullpen. –Field Level Media

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Sept 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday it sued real estate and rental listing websites Zillow and Redfin over what the regulatory agency called an illegal agreement to suppress rental advertising competition. (Reporting by Christian Martinez)

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