Sept 28 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

- Explosions under the Baltic Sea and the rupture of major natural gas pipelines from Russia to Germany appeared to be a deliberate attack, officials across Europe said on Tuesday, deepening uncertainty about European energy security amid soaring prices and fears of running short of fuel over the winter.

- Pharmaceutical companies Biogen BIIB.O and Eisai 4523.T said on Tuesday that a drug they are developing for Alzheimer's disease had slowed the rate of cognitive decline in a large late-stage clinical trial.

- U.S. securities regulators have imposed close to $2 billion in fines on more than a dozen financial firms, including eight major Wall Street banks, for failing to police employees who routinely used messaging apps and other "off channel" services on their personal phones to communicate with one another.

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