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German private sector contracts for second month running, PMI shows
By Maria Martinez BERLIN, May 21 (Reuters) - Germany's private sector activity contracted for a second consecutive month in May as the Iran war put the brakes on the country's economic recovery, hitti...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026
French economic activity contracts at fastest pace in 5-1/2 years in May, PMI shows
PARIS, May 21 (Reuters) - France's private sector economy contracted in May at its sharpest pace in five-and-a-half years, reflecting an accelerated decline in services activity and a fresh drop in ma...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026
European equities muted as investors await Mideast peace updates
By Twesha Dikshit May 21 (Reuters) - European shares were subdued on Thursday after a rally in the previous session, with bonds weakening and oil holding above $100 a barrel as investors awaited progr...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026
AI supply chain, Gen Z spending among hedge fund picks at Sohn Hong Kong
By Summer Zhen and Jiaxing Li HONG KONG, May 21 (Reuters) - Hedge fund managers say they are targeting investments this year in companies from AI-linked data centres and printed circuit board (PCB) ma...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026
AMD plans to invest over $10 billion across Taiwan's AI sector
May 21 (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices said on Thursday it would invest more than $10 billion in Taiwan's AI sector to deepen strategic partnerships and boost its capacity to build and assemble adv...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026
ECB's Rehn sees few signs yet of high inflation taking root
By Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT, May 21 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank may raise interest rates to preserve credibility in the face of a war-driven rise in fuel costs but there is little to sugge...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026
Mideast war dampens India private sector growth, services pick up, PMI shows
BENGALURU, May 21 (Reuters) - India's private sector growth eased in May as a manufacturing slowdown driven by the Middle East war and cooling international demand offset a marginal pick-up in the ser...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026
From TACO to FOMO: How retail traders turned Trump-driven volatility into a playbook
By Canan Sevgili, Alessandro Parodi and Vera Dvorakova May 21 (Reuters) - A wave of retail-driven trading dynamics is reshaping how markets respond to U.S. President Donald Trump's second term and his...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2026
Morning Bid: Samsung Electronics' wage drama not over yet
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart Hunter The fight over pay is not done at Samsung Electronics. A planned strike which was due to start today was averted by a d...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2026
US energy storage additions hit a first-quarter record, report shows
May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. energy storage developers installed 9.7 gigawatt-hours of new capacity in the first quarter of 2026, marking a record high for the quarter, an industry report showed on Thursda...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2026





