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Shares wobble, bonds steady as oil eases on Trump's Iran comments
By Rae Wee SINGAPORE, May 19 (Reuters) - Global shares were on shaky footing on Tuesday and bonds steadied following a steep selloff after U.S. President Donald Trump paused a planned attack on Iran a...
Thomson Reuters May 18, 2026
Australia shares rebound as US delays Iran strikes, revives peace deal hopes
May 19 (Reuters) - Australian shares bounced back from a more-than-one-month low on Tuesday, as news that the U.S. had delayed a strike on Iran relieved traders, who were also awaiting the central ban...
Thomson Reuters May 18, 2026
Samsung union, management narrow some differences in talks to avert strike, media say
SEOUL, May 19 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics and its South Korean labour union are narrowing some differences, online media Yonhap Infomax said on Tuesday, citing the chairman of the National Labor R...
Thomson Reuters May 18, 2026
New Zealand foreshadows job cuts in tight pre-election budget
WELLINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - New Zealand's government plans to cut thousands of public service jobs and avoid pre-election giveaways in the budget next week, Finance Minister Nicola Willis said on T...
Thomson Reuters May 18, 2026
Dollar steadies from weakness as Trump calls off planned attack on Iran
By Gregor Stuart Hunter SINGAPORE, May 19 (Reuters) - The dollar found its footing in Asian trading on Tuesday, as traders digested U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that he had paused a plan...
Thomson Reuters May 18, 2026
Google, Blackstone to launch AI cloud venture to meet data centre demand
By Natalia Bueno Rebolledo and Mrinmay Dey May 18 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google and Blackstone said on Monday that they will form an artificial intelligence cloud business venture aimed at capitalisin...
Thomson Reuters May 18, 2026
Japan's solid Q1 GDP faces reality check as Iran war threatens economy
By Leika Kihara TOKYO, May 19 (Reuters) - Japan's economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter on solid exports and consumption, data showed, though momentum will face a severe test as the f...
Thomson Reuters May 18, 2026
Japan's economy expands annualised 2.1% in Q1, above forecast
TOKYO, May 19 (Reuters) - Japan's economy grew an annualised 2.1% in the first quarter, government data showed on Tuesday, compared with the median market forecast for a 1.7% gain. The growth in gross...
Thomson Reuters May 18, 2026
StanChart targets higher return, to reduce more than 7,000 roles by 2030
By Selena Li HONG KONG, May 19 (Reuters) - Standard Chartered raised a key profit metric on Tuesday that the bank expects to achieve through deep headcount cuts and an expansion of its key wealth busi...
Thomson Reuters May 18, 2026
RBA worried higher energy costs could quickly lift consumer prices
SYDNEY, May 19 (Reuters) - Australia's central bank is worried higher energy costs will feed through to consumer prices quickly given the stretched state of the domestic economy, potentially creating ...
Thomson Reuters May 18, 2026
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