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UK employers focus on cost management with confidence near record low
LONDON, May 18 (Reuters) - British employers are prioritising cost management over growth with their confidence close to a record low and their staff are likely to see inflation eat into their pay in ...
Thomson Reuters May 17, 2026
Standard Chartered names Manus Costello as permanent CFO
May 18 (Reuters) - Standard Chartered on Monday appointed Manus Costello as its permanent chief financial officer, succeeding Diego De Giorgi, who resigned in February after nearly three years with th...
Thomson Reuters May 17, 2026
Oil touches 2-week high after drone attack on UAE nuclear power plant
By Florence Tan SINGAPORE, May 18 (Reuters) - Oil prices extended gains on Monday as efforts to end the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran appeared to have stalled, after a nuclear power plant in the United Ara...
Thomson Reuters May 17, 2026
NextEra to discuss paying about $76 per share for Dominion, Bloomberg News reports
May 17 (Reuters) - U.S. power firm NextEra Energy is discussing a mostly stock deal for Dominion Energy that would value the smaller Virginia-based utility at about $76 per share, or around $66 billio...
Thomson Reuters May 17, 2026
Shippers Hapag-Lloyd, CMA CGM suspend Cuba bookings after US executive order
By Gus Trompiz, Christoph Steitz and Dave Sherwood PARIS/FRANKFURT/HAVANA, May 17 (Reuters) - Shipping giants CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd said on Sunday they had suspended all bookings to and from Cuba un...
Thomson Reuters May 17, 2026
China to buy at least $17 billion in US agricultural products annually, White House says
WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - China has committed to purchasing at least $17 billion of U.S. agricultural products in 2026, 2027 and 2028, the White House said in a fact sheet released on Sunday. The...
Thomson Reuters May 17, 2026
France's Publicis to buy US data firm LiveRamp for $2.2 billion
By Mathieu Rosemain and Ruchika Khanna PARIS, May 17 (Reuters) - French advertising group Publicis Groupe has agreed to acquire U.S. data collaboration company LiveRamp for a total enterprise value of...
Thomson Reuters May 17, 2026
Israel's economy shrinks in first quarter but seen rebounding after Iran war
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM, May 17 (Reuters) - Israel's economy began 2026 with a slowdown, hit by war with Iran, but growth is expected to recover as long as the conflict does not reignite. Gross dom...
Thomson Reuters May 17, 2026
Analysis-Bond yield spike is risk to unprepared equities market, investors warn
By Suzanne McGee PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 17 (Reuters) - Investors are warning that lofty U.S. stock markets have not yet priced in the risk of rocketing inflation and are vulnerable to a sharp s...
Thomson Reuters May 17, 2026
South Korea says it will pursue all options to avoid Samsung strike
SEOUL, May 17 (Reuters) - South Korea will pursue all options, including emergency arbitration, to avoid a labour strike at the country's biggest employer Samsung Electronics and to minimise any damag...
Thomson Reuters May 16, 2026
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