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Morning Bid: Shares pull back as markets await likely payrolls beat
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu Global shares are pulling back after a bumper quarter. Quarter-end rebalancing was partly to blame but there are also bubbling co...
Thomson Reuters Jul 01, 2026
OpenAI proposes handing Trump administration 5% stake, FT reports
July 2 (Reuters) - OpenAI has discussed giving the U.S. government a 5% stake, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, as AI firms face scrutiny in Washington over the likely misuse of advanced mode...
Thomson Reuters Jul 01, 2026
Chinese and US risks mean EU chip sector faces a 'bleak future,' report says
By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM, July 2 (Reuters) - Chinese export controls, technological dependence on the U.S. and the structural weakness of Europe's chip industry mean it faces a "bleak future" unless...
Thomson Reuters Jul 01, 2026
US job growth likely cooled in June after recent string of big gains
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) - U.S. job growth likely slowed to a still-solid clip in June, with the unemployment rate expected to hold steady at 4.3% for a fourth straight month, co...
Thomson Reuters Jul 01, 2026
Exclusive-Japan shifts to ambush intervention tactics against yen short sellers, sources say
By Makiko Yamazaki, Tamiyuki Kihara and Leika Kihara TOKYO, July 2 (Reuters) - Japanese officials are abandoning their habit of telegraphing intervention risks, instead signalling a more targeted camp...
Thomson Reuters Jul 01, 2026
SoftBank's LY, Bain raise Kakaku bid again with $4.1 billion valuation
TOKYO, July 2 (Reuters) - SoftBank's LY Corp and Bain Capital have again raised their bid for Kakaku.com, valuing the Japanese price-comparison website operator at 670 billion yen ($4.12 billion) and ...
Thomson Reuters Jul 01, 2026
Asian shares fall on chipmaker drag; US jobs data looms
By Stella Qiu SYDNEY, July 2 (Reuters) - Asian shares extended declines on Thursday as investors rotated out of chipmakers after a stellar quarter, while currency and bond markets braced for U.S. jobs...
Thomson Reuters Jul 01, 2026
Australia trade swings to $2.1 billion deficit in May, largest since 2015
SYDNEY, July 2 (Reuters) - Australia's balance on goods trade in May unexpectedly swung to the largest deficit in over a decade, data showed on Thursday, as exports of gold and iron ore fell sharply. ...
Thomson Reuters Jul 01, 2026
Oil falls for a third straight day after US, Iran conclude talks in Doha
SINGAPORE, July 2 (Reuters) - Oil prices dropped about 1% on Thursday, down for a third consecutive day, after Qatar said Iran and the U.S. had made progress in indirect talks focused on the Strait of...
Thomson Reuters Jul 01, 2026
China restricts some Fortescue iron ore cargoes as talks drag, sources say
July 1 (Reuters) - China's state iron ore buyer has asked some domestic steel mills not to take delivery of certain portside iron ore products from Fortescue, industry sources said, the latest Austral...
Thomson Reuters Jul 01, 2026





