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China oil import cut, higher US exports wrongfoot market bulls
By Robert Harvey, Siyi Liu and Georgina McCartney LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - As prices for physical crude oil hit all-time highs of over $160 per barrel last month, analysts and traders alike rushed t...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026
Meta settles first US case over school costs tied to youth mental health, court filing shows
By Courtney Rozen and Dietrich Knauth May 21 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms on Thursday settled the first case set for trial seeking to make social media companies cover the costs that school districts sa...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026
Analysis-US Treasuries selloff exacerbated as mortgage investors hedge against rising yields
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - Surging U.S. Treasury yields have prompted mortgage investors to hedge the loans in their portfolios by selling government debt, a shift that p...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026
Exclusive-Modal Labs valued at $4.65 billion as AI coding takes off
By Deepa Seetharaman SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 (Reuters) - AI startup Modal raised $355 million in a new round of financing, valuing the company at $4.65 billion, CEO Erik Bernhardsson told Reuters. AI st...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026
Devon snaps up prime Delaware Basin acreage for $2.6 billion after Coterra merger
By Pranav Mathur and Sheila Dang May 21 (Reuters) - Shale producer Devon Energy on Thursday said it has acquired 16,300 net undeveloped acres in the core of the Delaware Basin in New Mexico for about ...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026
JPMorgan rolls out AI tools in investment banking globally, senior banker says
By Samuel Shen and Selena Li SHANGHAI/HONG KONG, May 21 (Reuters) - JPMorgan is implementing AI tools across its investment banking business globally, its Asia investment banking head said on Thursday...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026
Fed's Barkin: Policy in good place to respond to ongoing shocks
By Howard Schneider RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 21 (Reuters) - How businesses and consumers respond to ongoing economic shocks will determine if the U.S. Federal Reserve can "look through" current hi...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026
Some Fed officials and staff are fretting about state of financial markets
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - When Kevin Warsh takes command of the Federal Reserve, he will do so as some central bank officials and staff have become increasingly anxious about th...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026
US moves closer to prohibitive tariffs on Russian palladium
MOSCOW, May 21 (Reuters) - The United States has moved closer to slapping prohibitive tariffs on imports of Russian palladium after the Department of Commerce made a final determination on a counterva...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026
Equity Residential, AvalonBay to merge in mega US real estate deal
By Aishwarya Jain May 21 (Reuters) - Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities have agreed to an all-stock merger to form a housing rental company with an enterprise value of $69 billion, the firms...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026





