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UK housing market slows as Iran war hits demand, Halifax data shows
By Suban Abdulla LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - British house prices fell in April for a second month in a row as concerns about the impact of the war in Iran hurt buyer demand and in annual terms they ros...
Thomson Reuters May 08, 2026
German industrial output falls unexpectedly in March
May 8 (Reuters) - German industrial production fell unexpectedly in March, decreasing by 0.7% from the previous month, the federal statistics office said on Friday. Analysts polled by Reuters had pred...
Thomson Reuters May 08, 2026
Germany's March exports beat expectations, but industrial output falls
By Miranda Murray BERLIN, May 8 (Reuters) - German exports rose unexpectedly in March, official data showed on Friday, lifted by higher demand from Europe, as industrial output fell despite a forecast...
Thomson Reuters May 08, 2026
Morning Bid: Markets cling on as ceasefire is tested
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Oil ticked higher and European futures wobbled on Friday, while the U.S. and Iran exchanged fire in the Middle East. But with ...
Thomson Reuters May 08, 2026
RBC lifts S&P 500 year-end target to 7,900 on AI optimism
May 8 (Reuters) - RBC Capital Markets raised its year-end target for the S&P 500 to 7,900 from 7,750 on Friday, citing resilient earnings growth and continued strength in artificial intelligencelinked...
Thomson Reuters May 08, 2026
China's April bank lending seen plunging amid soft credit demand: Reuters Poll
BEIJING, May 8(Reuters) - China's new bank lending likely plummeted to 300 billion yuan ($44.09 billion) in April, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, underscoring persistent weakness in credit demand de...
Thomson Reuters May 08, 2026
Toyota sees 20% drop in annual profit as Iran war weighs
TOKYO, May 8 (Reuters) - Toyota forecast a 20% decline in profit for the current financial year on Friday, as cost and supply uncertainties stemming from the Middle East conflict weigh on earnings eve...
Thomson Reuters May 08, 2026
Analysis-Iran price shock highlights limits of inflation-linked bonds
By Harry Robertson and Amanda Cooper LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Inflation-linked bonds - despite the promise in their name - have stumbled along with the rest of the bond market as the Iran war drives ...
Thomson Reuters May 08, 2026
Some Unilever investors seek ESG reassurances in McCormick food deal
By Simon Jessop, Alexander Marrow and Richa Naidu LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - With Unilever set to spin off its food unit and merge it with U.S. peer McCormick, some investors plan to press the combined...
Thomson Reuters May 08, 2026
Anthropic weighs fundraising for near $1 trillion valuation, FT reports
May 8 (Reuters) - Anthropic is weighing raising tens of billions of dollars this summer to fund a major expansion in computing capacity, a move that could lift its valuation to nearly $1 trillion and ...
Thomson Reuters May 07, 2026





