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Adidas reports strong sales and profit in 'very volatile' market
By Linda Pasquini and Helen Reid April 29 (Reuters) - Adidas reported stronger than expected first-quarter operating profit and sales, despite what CEO Bjorn Gulden described as a "very volatile and h...
Apr 29, 2026
South Korea exports seen rising sharply again in April on chip boom: Reuters poll
By Jihoon Lee SEOUL, April 29 (Reuters) - South Korean exports likely rose in April for an 11th straight month, with a surge in chip demand driven by artificial intelligence investment more than offse...
Apr 29, 2026
Morning Bid: Fed sails into unchartered waters as Powell bows out
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart Hunter It's Fed Day, and it looks increasingly certain that it will be Jerome Powell's curtain call as chair. By the time the ...
Apr 28, 2026
KPMG exits US federal audit business after losing Pentagon contract, FT reports
April 29 (Reuters) - Big Four firm KPMG is shutting its federal government audit business and will redeploy more than 450 U.S. staff after losing a $60 million-a-year contract with the Pentagon, the F...
Apr 28, 2026
Taiwan's TSMC exits Arm with $231 million share sale
By Wen-Yee Lee TAIPEI, April 29 (Reuters) - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the world's largest contract chipmaker, has sold its remaining stake in Arm Holdings, according to a company filing o...
Apr 28, 2026
Oil extends rally as market focuses on Hormuz disruption
By Sam Li and Siyi Liu BEIJING/SINGAPORE, April 29 (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Wednesday, extending a multi-day rally, on media reports the U.S. will extend its blockade of Iranian ports, likely pr...
Apr 28, 2026
White House drafts guidance to bypass Anthropic's risk flag for new AI models, Axios reports
April 28 (Reuters) - The White House is developing guidance that could allow federal agencies to sidestep Anthropic's supply-chain risk designation and onboard new artificial intelligence models, incl...
Apr 28, 2026
Stocks retreat on Iran, AI concerns as Fed meeting looms
By Gregor Stuart Hunter SINGAPORE, April 29 (Reuters) - Markets got off to an uneven start in Asian trading on Wednesday as worries about the Iran conflict and health of the AI sector dominated ahead ...
Apr 28, 2026
New Zealand central banker says Q1 core inflation was stable within target band
WELLINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - New Zealand's top central banker on Wednesday said that measures of core inflation in the first quarter had remained stable within its target band of 1% to 3%, adding ...
Apr 28, 2026
Australia inflation jumps with worse to come, rate hike looms
By Stella Qiu SYDNEY, April 29 (Reuters) - Australian consumer prices surged in the first quarter as war in the Middle East drove up energy costs, while core inflation stayed uncomfortably high for po...
Apr 28, 2026
