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Dollar steadies from weakness as Trump calls off planned attack on Iran
By Gregor Stuart Hunter SINGAPORE, May 19 (Reuters) - The dollar found its footing in Asian trading on Tuesday, as traders digested U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that he had paused a plan...
Thomson Reuters May 18, 2026
Google, Blackstone to launch AI cloud venture to meet data centre demand
By Natalia Bueno Rebolledo and Mrinmay Dey May 18 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google and Blackstone said on Monday that they will form an artificial intelligence cloud business venture aimed at capitalisin...
Thomson Reuters May 18, 2026
Japan's solid Q1 GDP faces reality check as Iran war threatens economy
By Leika Kihara TOKYO, May 19 (Reuters) - Japan's economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter on solid exports and consumption, data showed, though momentum will face a severe test as the f...
Thomson Reuters May 18, 2026
Japan's economy expands annualised 2.1% in Q1, above forecast
TOKYO, May 19 (Reuters) - Japan's economy grew an annualised 2.1% in the first quarter, government data showed on Tuesday, compared with the median market forecast for a 1.7% gain. The growth in gross...
Thomson Reuters May 18, 2026
StanChart targets higher return, to reduce more than 7,000 roles by 2030
By Selena Li HONG KONG, May 19 (Reuters) - Standard Chartered raised a key profit metric on Tuesday that the bank expects to achieve through deep headcount cuts and an expansion of its key wealth busi...
Thomson Reuters May 18, 2026
RBA worried higher energy costs could quickly lift consumer prices
SYDNEY, May 19 (Reuters) - Australia's central bank is worried higher energy costs will feed through to consumer prices quickly given the stretched state of the domestic economy, potentially creating ...
Thomson Reuters May 18, 2026
Australia's farmers, hit by Iran war costs and dry weather, grow less wheat
By Peter Hobson BROCKLESBY, Australia, May 19 (Reuters) - Justin Everitt is planting 50% less wheat this year than he thought he would. Standing in muddy brown boots and jeans by his tractor and 11-me...
Thomson Reuters May 18, 2026
SEC readies plan for trading crypto versions of stocks, Bloomberg News reports
May 18 (Reuters) - The Trump administration plans to unveil a framework for trading tokenized or digital versions of securities, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matt...
Thomson Reuters May 18, 2026
Anthropic to let partners share Mythos cybersecurity findings with others
By Juby Babu May 18 (Reuters) - Anthropic said on Monday it is revising its earlier position to allow users of its Mythos cybersecurity model to share information about cyber threats with others who m...
Thomson Reuters May 18, 2026
Oil falls 2% as Trump holds off scheduled attack on Iran
By Anmol Choubey May 19 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell 2% on Tuesday in early Asian trade after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had paused a planned attack on Iran to allow for negotiations to end th...
Thomson Reuters May 18, 2026
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