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IIF cuts South Africa 2026 growth forecast as Middle East conflict bites
By Colleen Goko JOHANNESBURG, May 19 - South Africa's improving economic outlook has been clouded by the Middle East conflict, which is pushing up energy costs and complicating monetary policy, the In...
May 19, 2026
Brazil's central bank warns sovereign debt structure weakens interest rate policy
BRASILIA, May 19 (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank governor Gabriel Galipolo said on Tuesday that the country's heavy reliance on sovereign debt linked to the benchmark interest rate Selic weakens mon...
May 19, 2026
Scale, online push and loyalty fees: how Walmart won the year of the tariffs
By Nicholas P. Brown and Juveria Tabassum NEW YORK, May 19 (Reuters) - As Americans tightened their belts last year, and tariffs challenged retail profit margins, Walmart reaped the rewards of some pr...
May 19, 2026
Exclusive-US not in a hurry to extend China trade truce, Bessent says
By David Lawder PARIS, May 19 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is "not in a rush" to extend a tariff and critical minerals trade truce with China that ends in November, as there is time to renew i...
May 19, 2026
Wall St banks launch loan sale to refinance Warner Bros' bridge facility
May 19 (Reuters) - Wall Street banks led by JPMorgan on Tuesday launched a loan sale tied to Warner Bros Discovery that would help the media company refinance part of its $15 billion bridge facility a...
May 19, 2026
Saudi Arabia's Humain picks Goldman Sachs to advise on data centre financing, sources say
By Federico Maccioni DUBAI, May 19 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia-backed artificial intelligence company Humain has picked Goldman Sachs to advise on a financing package to build data centres in the kingdom...
May 19, 2026
Sherritt halts plan to dissolve Cuba nickel mining venture amid US sanctions
May 19 (Reuters) - Canadian miner Sherritt International said on Tuesday it would not proceed with plans to dissolve its Cuban interests, including a joint venture with a state-owned nickel company, r...
May 19, 2026
US pending home sales increase further; higher mortgage rates remain a constraint
WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - Contracts to purchase previously owned U.S. homes increased for a third straight month in April, likely as a temporary retreat in mortgage rates pulled buyers back into ...
May 19, 2026
Exclusive-Bessent says BOJ's Ueda can deliver if Tokyo grants freedom on rates
By David Lawder PARIS, May 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday he was confident that Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda would do "what he needs to do" if granted suffic...
May 19, 2026
Polymarket debuts prediction markets tied to private companies
May 19 (Reuters) - Polymarket on Tuesday launched prediction markets tied to the performance of private companies through an agreement with Nasdaq Private Market, marking a first for the rapidly growi...
May 19, 2026
