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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
BP fails to reach deal with union as Indiana refinery lockout drags on
By Nicole Jao NEW YORK, May 18 (Reuters) - BP and union leaders resumed labor contract negotiations for workers at the Whiting, Indiana, oil refinery on Monday with no agreement yet, as a lockout ente...
Thomson Reuters May 18, 2026
Japan, China lead declines in foreign holdings of Treasuries in March, data shows
NEW YORK, May 18 (Reuters) - Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasuries slid in March, data from the Treasury Department showed on Monday, led by declines in holdings from Japan and China. Holdings of U.S. T...
Thomson Reuters May 18, 2026
Trading Day: Yields squeeze stocks
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida, May 18 (Reuters) - Stocks mostly retreated on Monday as a deepening global bond rout drove yields to historic highs, darkening the economic outlook and casting a sh...
Thomson Reuters May 18, 2026
Brazil may re-route farm export flows amid US-China deal
By Roberto Samora SAO PAULO, May 18 (Reuters) - A deal for China to buy more U.S. agricultural goods could prompt Brazil to exploit gaps left by U.S. shipments in other markets, as Washington focuses ...
Thomson Reuters May 18, 2026



