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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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
May 07, 2026
US job growth likely slowed in April as boost from temporary factors fades
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - U.S. job growth likely slowed in April as the boost from warmer weather and return of striking health workers faded, but that would not signal a materia...
May 07, 2026
Trump plans to bring a smaller CEO delegation to Beijing summit, sources say
By Laurie Chen and Michael Martina BEIJING/WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - The White House has invited a scaled-back CEO delegation to accompany President Donald Trump to Beijing next week, five sources...
May 07, 2026
Sony forecasts lower gaming business sales amid memory price surge
By Sam Nussey TOKYO, May 8 (Reuters) - Sony forecast on Friday annual sales at its gaming business would fall 6% to 4.42 trillion yen ($28 billion) due to lower hardware sales as its PlayStation 5 age...
May 07, 2026
China's exports likely picked up pace in April on Iran war stockpiling: Reuters Poll
BEIJING, May 8 (Reuters) - China's export growth likely quickened in April, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, as companies rushed to stockpile components from the manufacturing powerhouse amid fears th...
May 07, 2026
US beef producers hope China access is on Trump-Xi summit menu
By Ella Cao, Tom Polansek, Daphne Zhang and Lewis Jackson BEIJING/CHICAGO, May 8 (Reuters) - U.S. beef producers are hoping for a trade deal during the upcoming leaders' summit that could renew licens...
May 07, 2026
