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Eight states ask US judge to temporarily block Nexstar, Tegna merger
By David Shepardson March 20 (Reuters) - Eight states asked a U.S. judge on Friday to issue a temporary restraining order to stop the $3.5 billion merger of Nexstar Media Group and Tegna. On Thursday,...
Thomson Reuters Mar 20, 2026
Global bond rout deepens with concern over war-driven inflation
By Lewis Krauskopf, Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Dhara Ranasinghe NEW YORK/LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) - Government bond yields in the United States and Europe spiked on Friday as investor concern inte...
Thomson Reuters Mar 20, 2026
Persistent Iran war, energy price surge set to sway wavering stocks
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK, March 20 (Reuters) - A Middle East crisis that has convulsed markets should remain the focal point for Wall Street in the near term, as investors stay glued to development...
Thomson Reuters Mar 20, 2026
AI's demand for data could cause tight storage chip supplies, Solidigm executive says
By Stephen Nellis SAN JOSE, California, March 20 (Reuters) - The same booming AI demand that has caused the chairman of South Korea's SK Group to predict shortages of high-bandwidth memory chips could...
Thomson Reuters Mar 20, 2026
Russell 2000 on correction path as Iran war fans inflation fears, rate-cut bets dim
March 20 (Reuters) - The Russell 2000 index dropped 10% from its record-high close in January, putting it on track for a correction on Friday, as renewed inflation fears stemming from the Middle East ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 20, 2026
Market bets on Fed rate hike surge
By Ann Saphir March 20 (Reuters) - Market pricing for a U.S. Federal Reserve interest-rate hike this year has shot up, and is now seen as far more likely than a rate cut. On Friday, interest-rate futu...
Thomson Reuters Mar 20, 2026
ECB must prevent inflation surge from becoming entrenched, Nagel says
FRANKFURT, March 20 (Reuters) - A sharp rise in energy costs could fuel broader inflation in Europe and the European Central Bank must tighten policy if such "second-round" impacts become apparent, Bu...
Thomson Reuters Mar 20, 2026
Easter egg prices to stay high despite cocoa price crash, report says
By Marcelo Teixeira NEW YORK, March 20 (Reuters) - Prices for chocolate eggs and bunnies will remain high this Easter in the United States despite the fact that prices for the main raw material used t...
Thomson Reuters Mar 20, 2026
Money markets raise Bank of Canada 2026 rate hike bets by 75 basis points
By Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA, March 20 (Reuters) - Money markets raised their bets on a Bank of Canada rate hike on Friday, assigning a more than 20% chance of one next month as the Iran war showed no s...
Thomson Reuters Mar 20, 2026
Chubb announces war-risk coverage to support ships through Strait of Hormuz
March 20 (Reuters) - Insurance giant Chubb said on Friday its maritime insurance facility will now be available to ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz where traffic has been paralyzed due to the U.S...
Thomson Reuters Mar 20, 2026



