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Oil leaps 3% on supply concerns as Iran conflict widens
By Katya Golubkova and Siyi Liu TOKYO/SINGAPORE, March 5 (Reuters) - Oil prices surged more than 3% on Thursday, extending a rally as the escalating U.S.-Israeli war with Iran raised fears of prolonge...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2026
Australia, NZ dollars rally on market mood swing, sentiment fickle
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY, March 5 (Reuters) - The Australian and New Zealand dollars were back from the brink on Thursday as a sudden mood swing in global markets helped risk assets rally, offsetting an o...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2026
Instant View: China sets 2026 growth target at 4.5%–5%, below last year's pace
SINGAPORE, March 5 (Reuters) - China set its 2026 economic growth target at 4.5%-5% on Thursday, slightly lower than the 5% pace achieved last year, signalling room for greater, albeit not decisive, m...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2026
Yuan bounces off one-month low on firmer guidance, Beijing reveals 2026 targets
SHANGHAI, March 5 (Reuters) - China's yuan rebounded from a one-month low on Thursday, after the central bank set its guidance at the strongest in nearly three years, a move seen as aimed at stabilisi...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2026
Australia household spending posts lacklustre bounce in January as rate hike looms
SYDNEY, March 5 (Reuters) - Australian household spending bounced in January but that was not enough to offset the previous month's fall as consumers stayed cautious with rate hikes looming, data show...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2026
South Korean chip industry worried Iran crisis to disrupt raw material supply, boost chip prices
By Heejin Kim and Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL, March 5 (Reuters) - South Korea's chip industry is concerned that a prolonged Iranian crisis will disrupt supplies of key materials from the Middle East and increa...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2026
US lawmakers raise concerns about Intel's testing of tools from China-linked firm
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers led by Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren and Republican Tom Cotton on Wednesday raised national security conce...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2026
Dollar rally pauses as market sentiment turns a little more upbeat
By Rae Wee SINGAPORE, March 5 (Reuters) - The dollar halted its blistering rally on Thursday, providing some reprieve to the battered euro, as investors clung on to fragile assumptions that the war in...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2026
Robinhood targets wealthy customers with new Platinum credit card
March 4 (Reuters) - Robinhood launched a new credit card for high-income customers on Wednesday, in an attempt to secure a foothold in an industry dominated by heavyweights such as American Express an...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2026
China sets 2026 economic growth target at 4.5%-5%
BEIJING, March 5 (Reuters) - China set its economic growth target for this year at 4.5%-5%, signalling it is willing to tolerate a slower pace than the 5% it achieved last year, a copy of an official ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2026



