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US likely to raise temporary global tariff rate to 15% this week, Bessent says
WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that an increase in President Donald Trump's new temporary global import tariff to 15% from 10% was likely to be...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2026
Analysis-ECB wary of Iran-war inflation spike after missing last 'transitory' surge
By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT, March 4 (Reuters) - Having missed the onset of a historic inflation surge just years ago, European Central Bank policymakers are likely to avoid casti...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2026
London stocks rise after two-day slide; home builders slump
March 4 (Reuters) - UK shares stabilized on Wednesday after a two-day slump due to an escalating war in the Middle East, while shares of home builders slumped following mixed results and leadership ch...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2026
Europe's growth model is coming to an end, Eurogroup chair says
LUXEMBOURG, March 4 (Reuters) - Europe's decades-old economic model, which has relied heavily on an expanding workforce, is coming to an end, the chairman of euro zone finance ministers said on Wednes...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2026
Inflation biggest risk to debt markets facing 'big stress test', OECD official says
By Yoruk Bahceli LONDON, March 4 (Reuters) - Inflation is the major risk facing global bond markets, a senior OECD official told Reuters, as energy prices surge following the U.S.-Israeli air war agai...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2026
Bath & Body Works forecasts steeper annual sales drop as turnaround takes longer
March 4 (Reuters) - Bath & Body Works on Wednesday forecast a steeper-than-expected decline in annual sales, despite beating holiday-quarter estimates, as CEO Daniel Heaf said a turnaround at the frag...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2026
Morning Bid: Seoul-sapping selloff
By Mike Dolan March 4 - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets The ongoing Middle East eruption shocked Asia's stock markets on Wednesday, wi...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2026
There is little US LNG producers can do to immediately replace lost Qatari cargoes
By Curtis Williams and Scott DiSavino HOUSTON, March 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. has little spare capacity to quickly lift output of liquefied natural gas and offset lost supply after Qatar halted producti...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2026
For some small businesses, a tariff refund isn't worth the pain of pursuing it
By Nicholas P. Brown and Tom Hals NEW YORK, March 4 (Reuters) - The day the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the tariffs that had cost Ian Rosenberger's backpack company Day Owl tens of thousands of dol...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2026
Trump to meet tech giants on energy pledge ahead of midterms
By Jarrett Renshaw and Laila Kearney March 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet on Wednesday with leaders of major technology companies, including Google, Meta and OpenAI, to forma...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2026



