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Bank of Canada: sometimes rate hikes needed even when economy is weak
By Promit Mukherjee and David Ljunggren OTTAWA, March 2 (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada, citing the potential for supply shocks to impose structural change, on Monday said sometimes rates needed to go ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 02, 2026
Oil prices to remain high for days with Strait of Hormuz in spotlight, analysts say
March 2 (Reuters) - Analysts expect oil prices to remain elevated over the coming days while markets focus on the impact of escalating Middle East conflict on supplies through the Strait of Hormuz, a ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 02, 2026
Thomson Reuters names former Dell executive Bischoping as CFO
March 2 (Reuters) - Thomson Reuters on Monday named former Dell executive Gary E. Bischoping Jr. as its chief financial officer beginning May 8, succeeding Mike Eastwood, who will retire as part of a ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 02, 2026
Nvidia to invest $2 billion each in Lumentum, Coherent to bolster AI processors
March 2 (Reuters) - Nvidia will invest $2 billion each in photonic product makers Lumentum and Coherent, as it looks to bolster its data center chips with technology that can better cater to the growi...
Thomson Reuters Mar 02, 2026
Factbox-Escalating tensions turn spotlight on Big Tech's AI investments in Middle East
March 2 (Reuters) - The expanding U.S.-Israeli air war against Iran has sparked fresh uncertainty in a region that has attracted billions of dollars of investment commitments as it positioned itself a...
Thomson Reuters Mar 02, 2026
India's current account deficit widened in December quarter on large trade gap
MUMBAI, March 2 (Reuters) - India's current account deficit widened in the October-to-December quarter on the back of a higher merchandise trade deficit, the Reserve Bank of India said on Monday. The ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 02, 2026
Iran conflict disrupts global shipping as tankers are stranded, damaged
By Jonathan Saul, Emily Chow and Jeslyn Lerh LONDON/SINGAPORE, March 2 (Reuters) - Insurance companies are cancelling war risk coverage for vessels in the Gulf as the widening Iran conflict disrupted ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 02, 2026
BlackRock, EQT-led group seals $33.4 billion AES deal in bet on AI power boom
By Sumit Saha March 2 (Reuters) - A consortium led by BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners and Swedish private-equity firm EQT AB has agreed to buy U.S. power company AES Corp for $33.4 billion,...
Thomson Reuters Mar 02, 2026
Qatar halts LNG output, Saudi refinery, Israeli oil, gas fields shut amid Mideast strikes
By Yousef Saba March 2 (Reuters) - Qatar halted its production of liquefied natural gas on Monday as Israeli and U.S. strikes against Iran and Tehran's retaliation prompted precautionary shutdowns of ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 02, 2026
UK stocks plunge as Iran conflict sparks global selloff
March 2 (Reuters) - UK stock indexes fell on Monday, swept up in a global selloff, as an escalating military conflict in the Middle East sparked a jump in oil prices and pushed investors towards safe-...
Thomson Reuters Mar 02, 2026



