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Pernod Ricard's sales, profits slide on demand slump in main markets
By Dominique Vidalon and Emma Rumney PARIS/LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Pernod Ricard reported declining sales across all five of its priority markets in the first half of its fiscal year on Thursday an...
Thomson Reuters Feb 19, 2026
JPMorgan in talks to bank for Trump's Board of Peace, FT says
Feb 19 (Reuters) - JPMorgan is in talks to provide banking services to the U.S.-led Board of Peace, an institution tasked with rebuilding Gaza, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing people ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 19, 2026
Explainer-Will Bayer’s proposed $7.25 billion Roundup deal bring legal closure?
By Dietrich Knauth and Diana Novak Jones Feb 19 (Reuters) - Bayer's Monsanto unit has proposed a $7.25 billion nationwide class settlement to resolve both current and future lawsuits alleging that its...
Thomson Reuters Feb 19, 2026
How China plans to dominate global trade long after Trump
BEIJING, Feb 19 (Reuters) - China sees an opening to turn President Donald Trump's tariffs to its advantage by reshaping global trade in ways that would insulate its $19 trillion economy from U.S. pre...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2026
Asia holidays as US, Iran work to avert conflict
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee Asian markets were pretty sedate on Thursday with parts of the region still out for the Lunar New Year holiday, though investors rem...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2026
Airbus softens output goal in supply dispute with Pratt & Whitney
By Tim Hepher and Benjamin Mallet PARIS, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Airbus softened its main jet production target on Thursday, blaming engine maker Pratt & Whitney for failing to strike a crucial supply agre...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2026
Microsoft says it does not think US ICE uses firm's tech for mass surveillance of civilians
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Microsoft said on Wednesday it did not think the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency was using its technology for mass surveillance of civi...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2026
BOJ to hike policy rate to 1% by end-June, sooner than forecast before election: Reuters poll
By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is likely to raise its key interest rate to 1% by end-June, according to a majority of economists polled by Reuters, with some expecting...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2026
Bill Gates pulls out of India AI summit amid Epstein scrutiny
By Aditya Soni, Munsif Vengattil and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Bill Gates pulled out of India's AI Impact Summit hours before his scheduled keynote on Thursday, as scrutiny over his t...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2026
Japan PM faces challenges selling 'proactive' fiscal policy to bond vigilantes
By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will likely seek to convince markets her "proactive" fiscal policies aren't as expansionary as they seem, as legislativ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2026



