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SGH, Steel Dynamics bid $10.6 billion for BlueScope Steel in 'best and final' offer
Feb 18 (Reuters) - Media billionaire Kerry Stokes-owned SGH Ltd and U.S.-based Steel Dynamics raised their takeover offer for BlueScope Steel to A$15 billion ($10.62 billion), in a "best and final" bi...
Thomson Reuters Feb 17, 2026
Stripe's crypto unit Bridge obtains initial approval to establish a trust bank
Feb 17 (Reuters) - Bridge has gained conditional approval to set up a national trust bank from a top U.S. financial regulator, the Stripe-owned stablecoin infrastructure provider said on Tuesday. Cryp...
Thomson Reuters Feb 17, 2026
Fed's Daly says businesses 'cautiously optimistic'
Feb 17 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly on Tuesday said that what had been widespread uncertainty last year about the strength of demand has given way to cautious ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 17, 2026
National Australia Bank's shares hit record high on robust first-quarter cash profit
By Sneha Kumar Feb 18 (Reuters) - National Australia Bank's shares shot to a record high after the top business lender reported a 16% growth in its first-quarter cash earnings on Wednesday, driven by ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 17, 2026
Nvidia to sell Meta millions of chips in multiyear deal
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Nvidia on Tuesday said it has signed a multiyear deal to sell Meta Platforms millions of its current and future artificial intelligence chips, including central proce...
Thomson Reuters Feb 17, 2026
New Zealand's Anna Breman chairs first central bank meeting as rate hike chatter grows
WELLINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - New Zealand's first female central bank chief Anna Breman chairs her debut meeting on Wednesday, with rates widely expected to stay on hold, but markets will zero in on ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 17, 2026
Vance says he worries about companies surveilling Americans with AI
WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday said he worries about how companies use artificial intelligence. "I worry about companies using artificial intelligence to survei...
Thomson Reuters Feb 17, 2026
'Exports to China look dismal,' leader of busiest US seaport says
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Exports from the Port of Los Angeles, the busiest U.S. gateway for ocean trade, fell 8% in January to the lowest monthly output in nearly three years,...
Thomson Reuters Feb 17, 2026
Insurer Suncorp's first-half cash earnings plunge 67% as natural hazard costs surge
Feb 18 (Reuters) - Australian general insurer Suncorp Group posted a worse-than-expected drop in first-half cash earnings on Wednesday, hit by a surge in costs related to multiple severe weather event...
Thomson Reuters Feb 17, 2026
Fed's Daly says US central bank still needs to get inflation down
Feb 17 (Reuters) - San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly on Tuesday said the U.S. central bank still needs to get inflation down, and that while artificial intelligence potentially helps i...
Thomson Reuters Feb 17, 2026



