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China's Lenovo warns of PC shipment pressure from memory shortage
By Che Pan and Brenda Goh BEIJING, Feb 12 (Reuters) - China's Lenovo Group warned on Thursday about mounting pressure on PC shipments as a worsening memory-chip shortage grips the industry. Chief Exec...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2026
Schroders agrees $13.5 billion sale to Nuveen as family sells out
By Iain Withers LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - British money manager Schroders is being taken over by U.S. asset manager Nuveen for 9.9 billion pounds ($13.5 billion), in one of Europe's largest fund mana...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2026
BOJ could hike rates as early as March, up to 3 times in 2026, Mizuho executive says
By Makiko Yamazaki and Miho Uranaka TOKYO, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan could raise key interest rates again as early as March and deliver up to three hikes this year in light of persistent in...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2026
Ice cream maker Magnum's shares slump as debut results underwhelm
By Alexander Marrow LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Magnum Ice Cream's shares fell sharply on Thursday after the company reported a 48.4% drop in full-year net profit and lower than expected sales growth i...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2026
BAT signals possible job cuts from AI plan as Velo nicotine pouch boosts profit
By Emma Rumney and Shashwat Awasthi Feb 12 (Reuters) - British American Tobacco announced a new AI-driven productivity programme expected to lead to job cuts on Thursday, while reporting higher annual...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2026
Samsung ships latest HBM4 chips to catch-up in AI race
By Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics said on Thursday it had started shipping its most advanced HBM4 chips to unnamed customers, as it tries to narrow the gap with rivals in su...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2026
UK economy barely grew in Q4 as budget uncertainty weighed
By Andy Bruce and William Schomberg MANCHESTER, England Feb 12 (Reuters) - Britain's economy barely grew in the final quarter of 2025 as activity fared worse than initially estimated during the run-up...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2026
Hermes beats sales expectations, sees positive signs in China
By Tassilo Hummel and Helen Reid PARIS, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Hermes, whose handbags sell for $10,000 and more, on Thursday reported stronger than expected fourth-quarter revenue growth, lifted by strong...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2026
Unilever downbeat on 2026 sales growth amid US and Europe slowdown
By Yadarisa Shabong Feb 12 (Reuters) - Unilever warned on Thursday that 2026 sales growth would come in at the bottom end of its forecast range after a slowdown in the U.S. and Europe, even as emergin...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2026
SoftBank posts fourth straight quarterly profit on OpenAI investment gain
(Corrects to state that SoftBank has recorded an investment gain of $19.8 billion on OpenAI rather than anticipates one in paragraph 7) By Anton Bridge TOKYO, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Japan's SoftBank Group...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2026



