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Retailers double down on ad spend, price hikes to shake off tariff blues
By Juveria Tabassum Feb 5 (Reuters) - From increased ad spend, Wimbledon tie-ups to price hikes, U.S. retailers like Estee Lauder and Ralph Lauren are pulling out all stops to corner a slice of a mark...
Thomson Reuters Feb 05, 2026
Bitcoin slump shakes companies that jumped on crypto-hoarding bandwagon
By Hannah Lang Feb 5 (Reuters) - Turbulence in the cryptocurrency market is dragging down shares of companies that hold bitcoin and other digital assets on their balance sheets, sparking concerns over...
Thomson Reuters Feb 05, 2026
Bank of England votes narrowly to hold rates but signals reduction ahead
By William Schomberg, David Milliken and Andy Bruce LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The Bank of England kept interest rates on hold on Thursday, but only after an unexpectedly narrow 5-4 vote, and said borr...
Thomson Reuters Feb 05, 2026
Saudia in talks with Boeing, Airbus for its largest jet order to date, Bloomberg News reports
Feb 5 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's flagship carrier Saudia is in early talks with Boeing and Airbus to buy at least 150 narrowbody and widebody jets, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people f...
Thomson Reuters Feb 05, 2026
Phillips 66 to lay off 277 workers as Los Angeles refinery winds down
By Nicole Jao NEW YORK, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Phillips 66 is set to lay off 277 employees as operations at the 139,000-barrel-per-day Los Angeles-area refinery wind down ahead of closure, filings to Calif...
Thomson Reuters Feb 05, 2026
Bob's Discount Furniture valued at $2.2 billion as shares open flat in NYSE debut
By Prakhar Srivastava and Abigail Summerville Feb 5 (Reuters) - Bob's Discount Furniture, backed by private equity firm Bain Capital, secured a valuation of $2.22 billion, after its shares opened flat...
Thomson Reuters Feb 05, 2026
Anthropic releases AI upgrade as market punishes software stocks
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Technology startup Anthropic on Thursday launched what it called an improved artificial intelligence model, days after its product advances helped kick-start a selloff...
Thomson Reuters Feb 05, 2026
Merck veteran Perlmutter-led Eikon Therapeutics valued at $860 million in Nasdaq debut
By Atharva Singh and Arasu Kannagi Basil Feb 5 (Reuters) - Drug developer Eikon Therapeutics, headed by Merck veteran Roger Perlmutter, was valued at about $860.3 million after its shares opened 5.3% ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 05, 2026
Factbox-Hedge funds jump into volatile January to reap returns
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Hedge funds posted positive returns in January thanks to ripples of market volatility stemming from U.S. military action in Venezuela, questions around the ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 05, 2026
US military shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls expects negative free cash flow in current quarter
By Anshuman Tripathy and Apratim Sarkar Feb 5 (Reuters) - U.S. military shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls said on Thursday that it had expected free cash flow for the current quarter to be negative, desp...
Thomson Reuters Feb 05, 2026



