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Birkenstock shares jump after $250 million buyback plan
May 21 (Reuters) - Shares of Birkenstock surged nearly 17% on Thursday after the German sandal maker said it would buy back $250 million of its stock through an accelerated share repurchase agreement,...
May 21, 2026
Private credit bond spreads show smaller lenders priced at greater risk
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy May 21 (Reuters) - Bond investors are assigning diverse risk premiums to U.S. private credit firms, with smaller lenders being priced at greater risk and hence wider spread...
May 21, 2026
Euro zone consumer confidence rises to -19.0 in May
May 21 (Reuters) - Euro zone consumer confidence rose by 1.6 points in May from the April number, figures released on Thursday showed. The European Commission said a flash estimate showed euro zone co...
May 21, 2026
Oil market could hit 'red zone' in July-August, IEA chief says
(Adds dropped first name of IEA chief in second paragraph) By Robert Harvey LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - The start of peak summer fuel demand combined with the lack of new oil exports from the Middle Ea...
May 21, 2026
US manufacturing activity rises to four-year high in May, S&P Global survey shows
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing activity strengthened in May, scaling the highest level in four years, as businesses boosted inventories to guard against potential ...
May 21, 2026
Wall St opens lower as oil jumps on renewed Mideast concerns
May 21 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Thursday as oil prices surged following a Reuters report that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei ordered the country's near-...
May 21, 2026
Parker-Hannifin to acquire KKR-owned Circor Aerospace for $2.55 billion
(Corrects to say the deal is for Circor Aerospace, not the whole firm, in headline, paragraphs 1 and 2) May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. investment firm KKR said on Thursday it would sell aerospace division of...
May 21, 2026
US single-family housing starts tumble in April
WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. single-family homebuilding dropped sharply in April and permits for future construction fell, suggesting the housing market could remain subdued for a while as the ...
May 21, 2026
BoE's Taylor sees less risk of inflation persistence than in 2022
LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Bank of England policymaker Alan Taylor said on Thursday he saw less risk of so-called second-round inflation effects from rising energy prices caused by the Iran war than f...
May 21, 2026
Anthropic in talks to use Microsoft's AI chips, The Information reports
May 21 (Reuters) - Anthropic is in talks to rent servers powered by Microsoft-designed chips to meet rising demand for its AI services, The Information reported on Thursday, in what would be a major b...
May 21, 2026
