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UK businesses show growth and inflation hit from Iran war
By David Milliken and William Schomberg LONDON, March 24 (Reuters) - British business activity has grown at the slowest pace in six months and manufacturers' input costs accelerated at the fastest rat...
Mar 24, 2026
Smithfield Foods beat quarterly results estimates on resilient demand for pork
March 24 (Reuters) - Smithfield Foods beat analysts' estimates for fourth-quarter sales and profit on Tuesday, helped by resilient demand for packaged meats and cost-saving efforts, lifting the U.S. p...
Mar 24, 2026
Euro zone economy close to stalling as war takes its toll
By Jonathan Cable and Balazs Koranyi LONDON/FRANKFURT, March 24 (Reuters) - Euro zone private sector growth nearly stalled this month as inflation expectations surged and delivery times soared, adding...
Mar 24, 2026
China banks eye profit boost as nearly $8 trillion in deposits to be repriced
By Ziyi Tang and Ryan Woo BEIJING, March 24 (Reuters) - China's leading state-owned banks are expected to recover this year from record-low profit margins as the repricing of nearly $8 trillion worth ...
Mar 24, 2026
Puig shares leap on Estee Lauder talks to unite Jean Paul Gaultier, Clinique brands
By Gemma Guasch March 24 (Reuters) - Shares of Puig, owner of fragrance brands Jean Paul Gaultier and Rabanne surged 16% on Tuesday, on track for their best trading day on record after the Spanish bea...
Mar 24, 2026
European stocks decline on conflicting signals from Mideast war
By Avinash P March 24 (Reuters) - European shares dipped to a near-four-month low on Tuesday, as conflicting signals from the ongoing war in the Middle East raised oil prices and dented risk appetite....
Mar 24, 2026
German private sector growth slows to 3-month low, PMI shows
By Maria Martinez BERLIN, March 24 (Reuters) - Germany's private sector growth slowed to its weakest pace in three months in March as services lost momentum and costs surged amid the conflict in the M...
Mar 24, 2026
German firms' pessimism deepened even before the Iran war, survey finds
By Maria Martinez BERLIN, March 24 (Reuters) - Even before the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran began, German companies had grown more pessimistic about their business overseas because of trade barriers and m...
Mar 24, 2026
French private sector contracts at fastest pace since October, PMI shows
PARIS, March 24 (Reuters) - France's private sector contracted in March at its fastest pace since October, hit by weak demand, Iran war-linked supply disruptions and client caution ahead of local elec...
Mar 24, 2026
Japan's cherry blossom picnics feel the pinch of global inflation
By Leika Kihara TOKYO, March 24 (Reuters) - Global inflation is taking a bite out of Japan's iconic "hanami" cherry blossom picnics, with an index tracking food and drink costs up 25% since 2020, priv...
Mar 24, 2026
