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Morning Bid: Central banks gird for oil shocks as RBA votes 5-4 to hike
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart Hunter The surge in energy prices as war engulfs the Middle East is top of mind for central bankers. Deciding what to do about...
Mar 17, 2026
Blue Owl tipped UK lender into insolvency after discrepancy concerns, FT reports
March 17 (Reuters) - U.S. private credit firm Blue Owl pushed London-based mortgage lender Century Capital into administration after discovering the UK group had dismissed a director over financial di...
Mar 17, 2026
Australia central bank hikes rates in tight call as Iran war stokes inflation risk
By Stella Qiu and Wayne Cole SYDNEY, March 17 (Reuters) - Australia's central bank raised its cash rate for a second straight month on Tuesday, saying higher borrowing costs were needed to contain inf...
Mar 16, 2026
Australia's central bank raises cash rate to 4.1%, in close vote
SYDNEY, March 17 (Reuters) - Australia's central bank raised its main cash rate for a second straight month on Tuesday, saying higher borrowing costs were needed to contain inflation, though a very ti...
Mar 16, 2026
US government confirms Tesla and LG Energy Solution's $4.3 billion battery deal
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Monday said electric vehicle maker Tesla and South Korea's LG Energy Solution had signed a supply agreement to build a $4.3 bi...
Mar 16, 2026
JPMorgan poaches Goldman veteran Zhang as co-head of China investment banking
By Yantoultra Ngui and Kane Wu SINGAPORE, March 17 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase has hired Yi Zhang from Goldman Sachs as co-head of China investment banking, in the latest of a series of new hires to st...
Mar 16, 2026
Tennessee minors sue Musk's xAI, alleging Grok generated sexual images of them
By Mrinmay Dey March 16 (Reuters) - Three Tennessee plaintiffs, including two minors, sued Elon Musk's xAI on Monday, alleging that it knowingly designed its Grok image generator to let people create ...
Mar 16, 2026
SK Group chairman says wafer shortage to last until 2030, trying to stabilise memory prices
By Max A. Cherney, Stephen Nellis and Heekyong Yang SAN JOSE, California, March 16 (Reuters) - South Korea's SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won said on Monday the global chip wafer shortage is likely to p...
Mar 16, 2026
Dollar struggles for direction as focus shifts to central bank response
By Stefano Rebaudo March 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar lacked a clear direction on Tuesday as investors shifted their focus to central bank meetings, amid uncertainty about the conflict in the Middle...
Mar 16, 2026
Stocks mixed as oil prices rise again after Iran strikes
By Harry Robertson and Gregor Stuart Hunter LONDON/SINGAPORE, March 17 (Reuters) - European stocks ticked up but U.S. futures dipped on Tuesday as Iran's renewed attacks on U.S. Gulf allies drove oil ...
Mar 16, 2026
