Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Business News (Master Feed)
Japan real wages grow for first time in 13 months, boosting BOJ hike case
TOKYO, March 9 (Reuters) - Japan's real wages climbed in January for the first time in 13 months as inflation cooled, with base salaries growing at their fastest pace in 33 years, government data show...
Mar 08, 2026
US dollar surges as Middle East war sends oil to cusp of $120
(Corrects to add dropped FOREX tag with no changes to text) By Jiaxing Li and Rae Wee SINGAPORE, March 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar jumped on Monday as soaring oil prices sent investors scrambling fo...
Mar 08, 2026
Trump's China visit likely won't yield breakthrough, aims to maintain stability
BEIJING/WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) - A summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping this month is unlikely to create room for even a limited reset of business and investment ti...
Mar 08, 2026
Shares skid as oil surge threatens inflation shock
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY, March 9 (Reuters) - Share markets nosedived in Asia on Monday as the inflationary jolt from surging oil prices threatened to raise living costs and interest rates across the glob...
Mar 08, 2026
Oil surges over 25%, on track for record daily jump due to escalating Iran war
SINGAPORE, March 9 (Reuters) - Oil prices surged more than 25% on Monday to their highest levels since mid-2022 as some major producers cut supplies and fears of prolonged shipping disruptions gripped...
Mar 08, 2026
X probes offensive posts by xAI’s Grok chatbot, Sky News reports
March 8 (Reuters) - Social media platform X is investigating "racist and offensive" posts by xAI chatbot Grok, Sky News reported on Sunday. X and xAI did not immediately respond to a request for comme...
Mar 08, 2026
Factbox-Selected quotes from Adam Smith's 'Wealth of Nations'
LONDON, March 8 (Reuters) - Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations", the foundational text of classical economics, marks its 250th anniversary on March 9. Still widely read and debated, it is most known for ...
Mar 08, 2026
From 1776 to 2026: Adam Smith's lessons for the global economy
By Mark John LONDON, March 8 (Reuters) - Tax the rich. Trash the tariffs. End monopolies. Such are the rallying calls of many of today's most heated economic debates. They could also come straight fro...
Mar 08, 2026
KKR eyes multibillion-dollar sale of CoolIT Systems, FT reports
March 8 (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm KKR is working with advisers on a sale of data center cooling company CoolIT Systems for a price tag potentially exceeding $3 billion, the Financial Times ...
Mar 08, 2026
US unlikely to increase tariffs on South Korea, Seoul official says
SEOUL, March 8 (Reuters) - South Korea's Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan on Sunday said the U.S. is unlikely to slap higher tariffs on South Korea should the Korean parliament move swiftly to implemen...
Mar 08, 2026
