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US pump prices jump 30% since Middle East war began, headed toward $4 a gallon
By Nicole Jao NEW YORK, March 19 (Reuters) - U.S. gasoline pump prices have jumped more than 30% this month, moving toward $4 a gallon despite efforts by President Donald Trump to curb price increases...
Mar 19, 2026
Jeff Bezos aims to raise $100 billion to buy, revamp manufacturing firms with AI, WSJ reports
March 19 (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos is in early discussions to raise $100 billion for a new fund that would acquire manufacturing companies and seek to use AI to drive and speed up automation, the Wall St...
Mar 19, 2026
Exclusive-German semiconductor group Elmos exploring a sale, sources say
By Milana Vinn and Amy-Jo Crowley NEW YORK / LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - Germany's Elmos Semiconductor is exploring a sale as its founders consider exiting the business, according to three people fam...
Mar 19, 2026
Goldman Sachs to make performance-based job cuts in April, source says
By Saeed Azhar NEW YORK, March 19 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs plans to cut a small number of underperforming staff in April, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday. The cuts are not ...
Mar 19, 2026
Iran crisis should be a catalyst for EU integration, ECB's Stournaras says
FRANKFURT, March 19 (Reuters) - The Middle East war is an economic drag for Europe and should serve as a wake-up call for more integration, including joint debt issuance, to build up the bloc's capaci...
Mar 19, 2026
Iran war escalation wakes markets up to risks of deeper economic pain
By Yoruk Bahceli and Samuel Indyk LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - Investors reassessing the potential for deeper economic pain from the war in Iran are selling assets across the globe, from government bo...
Mar 19, 2026
Talk of AI disruption, wars, oil and rates dominates M&A conference even as deals soar
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Dawn Kopecki NEW ORLEANS, March 19 (Reuters) - The value of dealmaking is close to all-time highs, even as corporate executives struggle to navigate the Trump administration...
Mar 19, 2026
Factbox-How US regulators are overhauling bank capital rules
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - U.S. banking regulators on Thursday unveiled sweeping plans to streamline and ease numerous capital requirements for the nation's largest banks, whic...
Mar 19, 2026
US fixed 30-year mortgage rate hits three-month high amid Iran war
WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - The average rate on the popular U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgage surged to a three-month high this week as war in the Middle East stoked inflation fears, dealing a blo...
Mar 19, 2026
Apple fends off bid for new Apple Watch import ban at US trade tribunal
By Blake Brittain WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - A U.S. trade tribunal preliminarily ruled that Apple's current Apple Watches do not infringe patents owned by Masimo, rejecting the medical-monitorin...
Mar 19, 2026
