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Exclusive-SoftBank’s PayPay delays IPO roadshow launch, sources say, as Iran attack rattles markets
By Echo Wang March 2 (Reuters) - SoftBank's PayPay has delayed its highly anticipated IPO roadshow that was scheduled to launch Monday as markets were rattled by this weekend's attack on Iran, accordi...
Thomson Reuters Mar 02, 2026
Global brands shut Middle East stores as conflict causes chaos
By Helen Reid and Dominique Patton PARIS, March 2 (Reuters) - In Dubai and other major Middle Eastern shopping hubs, many stores are closed or operating with a skeleton staff as the escalating conflic...
Thomson Reuters Mar 02, 2026
Middle East conflict puts Dubai aviation hub's market muscle to the test
By Federico Maccioni and Tim Hepher DUBAI/PARIS, March 2 (Reuters) - Escalating conflict in the Middle East has laid bare how heavily global air travel relies on a handful of hubs led by Dubai, the wo...
Thomson Reuters Mar 02, 2026
Factbox-Trump's war with Iran a major risk for US, European aluminium consumers
LONDON, March 2 (Reuters) - Prolonged disruptions to Middle East aluminium exports from the war between the U.S. and Iran are likely to hit European and U.S. consumers hardest, given their heavy relia...
Thomson Reuters Mar 02, 2026
American fund AIP in talks with Bahrain's Alba to sell Aluminium Dunkerque
March 2 (Reuters) - Bahrain-based industrial group Alba has entered exclusive talks with U.S. fund AIP to acquire Europe's largest smelter Aluminium Dunkerque, the companies said on Monday, in what wo...
Thomson Reuters Mar 02, 2026
Iran war poses new risk to US economic resilience
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - A U.S. economy that has weathered a year of trade, immigration and other shocks now faces a new test likely to ratchet up uncertainty after Presiden...
Thomson Reuters Mar 02, 2026
Credit markets dented as Middle East war adds another worry for investors
By Amanda Cooper LONDON, March 2 (Reuters) - A number of key European credit indicators deteriorated on Monday, with an index of regional junk corporate credit hitting its highest yield since November...
Thomson Reuters Mar 02, 2026
State Department switches to OpenAI as US agencies start phasing out Anthropic
By Raphael Satter and Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - Three U.S. cabinet agencies on Monday moved to cease use of Anthropic's AI products, joining the military in directing staff to use...
Thomson Reuters Mar 02, 2026
From oil spikes to equity swings: How the Mideast conflict is driving markets
By Shashwat Chauhan March 2 (Reuters) - An escalating conflict in the Middle East rattled global markets on Monday, as the prospect of a long-drawn fight drove energy prices higher and hammered travel...
Thomson Reuters Mar 02, 2026
Analysis-US struggling to de-risk Congo's 'war zone minerals' even after pact, sources say
By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila and Ange Kasongo DAKAR/KINSHASA, March 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. has made progress in its push to prise Congo's strategic minerals from China's orbit, but conflict, contested...
Thomson Reuters Mar 02, 2026




