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Wall St slips at open as US-Iran tensions unsettle investors
May 4 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes slipped after market open on Monday as heightened investor anxiety over the Middle East conflict tempered the optimism from last week's earnings. The Dow J...
May 04, 2026
Portugal trims 2026 growth forecast to 2%, still targets budget balance
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON, May 4 (Reuters) - Portugal's government has cut its 2026 economic growth forecast to 2% from 2.3% citing severe storms in January and February and a jump in energy prices l...
May 04, 2026
WEX board deal ends bitter proxy battle with activist Impactive
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK, May 4 (Reuters) - Payment processing and information management services group WEX said on Monday it had reached a deal with Impactive Capital to add three board membe...
May 04, 2026
U.S. equity fund inflows ease to a six-week low
May 4 (Reuters) - U.S. equity fund inflows ebbed to a six-week low in the week through April 29 as investors concerned over a surge in crude oil prices exercised caution ahead of a monetary policy dec...
May 04, 2026
EU countries push to settle US trade deal to avoid car tariff hike
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, May 4 (Reuters) - European Union countries are broadly pushing for the swift implementation of the bloc's side of a trade deal struck with the United States last year to...
May 04, 2026
JetBlue, Frontier shares rise as Spirit shutdown makes room for growth
By Shivansh Tiwary May 4 (Reuters) - Shares of Frontier Airlines and JetBlue Airways rose on Monday, after rival Spirit Airlines shut shop, fueling hopes the carriers can capture market share, control...
May 04, 2026
Morning Bid: Strait talk
By Anna Szymanski May 4 (Reuters) - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Anna Szymanski, Editor-in-Charge, Reuters Open Interest Oil prices spiked by around 5% on Monday after Iran said it...
May 04, 2026
Blackstone vehicle aims to raise over $1.7 billion in US IPO to fund data center bet
May 4 (Reuters) - A newly minted Blackstone investment vehicle is aiming to raise slightly over $1.7 billion in an initial public offering in the United States to capitalize on booming demand in the d...
May 04, 2026
Tyson Foods profit beats estimates on strength in chicken business
May 4 (Reuters) - Meat packer Tyson Foods reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Monday, as rising chicken sales helped counter a sharp drop in demand for high-priced beef. Protein-hungry...
May 04, 2026
Musk sought settlement with OpenAI before Oakland trial, filing shows
(Removes extraneous text in paragraph 3) May 4 (Reuters) - Elon Musk contacted OpenAI President Greg Brockman to gauge interest in a settlement two days before their high-stakes trial got underway in ...
May 04, 2026
