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STMicroelectronics Plans Robots, Retraining to Avoid Closures

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Analysis-Debt-burdened Europe Has Fewer Options to Buffer Energy Shock

Image for VW targets China comeback as first model with Xpeng starts mass production

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Vw Targets China Comeback as First Model With Xpeng Starts Mass Production

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Morning Bid: Crude Shock

Image for BofA delays BoE rate-cut call to June as energy prices revive inflation risks

BofA Delays BoE Rate-Cut Call to June as Energy Prices Revive Inflation Risks

Date: March 13, 2026

March 13 (Reuters) - BofA Global Research, which had expected the Bank of England to begin cutting rates in March, has now pushed its call to June, saying rising energy prices have revived inflation...

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Exclusive-Glencore Raises Hope of Reviving Rio Tinto Deal as Coal Prices Turn

Date: March 13, 2026

By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE, March 12 (Reuters) - Glencore CEO Gary Nagle is hoping a recent surge in coal prices will help bring Rio Tinto back to the table for a fresh attempt at creating the...

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Air Freight Rates Soar as Middle East Conflict Blocks Trade Routes

Date: March 13, 2026

March 13 (Reuters) - Air freight rates have risen by as much as 70% on some routes since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, data shows, as the conflict limits flights, blocks some ocean...

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Trump Says He Thinks Iran's New Supreme Leader Is Alive but 'damaged'

Date: March 13, 2026

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said that he thinks new Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, whose father, the former supreme leader, was killed on the...

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US Opens Unfair Trade Practices Probe of 60 Countries Over Forced Labor

Date: March 13, 2026

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Trade Representative's office said late on Thursday it had begun Section 301 unfair trade practices probes of 60 economies in relation to...

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Asian Stocks Slide as Iran War Keeps Oil Near $100, Dents Rate-Cut Bets

Date: March 13, 2026

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE, March 13 (Reuters) - Asian stocks slumped on Friday, poised for a second straight weekly decline as fast-dwindling hopes of a resolution to the U.S. and Israel's war with...