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Canadian pension funds to exit UK's Associated British Ports in over $13 billion deal, FT reports
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Norwegian software company Visma to delay London IPO after broad sell-off, FT reports
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Rio Tinto expected to push for more time to weigh Glencore deal, sources say
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HP, Dell, Acer and Asus mull using Chinese memory chips amid supply crunch, Nikkei Asia reports
Google goes from laggard to leader as it pulls ahead of OpenAI with stellar AI growth
Date: February 5, 2026
By Kenrick Cai and Deborah Mary Sophia SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Alphabet is taking on OpenAI with a gusto that underscores Wall Street's perception that the Google parent is the leader in AI,...
UAW, Volkswagen reach tentative deal at Tennessee plant
Date: February 5, 2026
Feb 4 (Reuters) - Workers at Volkswagen's plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee have won a tentative agreement with the company, the United Auto Workers union said late Wednesday. (Reporting by Rishabh...
Sony lifts outlook after record quarterly profit, music and sensor units shine
Date: February 5, 2026
TOKYO, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Sony on Thursday reported a 22% rise in third-quarter operating profit, beating analyst estimates, and hiked its full-year forecast. Profit reached 515 billion yen ($3.28...
Qualcomm, Arm bear brunt of memory shortage as smartphone chip sales disappoint
Date: February 5, 2026
By Arsheeya Bajwa and Juby Babu Feb 4 (Reuters) - Memory shortages will constrain sales of cell phones for some time, hurting demand for chip industry companies like supplier Qualcomm and chip...
Instagram recovers after brief outage disrupts US users
Date: February 5, 2026
Feb 4 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms' Instagram was down for more than 10,000 users in the U.S. on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. There were 10,108 incidents of...
Equities sink in extended AI rout, bond yields dip, silver savaged
Date: February 5, 2026
By Stella Qiu SYDNEY, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Asian stocks faltered as concerns about the exploding costs of AI investment hounded the tech sector, though Wall Street futures were trying to make a comeback...