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Google goes from laggard to leader as it pulls ahead of OpenAI with stellar AI growth
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UAW, Volkswagen reach tentative deal at Tennessee plant
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Sony lifts outlook after record quarterly profit, music and sensor units shine
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Qualcomm, Arm bear brunt of memory shortage as smartphone chip sales disappoint
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...
US dollar hits two-week high, pound slumps after BoE holds rates
Date: February 5, 2026
By Gregor Stuart Hunter SINGAPORE, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The dollar steadied at the start of Asian trade on Thursday ahead of interest rate decisions from the European Central Bank and the Bank of England...
Oil settles almost 3% down on easing supply concerns ahead of US, Iran talks
Date: February 5, 2026
By Katya Golubkova TOKYO, Feb 5 (Reuters) - U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude prices fell on Thursday after the U.S. and Iran agreed to hold talks in Oman on Friday, despite differences about the...
UN chief calls New START expiration 'grave moment'
Date: February 5, 2026
Feb 4 (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called the expiration of the New START Treaty a grave moment for international peace and security and urged Russia and...
Bank of England set to hold rates pending clearer picture on inflation
Date: February 5, 2026
By William Schomberg LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The Bank of England is expected to keep interest rates on hold on Thursday and leave its options open about when it will cut them again as it waits to be...