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Image for Morning Bid: Metals get a lot less precious as positions squeezed

Finance

Morning Bid: Metals get a lot less precious as positions squeezed

Image for UK Treasury offers up to 100,000-pound exit packages to cut hundreds of jobs, FT reports

Finance

UK Treasury offers up to 100,000-pound exit packages to cut hundreds of jobs, FT reports

Image for From Japan to Brazil, voters could shake markets in key election year

Finance

From Japan to Brazil, voters could shake markets in key election year

Image for Aviation leaders tackle industrial and geopolitical headwinds

Finance

Aviation leaders tackle industrial and geopolitical headwinds

Image for South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace signs $922 million deal with Norway to supply rocket launchers

South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace signs $922 million deal with Norway to supply rocket launchers

Date: February 2, 2026

SEOUL, Feb 2 (Reuters) - South Korean defence firm Hanwha Aerospace said on Monday that it had won a $922 million contract to supply long-range artillery systems and rockets to Norway. Norway's...

Image for Bad Bunny wins top Grammy prize in a first for a Spanish-language album

Bad Bunny wins top Grammy prize in a first for a Spanish-language album

Date: February 2, 2026

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Feb 1 (Reuters) - - British soul-pop singer Olivia Dean was named best new artist, and hip-hop megastar Kendrick Lamar claimed the prize for best rap album with "GNX,...

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Olivia Dean takes home best new artist Grammy

Date: February 2, 2026

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Olivia Dean capped her rapid ascent from London busker to breakout global star on Sunday by winning the 2026 Grammy for best new artist, a career‑...

Image for Global stock index edges down, silver and oil extend losses

Global stock index edges down, silver and oil extend losses

Date: February 2, 2026

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Asian share markets mostly followed Wall Street futures lower on Monday as chaotic trading in silver made for a nervous start to a week that is packed with...

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Hyundai Motor did not exercise option to buy back Russian auto factory

Date: February 2, 2026

SEOUL, Feb 2 (Reuters) - South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor did not exercise a buyback option for its former manufacturing plant in Russia, the company said on Monday, amid the continuing war in...

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UK business sentiment improves in January, Institute of Directors says

Date: February 2, 2026

LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - British entrepreneurs' negativity about the economic outlook reduced at the start of 2026, rising to its highest since May and extending gains since finance minister Rachel...