Analysis-German bonds slip from most favoured havens in safety dash
By Stefano Rebaudo MILAN, March 5 (Reuters) - German government bonds are facing stiffer competition for investor cash from other traditional havens such as gold than they have for years, as German fiscal plans and the reduction of holdings by the Eur...
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DHL sees higher 2026 operating profit even as geopolitical environment worsens
By Emanuele Berro March 5 (Reuters) - German logistics group DHL on Thursday forecast a higher operating profit for 2026, broadly in line with market expectations, despite the worsening geopolitical environment. It expects earnings before interest an...
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Australia shuts out Taiwan in WBC opener
Robbie Perkins belted a two-run homer and the Cleveland Guardians' Travis Bazzana added a solo shot as Australia beat Taiwan 3-0 on Thursday in the opening game of the World Baseball Classic at Tokyo. The contest marked the start of round-robin pl...
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Merck KGaA sees earnings decline of up to 4%
FRANKFURT, March 5 (Reuters) - Germany's Merck KGaA said on Thursday it expects 2026 adjusted operating profit to slip by up to 4%, excluding currency effects. (Reporting by Ludwig Burger and Patricia Weiss, Editing by Friederike ...
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Exclusive-Ukraine's F-16 jets were starved of US-made missiles for weeks
By Tom Balmforth KYIV, March 5 (Reuters) - Ukraine's F-16 fighter jets didn't have enough missiles to shoot down Russian drones and missiles for more than three weeks after supplies from Kyiv's partners dried up just as Moscow was preparing a massive w...
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Exclusive-Euro zone banks face multiple threats from Iran war, ECB supervisor says
By Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT, March 5 (Reuters) - Euro zone banks face only a limited direct impact from the war in Iran, but the larger danger lies in how a weakened economy might feed back into lenders' balance sheets, a senior European Central Ban...
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South Africa seeks local production of Gilead's HIV prevention drug
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) - South Africa is asking local drugmakers to start a process to make Gilead Sciences' long-acting HIV prevention drug, lenacapavir, domestically, in a push to bring production to the region where it is most n...
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Chinese military flights around Taiwan fall, Trump-Xi meeting may be factor
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI, March 5 (Reuters) - Chinese air force activity around Taiwan has fallen sharply in recent weeks, with no flights at all in the past week, a sudden drop in what had been daily military manoeuvres that could signal Beijing is recali...
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Morning Bid: 'Bump on the road' or gaping chasm?
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rocky Swift Is the crisis in the Middle East and its fallout on global markets just a "bump on the road" or does it portend a long period of uncertainty for global trade? The rosier take was...
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Australian court finds two ex-Star executives in breach of duty, regulator says
March 5 (Reuters) - Australia's corporate regulator said on Thursday it has found two former senior executives of Star Entertainment in breach of duties over the handling of risks associated with money laundering and criminal activity. The Australian...
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