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OpenAI to buy Python toolmaker Astral to take on Anthropic
March 19 (Reuters) - OpenAI said on Thursday it will acquire Python toolmaker Astral, as the ChatGPT owner looks to strengthen its portfolio against rival Anthropic and gain more share in the artifici...
Thomson Reuters Mar 19, 2026
Lagarde comments at ECB press conference
FRANKFURT, March 19 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank kept its key interest rate at 2% on Thursday and warned that the war on Iran was clouding the outlook for growth and inflation in the euro zon...
Thomson Reuters Mar 19, 2026
World trade growth set to slow to 1.9% this year, Iran war may weigh more, says WTO
GENEVA, March 19 (Reuters) - Growth in world trade in goods will slow down markedly to 1.9% this year from 4.6% in 2025 and could decelerate even more if the Middle East war continues to push energy p...
Thomson Reuters Mar 19, 2026
India's proposal to preload national ID app Aadhaar on phones faced pushback
By Aditya Kalra and Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI, March 19 (Reuters) - India's government privately proposed in January that firms like Apple, Samsung and Google consider pre-installing its biometric id...
Thomson Reuters Mar 19, 2026
Republican speaker, intel chiefs make new push to renew surveillance law
By Raphael Satter and AJ Vicens WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - U.S. House Republican leader Mike Johnson and the Trump administration's spy chiefs are pushing for a quick and clean renewal of the su...
Thomson Reuters Mar 19, 2026
Another oil price jump further pushes out Fed rate-cut odds
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - An overnight jump in oil prices on the heels of a hawkish Federal Reserve policy meeting has further narrowed the window for the interest rate cuts...
Thomson Reuters Mar 19, 2026
Samsonite shareholders approve US dual listing
By Yantoultra Ngui and Sneha Kumar SINGAPORE, March 19 (Reuters) - Samsonite shareholders approved a set of resolutions on Thursday designed to pave the way for a U.S. dual listing, as the Hong Kongli...
Thomson Reuters Mar 19, 2026
BoE's Bailey says markets are getting ahead of themselves on rate rises
LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - Financial markets are getting ahead of themselves in expecting interest rate rises from the Bank of England, Governor Andrew Bailey said on Thursday, after rate hike expec...
Thomson Reuters Mar 19, 2026
Google expands utility deals to curb data‑center power use during peak demand
By Laila Kearney NEW YORK, March 19 (Reuters) - Google has signed agreements with five U.S. electric utilities in states from Arkansas to Minnesota to curtail its electricity use during periods of pea...
Thomson Reuters Mar 19, 2026
Trump Homeland nominee Markwayne Mullin advances to vote before full Senate
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee voted on Thursday to advance the nomination of Senator Markwayne Mullin to become homeland security secretary, even as the commit...
Thomson Reuters Mar 19, 2026
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