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Small disruptors driving growth in US consumer sector, report shows
By Alexander Marrow LONDON, March 4 (Reuters) - Small, disruptive companies are punching above their weight in the U.S. consumer sector, accounting for more than a third of market growth, despite representing less than 2% of market share, a report published by the consultancy Bain showed on Wedne...Reuters
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Iran war breaks UN Charter, strike on school shocking, UN probe says
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, March 4 (Reuters) - An independent United Nations probe investigating rights violations in Iran condemned on Wednesday attacks by Israel and the United States on Iran as well as Tehran's retaliatory strikes across the region, saying they violated the UN Charter. ...Reuters
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Germany working with travel industry to bring back people from Middle East
BERLIN, March 4 (Reuters) - Germany is working with the travel industry to provide more flights back home to nationals stranded in the Middle East due to the military conflict there, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday.Speaking at a regular press conference, the spokesperson said 600 G...Reuters
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US likely to raise temporary global tariff rate to 15% this week, Bessent says
WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that an increase in President Donald Trump's new temporary global import tariff to 15% from 10% was likely to be implemented sometime this week. The new tariff rate was announced by Trump in late February aft...Reuters
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Soccer-Man United teenager Jack Fletcher apologises for homophobic slur
March 4 (Reuters) - Manchester United midfielder Jack Fletcher apologised on Wednesday for using a homophobic slur during a youth-team match last year that earned him a six-game suspension and a hefty fine from England's Football Association (FA).The son of former United midfielder Darren Fletch...Reuters
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Saltchuk Resources Unit Commenced Tender Offer For All Issued & Outstanding Shares Of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's Common Stock At $17.00/Share
March 4 (Reuters) - Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp GLDD.O:SALTCHUK RESOURCES: UNIT COMMENCED TENDER OFFER FOR ALL ISSUED & OUTSTANDING SHARES OF GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK'S COMMON STOCK AT $17.00/SHAREReuters
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CoreWeave Announces Agreement To Power Perplexity’S AI Inference Workloads
March 4 (Reuters) - CoreWeave Inc CRWV.O:COREWEAVE INC: ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO POWER PERPLEXITY’S AI INFERENCE WORKLOADSCOREWEAVE INC - UNDER THE AGREEMENT, PERPLEXITY WILL POWER ITS NEXT-GENERATION INFERENCE WORKLOADS ON CO’S PLATFORMCOREWEAVE INC: ENTERED INTO A MULTI-YEAR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP W...Reuters
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Top Vatican cardinal calls US-Israeli strikes 'truly alarming'
By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, March 4 (Reuters) - The Vatican's top diplomat warned on Wednesday that the ongoing U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran undermine international law and said nations do not have a right to launch "preventive wars", in an unusually direct criticism of the milita...Reuters
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Starmer says look at UK-US military cooperation, not Trump's criticism
LONDON, March 4 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday that UK-U.S. military cooperation over the Middle East showed the special relationship in action, not the latest criticism he received from Donald Trump. Asked by a lawmaker whether recent events had strengthened or we...Reuters
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Advanced Flower Capital misses Q4 distributable earnings expectations
OverviewU.S. credit solutions provider's Q4 GAAP net income was $0.9 mlnQ4 distributable earnings missed analyst expectationsCompany declared a regular cash dividend of $0.05 per share for Q1 2026OutlookCompany remains focused on unlocking value from underperforming loansCompany committed to lev...Reuters
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Abercrombie & Fitch forecasts muted annual sales amid tariff uncertainty
March 4 (Reuters) - Abercrombie & Fitch ANF.N on Wednesday forecast muted sales growth for the year and said it was accounting for the impact of 15% U.S. tariffs set out by President Donald Trump following the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the government's emergency levies.Most...Reuters
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EXCLUSIVE-US carried out strike on Iranian warship off Sri Lanka coast, officials say
WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - The United States military carried out a strike that hit an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka's coast, three U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday. One of the officials, who was speaking on condition of anonymity, said it was carried out by a U.S. military submari...Reuters
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Affinia Therapeutics Granted FDA Fast Track Designation For Aftx-201 As A Treatment For People Living With Bag3-Associated Dilated Cardiomyopathy (Dcm)
March 4 (Reuters) - Affinia Therapeutics Inc AFTX.O:AFFINIA THERAPEUTICS GRANTED FDA FAST TRACK DESIGNATION FOR AFTX-201 AS A TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH BAG3-ASSOCIATED DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY (DCM)Reuters
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CORRECTED-Campaigners say Big Tobacco targets kids via F1, call for sponsorship ban
By Emma RumneyLONDON, March 4 (Reuters) - Formula One, followed by millions of children worldwide, should bar sponsorship deals with tobacco companies seeking to drive uptake of addictive nicotine pouches, 162 anti-tobacco and health groups said in letters to the sport's commercial rights holder...Reuters
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