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Lindt Shares Drop as Chocolatier Lowers Guidance on Geopolitical Unrest

Swiss chocolatier Lindt & Spruengli LISP-7.49%decrease; red down pointing triangle shares slumped after lowering its guidance for 2026, citing geopolitical ...
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Israel Bombs Cash Warehouses in Lebanon

Portraits of the late Hezbollah leader and Iranian revolutionary founder in front of a destroyed building that housed a branch of Al-Qard Al-Hassan in Beirut.Hussein Malla/Associated Press The Israeli ...
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Persimmon’s Pretax Profit Rises on Higher Sales But Misses Consensus

Persimmon’s PSN10.34%increase; green up pointing triangle pretax profit rose for the year on higher home sales, but failed to meet consensus. The London-listed house builder on Tuesday said 2025 ...

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Repsol to Grow Shareholder Returns Under 2028 Plan

Repsol REP-3.48%decrease; red down pointing triangle said it will grow shareholder returns through 2028 under a plan that balances growing oil-and-gas production and spending on low-carbon projects.
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Turkey Says NATO Air Defense Deployed

NATO has deployed a Patriot air-defense system in southeastern Turkey after a pair of Iranian missile attacks on the country, the Turkish Defense Ministry said. The announcement comes a day after NATO ...
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Watch: Australian Prime Minister Says Iranian Women’s Team ‘Safe’

Trump says the U.S. military campaign still has further to go, while Iran's foreign minister rejects the possibility of talks with U.S.
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Saudi Aramco Raises Quarterly Dividend; Announces $3 Billion Buyback

Saudi Arabia’s national oil company said it would buy back up to $3 billion of shares and increased its fourth-quarter base dividend despite weaker oil prices. Saudi Arabian Oil Co., known as Aramco, ...

Drone Attack Damages U.A.E. Consulate in Iraq

The United Arab Emirates condemned what it called a terrorist drone attack that targeted its consulate in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, and said the strike resulted in damage but no reported injuries.
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U.K. February Retail Sales Flat as Middle-East Conflict Weighs on March Outlook

U.K. retail sales were flat in February, with any near-term recovery unlikely due to knock-on effects from the Middle East conflict, the British Retail Consortium said. Overall retail sales grew 1.1% ...
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Iran Offers Hormuz Passage in Exchange for Diplomat Expulsions

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said any Arab or European country that expels the ambassadors of Israel and the U.S. would be free to pass through the Strait of Hormuz as of Wednesday, ...