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ArcelorMittal plans no preemptive US steel shipments ahead of tariffs, CFO says

By Anna Peverieri and Johan BODINIER (Reuters) – ArcelorMittal, the world’s second largest steelmaker, has not increased steel shipments into the United States to get ahead of President Donald Trump’s potential tariffs, the group’s finance chief Genuino Christino said. “You don’t really have a lot of flexibility here to be shipping more steel, so that …

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Labcorp forecasts 2025 revenue above estimates on diagnostic test demand

(Reuters) – Labcorp forecast 2025 revenue above Wall Street estimates after reporting fourth-quarter results beat on Thursday, banking on robust demand for its diagnostic tests. Demand for diagnostic tests has grown in recent quarters as more people, especially older adults, caught up on procedures after the pandemic. The company expects annual revenue in the range …

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Cognizant forecasts 2025 revenue below estimates as businesses temper IT spending

(Reuters) -Cognizant Technology Solutions forecast annual revenue below estimates on Wednesday, as uncertainty about the path of future interest rate cuts forces companies to temper spending on IT services and consultancy. Persistent high capital costs continue to strain IT spending, prompting enterprises to rethink spending on consultancy services while prioritizing investments in AI-related projects. Still, …

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Banks sell down $5.5 billion of Musk’s X debt to investors, source says

By Shankar Ramakrishnan NEW YORK (Reuters) -Banks led by Morgan Stanley have sold $5.5 billion of some $13 billion of debt they lent to support Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, now called X, in 2022, said a source with knowledge of the deal. The acquisition was funded by a $6.5 billion secured term …

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Panama Canal denies US claim of preferential crossing rights

By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON/PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -The Panama Canal Authority on Wednesday denied the U.S. State Department’s claim that U.S. government vessels would be able to cross the canal without paying fees, likely ratcheting up tensions after President Donald Trump threatened to take back control of the crossing. The canal authority, an autonomous agency overseen …

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Analysis-Surging dollar spurs jump in corporate FX hedging

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed and Laura Matthews NEW YORK (Reuters) – Corporate treasurers are ramping up efforts to guard company earnings against more dollar strength, a move that some analysts said points to increased conviction that President Donald Trump’s tariff plans will help keep the U.S. currency higher for longer.  The U.S. dollar index is …

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Fed’s Jefferson: In no rush to reduce level of policy restraint

(Reuters) – U.S. Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson on Wednesday said he is content to keep the central bank’s policy rate in its current position until policymakers get a better sense of the net effects of the Trump administration’s policies on tariffs, immigration, deregulation and taxes. Even after 100 basis points of rate cuts …

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