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Image for Taiwan's ASE sees its advanced packaging business doubling to $3.2 billion in 2026
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Taiwan's ASE sees its advanced packaging business doubling to $3.2 billion in 2026

TAIPEI, Feb 5 (Reuters) - ASE Technology Holding, the world's largest chip packaging and testing pro...

5th February, 2026

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Saab raises sales growth target as defence spending booms

STOCKHOLM, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Saab reported an operating profit above expectations and raised its med...

5th February, 2026

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BBVA's higher provisions offset brighter lending outlook in Mexico and Spain

MADRID, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Spain's BBVA on Thursday said its fourth quarter net profit rose 4.1% comp...

5th February, 2026

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Morning Bid: Skittish investors haunted by tech sell-off

Feb 5 - A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu: Conviction was high...

5th February, 2026

Image for Pratt engine supply doubts weigh on Airbus output goal, sources say
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Pratt engine supply doubts weigh on Airbus output goal, sources say

By Tim Hepher SINGAPORE, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Airbus' main aircraft production target hangs in the bala...

5th February, 2026

Image for HP, Dell, Acer and Asus mull using Chinese memory chips amid supply crunch, Nikkei Asia reports
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HP, Dell, Acer and Asus mull using Chinese memory chips amid supply crunch, Nikkei Asia reports

Feb 5 (Reuters) - PC makers HP, Dell, Acer and Asus are considering sourcing memory chips from Chine...

5th February, 2026

Image for Google goes from laggard to leader as it pulls ahead of OpenAI with stellar AI growth
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Google goes from laggard to leader as it pulls ahead of OpenAI with stellar AI growth

By Kenrick Cai and Deborah Mary Sophia SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Alphabet is taking on OpenAI...

5th February, 2026

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Equities sink in extended AI rout, bond yields dip, silver savaged

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Asian stocks faltered as concerns about the exploding costs...

5th February, 2026

Image for Maas Group tumbles on AI pivot as $1.2 billion materials exit spooks investors
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Maas Group tumbles on AI pivot as $1.2 billion materials exit spooks investors

Feb 5 (Reuters) - Australia's Maas Group entered into an agreement to divest its construction materi...

4th February, 2026

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Alphabet says capital spending in 2026 could double, cloud business booms

Feb 4 (Reuters) - Alphabet said on Wednesday it was targeting capital expenditure of $175 billion to...

4th February, 2026

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Italy probes 80-year-old over alleged Sarajevo 'sniper tourism'

MILAN, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Milan prosecutors have placed an elderly Italian man under investigation as...

4th February, 2026

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Dip-buyers go missing as software selloff slams stocks

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The software sector's deepening selloff on Wednesda...

4th February, 2026