Business - Thursday, March 19, 2026

Executives for high-end brands worry that a prolonged war will hurt sales in a city important to the future of the luxury industry.

The U.S. government has been trying to crack down on illegal shipments of top-tier Nvidia artificial intelligence chips to China.

As Maxence Visseau spent the first few days of the Iran war trying to make sense of what the conflict would mean for markets, he put artificial intelligence at the heart of his investment process.

Boston Scientific announced multiple recalls but has said its battery issues were limited. One internal test in 2025 found batteries with an “extremely high failure rate.”

Gold headed for the biggest weekly loss in six years, as war in the Middle East boosted energy and reduced expectations for rate cuts.

FedEx posted strong fiscal third quarter results on Thursday and raised its guidance following a strong performance.

FTSE 100’s modest retreat suggests investors underestimating inflationary impact if energy prices remain elevated Was it only at the new year that the fanfare was heard for the FTSE 100 index breaking through 10,000 for the first time ? It was – on 2 January – and the index then added another 900 points by the end of February. On Thursday, the Footsie briefly fell below that round number as Iran struck Qatar’s enormous Ras Laffan complex , which normally supplies a fifth of the world’s liquefied natural gas, before closing at 10,063, down 2.3% on the day. There are two ways to view that price action. One is to say the sharp reversal from the peak represents a necessarily severe reaction to the war on Iran. Another is to conclude that a flat year-to-date return, after a bountiful 20% gain in 2025, suggests stock markets have barely begun to take seriously the inflationary impact if the war lasts many more weeks, or even months, and keeps oil above $100 a barrel. Continue reading...

Two prominent lawmakers wrote to the White House and Mr. Kushner after The New York Times revealed private fund-raising efforts by President Trump’s envoy in the region.

Figma's stock has been getting hammered on concerns about AI, and Google's new design product is adding to that anxiety.

Asian equities were poised for a steady open after US stocks rebounded from session lows and oil retreated amid efforts by the US and Israel to calm concerns over the Iran war.