Author Archives: Syndicated Content
JPMorgan to increase small-business lending, hire more credit officers
By Tatiana Bautzer NEW YORK, March 31 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase is planning a significant increase in loans to small businesses in coming years as part of a plan aimed at boosting growth in local U.S...
Mar 31, 2026
US banks raising borrowing costs for private credit funds as AI fears pummel valuations, sources say
By Isla Binnie and Saeed Azhar NEW YORK, March 31 (Reuters) - Banks in the United States are charging more for some loans to private credit funds as doubts grow about the valuations given to some of t...
Mar 31, 2026
Israel to establish buffer zone in south Lebanon up to Litani River, defence minister says
JERUSALEM, March 31 (Reuters) - Israel will establish a buffer zone inside southern Lebanon and maintain control over the entire area up to the Litani River once the conflict with Hezbollah militants ...
Mar 31, 2026
Wall St futures gain on Mideast de-escalation hopes, monthly losses loom
By Purvi Agarwal and Twesha Dikshit March 31 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures gained on Tuesday, as markets welcomed a report signaling potential de-escalation in the Middle East conflict that has...
Mar 31, 2026
Russia's Lavrov says regime change plans in Iran and Venezuela were about oil
MOSCOW, March 31 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that U.S. plans to unfurl regime change in Iran and Venezuela were aimed at gaining more control over oil and gas re...
Mar 31, 2026
China to maintain appropriately loose monetary policy
BEIJING, March 31 (Reuters) - China's central bank pledged on Tuesday to maintain appropriately loose monetary policy, while noting growing impacts from changes in the external environment. China's ec...
Mar 31, 2026
Israel prepared to keep striking Iran for 'weeks to come', military spokesperson says
JERUSALEM, March 31 (Reuters) - Israel is prepared for "weeks" more of fighting in Iran, a military spokesman said on Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview the war was "...
Mar 31, 2026
UNRWA head seeks investigation into killing of staff in Gaza war
By Emma Farge GENEVA, March 31 (Reuters) - Discussions are under way for a U.N. investigation into the killing of more than 390 employees in the two-year Gaza war, the head of the U.N. Palestinian ref...
Mar 31, 2026
Italy refuses US aircraft use of Sicily base for Middle East operations, source says
ROME, March 31 (Reuters) - Italy has denied permission for U.S. military aircraft to land at the Sigonella air base in Sicily before flying to the Middle East, a source close to the matter said on Tue...
Mar 31, 2026
Asia barters for scarce energy as Iran crisis throttles supplies
By Kentaro Okasaka, Uditha Jayasinghe and Lucy Craymer TOKYO/COLOMBO/WELLINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - Indonesia's leader visited Tokyo this week in Asia's latest flurry of fuel bartering efforts to of...
Mar 31, 2026
