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India Coca‑Cola bottler SLMG says Middle East war risks pushing up prices

Monday, March 23 by SRN News

By Praveen Paramasivam March 23 (Reuters) - SLMG Beverages, Coca‑Cola's largest bottler in India, could raise some of its prices if rising packaging costs linked to the war in the Middle East are difficult to absorb, a senior executive at the firm said. The war is... Read More.

US sends more Marines to Middle East as Trump hints at wind-down

Saturday, March 21 by SRN News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Three weeks into an escalating war in the Middle East, Iran threatened Friday to expand its retaliatory attacks to include recreational and tourist sites worldwide, as the U.S. announced it was sending more warships and Marines to the... Read More.

US to deploy thousands of additional troops to the Middle East, officials say

Friday, March 20 by SRN News

(Refiles to remove extraneous 'of' from headline, lower case 'sailors' in first paragraph) WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) - The United States military is deploying thousands of additional Marines and sailors to the Middle East, three U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday. The deployments of the USS... Read More.

Wall St opens lower as Middle East turmoil clouds Fed outlook

Friday, March 20 by SRN News

March 20 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Friday as the Iran war approached its fourth week, roiling energy markets and prompting investors to aggressively reprice bets on the Federal Reserve's interest-rate cuts. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 45.8 points, or... Read More.

Prices for oil, fuel cargoes smash record highs as Iran war chokes Middle East supply

Friday, March 20 by SRN News

By Robert Harvey and Georgina McCartney LONDON/HOUSTON, March 19 (Reuters) - If you want to buy a cargo of oil in Asia or jet fuel in Europe right now, you may have to pay a record price for it. Surging oil prices in physical markets -... Read More.

Trump says US is not putting troops in Middle East region

Friday, March 20 by SRN News

WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested he was not looking at deploying soldiers to the Middle East with the Iran war heading toward a fourth week. "I'm not putting troops anywhere," Trump said in response to a reporter who... Read More.

US pump prices jump 30% since Middle East war began, headed toward $4 a gallon

Thursday, March 19 by SRN News

By Nicole Jao NEW YORK, March 19 (Reuters) - U.S. gasoline pump prices have jumped more than 30% this month, moving toward $4 a gallon despite efforts by President Donald Trump to curb price increases and contain supply disruptions stemming from the Middle East war. U.S.... Read More.

Exclusive-‘No winners’ in Middle East crisis, airlines body chief says

Thursday, March 19 by SRN News

By Joanna Plucinska BRUSSELS, March 19 (Reuters) - The widening conflict in the Middle East will push up airline ticket prices and leave "no winners," Willie Walsh, head of the International Air Transport Association told Reuters on the sidelines of an airline event in Brussels... Read More.

State Department cut jobs with deep expertise in Middle East as Iran crisis escalates

Thursday, March 19 by SRN News

WASHINGTON (AP) - In the escalating war in Iran, the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs would ordinarily be at the center of the geopolitical fray. Typically led by a veteran diplomat, the bureau's role would be to coordinate U.S. foreign policy across an... Read More.

Oil rises 3% after Iran strikes Middle East energy facilities

Thursday, March 19 by SRN News

By Sam Li and Lewis Jackson BEIJING, March 19 (Reuters) - Oil prices rose as much as 3% on Thursday after Iran attacked several energy facilities across the Middle East following a strike on its South Pars gas field, a major escalation in Tehran's war... Read More.

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India Coca‑Cola bottler SLMG says Middle East war risks pushing up prices

US sends more Marines to Middle East as Trump hints at wind-down

US to deploy thousands of additional troops to the Middle East, officials say

Wall St opens lower as Middle East turmoil clouds Fed outlook

Prices for oil, fuel cargoes smash record highs as Iran war chokes Middle East supply

Trump says US is not putting troops in Middle East region

US pump prices jump 30% since Middle East war began, headed toward $4 a gallon

Exclusive-‘No winners’ in Middle East crisis, airlines body chief says

State Department cut jobs with deep expertise in Middle East as Iran crisis escalates

Oil rises 3% after Iran strikes Middle East energy facilities

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