News 11 March 2026

Etihad Orders 10 Boeing Jets, Raising Talk of Hard-to-Get 787 Slots
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Stock Market Today: Live Updates 16.07.2026

LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: July 16, 2026, 4:00 AM EDTUpdated: July 16, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT Paladin Energy (ASX:PDN) Outpaces ASX Mining Peers on Projected Earnings Growth July 16, 2026, 12:51 PM EDT. Paladin Energy (ASX:PDN) stands out among three Australian miners with the strongest earnings growth outlook over the next three years, as higher uranium contract prices and the Langer Heinrich restart boost forecasts. The uranium producer out of Perth, with a market cap of A$4.19 billion, has posted recent quarterly profits and holds a 17-year reserve life. Elevra Lithium (ASX:ELV) sits at A$1.79 billion in value and pushes for
July 16, 2026
Aviva Share Price Holds Up After PRA Fines Direct Line Unit £10.6 Million
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Aviva Share Price Holds Up After PRA Fines Direct Line Unit £10.6 Million

Aviva shares hovered around 625 pence on Wednesday, little changed after the UK's Prudential Regulation Authority hit U K Insurance Limited—a Direct Line unit now part of Aviva—with a £10.625 million penalty tied to a solvency error spanning 2023 and 2024. The stock slipped about 0.2% to 624.8 pence by mid-afternoon in London, a fairly flat response to the regulatory news. Investors seemed to view the episode as an existing control issue rather than a fresh blow to Aviva’s capital return prospects. In filings Wednesday, Aviva noted the matter had already been covered in the Direct Line acquisition balance sheet. The company also disclosed it repurchased 20,000 shares on March 10 as part of its revived buyback plan.
March 11, 2026
Lloyds Banking Group Stock Price Slips Below 99p as Buyback Meets UK Rate Jitters
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Lloyds Banking Group Stock Price Slips Below 99p as Buyback Meets UK Rate Jitters

Lloyds Banking Group stock dropped under 99 pence in mid-afternoon London trading this Wednesday, erasing some of Tuesday’s gains. Investors digested the new buyback while grappling with uncertainty over UK rates and mortgages. Shares stood at 98.14 pence as of 14:27 GMT, after Tuesday’s 4.1% jump to a 99.02 pence close. This is significant: Lloyds, the UK’s top mortgage lender, sits at the heart of London’s big interest rate trades. Lately, shifts in oil, movements in gilt yields, and changes in swap rates—the benchmarks for most fixed-rate loans—are landing directly in mortgage pricing.
March 11, 2026
Rio Tinto Stock Price Today: Shares Slip Despite $1.18 Billion Argentina Lithium Financing
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Rio Tinto Stock Price Today: Shares Slip Despite $1.18 Billion Argentina Lithium Financing

Rio Tinto shares lost ground in London on Wednesday, despite the company locking in $1.175 billion in funding for its Rincon lithium venture in Argentina and confirming the project's first commercial lithium carbonate shipment. By 12:26 GMT, the stock had fallen 1.2% to 6,754 pence. It had ended Tuesday up 3.04% at 6,837 pence. This shift is key for Rio, which faces calls to prove it can drive growth beyond iron ore—and do it with its own money, not fresh acquisitions. The company just posted annual earnings that came in flat and fell short of forecasts last month. Iron ore’s slump dragged on results, and copper’s gains couldn’t fully make up for it.
March 11, 2026
Why Rolls-Royce Share Price Is Back in Focus After New European Tank Contract
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Why Rolls-Royce Share Price Is Back in Focus After New European Tank Contract

Rolls-Royce Holdings dropped a fresh headline for defence investors on Wednesday, announcing that its Power Systems division landed a commission to build the drive system for Europe’s upcoming MGCS ground combat project. The disclosure followed a 5.85% rally in the shares to 1,311 pence a day earlier, but the price remains 7.68% under the Feb. 26 52-week peak at 1,420 pence. Timing is crucial here. Rolls-Royce is working to defend its elevated valuation after February’s results, when it reported £3.5 billion in underlying operating profit—its key earnings metric—laid out a £4.0 billion to £4.2 billion target for 2026, and unveiled a hefty share buyback between £7 billion and £9 billion, with £2.5 billion scheduled for this year. Chief Executive Tufan
March 11, 2026
easyJet Share Price Slips as Oil Rebounds, Putting Summer Bookings to the Test
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easyJet Share Price Slips as Oil Rebounds, Putting Summer Bookings to the Test

easyJet shares slipped on Wednesday, changing hands near 396 pence in delayed UK trading after closing Tuesday at 401.2 pence. Brent crude pushed past the $90 mark again, while London equities declined, shoving airlines back under the microscope right after a fleeting uptick the previous session. That’s significant: fuel ranks just behind labor as an airline’s biggest expense, and the recent oil spike hit right when investors were positioning for a robust summer in Europe. Before the strikes on Iran, jet fuel hovered around $85 to $90 a barrel. Now it’s surged to somewhere between $150 and $200. Some airlines have responded by hiking fares or tacking on surcharges.
March 11, 2026
Barclays Stock Price Today: Shares Slip After 5% Jump as Oil Rebound Clouds BoE Outlook
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Barclays Stock Price Today: Shares Slip After 5% Jump as Oil Rebound Clouds BoE Outlook

Barclays PLC shares slipped in London on Wednesday, with delayed Reuters quotes showing the stock at 413.4 pence, down 1.05%, as a rebound in oil prices knocked back part of the prior session’s rally. The pullback followed a 5.13% jump on Tuesday, when the shares closed at 417.8 pence. The move matters because Barclays is trading on the UK rate path as much as on any fresh company headline. Standard Chartered and Morgan Stanley have pushed their calls for a Bank of England cut into the second quarter, a reset that matters for Barclays and domestic peers such as Lloyds and NatWest as investors re-price UK borrowing costs again.
March 11, 2026
NASA Satellite Re-entry Alert: Van Allen Probe A’s Final Descent Carries Low Risk
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NASA Satellite Re-entry Alert: Van Allen Probe A’s Final Descent Carries Low Risk

NASA’s most recent tracking for the retired Van Allen Probe A indicated re-entry wouldn’t happen until after midnight U.S. Eastern time on Wednesday, throwing last-minute uncertainty over when the spacecraft might finally come down. Most of the 1,323-pound probe is expected to incinerate in the atmosphere, according to NASA, but there’s a chance some parts could make it through. The re-entry window has drifted from NASA’s original Tuesday night estimate, and it’s still broad—a reminder of the challenges tracking the descent of an old satellite during an active solar cycle. This wraps up a mission whose data is still in use, helping researchers analyze space weather—NASA’s catchall for solar phenomena that affect satellites, astronauts, communications, navigation, and even Earth’s power
March 11, 2026
Glencore Share Price Slips as Australia Strike Threat Tests Copper-Led Growth Story
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Glencore Share Price Slips as Australia Strike Threat Tests Copper-Led Growth Story

Glencore plc dipped Wednesday, slipping to 515.7 pence by 13:00 GMT—a decline of 6.9 pence—after unionized workers at its Townsville copper refinery in Australia threatened to walk out. Investors kept picking over management’s latest attempt to pitch Glencore’s copper business on its own. Timing is key here. Glencore dropped its 2025 annual report on Tuesday. Just two days before that, Chief Executive Gary Nagle floated the idea of a secondary listing on the Australian Securities Exchange, or ASX, as a move to potentially widen the shareholder base following Rio Tinto’s exit from takeover discussions.
March 11, 2026
Shell Plc Stock Price Gains as Qatar LNG Disruption and Oil Rebound Lift Shares
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Shell Plc Stock Price Gains as Qatar LNG Disruption and Oil Rebound Lift Shares

Shell stock edged up roughly 0.5% in London by 1103 GMT on Wednesday, bucking the broader UK market’s slide. Oil prices were moving higher, and traders were digesting a Reuters report that Shell had paused some contractual LNG deliveries from Qatar. BP posted a comparable gain. The FTSE 100, on the other hand, moved lower. This shift is significant for Shell, given its central role in the ongoing energy crunch. Rising crude and gas prices have the potential to boost Shell’s profits. But as the world’s top LNG trader, Shell faces risks when Qatari supply falters.
March 11, 2026
HSBC Stock Price Today: Shares Slide as Middle East Risks Test Gulf Growth Bet
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HSBC Stock Price Today: Shares Slide as Middle East Risks Test Gulf Growth Bet

HSBC Holdings shares fell in London on Wednesday, giving back part of the previous session’s bank-led rebound as investors turned cautious again on the economic fallout from the Middle East war. Delayed market data showed the stock at about 1,267 pence, down roughly 1% from Tuesday’s close of 1,280 pence, while Britain’s FTSE 100 was down 0.6% by late morning. The pullback matters because HSBC has been one of Europe’s strongest big-bank trades and its Asia-and-Gulf footprint has helped drive that run. On Feb. 25 the lender raised its return on tangible equity — a bank profitability measure — target to 17% or better through 2028 after annual profit beat forecasts, even with $4.9 billion of one-off charges.
March 11, 2026
BP Stock Price Today: Shares Rise as Oil Rebounds, Climate Challenge Adds Fresh Pressure
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BP Stock Price Today: Shares Rise as Oil Rebounds, Climate Challenge Adds Fresh Pressure

BP traded higher in London Wednesday, ticking up 1.15% to 505.3, per Reuters market data—though the move followed Brent crude’s return above $90 a barrel. The uptick had a catch: activist group Follow This threatened court action if BP fails to share a climate disclosure proposal before the April 23 shareholder meeting. This has real weight for BP right now, with a management change looming. Meg O'Neill is set to step in come April, following BP’s February decision to pause buybacks in order to trim debt. That move has put a sharper spotlight on oil price volatility and whether the company’s pivot back to oil and gas will actually move the needle on returns for shareholders.
March 11, 2026
Harbour Energy Share Price Falls 9% After EIG Sells £153 Million Stake at 255p
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Harbour Energy Share Price Falls 9% After EIG Sells £153 Million Stake at 255p

Shares in Harbour Energy slid 8.7% Wednesday, after EIG Asset Management—its third-biggest investor—unloaded roughly 60 million shares at a price below Tuesday’s close. BP and Shell each gained around 0.5%, so the selloff hit Harbour alone, not the whole energy sector. A wave of selling hit only days after Harbour bumped up its 2026 production target and made shareholder payouts more dependent on free cash flow. Investors suddenly had to weigh the brighter operating forecast against new supply from a big holder offloading stock.
March 11, 2026
Anglo American plc Stock Price Falls Again as JPMorgan Cut and War Risks Hit Miners
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Anglo American plc Stock Price Falls Again as JPMorgan Cut and War Risks Hit Miners

Shares of Anglo American slid 2.1% to 3,253 pence by 1248 GMT on Wednesday, erasing a chunk of Tuesday’s rebound. A new broker downgrade and renewed fears about the Middle East war weighed on mining names. Rio Tinto and Antofagasta both slipped as well, with the FTSE 100 having lost 0.6% earlier. Anglo’s pivot is significant: by shedding diamonds, coal, and nickel, the company has upped its reliance on copper and iron ore. That’s left its shares increasingly tied to how traders feel about industrial metals. Sensitivity to those market swings has intensified, with the miner now pursuing a merger with Teck Resources to ramp up copper operations.
March 11, 2026
Apple’s macOS 26.3.1 Update Gets New Urgency as Studio Displays Start Shipping
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Apple’s macOS 26.3.1 Update Gets New Urgency as Studio Displays Start Shipping

Cupertino, California, March 11, 2026, 02:00 Apple’s support pages received an update Tuesday, confirming macOS Tahoe 26.3.1 as the present release for the majority of Macs—a detail that comes as the new Studio Display and Studio Display XDR are set to launch on Wednesday. Notably, the same listing highlights a distinct macOS 26.3.2 build, but that’s exclusive to the MacBook Neo.
March 11, 2026
iPhone Fold Design Leaks Reveal Wide Book-Style Shape as Apple Said to Drop Flip Plan
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iPhone Fold Design Leaks Reveal Wide Book-Style Shape as Apple Said to Drop Flip Plan

This week’s leaked CAD files gave the first real look at Apple’s foldable iPhone, showing off a wide, book-like design with dual rear cameras. A separate report Tuesday indicated Apple dropped its previous flip-phone project. Both leaks combine to sketch out the most detailed picture so far of what’s being called the iPhone Fold. Apple’s schedule is key here: Reuters reported in January that the company plans to spotlight the device during a premium-only iPhone launch in the back half of 2026, delaying the standard iPhone 18. Forrester analyst Dipanjan Chatterjee complained last September that Apple’s redesigns have mostly been “tepid incremental changes,” which may be why even rumor-mill foldable renders are getting noticed.
March 11, 2026
Google’s March Pixel Drop Is Here: Gemini Tasks, Circle to Search Shopping, Pixel Watch Safety Upgrades
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Google’s March Pixel Drop Is Here: Gemini Tasks, Circle to Search Shopping, Pixel Watch Safety Upgrades

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, March 11, 2026, 01:54 PDT Google is pushing out its March Pixel Drop, bringing new Gemini-powered tools to Pixel devices that handle tasks between apps, more shopping features in Circle to Search, and updated safety tools for Pixel Watch. The latest Pixel Update Bulletin, refreshed this week, confirms that eligible devices are also set for the March security patch, version 2026-03-05.
March 11, 2026
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Goes on Sale Worldwide as Privacy Display Drives Early Orders
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Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Goes on Sale Worldwide as Privacy Display Drives Early Orders

Samsung Electronics announced Wednesday that its Galaxy S26 Ultra, the flagship in its latest smartphone series, has hit shelves worldwide. According to the company, more than 70% of global pre-order customers picked the Ultra. The device is up for grabs through carriers, retailers, and Samsung.com. That's crucial right now—Samsung is leaning on the Ultra as the centerpiece of its high-end lineup, after ceding the global smartphone crown to Apple last year. With memory-chip prices climbing, the new launch also puts a spotlight on consumer appetite: Samsung raised prices for the base and Plus versions in major markets, but kept the Ultra steady.
March 11, 2026
Technology News 11.03.2026
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Technology News 11.03.2026

ENDEDLive coverage has endedEnded: March 12, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT Studio Display vs Studio Display XDR: which Apple monitor is right for you? A buyer's guide March 11, 2026, 7:50 PM EDT. Apple's refreshed Studio Display and the new Studio Display XDR share a 27-inch 5K panel, Center Stage camera, studio mics, six-speaker system with Spatial Audio, and Thunderbolt connectivity. The standard model remains a solid general-purpose monitor for productivity and most creative work, priced at $1,599 with a tilt-adjustable stand. The Studio Display XDR uses a mini-LED panel, offers 120Hz refresh, higher SDR and HDR brightness, more dimming zones,
March 11, 2026
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