SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Iron ore futures prices closed lower on Thursday, pressured by escalating tariff measures against Chinese steel, though solid demand for the steel-making ingredient in top consumer China cushioned the downward trend.     The most-traded May iron ore contract on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) ended daytime trade 0.8% lower at 805 yuan ($110.77) a metric ton.     The benchmark...

LONDON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - British ad group WPP ( WPP ) reported a worse-than-expected 1.0% decline in full-year organic revenue after a disappointing final quarter, when it said it was hit by weaker client discretionary spend in its home market, North America and China. Headline operating profit rose 2.0% on a like-for-like basis to 1.71 billion pounds ($2.17 billion),...

Artificial intelligence (AI) firm CoreWeave is planning to file for a public listing in the U.S. within a week, according to a Bloomberg report. The cloud computing firm wants to raise around $4 billion from the listing, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter. It is targeting a valuation of over $35 billion, the report added. CoreWeave was...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's commerce ministry on Thursday urged the United States to halt its tariff probe into copper imports as soon as possible, vowing to resolutely oppose it if U.S. goes ahead with the action. The potential U.S. move will undermine the rules-based multilateral trading system and disrupt stability of global supply chains, ministry spokesperson He Yadong told a...