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Anthropic Stands Alone as Rest of US IPO Market Slows to a Crawl

Anthony Hughes and Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg /

Also: Financial Times Anthropic tells investors quarterly revenue up 50% to $16.8bn ahead of IPO, Exponential View 🚨 Anthropic: The agony and the ecstasy

In other languages: Handelsblatt Künstliche Intelligenz: Anthropic erzielt vor Börsengang 16,8 Milliarden Dollar Quartalsumsatz (de)

  1. Unicredit cleared by ECB to take control of Commerzbank

    Euronews /

    In other languages: Der Spiegel EZB erlaubt UniCredit offenbar Übernahme von Commerzbank-Anteilen (de), Handelsblatt Banken: EZB gibt Unicredit grünes Licht für volle Commerzbank-Übernahme (de), Frankfurter Allgemeine Bankenaufsicht: EZB genehmigt Commerzbank-Übernahme durch Unicredit (de), Jornal de Negócios BCE dá luz verde ao aumento da participação do Unicredit no Commerzbank (pt) · see all

  2. EU Will Need to Increase Ukraine Funding to Plug Gap: Merz

    Kyiv Post /

    In other languages: Handelsblatt EU-Gipfel: Unterstützung für Merz und Macron: Europa bereitet „Zweitschlagskapazität“ gegen China vor (de), Der Spiegel Friedrich Merz und Emmanuel Macron einigen sich auf Aufweichung von Verbrenner-Aus (de), Süddeutsche Zeitung EU-Regeln: Merz und Macron wollen das Verbrenner-Aus abschaffen (de), Frankfurter Allgemeine Merz und Macron einig: Durchbruch beim Verbrennerverbot (de) · see all

  3. EXPLAINED: Ukraine’s Military, Elon Musk’s Starlink Slowdown

    Stefan Korshak / Kyiv Post /

    Also: Ukraine: The Latest Elon Musk denies restricting Starlink in Ukraine

    In other languages: Svenska Dagbladet Därför är Starlink viktigt för Ukraina (sv), NRC Waarom satellietnetwerk Starlink cruciaal is voor de drone-oorlog van Oekraïne (nl), Jornal de Negócios Ucrânia: Ministério da Defesa diz que foi restabelecido funcionamento do Starlink (pt)

  4. France and Germany to allow UK in EU car policy if it aligns on China tariffs

    Financial Times /

    Also: The Guardian France drops opposition to UK being included in ‘Made in Europe’ legislation

    In other languages: Le Figaro Automobile : la France et l'Allemagne trouvent un accord pour préserver l’avenir de l’industrie européenne (fr)

  5. IMF warns attacks on Saudi Arabia could hurt global economy after strike on Aramco headquarters

    Euronews /

    Also: bne IntelliNews IMF raises sub-Saharan Africa growth forecast to 4.5% but warns of rising inflation, Semafor IMF raises sub-Saharan Africa growth outlook

    In other languages: Le Temps L'Inde devrait devenir la quatrième puissance économique mondiale en 2027 (fr), Le Figaro L’Inde devrait supplanter le Japon comme quatrième économie mondiale en 2027, selon le FMI (fr), Valor Econômico IA sustenta crescimento global de 3,1%, diz FMI (pt)

  6. Healey Plans to Raise UK Taxes on Banks at Budget This Month

    Joe Mayes / Bloomberg /

    Also: Financial Times Healey signals bank tax raid in UK Budget, The Guardian John Healey poised to raise taxes on banks in budget

  7. Meta and Apple team up on AI model tailored for Mac computers

    Financial Times /

    In other languages: Dagens industri Meta och Apple i AI-samarbete (sv)

  8. Seven sailors missing after drones strike tankers near Romania’s Black Sea coast

    Jennifer Rankin / The Guardian /

  9. Commercial goods blocked from entry into Gaza

    Financial Times /

  10. EU member states set for budget clash

    Kate Moody / France 24 /

  11. AI Race Heats Up Again a Month After Calls for a Slowdown

    Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg /

  12. Thames Water asks for £2.4bn more to avoid going bust this year or early 2027

    Jasper Jolly / The Guardian /

    Also: Financial Times Thames Water’s senior creditors near deal with rivals to avoid court challenge

  13. How the Houthis are helping Iran turn Saudi Arabia into a pressure point

    Al-Monitor /

  14. India-US trade pact in last leg of legal drafting, says Piyush Goyal

    The Economic Times /

  15. Ukraine Strikes Russian Refinery After Moscow Breaks Trump’s Energy Ceasefire

    Anastasiia Malenko / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: Bloomberg Ukraine to Resume Russia Refinery Strikes, Zelenskyy Tells FT, Financial Times Ukraine to resume strikes on Russian refineries, Zelenskyy says, bne IntelliNews Ukraine strikes Ryazan refinery as Zelenskiy ends three-day pause, Kyiv Post ‘We’re Done’: Zelensky Says Ukraine Will Resume Strikes on Russian Oil Refineries, The Guardian Russia and Ukraine resume energy strikes despite Trump warnings, Semafor Ukraine to restart strikes on Russian refineries · see all

    In other languages: Rzeczpospolita Ostateczny koniec energetycznego rozejmu. Rosyjska rafineria stanęła w płomieniach po nalocie ukraińskich dronów (pl), Valor Econômico Rússia acusa Ucrânia de contrariar esforços de paz dos EUA após ataques a refinarias (pt)

  16. Panama removed from EU’s tax haven ‘blacklist’ a decade after the Panama Papers

    Isabella Cota / ICIJ /

  17. Israeli firm used online ads to run vast spy operation, researchers say

    Al-Monitor /

    Also: Financial Times New ‘zero-click’ spyware hacked phones using targeted ads, Bloomberg Israeli Firms Placed Spyware at Al Jazeera via Ads, Report Says, The Guardian Israeli firm’s digital ads enabling installation of ‘zero-click’ spyware, researchers say · see all

  18. Traders pile into bonds and defensive stocks as the ‘tech wreck’ picks up steam

    Isabel Wang / MarketWatch /

    Also: Bloomberg Bond Traders Eclipsed by Equities in a Rare Reversal

    In other languages: Diario Financiero Inversionistas se refugian en bonos del Tesoro ante dudas sobre la IA (es)

  19. Ukraine Exhausts Patriot Interceptor Stocks, Leaving It Exposed to Russian Ballistic Missiles

    Kyiv Post /

  20. US extends sanctions waiver on Russia's Lukoil until 2027

    Kyle Fitzgerald / The National /

  21. BUSINESS IN AFRICA: Zoning in – African countries pair factories, logistics and ports to boost investment

    Bonface Orucho / Daily Maverick /

  22. COP17: Tracking progress towards the UN’s 2030 nature targets

    Carbon Brief /

    Also: Carbon Brief COP17: Developed countries ‘fall far short’ of UN targets for nature finance

  23. TSMC CEO sees no sign of a slowdown as chip foundry reports record profit

    Nora Redmond / MarketWatch /

    Also: Bloomberg TSMC’s Profit Surpasses Expectations After AI Orders Rush In, Financial Times TSMC profits surge amid relentless AI demand, Euronews Taiwan chip giant TSMC says net profit hit record in third quarter

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Demanda por IA prolonga sequência de resultados recordes da TSMC (pt), Handelsblatt Technologie: Chipfertiger TSMC mit Rekordgewinne dank KI-Nachfrage (de), The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) 파운드리 2위 TSMC, 영업익 75% 증가…첨단 반도체 '싹쓸이' [종합] (ko), Le Temps TSMC, le géant taïwanais des puces électroniques, présente un bénéfice net trimestriel record (fr) · see all

  24. G7 countries pledge $2.5 billion to fight food insecurity

    Le Monde /

    Also: Bloomberg G7 Pledges €2.5 Billion for Fertilizers, Food as War Hits Supply

Earlier today

  1. Container ship sinks near strait of Hormuz amid surge in Iranian attacks

    The Guardian /

  2. Brazil abolishes six-day workweek in win for Lula

    Financial Times /

  3. Why Ukrainian strikes on data centers are a real problem for Russia — and beyond

    Antoaneta Roussi / POLITICO Europe /

  4. Eight states accuse OpenAI of coaching children to harm themselves in lawsuit

    Dara Kerr and Blake Montgomery / The Guardian /

  5. UAE-backed GlobalFoundries to run two chip plants under $21bn US-Japan deal

    Kyle Fitzgerald / The National /