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

Anthony Hughes and Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg /

Also: Exponential View 🚨 Anthropic: The agony and the ecstasy, Financial Times Anthropic grants non-profit METR ‘employee-like’ access to monitor AI risks

In other languages: Handelsblatt Anthropic: Investoren erwarten laut Insidern niedrigere IPO-Bewertung (de)

  1. EU leaders’ summit descends into 3-hour argument over taxing car emissions

    Ben Makuch / POLITICO Europe /

    Also: Le Monde France, Germany reach deal on future of car industry, Bloomberg Jeff Yan Plans to Bring the Entire Financial Industry onto Hyperliquid

    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), Le Figaro Automobile : la France et l'Allemagne trouvent un accord pour préserver l’avenir de l’industrie européenne (fr), Frankfurter Allgemeine Merz und Macron einig: Durchbruch beim Verbrennerverbot (de) · see all

  2. MSCI warns it may cut Indonesia from main indices

    Financial Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Indonesia Outflows to Worsen as MSCI Mulls Cut, Analysts Say

  3. Wall Street on Alert for Treasury’s Scott Bessent to Act on Bond Yields Again

    Michael MacKenzie and Alexandra Harris / Bloomberg /

    Also: Financial Times Investors dump data centre bonds as AI borrowers face ‘Darwin moment’, MarketWatch Traders pile into bonds and defensive stocks as the ‘tech wreck’ picks up steam

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

  4. Tardy China Stimulus Sets Up Second Quarter of Sub-Target Growth

    Bloomberg /

  5. BOJ’s Koeda warns against too much caution on rate hikes

    The Japan Times /

    Also: Bloomberg BOJ’s Koeda Warns Against Overly Cautious Stance on Rate Hikes

  6. 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

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

    Al-Monitor /

    In other languages: Aftenposten Houthiene angrep presidentpalasset i Jemen – statsministeren skal ha vært til stede (no)

  8. Toyota commits to making cars in Canada as U.S. rivals downsize

    The Japan Times /

  9. Gnani, Eleven Labs’ cheap, human-like calls face a regulatory test

    Sakshi Sadashiv / The Ken /

  10. Hong Kong’s IPO fraud clampdown sends shock waves across financial sector

    Zoe SL Chan / South China Morning Post /

  11. 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)

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

    Financial Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Meta Releases Open AI Model While Keeping Its Best Tech Closed

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

  13. The cost of job loss in carbon-intensive sectors: Evidence from Germany

    César Barreto / CEPR /

  14. India’s largest FDI in the banking sector

    Financial Times /

  15. What California’s grid utilization move says about energy affordability

    Catherine Boudreau / Latitude Media /

  16. The mortality costs of climate change

    Adrien Bilal / CEPR /

  17. European Council conclusions on competitiveness, the next multiannual financial framework and enlargement and reforms

    Council of the EU /

  18. Ukraine War News Today - Top Stories and Breaking Updates from Kyiv Post

    Kyiv Post /

  19. 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, The Guardian Russia and Ukraine resume energy strikes despite Trump warnings

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Rússia acusa Ucrânia de contrariar esforços de paz dos EUA após ataques a refinarias (pt)

  20. The Defector: A Russian Officer Turned Against His Country and Helped Ukraine Kill Hundreds

    Annie Ng / The Wall Street Journal /

  21. John Healey poised to raise taxes on banks in budget

    Heather Stewart / The Guardian /

    Also: Bloomberg Healey Plans to Raise UK Taxes on Banks at Budget This Month, Financial Times Healey signals bank tax raid in UK Budget

  22. The cost of insuring against AI company defaults spikes

    Ellen DiMauro / Semafor /

  23. White House’s AI task force gets to work

    Ashley Gold / Semafor /

  24. Airports are becoming targets in escalating wars

    Brendan Ruberry / Semafor /

Earlier today

  1. Taiwan to Fund $4 Billion Texas Complex for AI, Nvidia Partners

    Tom Giles / Bloomberg /

  2. Inside Blackstone’s Massive Bet on the AI Boom

    Bloomberg /

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

    Euronews /

  4. China’s Plan to Make Yuan a Global Currency Enters Faster Phase

    Iris Ouyang / Bloomberg /

  5. India’s Billionaire Family Offices are Betting Big on Homegrown AI Startups

    Advait Palepu / Bloomberg /