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

    Anastasiia Malenko / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: bne IntelliNews Ukraine strikes Ryazan refinery as Zelenskiy ends three-day pause, Bloomberg Ukraine to Resume Russia Refinery Strikes, Zelenskyy Tells FT

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

  2. China's trade barriers biggest hurdle in bilateral ties, says Nirmala Sitharaman; flags $100 billion deficit

    The Economic Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Sitharaman Says Trade Barriers A Hurdle to China-India Ties

  3. MSCI warns it may cut Indonesia from main indices

    Financial Times /

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

  4. EU Eyes New Trade Powers to Curb Chinese Imports

    Bloomberg /

    In other languages: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zugang regulieren: EU-Spitzen wollen neue Instrumente gegen Chinas Handelspraktiken (de)

  5. 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), Der Standard Deutschland und Frankreich vor Einigung bei Verbrenner-Aus (de), Frankfurter Allgemeine Merz und Macron einig: Durchbruch beim Verbrennerverbot (de) · see all

  6. 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: Rzeczpospolita Nieoficjalnie: To Biały Dom ograniczył działanie Starlinków na Ukrainie (pl), Svenska Dagbladet Därför är Starlink viktigt för Ukraina (sv), Handelsblatt +++ Ukraine-Krieg +++: Starshield-Einschränkung für Ukraine wieder aufgehoben (de), Jornal de Negócios Ucrânia: Ministério da Defesa diz que foi restabelecido funcionamento do Starlink (pt) · see all

  7. Wall Street’s AI wobbles

    Financial Times /

  8. Heinz Solar Panels Power Telford Factory as Iran War Hits Oil

    Tom Rees / Bloomberg /

  9. Investors dump data centre bonds as AI borrowers face ‘Darwin moment’

    Financial Times /

    Also: MarketWatch Traders pile into bonds and defensive stocks as the ‘tech wreck’ picks up steam

    In other languages: Diario Financiero La reciente ola compradora de bonos en EEUU promete un mayor alivio para el castigado fondo E (es)

  10. Are open-weight AI models safe?

    Sifted /

  11. Future of western security is at stake in Yemen civil war, says country’s former PM

    The Guardian /

  12. 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 FirstFT: Healey signals tax raid on banks in UK Budget

  13. EU summit runs out of gas

    Sarah Wheaton and Peter Snowdon / POLITICO Europe /

  14. 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)

  15. 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

  16. Eroding purchasing power deepens pressures on ordinary South Africans

    Alex Malapane / Daily Maverick /

  17. 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

  18. China has banned the crypto business. So why is Solana opening a splashy Shanghai office?

    Xinmei Shen / South China Morning Post /

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

    The Japan Times /

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

    Sakshi Sadashiv / The Ken /

  21. Europe’s AI fintech market mapped: 94 startups automating the business of money

    Sifted /

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

    Zoe SL Chan / South China Morning Post /

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

    César Barreto / CEPR /

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

    Catherine Boudreau / Latitude Media /

Earlier today

  1. China’s Tencent Detected Unintended Behaviors From AI Agents

    Luz Ding and Newley Purnell / Bloomberg /

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

    Financial Times /

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

    Tom Giles / Bloomberg /

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

    Bloomberg /

  5. India’s Rupee Rebound Comes With Growing Strains in FX Market

    Pratigya Vajpayee and Subhadip Sircar / Bloomberg /