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French Bond Rout Draws Australia Pension Into Market Others Shun

Ruth Carson and David Finnerty / Bloomberg /

Also: Financial Times Meta plans $95bn stock offering to bankroll AI expansion, Semafor Meta announces $95B offering to fund AI, The Guardian Anthropic files for listing on US stock market with valuation of more than $1.5tn, The Business Times Meta to raise up to US$95 billion in equity to fund costly AI expansion · see all

In other languages: Valor Econômico Meta lança plano para levantar até US$ 95 bi para financiar expansão em IA (pt)

  1. EQT to buy Range Resources in natural gas megadeal

    Financial Times /

    Also: The Globe and Mail EQT to acquire Range Resources, creating U.S. gas giant, Bloomberg EQT to Buy Range Resources, Creating Largest US Gas Producer

    In other languages: Expansión EQT Corporation compra Range Resources y crea una gasista valorada en 44.600 millones (es), Handelsblatt Gas: EQT schluckt Range Resources bei Milliarden-Übernahme (de)

  2. Brazil Markets Set to Dive on Lula Win, EU Plans to Hit China With More Curbs

    Bloomberg /

    In other languages: Diario Financiero Reelección de Lula sacude a los mercados: bolsa brasileña se hunde 17% (es), Valor Econômico Juros futuros saltam após vitória de Lula e batem limites de oscilação (pt)

  3. Brazil stocks, real tumble as Lula win ends bullish run

    The Globe and Mail /

    Also: The New York Times Brazilian Markets Convulse After Unlikely Election Result, MercoPress Lula wins Brazil’s presidency for a fourth time with 51.8% of the vote, The Guardian Lula wins historic fourth term as Brazilian president in defeat of far-right Flávio Bolsonaro, Daily Maverick Lula’s Brazil election win has given the world breathing space, The Wall Street Journal Brazil’s Surprise Election Outcome Set to Batter Stocks, Real, The Wall Street Journal Lula Wins Fourth Term in Brazil Election Upset, Daily Maverick Lula, Brazil’s iconic working class president, wins historic fourth term in dramatic comeback, El País Lula pulls off a historic comeback in Brazil and leads the left to victory over Flávio Bolsonaro, Balkan Insight (BIRN) Serbian Strongman Vucic Concedes Defeat in Snap Elections, Sky News Lula re-elected president in Brazil - as Flavio Bolsonaro calls for result to be annulled, The Kyiv Independent Zelensky says Serbia faces 'new chapter' after Vucic concedes defeat, The Economist From this day, fourth: Lula’s surprise win, Financial Times Lula is re-elected Brazil’s president in knife-edge vote, Semafor Brazil’s Lula wins shock reelection · see all

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Vitória de Lula faz B3 acionar 'circuit breaker' pela 1ª vez desde 2020; entenda (pt), La Nación Tras el triunfo de Lula, sube el riesgo país y caen las acciones argentinas en Wall Street (es), Diario Financiero Sorpresa en Brasil: Lula logra histórica reelección, pero Bolsonaro desconoce resultados y anuncia impugnación (es), Le Temps «Le fascisme a été stoppé en Amérique latine»: Lula reste à la tête du Brésil après un scrutin historique à plus d’un titre (fr), Le Figaro Brésil : le réal chute de plus de 10% et la Bourse de São Paulo s’effondre au lendemain de la réélection de Lula (fr), Estadão Lula precisará dar forte guinada na economia para evitar que disparada do dólar vire uma recessão (pt), Handelsblatt Brasilien: „Schock für die Märkte“ – Lulas Wiederwahl sorgt für heftige Kursturbulenzen (de), Svenska Dagbladet Historiskt skifte: Vučić erkänner sig besegrad (sv), Le Grand Continent Lula : « Le Brésil n’est l’arrière-cour de personne » (fr), Aftenposten Lula gjenvalgt som president i Brasil (no), NRC Lula verrast en wint presidentsverkiezingen in Brazilië (nl), Dagens Næringsliv Asia faller – Brasil frykter børsfall etter Lulas seier (no), Dagens industri Lula omvald i Brasilien – ifrågasätts av Bolsonaro (sv) · see all

  4. What’s Riding on Anthropic Going Public? Nearly Everything.

    Erin Griffith and Lauren Hirsch / The New York Times /

    In other languages: Dagens industri Klart: Anthropic ansöker om börsnotering (sv), Svenska Dagbladet Anthropic ansöker om börsnotering (sv)

  5. AI Agents Are Already Changing the Price of Goods

    Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway / Bloomberg /

    Also: Odd Lots AI Agents Are Already Changing the Price of Goods

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Agentes de IA começam a transformar as rotinas nas grandes companhias (pt), Handelsblatt Künstliche Intelligenz: „Wir können diese Agenten schon heute nicht kontrollieren“ (de)

  6. Musk says SpaceX raised US$40 billion in debt for GPUs

    The Business Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Musk Says $40 Billion Debt Deal for AI Chips Has Closed, Semafor AI fears add a 200-basis-point premium to SpaceX’s debt, The Guardian US military gives Elon Musk’s SpaceX access to sensitive tracking data

    In other languages: Rzeczpospolita Przełom ws. Starlinków na Ukrainie. „Zaczęły działać przy prędkości 420 km/godz.” (pl), Neue Zürcher Zeitung Die EU will SpaceX aus strategischen Gründen ausbremsen – die USA reagieren mit Drohungen (de), Le Temps SpaceX emprunte 40 milliards de dollars pour financer l’achat de processeurs graphiques utilisés dans l’IA (fr), Valor Econômico Musk diz que SpaceX captou US$ 40 bi em dívida para comprar GPUs (pt), Handelsblatt +++ Ukraine-Krieg +++: Ukraine weist Vorwürfe von Musk zu Starlink-Nutzung für Offensivangriffe zurück (de), Diario Financiero Musk afirma que SpaceX cerró un acuerdo de deuda por US$ 40 mil millones para impulsar su negocio de IA (es) · see all

  7. Oil plunges more than 6% from near wartime highs as diplomacy over Iran seemingly gathers pace

    Euronews /

    Also: The Wall Street Journal Oil Prices Fall as Traders Weigh U.S.-Iran Diplomacy, Saudi Attacks, Financial Times Oil price falls back as traders remain focused on Middle East conflict

  8. Centre committed to reducing fiscal deficit, national debt to be capped at 50% of GDP by 2030: FM Sitharaman

    Mint /

    Also: The Economic Times Nirmala Sitharaman reaffirms govt's fiscal discipline push, puts public debt target at 50% of GDP by 2030

  9. Healey to shield low-income pensioners from income tax in the Budget

    BBC /

    Also: Bloomberg UK Budget Preview: Burnham and Healey’s Grip on Gilts and Business Tested, The Guardian Healey is expected to shield low-income pensioners from income tax – but how will it work?

  10. Anthropic’s IPO filing shows explosive growth, risks and staggering costs

    The Business Times /

  11. Plan for AI-run companies challenged by US lawmakers

    Financial Times /

  12. Top officials from Mecca pact countries to meet Iranian officials in Tehran on Monday, two sources say

    Al-Monitor /

    Also: Daily Maverick Officials from Mecca pact countries to meet Iranian officials in Tehran on Monday, Semafor Mecca Pact members meet officials in Tehran

  13. World's largest real-time payment system; 2,400 crore monthly transactions: FM Sitharaman on India's UPI revolution

    Mint /

  14. Exclusive: Russia significantly expands glide-bomb production, research shows

    Jimmy Rushton / The Kyiv Independent /

  15. Debt, inflation and a hostile Congress: the economic challenges of Lula’s fourth term

    MercoPress /

  16. New EU rules threaten Ethiopia's coffee sector

    Damian Zane / Semafor /

  17. Markets brace for uncertainty after Lula win in Brazil

    Marta Biino / Semafor /

    Also: Bloomberg Brazil Braces for More Market Turbulence: Market Analysis

  18. Anthropic warns of AI's 'risks to humanity' ahead of blockbuster share listing

    BBC /

  19. China’s tax offices issue disclosure orders as offshore asset grace period ends

    Emma Ma / South China Morning Post /

  20. Federal Reserve expected to tap brakes on rate hikes

    Eleanor Mueller / Semafor /

    Also: The Globe and Mail U.S. Fed signals it will hold rates, but maybe not for long

  21. Russia May Seek NATO Rollback to 1997 in Ukraine Talks

    Kyiv Post /

  22. The excitement around Moderna’s cancer vaccine is cooling. Here’s why.

    Jaimy Lee / MarketWatch /

  23. US holding up air defense missiles for Ukraine for nearly a month, Zelensky says

    Tim Zadorozhnyy / The Kyiv Independent /

  24. How Houthi attacks have grounded flights across Saudi Arabia

    Al-Monitor /

Earlier today

  1. India’s ‘dear friend’ is back in power in Brazil, and a $30 billion trade opportunity is on the table

    The Economic Times /

  2. Brazilians vote in presidential election runoff pitting leftist Lula against far-right Bolsonaro

    Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro / The Guardian /

  3. Brazil Extends Voting by Two Hours After Briefly Starting Count

    Daniel Carvalho / Bloomberg /

  4. Brazil’s currency tumbles as investors bet Lula will add to fiscal pain

    Financial Times /

  5. Meta Seeks Up to $95 Billion in Equity to Fund AI Spending

    David Morris / Bloomberg /