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

David Morris / Bloomberg /

Also: Financial Times Meta plans $95bn stock offering to bankroll AI expansion, The New York Times What’s Riding on Anthropic Going Public? Nearly Everything., The Business Times Anthropic’s IPO filing shows explosive growth, risks and staggering costs, The Globe and Mail Meta to raise up to $95-billion in equity to fund costly AI expansion, Semafor Meta announces $95B offering to fund AI, BBC Anthropic warns of 'catastrophic risk' to humankind ahead of blockbuster share listing, The Guardian Anthropic files for listing on US stock market with valuation of more than $1.5tn · see all

In other languages: Dagens industri Meta vill ta in upp till 950 miljarder för AI-investeringar (sv), Handelsblatt Wall Street: Meta will fast 100 Milliarden Dollar für KI-Ausbau auftreiben (de), Dagens Næringsliv Meta vil hente 900 mrd. til KI-satsing (no), Rzeczpospolita Mark Zuckerberg idzie na całość. Meta chce zdobyć astronomiczne 95 mld dolarów (pl), Het Financieele Dagblad Anthropic meldt exponentiële groei én miljardenverplichtingen in aanloop naar beursgang (nl), Valor Econômico Meta lança plano para levantar até US$ 95 bi para financiar expansão em IA (pt), Neue Zürcher Zeitung Starkes Wachstum bei Anthropic: Das KI-Unternehmen veröffentlicht seinen Antrag auf den Börsengang (de), Der Standard Jetzt ist es offiziell – Anthropic meldet Börsengang an (de), Diario Financiero Con pérdidas multimillonarias y potenciales riesgos existenciales para la humanidad: Anthropic presenta al regulador su informe para salir a bolsa (es), La Nación Anthropic, la creadora de la IA Claude, publica su solicitud para cotizar en el Nasdaq y recaudar US$100.000 millones (es), Expansión Meta busca 95.000 millones en Bolsa para alimentar su carrera por la IA (es), Svenska Dagbladet Anthropic ansöker om börsnotering (sv) · see all

  1. EQT to buy Range Resources in natural gas megadeal

    Financial Times /

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

    In other languages: Valor Econômico EQT compra Range Resources por US$ 13 bi e cria gigante de gás natural nos EUA (pt), 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 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 Debt, inflation and a hostile Congress: the economic challenges of Lula’s fourth term, Bloomberg Brazil Markets Set to Dive on Lula Win, EU Plans to Hit China With More Curbs, Bloomberg Brazil Markets Crater, Some Stocks Sink 50%, After Lula Victory, The Wall Street Journal Brazilian Stocks, Real Fall Sharply After Surprise Election Outcome, The Guardian Lula wins historic fourth term as Brazilian president in defeat of far-right Flávio Bolsonaro, 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), Diario Financiero El Bovespa se hunde un 17% por triunfo de Lula y tras suspensión de operaciones en inicio de sesión (es), La Nación Tras el triunfo de Lula, sube el riesgo país y caen las acciones argentinas en Wall Street (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), Dagens Næringsliv Asia faller – Brasil frykter børsfall etter Lulas seier (no), Dagens industri Lula omvald i Brasilien – ifrågasätts av Bolsonaro (sv) · see all

  3. Apollo takes stake in Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Capital

    Matthew Martin / Semafor /

    Also: Bloomberg Apollo Takes Stake in Mubadala Capital, Deepening Abu Dhabi Ties, Financial Times Apollo takes minority stake in Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Capital

  4. French Bond Rout Draws Australia Pension Into Market Others Shun

    Ruth Carson and David Finnerty / Bloomberg /

    Also: Financial Times French bonds rally after Moody’s rating reprieve

  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. How Ukraine’s Operation Vivaldi pushed back Russian forces in Donbas

    Nick Allard / The Kyiv Independent /

    Also: Kyiv Independent How Ukraine’s Operation Vivaldi pushed back Russian forces in Donbas

  7. 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

  8. Cyprus signs $1.8bn deal to develop first gas field, with exports to Europe via Egypt

    Euronews /

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

    BBC /

    Also: The Guardian Healey is expected to shield low-income pensioners from income tax – but how will it work?

  10. 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

  11. 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

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

    Financial Times /

  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. How the Gachagua-Sifuna alliance is rewriting Kenya’s 2027 playbook

    Jeff Otieno / The Africa Report /

  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. 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

  19. Sudan’s El Fasher, one year on: Hemeti’s bloody prize is now a ghost town ruled by guns

    Sheriff Bojang Jnr / The Africa Report /

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

    Emma Ma / South China Morning Post /

  21. U.S. Fed signals it will hold rates, but maybe not for long

    Ann Saphir / The Globe and Mail /

    Also: Semafor Federal Reserve expected to tap brakes on rate hikes

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

    Kyiv Post /

  23. What’s on the Line as Israelis Prepare to Vote

    Jon Gambrell / The Wall Street Journal /

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

    Jaimy Lee / MarketWatch /

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. After stunning victory, Lula will face a deep hangover

    Financial Times /