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

The Economic Times /

Also: Financial Times Brazil’s currency plunges most since 1999 after Lula’s surprise victory, The Globe and Mail Brazil stocks, real nosedive as Lula win ends bullish run, The New York Times Brazilian Markets Convulse After Unlikely Election Result, Bloomberg Lula’s Win Isn’t as Bad as Markets Think, 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, The Guardian Brazil keeps left: what Lula’s victory means for his country and beyond, El País Lula pulls off a historic comeback in Brazil and leads the left to victory over Flávio Bolsonaro, Sky News Lula re-elected president in Brazil - as Flavio Bolsonaro calls for result to be annulled, The Economist From this day, fourth: Lula’s surprise win, The Wall Street Journal The Morning Risk Report: Lula Wins Fourth Term in Brazil Election Upset, Semafor Brazil’s Lula wins shock reelection, Balkan Insight (BIRN) Serbian Strongman Vucic Concedes Defeat in Snap Elections · 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, el riesgo país subió a 765 puntos y cayeron las acciones argentinas en Wall Street (es), Diario Financiero El Bovespa se hunde un 17% por triunfo de Lula y tras suspensión de operaciones en inicio de sesión (es), Estadão Risco-país brasileiro salta 26% e atinge maior nível desde junho de 2025 (pt), 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), Jornal de Negócios Lula consegue reviravolta, mas incerteza permanece (pt), Handelsblatt Brasilien: „Schock für die Märkte“ – Lulas Wiederwahl sorgt für heftige Kursturbulenzen (de), Expansión ‘Lula’ seguira siendo presidente de un Brasil lastrado por la deuda y el déficit (es) · see all

  1. 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, Semafor AI fears add a 200-basis-point premium to SpaceX’s debt, The New York Times What’s Riding on Anthropic Going Public? Nearly Everything., The Globe and Mail As Anthropic files for its blockbuster IPO, a look at the biggest AI players tapping public markets, Le Monde Anthropic files for stock market listing, revealing soaring sales and a long list of risks, Euronews Anthropic's IPO filing shows off soaring revenues as the company warns of AI's 'risks to humanity', France 24 Anthropic's IPO filing shows soaring sales and steep losses, The Guardian Anthropic files for potentially record-breaking $1.5tn stock market valuation in key test for AI industry, The Business Times Meta to raise up to US$95 billion in equity to fund costly AI expansion · see all

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Wall Street: Meta will fast 100 Milliarden Dollar für KI-Ausbau auftreiben (de), Diario Financiero Siguiendo los pasos de SpaceX: Meta busca recaudar US$ 95.000 millones en acciones para financiar su expansión en IA (es), Le Figaro Anthropic donne le coup d’envoi à une introduction en Bourse record (fr), Valor Econômico FT: Anthropic inicia contagem regressiva para IPO com apresentação de prospecto (pt), Børsen Anthropic på vej mod børsen: Nye tal afslører eksplosiv vækst (da), Asahi Shimbun アンソロピック、11月にも史上最大のIPOか 目論見書を提出 (ja), Le Temps L’entrée en bourse d’Anthropic est imminente: quatre chiffres pour saisir l’opération record du géant de l’IA (fr), 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), Jornal de Negócios Meta e SpaceX procuram angariar capital para alavancar gastos com IA (pt), Svenska Dagbladet Anthropic noteras – kan börja handlas i november (sv) · see all

  2. MFF 2028-2034: Council secures negotiating position for a strong and future-oriented common agricultural policy

    Council of the EU /

    In other languages: Jornal de Negócios Estados-membros da UE chegam a acordo sobre reforma da Política Agrícola Comum (pt), El País El Consejo de la UE llega a un acuerdo parcial sobre la reforma de la PAC (es)

  3. DoorDash in talks to buy Instacart in deal valued around $17-billion, source says

    Echo Wang / The Globe and Mail /

    Also: Semafor DoorDash in exclusive talks to acquire Instacart

  4. 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), Dagens industri Tung smäll för EQT:s färjejätte – förlust i miljardstriden (sv) · see all

  5. Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 staff

    Financial Times /

    Also: Euronews Microsoft offers around 60,000 employees voluntary buyouts

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Software: Microsoft bietet rund 60.000 Mitarbeitern Abfindungen an (de), Frankfurter Allgemeine Techriese im Umbruch: Microsoft bietet 60.000 Beschäftigten eine Abfindung an (de)

  6. How agreements between suppliers and retailers can weaken competition

    Zhonglin Li and Hsin-Tien Tiffany Tsai / CEPR /

  7. ‘Digital hostile environment’: AI secretly being embedded across Home Office, report claims

    Diane Taylor / The Guardian /

  8. How Shimao’s sale of 2 hotels reveals the growing complexity of Hong Kong debt workouts

    Peggy Ye / South China Morning Post /

  9. EU loan to Airbus threatens trade truce with US, Trump trade official warns

    Financial Times /

  10. China grants permits to VW joint venture and Xpeng as autonomous driving race intensifies

    Themis Qi / South China Morning Post /

  11. Egypt approves military support for Saudi Arabia after Houthi attacks escalate

    Daily Maverick /

    Also: Al-Monitor Egypt parliament authorises military support to Saudi Arabia

  12. Adult social care can be better value than the health care we already fund

    Joan Costa-i-Font / CEPR /

  13. S. Korea Growth Tops Forecast as Chip Boom Masks Weak Demand

    Heesu Lee / Bloomberg /

  14. The High Price of India’s iPhone Manufacturing Boom

    Bloomberg /

  15. Frontex set for new powers to deport beyond EU borders in latest overhaul

    Gerardo Fortuna / POLITICO Europe /

  16. Memory titans test AI demand while bubble fears transfix markets

    The Business Times /

  17. QatarEnergy turns to US LNG as disruption threatens long-term supply

    Newsbase analysts / bne IntelliNews /

  18. COLLISION COURSE: Parliament summons SAA, demanding answers to deepening financial turmoil and turbulent governance

    Marianne Merten / Daily Maverick /

  19. FTC and 20 states sue Dollar General, accusing bargain chain of overcharging customers

    Barry Yeoman / The Guardian /

  20. Options traders are seizing control of the S&P 500

    Joseph Adinolfi / MarketWatch /

  21. AI Agents Are Already Changing the Price of Goods

    Odd Lots /

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

  22. How Unimation Put Robots to Work

    Asianometry /

  23. Anthropic's finances are wilder than you think

    Sky News /

  24. Toyota plans to deploy 400K robots in billion-dollar humanoids comeback

    Brendan Ruberry / Semafor /

Earlier today

  1. Iran War Boosts Malaysian Data Center Appeal, SD Guthrie Says

    Anuradha Raghu and Ram Anand / Bloomberg /

  2. Oil settles lower on peace hopes, Saudi attacks limit losses

    The Business Times /

  3. Canada, partners to sign charter for new defence bank at end of November

    Pippa Norman / The Globe and Mail /

  4. Vucic swept aside in Serbian elections. Can Belgrade break free from Russia’s orbit?

    Jovana Georgievski / The Kyiv Independent /

  5. US-Canada trade deal not as ‘close’ as portrayed

    Eleanor Mueller / Semafor /