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Brazil’s currency plunges most since 1999 after Lula’s election victory

Financial Times /

Also: MercoPress Debt, inflation and a hostile Congress: the economic challenges of Lula’s fourth term, The New York Times Brazilian Markets Convulse After Unexpected Election Result, Semafor Markets brace for uncertainty after Lula win in Brazil, Semafor Brazilian markets plunge after Lula's surprise victory, Bloomberg Lula’s Win Isn’t as Bad as Markets Think, The Wall Street Journal How Brazil’s Lula Pulled Off an Upset No One Saw Coming · 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), 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', The Japan Times Anthropic’s IPO sets up defining moment for Wall Street and AI boom, France 24 Anthropic's IPO filing shows soaring sales and steep losses, The Guardian Anthropic files for potentially record-breaking 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), Dagens Næringsliv Meta vil hente 900 mrd. til KI-satsing (no), 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), Rzeczpospolita Mark Zuckerberg idzie na całość. Meta chce zdobyć astronomiczne 95 mld dolarów (pl), Expansión Anthropic pone rumbo a Bolsa: las diez claves que desvela su esperada OPV (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), 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), NRC Het zeer gesloten Anthropic gaat tóch naar de beurs. In een document geeft het een inkijkje in de financiën. Wat valt op? (nl) · 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. U.S. and Canada working on deal to ease steel and auto tariffs, sources say

    The Japan Times /

    Also: Semafor US-Canada trade deal not as ‘close’ as portrayed

  4. BlackRock’s Rieder Spent All Weekend Doing Deals in AI Debt Rush

    David Finnerty / Bloomberg /

  5. RBI steps up liquidity support as tighter cash conditions push up borrowing rates: Report

    The Economic Times /

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. China 5-Year Yield Hits Record Low on PBOC’s Cash Injection

    Bloomberg /

  9. America Needs Canada’s Aluminum. Trump’s Tariff Exposed Just How Badly.

    Ryan Dezember / The Wall Street Journal /

  10. 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)

  11. This week could help decide whether the Fed raises interest rates in December

    Mint /

  12. New-age venture capital would rather manufacture founders than find them

    The Ken /

  13. Canada’s Woodfibre LNG reaches 75% complete, targets mid-2027

    Newsbase analysts / bne IntelliNews /

  14. How agreements between suppliers and retailers can weaken competition

    Zhonglin Li and Hsin-Tien Tiffany Tsai / CEPR /

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

    Diane Taylor / The Guardian /

  16. Anthropic files for potentially biggest IPO ever as CEO warns of risk to humanity from AI

    The Globe and Mail /

  17. UAE's AI power advantage faces its biggest test yet

    Andrea Zanon / The National /

  18. Sembcorp inks pacts to build nuclear energy knowledge, industry collaboration

    Shikhar Gupta / The Business Times /

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

    Peggy Ye / South China Morning Post /

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

    Newsbase analysts / bne IntelliNews /

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

    Themis Qi / South China Morning Post /

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

    Daily Maverick /

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

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

    Joan Costa-i-Font / CEPR /

  24. Canada’s Ksi Lisims and Germany’s SEFE finalise 20-year LNG deal

    Newsbase analysts / bne IntelliNews /

Earlier today

  1. Brazil stocks, real nosedive as Lula win ends bullish run

    Rodrigo Campos / The Globe and Mail /

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

    The Economic Times /

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

    Financial Times /

  4. AI Agents Are Already Changing the Price of Goods

    Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway / Bloomberg /

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

    Bloomberg /