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

Financial Times /

Also: The New York Times Brazilian Markets Convulse After Unexpected Election Result, Semafor Markets brace for uncertainty after Lula win in Brazil, MercoPress Brazil’s real plunges more than 8% and São Paulo stocks slump after Lula’s victory, 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. Alibaba Wins Challenge to Pentagon’s Chinese Army Blacklisting

    Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg /

    Also: The Business Times Alibaba wins challenge to Pentagon’s Chinese army blacklisting

  2. 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 Anthropic mum on investment grade as it warns of more debt · 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), 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), 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) · see all

  3. Anthropic Drops Its S-1, Giving Market Glimpse Into Finances

    Bloomberg /

    Also: Sky News Anthropic's finances are wilder than you think, Bloomberg Anthropic Flags Risks to Humanity in IPO Filing

    In other languages: Dagens industri Meta vill ta in upp till 950 miljarder för AI-investeringar (sv), Børsen Anthropic på vej mod børsen: Nye tal afslører eksplosiv vækst (da), Het Financieele Dagblad Anthropic heeft nieuw kapitaal hard nodig om te voldoen aan miljardenverplichtingen (nl), 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

  4. 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)

  5. South Korea growth tops forecast as chip boom masks weak demand

    The Japan Times /

    Also: Bloomberg S. Korea Growth Tops Forecast as Chip Boom Masks Weak Demand

  6. 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

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

    The Economic Times /

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. US bans vehicles from China’s BYD at Japan military base, calling them ‘unacceptable’ risk

    Justin McCurry / The Guardian /

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

    Ryan Dezember / The Wall Street Journal /

  12. 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)

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

    Andrea Zanon / The National /

  14. New report tracks how Russia helps China build better drones

    Alisa Yurchenko / The Kyiv Independent /

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

    Mint /

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

    The Ken /

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

    Newsbase analysts / bne IntelliNews /

  18. How agreements between suppliers and retailers can weaken competition

    Zhonglin Li and Hsin-Tien Tiffany Tsai / CEPR /

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

    Brendan Ruberry / Semafor /

    In other languages: Diario Financiero Un nuevo competidor: Toyota desafía a Tesla y a China en la carrera por los robots humanoides (es)

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

    Diane Taylor / The Guardian /

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

    The Globe and Mail /

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

    Shikhar Gupta / The Business Times /

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

    Peggy Ye / South China Morning Post /

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

    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. Samsung Life Prices Record Dollar Bond as Investors Defy Turmoil

    Haram Lim / Bloomberg /

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

    MercoPress /

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

    Daily Maverick /