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Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 staff

Financial Times /

Also: The Business Times Microsoft to offer buyouts to 60,000 workers in new cost cut, Bloomberg Microsoft Will Offer Buyouts to 60,000 Employees, 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)

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

    Financial Times /

    Also: The Wall Street Journal How Brazil’s Lula Pulled Off an Upset No One Saw Coming, Semafor Brazilian markets plunge after Lula's surprise victory, Bloomberg Lula’s Win Isn’t as Bad as Markets Think

    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), The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) 룰라 재선에 브라질 증시 15% 폭락…재정불안 고조 (ko), 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 La derrota de Bolsonaro en Brasil limita la ascendencia de Trump en Latinoamérica (es) · see all

  2. Anthropic’s S-1 Reveals Financial War Chest

    Bloomberg /

    Also: Financial Times What we learnt from Anthropic's 240,000-word IPO filing | FT #shorts, 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 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', Financial Times Anthropic details ‘existential risks to humanity’ in IPO filing, The Japan Times Anthropic’s IPO sets up defining moment for Wall Street and AI boom, BBC Anthropic warns of 'catastrophic risk' to humankind ahead of blockbuster share listing, Sky News Anthropic's finances are wilder than you think, 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 · see all

    In other languages: The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) 앤트로픽 IPO 시동…8000억달러 지출 약정 공개 (ko), 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), Handelsblatt Künstliche Intelligenz: KI-Pionier Anthropic beantragt Börsengang in den USA (de), 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), Dagens industri Anthropics AI-nota: 8.500 miljarder (sv), Der Spiegel Anthropic: KI-Entwickler beantragt Börsengang in den USA (de), Svenska Dagbladet Anthropics osannolika siffror (sv) · see all

  3. UK government met 137 businesses over AI datacentres – but no environmental groups

    The Guardian /

  4. How China Is Setting the Pace on Nuclear Power

    Bloomberg /

  5. 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

  6. ‘10% Now’: Ukraine Asks 5 European Allies for Patriot Missiles

    Kyiv Post /

  7. Russia's assault on Ukraine's energy grid is a war crime, UN says

    Rebecka Pieder / The Kyiv Independent /

  8. India loses top EM spot in September as Vietnam surges in exports, stocks

    Mint /

  9. Three Russian diesel tankers steam for US — including one under sanctions

    Financial Times /

  10. Super-rich get ‘double dividend’ from causes and costs of climate crisis, report finds

    The Guardian /

  11. Ukrainian media face pressure as they step up scrutiny of authorities in wartime

    Oleg Sukhov / The Kyiv Independent /

  12. China stock sell-off could erase another 15% in value, Morgan Stanley says

    Zhang Shidong / South China Morning Post /

  13. 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

  14. Chinese markets lose trillions as race for AI supremacy with US takes its toll

    Amy Hawkins / The Guardian /

  15. HSBC shares drop 5% despite strong third-quarter profit, US$1b share buy-back

    Enoch Yiu / South China Morning Post /

    Also: Bloomberg HSBC Quarterly Profit Growth Misses, Sets $1 Billion Buyback, The Business Times HSBC’s quarterly profit jumps but shares slide after flat revenue for wealth business, Financial Times HSBC shares dip despite quarterly profits jumping amid cost cuts

    In other languages: Expansión HSBC da un vuelco y ve ahora más atractiva la deuda que la Bolsa (es), Valor Econômico Lucro líquido do HSBC sobe 45% no 3º trimestre, para US$ 7,09 bilhões (pt), Le Figaro HSBC annonce un plan de rachat d’actions d’un milliard de dollars (fr), Dagens industri Något sämre resultat än väntat från HSBC (sv), Handelsblatt +++ Geschäftszahlen +++: HSBC mit Gewinnsprung – Vermögensverwaltung enttäuscht (de) · see all

  16. Russian sabotage network behind Romanian arson attack, officials say

    Rebecka Pieder / The Kyiv Independent /

  17. 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)

  18. Rapidus partners with Indian tech giant on chip development

    The Japan Times /

  19. Mint Explainer | From Goa to Uttarakhand: how states are pushing for bottle recycling

    Mint /

  20. Indonesia Announces New Measures to Improve Stock Market Transparency

    Sebastian Strangio / The Diplomat /

  21. Inside von der Leyen’s Commission shake-up

    Zoya Sheftalovich / POLITICO Europe /

  22. 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

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

    The Economic Times /

  24. 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

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

    David Morris / Bloomberg /

  4. EQT to buy Range Resources in natural gas megadeal

    Financial Times /

  5. Samsung Life Prices Record Dollar Bond as Investors Defy Turmoil

    Haram Lim / Bloomberg /