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Customers are chasing higher-rate products. That’s bad news for banks like HSBC.

Steve Goldstein / MarketWatch /

Also: South China Morning Post HSBC shares drop 5.6% despite strong third-quarter profit, US$1b share buy-back, 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 fall as results disappoint, The Guardian HSBC profits surge 32%, sparking fresh calls for bank taxes in the budget – business live · see all

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), Cinco Días El mayor banco de Europa, HSBC, ganó el 32,55% más hasta septiembre (es), Jornal de Negócios Europa em queda sob pressão da banca e setor automóvel. HSBC cai quase 7% (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

  1. Infineon to Invest €1.1 Billion in Key Austrian Chip Factory

    Shona Ghosh / Bloomberg /

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Technologie: Infineon investiert mehr als eine Milliarde Euro in Österreich (de), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zukunftstechnologie: Infineon investiert 1,1 Milliarden Euro in Villach (de), Der Standard Infineon will 1,1 Milliarden Euro in Chip-Fabrik in Villach investieren (de)

  2. AI debt trouble could help Fed’s Warsh get his way with fewer rate hikes

    Joy Wiltermuth / MarketWatch /

    Also: The Business Times Hike or hold: Fed chief Warsh faces another tough choice on rate decision, The New York Times The Fed Is Expected to Hold Rates Steady. Warsh Will Have to Explain Why.

  3. Exclusive-Alleged Israeli spy company heavily targeted Starlink users, sources say

    Al-Monitor /

    In other languages: Diario Financiero Presunta empresa de espionaje israelí habría apuntado masivamente a usuarios de Starlink, según fuentes (es)

  4. AI chip boom tripled South Korea's economic growth in the third quarter

    Euronews /

    Also: Bloomberg S. Korea Growth Tops Forecast as Chip Boom Masks Weak Demand, The Japan Times South Korea growth tops forecast as chip boom masks weak demand

  5. Two men charged in UK with helping Iran over RAF Fairford incident

    Al-Monitor /

    Also: The Guardian Two men charged over alleged plot to assist Iran after RAF Fairford incident, The New York Times 2 British Men Charged Over RAF Fairford Incident

  6. Anthropic’s IPO filing shows explosive growth, risks and staggering costs

    The Business Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Anthropic’s S-1 Reveals Financial War Chest, Financial Times What we learnt from Anthropic's 240,000-word IPO filing | FT #shorts, The Globe and Mail As Anthropic files for its blockbuster IPO, a look at the biggest AI players tapping public markets, Stratechery Anthropic S-1, The Cost of Compute, Who Is Paying?, 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, 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, MarketWatch With the Anthropic IPO, the devil is in the details, The New York Times What’s Riding on Anthropic Going Public? Nearly Everything. · see all

    In other languages: The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) 앤트로픽 IPO 시동…8000억달러 지출 약정 공개 (ko), Le Temps L’entrée en bourse d’Anthropic est imminente: quatre chiffres pour saisir l’opération record du géant de l’IA (fr)

  7. India Diesel Export Boom Set to Ease Global Crunch Next Year

    Rakesh Sharma / Bloomberg /

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

    Financial Times /

    Also: Semafor Brazilian markets tumble on Lula's election victory, The Guardian How the streets and social media drove Lula to a historic comeback in Brazil, The Wall Street Journal How Brazil’s Lula Pulled Off an Upset No One Saw Coming

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Ibovespa cai quase 14% após 'circuit breaker', dólar sobe a R$ 5,40 e juros futuros disparam com vitória de Lula (pt), The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) 룰라 재선에 브라질 증시 15% 폭락…재정불안 고조 (ko), Jornal de Negócios Lula consegue reviravolta, mas incerteza permanece (pt), Estadão Reeleição de Lula traz ‘ciclo de expectativas’ para ESG e desafios com mercado, dizem líderes (pt) · see all

  9. France’s Dependence on Foreign Investors Leaves It Exposed

    Georgia Hall and Alice Gledhill / Bloomberg /

  10. Netanyahu’s future hangs in the balance in a decisive election for the entire Middle East

    Antonio Pita and Beatriz Lecumberri / El País /

  11. Anthropic's finances are wilder than you think

    Sky News /

    Also: The Economist Act of Claude: Anthropic’s IPO bid, Bloomberg Anthropic’s IPO May See CBA Sitting on Multi-Billion Windfall

    In other languages: Børsen Anthropic på vej mod børsen: Nye tal afslører eksplosiv vækst (da), El País Anthropic y sus rivales en la IA desatan la mayor avalancha financiera de la historia (es), Dagens industri Anthropics AI-nota: 8.500 miljarder (sv), Der Spiegel Anthropic: KI-Entwickler beantragt Börsengang in den USA (de), Handelsblatt Künstliche Intelligenz: Umsatz vervielfacht, Marge verdoppelt: Diese neuen Zahlen verrät der Börsenprospekt von Anthropic (de), Svenska Dagbladet Anthropics osannolika siffror (sv) · see all

  12. Frontier Forum: The battery boom behind the AI buildout

    Latitude Studios / Latitude Media /

  13. Indian media groups decry Modi’s privacy law in court, say newsrooms face shutdown risk

    Daily Maverick /

  14. 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, Euronews Microsoft offers around 60,000 employees voluntary buyouts, Bloomberg Microsoft Will Offer Buyouts to 60,000 Employees

    In other languages: Frankfurter Allgemeine Techriese im Umbruch: Microsoft bietet 60.000 Beschäftigten eine Abfindung an (de)

  15. China to send envoy to Middle East in near future amid conflict spillover

    Al-Monitor /

    Also: Bloomberg China to Dispatch Envoys to Mideast in Bid to Prevent Escalation

  16. Sub-Saharan Africa faces the world's steepest climate adaptation bill at 3% of exposed GDP

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

  17. Data centers’ centrality continues to grow despite mounting opposition

    Prashant Rao / Semafor /

  18. Kremlin Woos Trump’s Circle With Business Deals – Le Monde

    Kyiv Post /

  19. Russian attacks across Ukraine kill four, injure 57 over past day, as Kyiv comes under ballistic missile assault

    Jimmy Rushton / The Kyiv Independent /

  20. US, Brazil and Israel elections put India’s trade worth billions in focus

    The Economic Times /

  21. This Oil Company Is Linked to 1,000 Pollution Incidents and Other Violations. Oklahoma Never Punished It.

    Nick Bowlin / ProPublica /

  22. 302,000 Russian soldiers killed or wounded by Ukrainian drones since January, Defense Ministry says

    Jimmy Rushton / The Kyiv Independent /

  23. Nidec to sue founder for role in Japan’s biggest accounting fraud in a decade

    Financial Times /

  24. ‘Constant surveillance is pushing us toward an authoritarian state’: voters demand regulation of Flock cameras

    Maye Primera / El País /

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

    Echo Wang / The Globe and Mail /

  5. Alibaba Wins Challenge to Pentagon’s Chinese Army Blacklisting

    Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg /