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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, 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 · 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 HSBC, el mayor banco de Europa, 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: Valor Econômico Infineon investe 1,1 bi de euros em expansão de fábrica de chips de IA na Áustria (pt), 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) · see all

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

    Joy Wiltermuth / MarketWatch /

    Also: Mint This week could help decide whether the Fed raises interest rates in December, 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. Quant firms are racing to fund PhDs, build labs as the AI talent war goes on

    The Business Times /

    Also: Bloomberg AI Talent War Has Quant Firms Racing to Fund PhDs, Build Labs

  5. 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

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

    Financial Times /

    Also: The Japan Times Nidec to sue former executives over accounting issues

  7. How the streets and social media drove Lula to a historic comeback in Brazil

    Tiago Rogero and Tom Phillips / The Guardian /

    In other languages: The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) 룰라 재선에 브라질 증시 15% 폭락…재정불안 고조 (ko), Valor Econômico Vitória de Lula apaga ganhos do ‘trade’ eleitoral e amplia prêmios de risco (pt), Estadão Reeleição de Lula traz ‘ciclo de expectativas’ para ESG e desafios com mercado, dizem líderes (pt)

  8. 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, Sky News Anthropic's finances are wilder than you think, France 24 Anthropic's IPO filing shows soaring sales and steep losses, The Economist Act of Claude: Anthropic’s IPO bid, MarketWatch With the Anthropic IPO, the devil is in the details, The New York Times Who Stands to Gain From an Anthropic I.P.O., South China Morning Post How China ‘risk factors’ loom over Anthropic’s hotly anticipated IPO filing · 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), El País Anthropic y sus rivales en la IA desatan la mayor avalancha financiera de la historia (es), Der Spiegel Anthropic: KI-Entwickler beantragt Börsengang in den USA (de), Svenska Dagbladet Anthropics osannolika siffror (sv), Handelsblatt Podcast: Anthropic: Börsengang wird konkret / Mercedes: Sechsstellige Abfindungen für Produktionsmitarbeiter (de) · see all

  9. Anduril and Qualcomm Plan to Build Laptop With US Supply Chain

    Andrew Martin and Ed Ludlow / Bloomberg /

  10. Meta increases size of planned equity offering to $97.5-billion

    Jaspreet Singh / The Globe and Mail /

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Meta planeja captar US$ 95 bi para reforçar o caixa e investir em IA (pt)

  11. QatarEnergy agrees to buy US LNG as Gulf producers hunts for deals

    Ed Clowes / Semafor /

  12. Dutch Plan to Cut 25,000 Jobs Will Show Whether AI Can Shrink Government

    Jacob Reid / Bloomberg /

  13. FTC Bureau of Competition Statement on Termination of PlayPower’s Acquisition of Rival Playground Manufacturer Burke

    US FTC /

  14. A Natural Gas Megamerger Could Create America’s New No. 1 Producer

    Alexander C. Kaufman / Heatmap /

  15. Ukrainian postal service forms private air defense force, shoots down Russian drones

    Jimmy Rushton / The Kyiv Independent /

  16. Policy reforms needed to decarbonise Singapore’s industrial heating: report

    Janice Lim / The Business Times /

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

    Antonio Pita and Beatriz Lecumberri / El País /

  18. U.K. Fiscal Discipline in Focus Ahead of Burnham Government’s First Budget

    Miriam Mukuru / The Wall Street Journal /

  19. Emvolon Raises $22 Million to Turn Landfill Gas Into Fuel

    Katie Brigham / Heatmap /

  20. Industrial credit growth nears 20%, signals private capex revival; Shaktikanta Das urges banks to fund strategic sectors

    Mint /

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

    Latitude Studios / Latitude Media /

  22. Germany’s Helsing Unveils Low-Cost Highspeed Drone Interceptors

    Kyiv Post /

  23. Get rich or get ruined: Ghana’s youth caught in Africa’s Ponzi trap

    Kent Mensah / The Africa Report /

  24. Brazilian markets tumble on Lula's election victory

    Jeronimo Gonzalez / Semafor /

    Also: Financial Times Lula faces a fiscal reckoning after Brazil’s market rout, 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

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

    Financial Times /

  4. Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 staff

    Financial Times /

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

    Al-Monitor /