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Anthropic Mum on Investment Grade as It Warns of More Debt

Davide Barbuscia and Paula Seligson / Bloomberg /

Also: Exponential View 🔮 Anthropic’s S-1 in charts, Financial Times Anthropic and the AI cluster effect in fundraising, The Economist Act of Claude: Anthropic’s IPO bid, The New York Times Who Stands to Gain From an Anthropic I.P.O., Sky News Anthropic is on a path it may not be able to stop, Semafor Anthropic prospectus cheers investors ahead of IPO, The Business Times Anthropic mum on investment grade as it warns of more debt · see all

In other languages: El País Anthropic y sus rivales en la IA desatan la mayor avalancha financiera de la historia (es), Het Financieele Dagblad Anthropic geeft beleggers wel economische voordelen maar geen inspraak (nl), Der Spiegel Anthropic-Börsengang und Microsoft-Jobabbau befeuern Angst vor KI-Blase (de), Der Standard Crash chinesischer KI-Aktien verunsichert vor Anthropic-Börsengang (de), Dagens industri Analytiker pekar ut storvinnare på Anthropic-IPO (sv) · see all

  1. Bullish Treasury Bets Face Reversal Risk From Hawkish Fed

    Edward Bolingbroke and Greg Ritchie / Bloomberg /

    Also: The Business Times US stocks: S&P 500, Nasdaq open higher as oil pulls back ahead of Fed decision

    In other languages: Le Figaro Dette, inflation, intelligence artificielle… La Fed et la BCE sous la pression des marchés (fr), Jornal de Negócios Tecnológicas e petróleo mais barato dão força a Wall Street na véspera de Fed (pt), Valor Econômico Ouro avança com demanda em meio aos preços descontados e antes da decisão do Fed (pt)

  2. Meta Boosts Equity Offering to $98 Billion, Raising Its AI Bet

    Bloomberg /

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

  3. RAF Fairford Incident Was Coordinated By Man Acting for Iran, UK Prosecutors Say

    Megan Specia / The New York Times /

    Also: The Guardian RAF Fairford plot ‘coordinated by handler working on behalf of Iran’

  4. Trump Explores Lifting Sanctions on Russia’s Flagship Investment Fund

    Anton Troianovski / The New York Times /

    Also: The Kyiv Independent Trump reportedly considering lifting sanctions against Russia's investment fund

  5. OpenAI's $25bn Argentina data centre still stuck at letter of intent a year on

    bne IntelliNews /

  6. Canada, UAE sign trade pact as Ottawa seeks to diversify beyond US

    Samuel Wendel / Al-Monitor /

    Also: The Globe and Mail Canada, UAE sign trade deal as Carney pushes to expand investment ties

  7. Cohere catches Alibaba AI model trying to upload file to Beijing server

    Alexandra Posadzki / The Globe and Mail /

  8. Boeing shares plummet on slower 737 production and free cash flow growth outlook

    The Business Times /

    Also: Financial Times Boeing shares slump as planemaker cuts 737 jet delivery target, The Globe and Mail Boeing shares fall sharply on production challenges, slower free-cash-flow growth

  9. OpenAI’s Sam Altman urges companies to focus on AI security threat as GPT-6 adoption soars

    Aarti Nagraj / The National /

  10. Iran threatens South Korean shipping group over Hormuz transits

    Financial Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Iran Says It Will Take Action Against Sinokor Ships in Hormuz

    In other languages: Dagens industri Oljetanker uppges ha gått på mina i Hormuzsundet (sv)

  11. The branch-plant economy is breaking in Canada. Now what?

    Arthur Lam / The Globe and Mail /

  12. AFC selects preferred contractors for $5bn Zambia-Angola Lobito railway

    bne IntelliNews /

    Also: Semafor Africa Finance Corporation names Lobito Corridor builders

  13. Washington discusses Russian deals for US oil majors in Ukraine peace talks

    Financial Times /

  14. AGRICULTURAL SECTOR: SA farmers swap maize for sunflower as ‘Godzilla’ El Niño threatens harvests

    Ed Stoddard / Daily Maverick /

  15. Nord Stream sabotage suspect under ‘direct command’ of Ukrainian army

    Financial Times /

    Also: Kyiv Post Nord Stream Trial Continues as Court Rejects Defence Bid to Halt Proceedings

  16. East African Crude Oil Pipeline financing: Can Standard Bank’s climate claims survive scrutiny

    Flevian Bonareri Machoka and Kholwani Simelane / Daily Maverick /

  17. The Fed Is Off Its Own Reaction Function. It Should Tell Us Why.

    Jason Furman / Peterson Institute (PIIE) /

  18. High turnout ousts Vucic’s allies in Serbia and saves Lula in Brazil

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

    Also: The Guardian How the streets and social media drove Lula to a historic comeback in Brazil, Bloomberg One-Day Wipeout Tops 60% For the Hardest-Hit Brazilian Stocks, Semafor Markets brace for uncertainty after Lula win in Brazil

    In other languages: The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) "코로나 이후 최대 낙폭"…룰라 당선에 브라질 금융시장 패닉 (ko), Valor Econômico Ausência de consolidação fiscal pode pressionar perfil de crédito do Brasil, diz Moody's (pt), Expansión Lula afronta una encrucijada fiscal tras el desplome de los mercados brasileños (es), Diario Financiero Lula se enfrenta a un ajuste fiscal tras el desplome del mercado brasileño (es), Rzeczpospolita Lula wygrał wybory, giełda runęła. Brazylia próbuje otrząsnąć się z szoku (pl), La Nación El riesgo país bajó tras el salto que provocó la elección en Brasil, pero siguió en el valor más alto en un año (es) · see all

  19. Rosebank oilfield would not breach UK emission targets, say government insiders

    Kiran Stacey and Pippa Crerar / The Guardian /

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

    Shona Ghosh / Bloomberg /

  21. Bond investors are starting to say ‘anything but tech.’ What that means for the AI boom.

    Joy Wiltermuth / MarketWatch /

  22. How wartime urgency pushed Iran to court Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan

    Al-Monitor /

  23. Export hurdles and visa waits for Ukrainian companies force Pentagon to slow its drone contest

    Leo Greenberg / The Kyiv Independent /

  24. Yemen's Houthis say they hit Saudi Ras Tanura oil refinery with missile

    Al-Monitor /

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Houthis afirmam ter atacado maior refinaria de petróleo da Arábia Saudita (pt)

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

    Steve Goldstein / MarketWatch /

  5. Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 staff

    Financial Times /