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Chancellor targets cost of living crisis in budget for a ‘difficult moment’

Pippa Crerar and Heather Stewart / The Guardian /

Also: Bloomberg UK Budget Day: Here's What to Expect From Healey, Sky News The Budget | Chancellor John Healey announces economic plans, Financial Times Healey to take aim at energy costs in his first Budget

  1. Anthropic Mum on Investment Grade as It Warns of More Debt

    Davide Barbuscia and Paula Seligson / Bloomberg /

    Also: Sky News Anthropic building the very thing it warns about, Semafor Anthropic’s IPO needs believers to bridge it to the payoff, Exponential View 🔮 Anthropic’s S-1 in charts, Financial Times Anthropic, Meta and the K-shaped company, Financial Times What we learnt from Anthropic's 240,000-word IPO filing | FT #shorts, Le Monde Anthropic files for stock market listing, revealing soaring sales and a long list of risks, The Globe and Mail Anthropic files for potentially biggest IPO ever as CEO warns of risk to humanity from AI, The Business Times Anthropic mum on investment grade as it warns of more debt · see all

  2. The Federal Reserve Will Release Its Interest Rate Decision Today. Here’s What to Watch.

    Colby Smith / The New York Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Fed Seen Holding Rates With Nod to December: Decision-Day Guide, The Business Times Asian stocks advance as AI rally returns ahead of Big Tech earnings, Fed decision

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Otimismo com IA impulsiona ações em NY antes de decisão do Fed (pt), Jornal de Negócios Decisão da Fed e 4 outras coisas que precisa de saber para começar o dia (pt)

  3. SK Hynix profits soar amid roaring AI chip demand

    Financial Times /

    Also: Bloomberg SK Hynix Posts Record Profit Amid AI Rush, The Business Times SK Hynix posts 7-fold jump in Q3 profit, unveils shareholder return plan worth US$75 billion

    In other languages: The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) SK하닉, 분기 매출 첫 100조 돌파…100원 팔아 80원 남겼다 [종합] (ko), Handelsblatt Chip-Hersteller: Nvidia-Zulieferer SK Hynix vervielfacht Gewinn – KI-Boom treibt an (de), Jornal de Negócios Petróleo sobe 2% e volta a passar os 116 dólares. SK Hynix devolve euforia ao setor dos "chips" (pt)

  4. US-Friendly Nations Slash Treasury Purchases by 60%, Led by Asia

    Ruth Carson and Masaki Kondo / Bloomberg /

    Also: The Japan Times U.S.-aligned countries, led by Asia, slash U.S. Treasury purchases by 60%, The Business Times Chinese government to speed bond sales to stimulate growth

  5. Chinese Government to Speed Bond Sales to Stimulate Growth

    Iris Ouyang and Shulun Huang / Bloomberg /

  6. Ukraine Strikes Russia’s Largest Steel Plant, Chemical Factory Amid 531 Drone Claims

    Julia Struck-Feshchenko / Kyiv Post /

  7. Oil Prices Rise as Houthi Militants Target Saudi Energy

    Farhan Rafid / The Wall Street Journal /

  8. Ambani’s Jio to make Mumbai trading debut after record US$3.2 billion India IPO

    The Business Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Jio’s IPO Surge Ends Tata’s Reign as Most Valuable India Group, Financial Times Ambani’s $130bn Jio soars in India’s biggest listing

  9. AI Is Finding a Flood of Bugs, and Silicon Valley Is Rushing to Fix Them

    Kate Conger / The New York Times /

  10. AI takes on the paperwork clogging India’s court system

    Zoë Schiffer / Semafor /

  11. African gas producers are benefiting as investors rethink risk

    Alexis Akwagyiram / Semafor /

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

    Jason Furman / Peterson Institute (PIIE) /

    In other languages: The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) [밤 사이 해외뉴스 영상] Fed '금리 동결' 전망에 사모펀드 3000억달러 빚 폭탄 경고 (ko)

  13. Russia wants deal with NATO to reshape Europe's security order, Zelensky says

    Martin Fornusek / The Kyiv Independent /

  14. Zelensky Wants Abu Dhabi Talks Before ‘New Yalta,’ Warns NATO Against Russian Demands

    Kyiv Post /

  15. Safeguards Against ‘Trojan Horses’ in EU Will ‘Bite Hard,’ Warns Enlargement Chief

    Tvp World / Kyiv Post /

  16. Yulan bond debuts in Dubai amid Beijing’s yuan-denominated asset push

    Emma Ma / South China Morning Post /

  17. After the boom: how China’s local governments pay the bills

    Bruegel /

  18. US costs of Iran war rise to over $47 billion, according to Pentagon estimate

    Al-Monitor /

    Also: Daily Maverick US costs of Iran war rise to over $47bn, according to Pentagon estimate

  19. Why China is defying global inflationary tide—and what it means for the world

    Mint /

  20. German chemicals giant BASF raises profit guidance after Iran war price hikes

    Euronews /

  21. Revealed: UK relied on £2bn of ‘questionable accounting’ to hit its climate-aid goal

    Josh Gabbatiss / Carbon Brief /

  22. A free AI tool speeds up the search for new antibiotics

    Zoë Schiffer / Semafor /

  23. Nigeria 2027: Whoever wins, the same old economic problem awaits

    Tunde Akinmade / The Africa Report /

  24. China’s hybrid car exports to EU up 200%; response to Tesla’s ‘flying car’: 7 EV reads

    Scmp / South China Morning Post /

Earlier today

  1. Healey puts UK energy reform at centre of his ‘do no harm’ Budget

    Financial Times /

  2. Brazilian markets tumble on Lula's election victory

    Jeronimo Gonzalez / Semafor /

  3. IMF Strikes Preliminary Argentina Deal As Market Return Dims

    Patrick Gillespie / Bloomberg /

  4. China's 'national team' state funds intervene amid market rout

    Brendan Ruberry / Semafor /

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

    Anton Troianovski / The New York Times /