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‘Very strange, very sad’: Paraguay bank collapse fells a presidency and leaves millions broke

The Guardian /

Also: OCCRP Paraguayan President Impeached and Arrested Amid Financial Meltdown and Mass Protests, The New York Times Paraguay’s President Removed and Arrested Over Financial Crisis, The Globe and Mail Ousted Paraguayan president placed under house arrest after bank collapse

In other languages: Valor Econômico Ostentação, edifício 'The Matrix' e obras de arte: os sinais de que algo estava errado com o ueno bank (pt), Expansión (México) Quiebra de Ueno Bank exhibe fallas de supervisión y corrupción en Paraguay, advierte Moody’s (es), Handelsblatt Staatskrise in Südamerika: Santiago Peña als Präsident Paraguays abgesetzt (de), NRC Paraguay beëdigt nieuwe president temidden van financiële crisis, oud-president onder huisarrest (nl), Jornal de Negócios Banco central do Paraguai começa a devolver fundos aos lesados do banco Ueno (pt), Diario Financiero Alliana jura como nuevo presidente de Paraguay y fiscalía ordena detención de Peña (es), Estadão Paraguai começa a devolver dinheiro aos correntistas do Ueno Bank (pt), Rzeczpospolita Zmiana prezydenta w Paragwaju, dziesiątki rannych w Sao Paulo (pl), Aftenposten Paraguays president avsatt i riksrettssak og pågrepet – ny president tatt i ed (no) · see all

  1. Berkshire Hathaway ploughs $9.6bn into share buybacks

    Financial Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Berkshire Makes Record $9.6 Billion Buyback, The Globe and Mail Berkshire Hathaway buys back US$9.6-billion of stock as profits declined

    In other languages: Jornal de Negócios Já sem Buffet na liderança, Berkshire recua 28% nos lucros e investe mais 8,6 mil milhões na recompra de ações (pt), Dagens industri Svidande vinsttapp för Berkshire Hathaway (sv), Dagens Næringsliv Resultatfall for Berkshire Hathaway – pengebingen økte igjen (no), Handelsblatt US-Holdinggesellschaft: Berkshire Hathaway kauft mehr eigene Aktien zurück (de) · see all

  2. Russian attacks kill 2, injure 37 across Ukraine over past day, hit substations connecting nuclear power plants to Kyiv

    Yuliia Taradiuk / The Kyiv Independent /

    Also: The Guardian Blackouts and water shortages in Kyiv after Russia strikes Ukraine’s energy grid, Kyiv Post Budanov: Russia Strikes Energy Grid to Spark Protests

  3. ECB’s Lagarde Says Inflation Likely to Stay High in Near Future

    Alessandra Migliaccio and Mark Schroers / Bloomberg /

  4. OpenAI Completes $11 Billion Portion of Funding at $1.25 Trillion Value

    Natasha Mascarenhas and Rebecca Torrence / Bloomberg /

    Also: Financial Times Anthropic to press ahead with IPO targeting $1.5tn valuation, MarketWatch Data centers run on debt. That was a problem for bonds this year — and it’s only going to get worse., The New York Times U.S. Cleared Nvidia Chips to Chinese Firms With Empty Offices and Troubling Ties, Semafor Nvidia faces a more hostile Washington, The National Nvidia pushes back after Jensen Huang asked to closed-door meeting in Congress over ties to Chinese 'asset', The Guardian US tech stock rout: is the AI bubble bursting?, BBC Why the US midterms sparked an AI stock selloff, Sky News Extinction events, data centre dramas and the US midterms: Why AI stocks lost trillions in one day · see all

    In other languages: Handelsblatt KI-Finanzierung: OpenAI sammelt laut Bericht elf Milliarden Dollar bei Investoren ein (de), Dagens industri Källor: Anthropic trotsar AI-stormen – går till börsen snart (sv), La Nación El presidente de OpenAI confirmó que la compañía podría salir a la Bolsa en 2027 (es), Valor Econômico Anthropic enfrenta pressão para reduzir avaliação do IPO após tombo das ações de IA (pt), Børsen Medie: USA kæder Nvidia-stifter sammen med formodet kinesisk spion (da), Der Spiegel Nvidia: Medienbericht wirft Huang Affäre mit mutmaßlicher chinesischer Spionin vor (de) · see all

  5. How Fast-Money Systematic Funds Stoked $2.3T Tech Rout

    Bloomberg /

  6. New Zealand’s National Party set to cling on to power

    Financial Times /

    Also: The Wall Street Journal New Zealand’s Conservatives Narrowly Lead in Election

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Wahlen: Regierung nach Wahl in Neuseeland knapp unter der absoluten Mehrheit (de)

  7. The midterms give Fed more room to raise rates, mut maybe less reason to do so

    Mint /

    Also: Bloomberg US Jobs Surge Raises Odds of December Fed Hike

  8. Exclusive-Expanding on naval blockade, US military looks to restrict Iranian land commerce

    Al-Monitor /

  9. Russia ships metal via the Arctic to evade Ukrainian strikes

    Financial Times /

    Also: Kyiv Post Russia Reroutes Pig Iron to Arctic Port Over Black Sea Strikes

  10. Another Major Corruption Scandal Shakes Ukraine

    Olena Tregub / Kyiv Post /

  11. The AI bubble faces reality

    Le Monde /

  12. US Midterms: What Is the Global Impact?

    Kyiv Post /

  13. New ‘high safety’ chemicals in plastic food packaging linked to lower birth weight, study finds

    Tom Perkins / The Guardian /

  14. Race to develop Ebola vaccine as deadly outbreak spreads in DR Congo

    Sky News /

  15. Anatomy of a Selloff: Sudden Chain Reaction Rattles Wall Street

    Jan-Patrick Barnert / Bloomberg /

  16. Drones Strike Saratov Refinery, Missiles Hit Oryol Plant

    Tymur Dubovyk / Kyiv Post /

    Also: The Kyiv Independent Ukraine strikes Oryol factory with Neptune missile, reportedly Saratov Oil Refinery in mass attack on Russian regions

  17. A ‘customer success story’: leaked documents show Cisco doubled down on Israeli military deals during Gaza war

    Alice Speri / The Guardian /

  18. Ottawa’s federal budget bets, one of Canada’s largest tech takeovers and Florida’s property tax vote vs. snowbirds: Must-read business and investing stories

    Abigale Subdhan / The Globe and Mail /

  19. Law Firms Have Malpractice Insurance. Should Their A.I. Agents?

    Sarah Kessler / The New York Times /

  20. Contest to Succeed ECB Head Lagarde Is Officially a Two-Horse Race

    Paul Hannon / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: Bloomberg ECB Deadline to Show If Lagarde Contest Is a Two-Horse Race

    In other languages: Le Temps Succession de Christine Lagarde à la BCE: les Pays-Bas et l’Espagne s’affrontent sur fond de tensions inflationnistes (fr)

  21. Zambia counts cost of record maize buying as southern Africa’s glut meets El Niño threat

    Brian Kenety / bne IntelliNews /

  22. UAE to become world's biggest generator of solar electricity by 2031, IEA says

    Alvin R Cabral / The National /

  23. French bank hit by €100 million cyber attack recovers some funds

    Le Monde /

  24. Inside the Operation That Helped Ukraine Reverse Some Russian War Gains

    Carlotta Gall / The New York Times /

Earlier today

  1. Tesla to axe Cybertruck as Musk shifts focus to robotics and AI

    Financial Times /

  2. Options Volumes Soar to Record Levels on Post-Election Sell Off

    Bernard Goyder / Bloomberg /

  3. Nasdaq sees worst day in 19 months as investors bet on AI slowdown after Democrats’ election triumph

    Graeme Wearden / The Guardian /

  4. SoftBank, ABB Consider China Carve-Out to Salvage Robotics Deal

    Allegra Catelli / Bloomberg /

  5. The datacentre arms race hits pause in south-east Asia

    Arundhati Hazra / The Guardian /