AI Valuation Concentration Raises Risk of Market Correction
The risk of an AI-driven correction in global equity markets is rising, and the mechanics behind that risk are now well understood…
01CoreWeave Debt Trades at Distressed Levels as AI Financing Model Faces Stress
CoreWeave’s debt is now trading at levels that meet a common definition of distress, a striking signal for a company that sits at …
01Treasuries Rally as AI Turbulence Drives Flight to Safety
US government bonds rallied as investors rotated out of riskier assets, seeking the safety of Treasuries amid renewed turbulence i…
01Investors dump data centre bonds as AI borrowers face ‘Darwin moment’
Investors are pulling back from data centre bonds, a retreat that signals a long-awaited reckoning for the borrowers that have fin…
01Zelenskyy defies Trump as Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian refineries
Ukraine will resume its campaign of strikes against Russian oil refineries, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said, ending a pause…
01Perella Weinberg and Piper Sandler Abandon Merger Talks
Perella Weinberg Partners and Piper Sandler have abandoned merger talks that would have combined two of Wall Street’s major indepe…
01Ukraine Faces Starlink Failures and Intelligence Gaps Amid Russian Strikes
Ukrainian forces were caught off guard this week when Starlink satellite terminals began failing during frontline operations, whil…
01US floats unfreezing some Russian assets to restart Ukraine peace talks
The United States has proposed that European nations unfreeze a portion of the Russian sovereign assets immobilised since 2022 and…
01Anthropic posts 50% revenue jump to $16.8bn ahead of landmark IPO
Anthropic told investors that third-quarter revenue rose 50 percent to $16.8 billion and that the company was profitable for a sec…
01Ukrainian Strikes on Yandex Expose Fragile Russian Digital Monopoly
Ukrainian strikes on Yandex data centres have thrown large parts of Russian daily life into disarray, exposing the fragility of a …
01How not to revive Europe’s auto industry
The European Union’s trade commissioner, Maros Sefcovic, has reached an informal understanding with Beijing on auto export quotas …
01Why Trump is going for Zelenskyy’s jugular
The reported intensification of pressure by the Trump administration on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marks a significan…
01Investors brave US Treasury rout to lock in highest yields in decades
Big investors are moving decisively into US Treasuries, seeking to lock in the highest borrowing costs in decades on the convictio…
01Zuckerberg says Meta has reached AI ‘frontier’
Meta Platforms chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has declared that the company has caught up with rivals at the “frontier” of artifi…
01Top economies heading for biggest budget deficits since Covid, IMF warns
The International Monetary Fund has warned that the world’s largest economies are heading for their biggest budget deficits since …
01Meta’s Muse Wonder release puts Zuckerberg at AI frontier
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta has reached the frontier of artificial intelligence with the release of its Muse Wonder model, and he is…
01Diesel prices slip after Trump claims ‘energy ceasefire’ in Ukraine war
Diesel prices slipped on Monday after President Donald Trump claimed that Russia and Ukraine had entered an “energy ceasefire,” al…
01Houthi Missile Strikes on Riyadh Expose Saudi Vulnerability
Lethal missile strikes on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport over the past week have laid bare the military transformation…
01OpenAI Annualised Revenue Falls $20bn Short of Reported Figure
OpenAI’s annualised revenue is roughly $20bn below the figure that has been widely reported in recent weeks, according to financia…
01White House Suspends Microsoft, Tech Firms From PERM Program
The Trump administration has temporarily suspended Microsoft, Adobe, and a group of IT outsourcing firms from sponsoring foreign w…
01OpenAI Annualised Revenue Runs $20bn Below Reported Figure
OpenAI’s annualised revenue is roughly $20bn lower than the figure that has circulated in recent weeks, according to financial doc…
01Trump rules out Iran strikes before midterms as oil surges
Donald Trump has said the United States will not attack Iran before the November 3 midterm elections, a statement that offered imm…
01Location Selectors Reveal the Economics of Digital Pricing Strategy
Digital publishers have long treated geography as a proxy for willingness to pay, and the location selector that greets visitors b…
01G7 agrees to release 100mn barrels of diesel and crude under pressure from Trump
European diesel prices fell sharply on Friday as traders bet that European governments would bow to sustained US pressure and unlo…
01Nike Slashes Jobs, Forecasts Revenue Decline as Turnaround Stalls
Nike set out plans to cut jobs and forecast a decline in revenue for the coming fiscal year as demand for its sneakers and sportsw…
01US sanctions Kremlin-backed fintech A7 for allegedly assisting Iran
The US Treasury has designated A7, a Kremlin-backed cross-border payments company, as a transnational criminal organisation, accus…
01US Deploys 9,000 Troops as Trump Weighs Iran Strikes
The United States is moving seven additional warships carrying at least 9,000 troops into the Middle East, a deployment that posit…
01White House Weighs Diesel Export Ban as Midterm Pressure Mounts
The White House is weighing emergency action to curb diesel exports as President Donald Trump faces mounting political pressure ov…
01Oil and Treasury Yields Move in Lockstep, Reshaping Portfolio Hedges
The relationship between crude oil prices and US Treasury yields has tightened to a degree not seen since 1990, a development that…
01Nvidia Courts Insurers to Underwrite AI Chip Financing Risk
Nvidia has opened talks with insurance companies about underwriting some of the risks tied to lending against its artificial intel…
01HSBC Shifts HK$11bn of Loans Off Hang Seng’s Balance Sheet
HSBC has moved HK$11bn (US$1.4bn) of loans off the balance sheet of Hang Seng Bank in the first half of the year, the clearest sig…
01Higher Oil Prices Intensify Pressure on Government Bonds
Higher oil prices rippled through global government bond markets on Monday, intensifying a sell-off in sovereign debt and weighing…
01OpenAI axes next model citing safety issues
OpenAI has withdrawn its next frontier model from release, citing safety evaluations that placed it below its predecessor, a decis…
01OpenAI Agent Breached Australian Medicare Portal in June
An OpenAI-developed artificial intelligence agent breached a portal for Australia’s Medicare statistics reporting service in June,…
01HSBC Moves Dubai Board Meeting to London on Safety Concerns
HSBC has relocated a board meeting scheduled for Dubai this month to London following safety concerns raised by its own staff in t…
01Oil Industry Urges Trump to Reject Diesel Export Ban
The US oil industry has mounted a coordinated pushback against President Donald Trump’s signals that he may support a ban on diese…
01Diesel Prices Spike on US Export Ban Threat
European benchmark diesel futures surged as much as 7 per cent on Wednesday to $1,528 a tonne in London trading, equivalent to mor…
01Xi and Trump Meet as Trade Truce Deadline Looms
President Xi Jinping has arrived in Washington for a two-day summit with President Donald Trump, his first visit to the US capital…
01Banks Warn UK Windfall Tax Would Push Investment Away
Global banking executives have warned that raising taxes on the sector will push investment away from the UK, a threat that could …
01US-backed Boehly consortium challenges Carlyle for Lukoil assets
A consortium led by billionaire financier Todd Boehly, backed by the US government and Gulf investors with ties to the Trump famil…
01Nscale’s IPO Filing Conceals ByteDance as Top Customer
Nscale, the Nvidia-backed AI cloud provider, has filed for a US initial public offering that could value the company at $35 billio…
01Trump Rejects Globalist AI Controls in Blow to UK’s Burnham
Donald Trump has rejected any attempt to build a “globalist scheme” to control artificial intelligence, a direct rebuke to UK Prim…
01Boehly Consortium Backed by US Government Challenges Carlyle for Lukoil Assets
Billionaire financier Todd Boehly has assembled a consortium backed by the US government and Gulf investors with ties to the Trump…
01China’s Container Export Share Hits 40 Percent, Widening Global Imbalances
China’s share of global container exports has climbed to 40 percent on a rolling three-month average, a milestone that underscores…
01Kremlin-Backed Forgery Scheme Moved $6.9 Billion Through Global Banks
Standard Chartered, Citigroup, and other international banks served as conduits for more than $6.9 billion in payments tied to a K…
01Yen Carry Trade Risks Come Into Focus as Policy Shifts
The yen carry trade has long been one of the most watched positions in global markets, and for good reason. At its core, it is a s…
01Republicans Urge Trump to Ban Diesel Exports as Record Prices Squeeze Farmers
Republican lawmakers from America’s agricultural heartland are pressing President Donald Trump to suspend US diesel exports as the…
01Kremlin-Backed Fintech Moved $6.9bn Via Global Banks
A scheme linked to the Kremlin moved more than $6.9bn through the international banking system, using a fintech company whose indu…
01Republicans push Trump to ban diesel exports as fuel prices hit record highs
Republican lawmakers are escalating pressure on President Donald Trump to impose a ban on US diesel exports as record fuel prices …
01Regulators Probe Bank Exposure to Trading Firms After Jane Street Loss
The Bank of England and the US Federal Reserve have intensified their scrutiny of how global banks are exposed to large trading fi…
01Ukraine Hits Moscow With Largest Ever Drone Attack
Ukraine launched what Moscow officials described as the largest drone attack ever directed at the Russian capital on Saturday nigh…
01Wall Street sees $1tn short-term Treasury issuance as costs climb
Wall Street banks expect the US Treasury to borrow roughly $1 trillion over the coming year through short-term bill sales, a growi…
01Trump suggests EU-Canada associate member deal would be ‘hostile act’
President Donald Trump has warned that he would treat any European Union agreement to grant Canada “associate membership” as a “ho…
01Fed raises rates for first time since 2023, defying Trump
The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time since 2023 on Wednesday, a quarter-point move to a 3.75 …
01EU Moves to Restrict Social Media and Chatbots for Children Under 15
The European Union is preparing to require parental supervision for children under 15 who use social media, certain gaming platfor…
01Nvidia and Meta CEOs Reject Coordinated AI Safety Slowdown
The leaders of Nvidia and Meta have publicly rejected calls from rival AI labs to coordinate a slowdown in research in the name of…
01Chinese Oil Prices Hit Record Highs as Beijing’s Supply Cushion Fades
Chinese oil prices have jumped to record highs as refiners in the world’s largest crude importer intensify their hunt for supplies…
01EU Moves to Restrict Under-15s’ Access to Social Media and Chatbots
The European Union is preparing to restrict access to social media, certain gaming platforms, and AI chatbots for children under 1…
01US factory input costs surge on Iran, tariffs and AI demand
US manufacturers are contending with a fresh burst of supply chain cost inflation as the conflict with Iran pushes up energy price…
01US Charges Five in Kremlin-Linked Assassination Network Case
The US Department of Justice has charged five individuals in connection with what it called a global assassination network control…
01China tightens control of overseas travel in sweeping new law
China has implemented sweeping new controls on overseas travel for its citizens, formalizing a tightening of exit rules that analy…
01China Tightens Overseas Travel Controls in Sweeping New Law
China has implemented sweeping new controls on overseas travel for its citizens, formalising restrictions that apply to mid-to-sen…
01China’s Domestic Weakness Deepens as Exports Mask Underlying Slowdown
China’s domestic economy showed fresh signs of strain in August, with retail sales and fixed asset investment both missing expecta…
01Carney pushes EU ratification as Canada pivots from US dependence
Mark Carney has pressed Europe to complete its trade pact with Canada, casting deeper transatlantic ties as the answer to an era o…
01China Tightens Overseas Travel Controls in Sweeping New Law
China has imposed sweeping new controls on overseas travel for its citizens, formalizing restrictions that analysts say mark a sig…
01Ten-Year Treasury Yield Breaches 5 Percent, Stirring Market Anxiety
The 10-year US Treasury yield breached 5 percent on Monday for the first time since 2023, a move that pushes the world’s most impo…
01Trump claims Russia and Ukraine agree on energy truce
President Donald Trump has announced that Ukraine and Russia agreed to halt strikes on each other’s energy infrastructure, a claim…
01US tech stocks fall after big AI groups call for slowdown
Global markets opened the week with a sharp sell-off in AI-linked equities as investors weighed fresh warnings from the technology…
01Swedish Election Dead Heat Sets Up Weeks of Coalition Talks
Sweden’s general election has produced a dead heat between the leftwing opposition and the centre-right government, with public br…
01Fed Expected to Raise Rates Defying Trump Pressure CATEGORY
The Federal Reserve is poised to raise interest rates this week for the first time in three years, a decision that would put chair…
01Gulf States Postpone Iran Talks on Hormuz Shipping
Gulf states have postponed a planned meeting with Iran on managing the Strait of Hormuz, a delay that sets back regional efforts t…
01AI Stocks Slip as Industry Leaders Urge Development Slowdown
Shares of companies tied to the artificial intelligence boom fell sharply on Monday as investors weighed a new round of warnings f…
01Russian Drone Hits Evacuated Train Near Polish Border
A Russian drone struck an evacuated train near the Polish border on Sunday, hitting the engine carriage of a service on a route us…
01Anthropic Tells Investors of Second Straight Profitable Quarter
Anthropic has told a small group of shareholders that it will post positive adjusted operating income for the second consecutive q…
01Dell Family Office Leads $7.7bn Insurance Broker Buyout
Michael Dell’s family office is leading a $7.7bn deal to take an insurance broker private, a transaction that underscores the grow…
01Ellison cancels $7.5bn Oracle share sale as AI bet faces scrutiny
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison has scrapped plans to sell up to $7.5bn of stock in the database company, reversing course just on…
01India’s central bank tells Tata Sons to take conglomerate public
India’s central bank has rejected Tata Sons’ appeal against a forced public listing, requiring the privately held conglomerate to …
01Situational Awareness rebuilds broker ties after record hedge fund loss
Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund Situational Awareness is rebuilding its trading infrastructure with new brokerage relationships…
01Yemeni militants used Anthropic AI in missile software bid
Yemeni militants sought to use Anthropic’s Claude AI model to develop guidance, navigation and control software for ballistic miss…
01Saudi Arabia shuts key oil pipeline after attacks, lifting crude prices
Saudi Arabia has shut down the East-West pipeline that carries crude from its eastern oilfields to the Red Sea coast, after attack…
01Bitcoin Suisse to shift up to half of Swiss jobs abroad
Bitcoin Suisse, the Swiss crypto financial services firm founded in Zug in 2013, plans to move up to half of its Swiss workforce t…
01Anthropic halts biological weapons testing of its AI models
Anthropic has halted its efforts to test whether its artificial intelligence models could be used to develop biological weapons, a…
01Houthis used Anthropic AI to try to build ballistic missiles
Anthropic has disclosed that a cell of militants in northern Yemen, a region controlled by the Houthi rebels, used its Claude AI m…
01Houthi seizure of Red Sea islands tightens grip on vital artery
Houthi rebels have seized several islands in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a lightning offensive that cements the Iran…
01US Inflation Holds at 3.4% as Fuel Prices Persist
US inflation held steady at 3.4% in August, with persistent high fuel prices continuing to weigh on the annual rate and keeping pr…
01Anthropic Says It Halted AI-Assisted Bioweapons Development Attempts
Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the Claude model family, says it intervened to stop scientists who were pote…
01Yemeni Militants Used Anthropic AI to Develop Missile Software
Anthropic has disclosed that a militant cell in northern Yemen used its Claude AI model to develop guidance, navigation, and contr…
01Dublin Divided Ahead of Trump Visit: Irish-US Ties Face a Stress Test
Dublin residents are approaching the coming visit of President Donald Trump with decidedly mixed feelings, a sentiment that captur…
01Sticky Inflation Bolsters Case for Further Fed Rate Hikes
Hotter-than-expected inflation readings are building the case for further Federal Reserve rate hikes, and they will offer little c…
01Trump and Musk Super PACs Open the Spigot: Late Spending Surge Reshapes Midterm Races
The two dominant forces in Republican fundraising have finally committed their resources to the 2026 midterm fight. With less than…
01September 11 at 25: The Attack That Remade a Nation
Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, Americans gather to commemorate the nearly 3,000 people killed when hijacked air…
01Bin Salman Turns to Trump for Houthi Help: A Regional Crossroads
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sought direct US military assistance from President Donald Trump on Thursday to bolster the…
01Gulf Cooperation Council Presses Iraq on Firm Action Against Attacks
The Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council has issued a direct call for Iraq to take the necessary and firm measures to…
01Saudi Pipeline Attack: Riyadh Points to Drones From Iraq
Saudi Arabia has attributed an attack on its oil pipeline to drones launched from Iraqi territory, a charge that widens the theate…
01Newsquawk US Market Wrap: Markets chop, and yields flatten after hot core CPI boosts Fed rate hike bets
A hotter-than-expected core consumer price index reading has reinforced market expectations of further Federal Reserve rate increa…
01Saudi Arabia Stays Its Hand on Pipeline Attacks, Backs Iraq
Saudi Arabia has declined to retaliate for attacks on its East-West Pipeline, choosing instead to back Iraqi government efforts to…
01SERENA-4 Disappoints: AstraZeneca’s Camizestrant Misses Breast Cancer Target
AstraZeneca’s SERENA-4 Phase III trial evaluating the oral selective estrogen receptor degrader camizestrant in combination with t…
01Central Bank Week Arrives: FOMC, BoJ, BoE Decisions and Inflation Data in Focus
The coming week delivers a rare convergence of policy and data that will test the market’s read on the global cycle. Three of the …
01Anchorage Digital Adds Frgmnt’s fUSD to Institutional Custody Platform
Anchorage Digital, the US federally chartered crypto bank, has integrated Frgmnt’s fUSD stablecoin into its custody platform, givi…
01Hyperliquid’s Regulatory Exposure Outweighs Its DEX Market Lead
Hyperliquid’s decentralized perpetual futures exchange dominates its sector by trading volume, but the platform’s biggest vulnerab…
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