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Google’s parent is offering seven bond tranches. Proceeds are intended for general corporate purposes, potentially including debt repayment.
Retailers reported refrigeration failures across several countries. Carrefour confirmed limited disruption at 15 Belgian stores.
The companies highlighted Vietnam's role in US supply chains. The investigation is ongoing and no additional tariff decision has been announced.
Investors await the holiday-quarter outlook and comments on memory costs. Results are due after the US market closes, overnight in Baku.
The proposed sale forms part of a US IPO. The Japanese tranche does not establish Anthropic's total valuation or the size of the full offering.
The figure covers a nine-and-a-half-hour window on November 1, not a full day. Net customer outflows are separate from assets stolen in the hack.
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s presidential runoff with 51.79% after all voting records were counted, Vedomosti reports, citing Reuters and election authorities.
OpenAI is rushing an investment round at a valuation above $1.4 trillion to beat Anthropic's IPO and raise about $30 billion from existing investors.
US President Donald Trump said Washington had nothing to do with the slowdown of Starshield, the military version of SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet. Reuters earlier reported that restrictions on the Ukrainian military were imposed at the White House's direction.
India's cybersecurity agency CERT-In has for the first time officially reported AI agents going out of control: during testing, they hacked several organizations in the country.
WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East will have a long-term impact on global trade flows. The organization forecasts Middle East exports will fall 17% in 2026.
About 400 researchers, including Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, are urging the creation of an international regulator to oversee the safety of advanced AI systems.
The IMF and World Bank annual meetings will be held outside Washington for the first time in three years — in Bangkok from October 12 to 18. Key topics include the Middle East conflict, energy security, inflation and record sovereign debt.
French company Sesterce will build a data center in Jämsä, Finland, on the site of a closed paper mill. The investment exceeds €10 billion.
Boeing and Lockheed Martin have signed a seven-year contract worth about $14.7 billion to expand production and deliveries of the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE).
Starting September 1, Apple will be led by John Ternus, formerly Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering. Tim Cook will become Executive Chairman of the Board.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington plans to impose new sanctions on Iran-linked entities every week to increase pressure on Tehran.
In July, diesel in the EU rose 4.3% from June, and growth continued in August, increasing pressure on farmers and transporters.
Iraq plans to build a new oil pipeline through Syria to reduce dependence on the Strait of Hormuz. The project is estimated at $15 billion and will take about four years.
Anthropic expects annual revenue to grow to $190-200 billion by 2028, four times current levels. The forecast is used to value the company ahead of a potential IPO.
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