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easyJet bid war: Apollo tops Castlelake with £5.7bn bid
easyJet bid war heats up after Apollo offered 715p a share, topping Castlelake and leaving investors to price in rival responses and deal risk.
India crypto ban warning: RBI revives prohibition case
India crypto ban warnings hardened as the RBI backed a prohibition-leaning stance and tax officials said offshore trading obscures gains.
Anthropic tightens China access to Claude after workarounds
Anthropic tightened China access to Claude after users kept bypassing controls, raising the stakes for AI compliance and model distribution.
CMA CGM nears $1.4bn deal for FedEx logistics unit
CMA CGM nears a $1.4bn deal for FedEx's logistics unit, extending the carrier's US supply-chain push as 2026 M&A activity accelerates.
China factory PMI rises to 50.3 as export demand leads
China factory PMI rose to 50.3 in June as AI-linked export demand kept manufacturing expanding, while domestic demand stayed soft.
Oil prices fall as Hormuz tankers move and war premium fades
Oil prices fell toward pre-war levels as tanker traffic resumed through Hormuz and crude discounts widened, easing the latest supply fears.
Iran banking cyberattack hits 3 lenders, halts card services
Iran banking cyberattack halted card services at three lenders, pressuring ATMs, point-of-sale terminals and mobile apps across the country.
Anthropic curbs are becoming an AI trade fight with US allies
Anthropic export curbs are forcing allies to treat US frontier AI as revocable infrastructure, complicating Washington's push to sell its stack abroad.
China oil refiners cut output as imports plunge
China oil refiners cut output to a near four-year low after May crude imports fell 29 per cent, testing Asia's demand outlook.
Bitcoin treasury firms lose $62bn as ETF bid fades
Bitcoin treasury firms are losing the ETF-backed bid that made listed balance-sheet wrappers look like permanent buyers as Strategy sells.
China policy loan rate falls to record low of 1.45%
China policy loan rate fell to a record-low 1.45% as the PBOC eased bank funding costs, signaling more support for growth and liquidity.
Strait of Hormuz reopening may not cool oil or freight
Strait of Hormuz reopening may still leave oil, LNG and freight markets jammed as a 1,500-ship backlog, mine clearing and war-risk premiums linger.
Politics is back to breaking emerging-market rallies
Emerging markets political risk is hitting currencies, bonds and equities together, forcing investors to reprice carry trades.
SpaceX's retail IPO experiment puts brokers in the hot seat
SpaceX IPO retail access through Robinhood, Fidelity and Schwab widens the queue, but it also pushes allocation risk and volatility into broker apps.
Gulf AI data-center bets face a war-risk repricing
Gulf AI data-center economics are being repriced as war risk, higher power costs and redundancy demands raise the hurdle rate for new campuses.
Hormuz reopening nears as Iran offers uranium concession
Hormuz reopening moved closer after Iran signaled it could surrender enriched uranium for sanctions relief under a 60-day framework.
U.S.-Iran ceasefire extension nears as Hormuz may reopen
U.S.-Iran ceasefire extension talks point to a 60-day deal and phased Hormuz reopening, giving oil and tanker markets a new de-escalation signal.
Trump’s 3,711 trades point to indexing, not stock picking
Trump stock trades point to direct indexing: thousands of tickets, Russell 3000 overlap and fuzzy disclosures leave the real mechanism partly hidden.
US fuel prices may stay high after any Iran ceasefire
US fuel prices may stay high after any Iran ceasefire, with gasoline near $4.55 a gallon as inventories, refining and travel demand stay tight.
China AI stock rally scrutiny widens to companies, funds
China AI stock rally scrutiny is widening as exchanges press companies and funds to justify disclosures, valuations and their links to the theme.
Fed rate cuts 2026: Nomura sees none as inflation stays sticky
Fed rate cuts in 2026 are looking less likely after Nomura dropped its easing call, citing sticky inflation, firm jobs data and a hawkish backdrop.
Polymarket seeks Japan approval in global market push
Polymarket's Japan approval push adds a new regulatory test for prediction markets as U.S. officials debate rulemaking and trading-integrity risks.
Indonesia export controls turn commodity policy into market risk
Indonesia export controls hit coal and palm oil stocks as investors price a wider test of margins, FX retention and state intervention.
Target (TGT) earnings: 4% sales outlook tests rebound
Target earnings showed 5.6 per cent comparable-sales growth and a 4 per cent sales outlook, sharpening the market's read on shoppers and the turnaround.
Fed rate cuts 2026: Reuters poll points to longer hold
Fed rate cuts 2026 look less likely as a Reuters poll, firmer inflation forecasts and higher Treasury yields push markets to price a longer hold.
