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Anthropic launches Personal Finance, Claude’s spending tracker for US users
The beta connects up to 16 US banks through Plaid on a read-only basis, with no date yet for a European release.
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Wall Street’s worst day since April 2025 puts S&P 500 risks in focus
The index trades at valuations last seen in the dot-com bubble, with the Fed back in hiking mode and tech at 37.9% of the...
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Anthropic IPO could make 4,250 employees millionaires
The private-market platform Hill puts that at about 80% of the workforce, while the valuation under discussion has slipped from...
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Microsoft drops Nscale expansion option at Texas data center
The British neocloud provider, which is seeking a listing at about $35 billion, must now find new buyers for the capacity.
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Anthropic launches Personal Finance, Claude’s spending tracker for US users
The beta connects up to 16 US banks through Plaid on a read-only basis, with no date yet for a European release.
Big Tech Stocks
Microsoft drops Nscale expansion option at Texas data center
The British neocloud provider, which is seeking a listing at about $35 billion, must now find new buyers for the capacity.
Big Tech Stocks
Chip index drops nearly 6% on Qualcomm guidance and data center curbs
Democratic control of Congress has put new data center construction in doubt, from a proposed Texas moratorium to grid-cost conditions in Ohio.
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Russia sells gold at fastest pace since the 1998 default
The Bank of Russia has shed 62 metric tons in ten months while other central banks buy, and the Kremlin is now selling 7.8% of shipping giant...
US Economy
Democrats win both chambers, and Wall Street shifts its bets
With both chambers going to the Democrats, Wall Street is rethinking its bets: health care in front, technology under scrutiny and a weaker...
US Economy
Democrats favored at 74% as Americans vote in midterm elections
All 435 House seats and 35 Senate seats are on the ballot, but strategists say earnings, interest rates and AI spending will move US stocks...
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Luxury
Kering stock sinks 14% as Gucci drags down the third quarter: Barclays maps the best and worst case
A wave of target-price cuts followed Kering’s third-quarter results, with Barclays sketching a bull case at €310 a share and a bear case at €110.
Luxury
LVMH disappoints in the third quarter: China slows again and the stock slides after a difficult 2026
Third-quarter revenue grew just 1% organically, against a luxury sector expected to run closer to 5%, as Fashion & Leather Goods — the...
Pop Economics
Britain’s least reliable cars of 2026, according to a major owner survey
The What Car? annual reliability survey has ranked the best and worst cars on British roads, and three German models and one French model sit...
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Stocks
Wall Street’s worst day since April 2025 puts S&P 500 risks in focus
The index trades at valuations last seen in the dot-com bubble, with the Fed back in hiking mode and tech at 37.9% of the benchmark.
IPOs & Earnings
Anthropic IPO could make 4,250 employees millionaires
The private-market platform Hill puts that at about 80% of the workforce, while the valuation under discussion has slipped from $2 trillion to...
Crypto
Bitcoin falls to $76,000 as Nasdaq slide triggers $430 million in ETF outflows
The drop wiped out the entire post-midterm recovery above $80,000, leaving $75,000 as the last support before the 200-day moving average at...