US stocks gained in a recovery rally yesterday following the Fed's first rate hike in three years

Mozambique and Senegal's eurobonds are up 3% and 2.2% MTD respectively amid progress in IMF restructuring talks while other EM bonds are negative

Dave & Buster's swung to a loss in Q3 as it struggles to regain relevancy with customers (WSJ)

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For the third time running, markets have no direction on the Fed's rate policy within 30 days of the FOMC meeting

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Dario snubbed from Trump-Xi White House state dinner (NYP)

China's US Treasury holdings fell to the lowest since 2008 (FT)

BOE scraps long-end gilt sales to unwind QE by 2034 (BBG)

Rising rates will make PE's bad year a lot worse (WSJ)

Wall Street warns trading boom is losing steam (FT)

Canadian startups move to US for 'hungrier' VCs (BBG)

Bridgewater has "very small position" in AI build out trade (TI)

DOJ blasts states legal challenges to major US M&A deals (BBG)

Michael Burry joined Minerva as senior advisor for new short fund (RT)

KKR passed Partners Group as Europe's top evergreen fund manager (BBG)

SpaceX discusses buying data for AI models from failed startups (BBG)

Barclays staff revolt over RTO rules (FT)

HSBC axes $38,000 school fee perk for new Hong Kong bankers (FT)

CalPERS CEO took home a $1M bonus (BBG)

OpenAI disclosed new instances of 'concerning model behavior' (CNBC)

Glencore suspended a senior executive amid ties to Radiant World (FT)

Billionaires line up to bankroll Republicans in elections (FT)

Corporate donations to state AGs are setting records this year (WSJ)

Travis Kelce fell for $35M Ponzi fraud by Indian illegal immigrant (NYP)

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Exxon is nearing a preliminary deal to invest in Venezuela

Apollo is exploring full or partial sale of floating LNG infrastructure provider Energos Infrastructure at an over $3B valuation

Carlyle and CVC will acquire Dutch security technology provider BauWatch from German family holding company Haniel at a $1.15B valuation

$1B-listed shale oil producer HighPeak Energy is exploring a sale, sources say

Blackstone is preparing a disposal of Clarion Events' Asian business in a $600M-$700M deal 

UK's Capricorn Energy agreed to revised terms ​of a $396M takeover offer from Norwegian ‌oil firm DNO

Brookfield will invest $600M in ACME Cleantech Ventures in its first green fuels investment in India and the Middle East 

Botswana may settle for just a 15% stake in diamond monopoly De Beers as Anglo American pursues a sale

AI infrastructure provider Crusoe raised a $3.9B Series F at at a $30.9B post-money ​valuation co-led by Atreides, Mubadala, and ​Valor Equity Partners

AI agent startup Instinct is in talks to raise $1B at a $10B valuation less than a month after raising $250M at a $2.5B valuation

Chinese AI agent startup Manus is in talks to raise $500M at a $4B valuation in its first funding round after being unwound from Meta

UK AI voice startup ElevenLabs is in talks to raise $500M from investors including EU's Scaleup Europe Fund

D-Robotics, a provider of robotics development infrastructure, raised a $400M Series C from a leading tech firms and VCs 

R3 Lithium, a battery recycling and lithium carbonate recovery provider, raised a $15M Series A led by Integral GlobalTech Partners

Airtel Africa, the African telecoms unit of Indian conglomerate Bharti Enterprises, may downsize the London IPO of its mobile money business Airtel Money from $1.75B to $800M at a lower $8B-$9B valuation

Barings and Farallon Capital-backed European cinema operator Vue is exploring a London IPO or sale at a $2B valuation 

Spanish renewable energy company Ignis Energia expects to unveil its $690M IPO plan this month

European digital infrastructure group LIAN Group is considering raising $500M in a Europe or US IPO

PE firm Advent International will invest $328.5M in Indian hospital operator Yatharth Hospital for a 25% stake

Historic Italian gunmaker Beretta launched ‌an offer to boost its stake in US sporting firearm manufacturer Ruger from 10% to 25% at a ​20% premium

Istvan Tiborcz's BDPST Group agreed to sell a 20.5% stake in digital bank Granit Bank following an earlier deal to sell down 9.9% as father-in-law and ex-Hungary PM Orban comes under corruption probes

Spanish copper manufacturer Cunext Copper Industries is considering an IPO

UK fintech Revolut is planning a dual US and London IPO

AI note-taking startup Plaud plans to IPO in 2028

Ethiopia approved 11 new stock market listings

Aethlon Medical surged 400% after announcing an all-stock reverse-merger with biotech North Immunology

Citigroup raised $12B in its largest-ever dollar bond sale

Apollo is in talks boost the size of SoftBank's loan from $5.4B to $9B to help the firm finance its OpenAI investment

CoreWeave is seeking to raise $3B in a convertible bond sale 

Data center developer CleanSpark is seeking to raise $2.2B in a debut junk-bond sale to fund AI infrastructure tied to Meta

A group of banks sweetened terms on a $1.1B financing to fund Intersnack Group's $2.9B acquisition of a stake in Utz Brands 

Data center operator GMI Cloud is seeking a $300M loan to buy chips for its facility in Thailand

Bondholders of Brazilian petrochemicals giant Braskem are balking at a restructuring proposal and raising pressure on Petrobras to commit fresh capital after owners Petrobras and IG4 Capital softened language around a previously agreed $11B out-of-court restructuring

Canada's CPPIB and Brookfield launched a $35B Maple Fund to pursue large-scale investments across Canada 

Morgan Stanley Investment Management raised $1.3B for a debut growth equity fund

Spanish PE firm Portobello Capital raised $815M for its fifth flagship fund

Indian family office Dani and Taiwanese VC firm JC Capital launched a $105M India-focused VC fund to back tech and advanced manufacturing startups 

SEC opens market to tokenized stocks 

Shareholder revolt hits crypto hoarders after $50B crash

AI fuels 440% surge in hackers using blockchains to aid attacks

Democrats say they are still committed to passing the Clarity Act

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