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MacroLive Wire · AI-collected

UK Job Vacancies Fall to Five-Year Low as Small Firms Cut Back on Hiring

UK job vacancies fell by 21,000 in the three months to September to 691,000, their lowest level in more than five years, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS); small firms cited rising labour costs as a key factor in scaling back hiring, with the largest decrease in construction jobs, while companies also pointed to higher energy costs since the Iran war began and increases in National Insurance and the minimum wage.
The unemployment rate fell to 4.7% in the three months to August, down from 4.9% previously, while average earnings excluding bonuses rose 3.7% (0.8% in real terms after inflation); ONS deputy director David Freeman said the labour market "remains broadly flat in 2026" with the employment rate edging up and payroll numbers "slightly down... though data for the most recent month suggests that might be starting to level off."
Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said the data show the UK's labour market resilience, with the employment rate "now the third highest in the G7," but acknowledged "too many young people still find themselves locked out of employment"; the 16-24 unemployment rate was 15.6% in the June-August quarter, down from 16.4% in March-May but still above the 14.6% rate a year earlier.

Published 4d agoSource: BBC ↗

BioLive Wire · AI-collected

AstraZeneca Partners With Oracle on AI-Driven Clinical Research

AstraZeneca and Oracle announced a partnership to use AI to improve clinical research processes, drawing on Oracle's AI, cloud computing, and data-management systems; the collaboration focuses on applying AI to connect scientific research with clinical workflows rather than discovering new drug targets.
Planned applications include clinical-trial patient recruitment, earlier disease diagnosis, and drug-safety monitoring; the first program will address hypertension treatment and clinical research in Abu Dhabi alongside healthcare group M42, before expanding to additional projects across the US, Middle East, and Europe.
The partnership is expected to span AstraZeneca's core therapeutic areas, including oncology, cardiovascular disease, kidney and metabolic disease, respiratory and immunology, and rare diseases; neither company disclosed financial terms or a contract duration.

Published 4d agoSource: Investing.com ↗

MacroLive Wire · AI-collected

UK Chancellor Rejects Calls to Raise Capital Gains Tax Ahead of Budget

UK Chancellor John Healey has dismissed calls from some Labour MPs to raise Capital Gains Tax (CGT) ahead of next week's Budget, according to Treasury sources first reported by the Times; CGT currently stands at 18% for basic-rate taxpayers and 24% for higher and additional-rate taxpayers on profits from selling assets such as shares or non-primary-residence property.
The decision follows warnings that raising CGT could cost the government money if wealthy individuals leave the country or defer asset sales; Healey previously signaled his approach in a speech emphasizing business profitability and investment confidence, while Goldman Sachs chief economist Lord Jim O'Neill warned a CGT hike would send "the wrong message to business."
Cabinet ministers Wes Streeting and Louise Haigh had both previously backed equalizing CGT with income tax rates before Andy Burnham became prime minister in July; separately, senior banking executives told the BBC they expect Healey to raise taxes on the banking sector, which has been reporting strong profits.

Published 4d agoSource: BBC ↗

EnergyLive Wire · AI-collected

Oil Majors Face Spending Test From Iran War Windfall Cash

Reuters reports that oil majors' third-quarter earnings are set to jump sharply after the US-Israel war with Iran disrupted the Strait of Hormuz and pushed energy prices to multi-year highs, boosting refining and trading profits; Shell expects refining margins to roughly triple or quadruple year-on-year with a record $42-a-barrel margin, TotalEnergies expects refining and chemicals cash flow to roughly double quarter-on-quarter to about $4 billion, Exxon says downstream profit could rise $4.5 billion from the prior quarter, and BP's underlying profit could top $7 billion according to TPH, up from $5.7 billion in Q2.
Investors are watching closely how the windfall cash is deployed, given the industry's history of boom-bust spending cycles; Chevron and Exxon have so far used cash to pay down debt, with Chevron's Venezuela investments and a potential extension of its Kazakhstan TCO joint venture in focus, while Shell's buyback program-cut to $3 billion per quarter this year-could see a top-up of about $3 billion in Q4 per HSBC.
BP has paused buybacks this year and hit its net-debt-reduction target about a year early, with its net-debt-to-operating-cash-flow ratio seen falling from 1.7x at the end of 2025 to about 0.8x in Q3; HSBC expects BP to prioritize balance-sheet strength and sees no buyback resumption before 2028, with a capital-allocation strategy update due December 15. Shell and TotalEnergies report Q3 results October 29, with BP, Chevron, and Exxon reporting October 30.

Published 4d agoSource: Reuters ↗

MacroLive Wire · AI-collected

France Imposes Curfews in Parts of Paris, Other Cities After Weekend of Riots

France saw clashes between protesters and police and looting over the weekend during nationwide anti-government demonstrations, with about 3,000 shops damaged according to an industry group, roughly 2,400 people arrested, one protester dying of cardiac arrest, and about 1,000 police officers injured; luxury stores at Paris's Place Vendome were damaged, Olympique Marseille's official store was looted in Marseille, and a town hall in central France was set on fire.
Authorities imposed an overnight curfew from 11pm to 6am in Paris's Republique and Les Halles areas, minor curfews from 8pm to 6am for two days in Lille, Douai, Vatagnin and Denain, and a nighttime minors' curfew in central Nice, while Marseille banned gatherings and protests; Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu ruled out a full Paris-wide curfew but did not rule out declaring a state of emergency.
President Macron rejected the resignation offer of Interior Minister Laurent Nunez and instead ordered an end to the unrest and transparency over what he called "intelligence and foresight failures," after roughly 60,000 police and security personnel were deployed Saturday but deemed insufficient; French assets underperformed major European markets on Monday amid the political tension, and unions have called new strikes and rallies for November 5.

Published 4d agoSource: Reuters ↗

IndustrialsLive Wire · AI-collected

Volkswagen's Bet on Xpeng to Save Its China Business Isn't Going to Plan

Volkswagen partnered with Chinese EV maker Xpeng in 2023 to speed up development of China-tailored models, producing the electric SUV ID. UNYX 08 and sedan UNYX 09; the UNYX 08 sold an average of just 267 units a month from April to August, far below Volkswagen's 2026 target of 3,622 per month, while rivals Xiaomi YU7 and Zeekr 7X sold roughly 57,000 and over 21,000 units respectively in the same window.
Volkswagen has cut its 2026 sales forecast for the UNYX 08 by more than 60% to 12,300 units and lowered its 2027 forecast to 64,000, down from original 2024 plans of 32,600 and 70,400 units; the company is now advertising discounts of 17% off the roughly $34,260 launch price, and sold through a small new dealer network under its Volkswagen Anhui EV subsidiary-now at 166 outlets-instead of the more than 3,000 existing joint-venture dealerships of FAW and SAIC.
Volkswagen's China market share has fallen from about one in five cars sold in 2019 to roughly 10% in the first eight months of 2026, with the region's profit contribution dropping from nearly half of group earnings to about 10%; the company lost the top sales spot to BYD in 2023, is undertaking its largest restructuring in 89 years, and has seen separate alliance talks with BYD and Leapmotor fail to materialize, alongside legal disputes over its flying-car venture and a charging joint venture.

Published 4d agoSource: Reuters ↗

Big TechLive Wire · AI-collected

Sea's CEO Says Fintech Arm Monee Could Go Public, WSJ Reports

Sea Limited CEO Forrest Li told employees in an internal memo, marking the company's ninth anniversary on the New York Stock Exchange, that digital financial-services unit Monee has become Sea's fastest-growing business in recent quarters and is approaching a stage where it could operate independently, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Li said Sea's three main businesses-Monee, e-commerce platform Shopee, and gaming unit Garena-have all reached scale, turned profitable, and continue to grow, and credited the company's public listing with providing capital and credibility that have drawn in more investors.
The memo did not specify a timeline or offering details for a potential Monee IPO; a listing would give the fintech unit easier access to capital to expand its financial-services business, according to the report.

Published 4d agoSource: Investing.com (citing WSJ) ↗

Big TechLive Wire · AI-collected

Vendor-Driven Software Upgrades Eat 28% of IT Budgets, Survey Finds

A survey of more than 2,000 large US and UK companies by software-maintenance firm Origina, reported by Reuters, found that vendor-driven upgrades, migrations and licensing changes consume an average of 28% of software budgets-spending companies did not choose, but which vendors imposed.
95% of respondents said they had paid for vendor-driven upgrades they expected to make things worse, 80% said losing a major software vendor would severely disrupt their business, and 84% said senior engineering staff "always" or "frequently" spend time on vendor-mandated changes; the average annual cost of the most recent vendor-driven change was $12.87 million.
91% said they had scrapped working hardware in the past three years to meet vendor support deadlines, giving up an average of 1.65 years of remaining useful life; Origina CEO Tomas O'Leary said companies often accept the upgrades because "saying yes is often a rational response," with the burden heaviest for firms running older, entrenched technology stacks.

Published 4d agoSource: Reuters ↗

MacroLive Wire · AI-collected

Rubio Kicks Off India Visit With Trade Deal, Russian Oil on Agenda

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio began a two-day visit to Mumbai and Jamnagar, India, days after President Trump waived threatened tariffs tied to India's purchases of Russian oil to help finalize a bilateral trade deal; Rubio is meeting Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar and Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, whose Jamnagar site houses the world's largest refining complex, after stops in Samarkand, Uzbekistan for Central Asian meetings.
Officials say a comprehensive US-India trade agreement is "nearly done" and could be signed during the visit, though the report gives no specific terms; Rubio said progress on the trade deal was a factor behind Trump's decision to waive tariff provisions that could have imposed duties of up to 100% on the top five buyers of Russian oil, a list that includes India (second after China) under a law Trump signed in September.
The waiver drew criticism from lawmakers in both parties who have pushed for pressure on Russia over the Ukraine war; Rubio said India is diversifying its energy sources but still imports millions of barrels of Russian oil daily, and the administration has begun a 60-day review on whether to reimpose tariffs-even as the US separately signed a diesel-import deal with Russia last week to help stabilize domestic fuel prices, muddying the push for India to cut Russian oil purchases.

Published 4d agoSource: Reuters ↗

Big TechLive Wire · AI-collected

Elice Shares Plunge 28% on Trading Debut as Investor Doubts Over AI Trade Deepen

Korean AI-infrastructure company Elice made its trading debut after pricing its IPO at the top of the range (₩90,500), raising about ₩201.1 billion (~$150 million) following institutional demand of 388.84x and retail demand of 408.26x, with subscription deposits exceeding ₩10 trillion; shares opened at ₩75,700 (-16.4%), fell as low as ₩61,000 (-32.6%) intraday, and closed around ₩65,300, down about 27.8%.
Investors cited high financing costs, heavy capital expenditure, and uncertain monetization timing for AI infrastructure buildouts as reasons for the selloff, despite Elice reporting H1 2026 revenue of ₩34.4 billion and operating profit of ₩10.3 billion, already surpassing full-year 2025 revenue of ₩39.5 billion and operating profit of ₩5.2 billion.
The debut adds to a string of recent setbacks for AI-infrastructure financing: Australia's Firmus postponed a $5 billion IPO last week, and CoreWeave's stock and bonds have come under pressure, as markets grow more skeptical of the economics behind the AI buildout even as underlying earnings growth continues.

Published 4d agoSource: Investing.com ↗

Big TechLive Wire · AI-collected

Australia to Sue Meta, TikTok, Snap and Google Over Alleged Under-16 Age-Ban Breaches, Bloomberg Reports

Australia's government plans to sue Meta (Facebook and Instagram), TikTok, Snap, and Google's YouTube over alleged breaches of the country's under-16 social media ban, Communications Minister Anika Wells said in a Bloomberg interview; the case would proceed in the Federal Court and is currently at an evidence-gathering stage, with no lawsuit yet filed.
The move follows an investigation opened in March by online safety regulator eSafety, which found in a July report that the platforms' age-verification measures were ineffective at keeping users under 16 off their services.
Lawmakers have since doubled the maximum penalty for breaches to A$109.2 million (about $76 million), underscoring the government's push to enforce the ban, one of the world's strictest social media age restrictions.

Published 4d agoSource: Bloomberg via Investing.com ↗

MacroLive Wire · AI-collected

Asia Stocks Slump as AI Jitters Hammer Korean Chipmakers Ahead of Tech Earnings

Asian equities fell broadly, with South Korea's Kospi down 2.5% as SK Hynix dropped 3.5%, Samsung Electronics fell 1.8%, and LG Innotek lost 2.4%; Japan's Nikkei slipped 0.5% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 1%, as renewed AI-related jitters hit chipmakers even after the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) snapped an eight-session losing streak-its longest since 2008-with a 1.6% gain, and the Nasdaq 100 rose 1.2% in the prior US session.
China's central bank, the PBOC, held its benchmark loan prime rates unchanged for a 17th consecutive month while reportedly weighing a shift in its overnight-rate policy framework; separately, Indonesia's Jakarta Composite rebounded 2.3% after the prior week's historic selloff, and National Australia Bank's restructuring announcement added to regional headlines.
Markets are also digesting South Korean AI-infrastructure firm Elice's sharp IPO-debut decline, awaiting a busy earnings week led by Netflix, Tesla, Meta, and IBM alongside SpaceX-related news, watching Fed governor Kevin Warsh's recent comments, and weighing oil-price uncertainty tied to potential US sanctions waivers.

Published 4d agoSource: Investing.com ↗

SemisLive Wire · AI-collected

Micron Union in Taiwan to Launch Strike as Bonus Dispute Escalates

Micron's Taoyuan union in Taiwan announced it will strike on Thursday, escalating a dispute over the company's profit-sharing bonus structure; the union did not specify strike duration or participant numbers, saying details would be announced Thursday, and noted Micron employs about 15,000 people in Taiwan.
The strike date coincides with a scheduled mediation meeting between Micron and the Taichung union, which has separately won strike-authorization votes from its members but has not yet called a strike; Taoyuan's own mediation with Micron ended without agreement in September.
The Taoyuan union said the strike aims to show solidarity with the Taichung union and pressure the company to put forward a concrete profit-sharing proposal; Micron did not immediately comment in the report.

Published 5d agoSource: Investing.com ↗

IndustrialsLive Wire · AI-collected

Starboard Targets Solstice With $100 Million Cost-Cut Push After Failed Deal, FT Reports

Activist investor Starboard Value, which manages $8.2 billion in assets and has previously targeted Bristol-Myers Squibb, Salesforce, and Kenvue, holds a stake in Solstice Advanced Materials (NASDAQ: SOLS) reported to be worth several hundred million dollars; Starboard is demanding about $100 million in corporate overhead cost cuts, improved execution in Solstice's refrigerants and nuclear businesses, and a tighter focus on core operations, with founder and CEO Jeff Smith expected to present the case at a 13D Monitor activist investing summit.
The push follows Solstice's late-August withdrawal of its roughly $14.5 billion cash-and-stock merger with Element Solutions ahead of a shareholder vote; investors had questioned the strategic rationale given limited business overlap and raised capital-allocation concerns, since Solstice would have paid a higher earnings multiple for Element than its own market value implied.
Solstice, which makes chemicals for air conditioning, insulation, and refrigeration as well as electronics and semiconductor materials, also supplies chemicals used in uranium enrichment; its stock nearly doubled after its October 2025 spinoff from Honeywell before giving back most gains following the Element deal announcement and subsequent withdrawal. Starboard sees growth potential in the nuclear business tied to rising AI-data-center power demand and a 2028 US deadline to end imports of Russian enriched uranium, which positions Solstice as one of few companies able to perform early-stage uranium enrichment outside Russia and China.

Published 5d agoSource: Financial Times ↗

FinancialsLive Wire · AI-collected

NAB to Cut 2,500 Jobs as Bank Moves to Simplify Operations

National Australia Bank will cut up to 2,500 jobs over the next year, about 6% of its fiscal 2027 internal workforce, concentrated mainly in corporate functions and senior management, with the bank saying there will be no material impact on customer-facing banking roles; NAB also plans to significantly reduce reliance on consultants and external contractors.
The move follows a broader review of workforce and operating models amid deteriorating economic conditions, rising customer expectations, competitive pressure, and rapid technological change, aiming to reduce duplication and improve decision speed and execution; CEO Andrew Irvine said the strategy itself is unchanged. Australian banks face slowing housing activity, intensifying competition, and rising operating costs, and NAB warned in August that property tax changes would significantly slow 2027 mortgage growth.
NAB will book a pre-tax restructuring charge of about A$300 million (about $209 million) in fiscal 2027 for severance, relocation, and organizational redesign, versus about A$80 million each in fiscal 2025 and 2026; up to 1,500 positions will be cut by the end of 2026, with the rest completed by the end of September 2027. NAB said it will begin consultation with staff and the Finance Sector Union, offering redeployment, retraining, and career-transition support. NAB shares fell 2.8% to A$38.795 on the announcement, while the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.7%.

Published 5d agoSource: Reuters ↗

IndustrialsLive Wire · AI-collected

BHP Q1 Copper Output Falls 19% on Lower Grades, Disruptions

BHP's July-September quarter copper output fell about 19% to 400,700 tonnes from 493,600 tonnes a year earlier, driven by planned lower concentrator feed grades at its Escondida and Spence mines in Chile, scheduled maintenance and operational disruptions, severe weather at its Carrapateena mine in Australia, and a conveyor belt failure at Carrapateena.
Iron ore production rose to 66.5 million tonnes from 64.1 million tonnes a year earlier, with both mines and ports setting quarterly production records in Western Australia despite major planned maintenance; BHP maintained its fiscal 2027 guidance of 1.65-1.80 million tonnes for copper and 260-272 million tonnes for iron ore.
Average realized copper prices rose 53% year-over-year to $7.01 per pound while iron ore prices fell 9% to $76.27 per wet tonne; BHP said higher commodity prices supported earnings. The company also disclosed it is investigating fatalities at its Escondida and Peak Downs mines, calling safety a key priority. BHP shares (Sydney-listed) fell 2.1% to A$59.22 following the report.

Published 5d agoSource: Reuters ↗

IndustrialsLive Wire · AI-collected

Honeywell Aerospace Sees Business Aviation Growth on Rising Aircraft Use

Honeywell Aerospace forecast 9,950 new business jet deliveries worldwide over 2026-2035, a 4.4% upward revision from last year's outlook, plus about 4,200 turboprop deliveries, for roughly 14,000 total aircraft deliveries; the global business aviation fleet is expected to grow about 29% over the next decade, while flight hours are projected to rise about 34% by 2035, outpacing fleet growth.
Honeywell attributed rising flight hours to growing charter and fractional-ownership demand, which is increasing aircraft utilization as operators lean more on shared-use models; commercial OEM president Linnea Whisler said owners and operators are consistently flying more, with the trend holding up despite economic uncertainty and geopolitical volatility.
North America remains the largest business aviation market, with growing demand in Latin America and parts of Asia-Pacific including India, while Middle East operations have been disrupted by conflict and regional development activity has paused.

Published 5d agoSource: Reuters ↗

Big TechLive Wire · AI-collected

Waymo Plans to Quintuple Fleet to 20,000, Semafor Reports

Alphabet's self-driving unit Waymo plans to expand its fleet from about 4,000 vehicles currently to 8,000 by the end of 2026 and to 20,000 by the end of 2027, a roughly fivefold increase, Semafor reported citing sources; Waymo did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment.
Waymo secured a $5 billion loan this month with participation from PIMCO, Blackstone, and Sixth Street to fund fleet expansion and service growth in the US and abroad, following a $16 billion equity round completed earlier this year that valued the company at $126 billion.
Waymo currently operates in 15 US cities and has announced service launches in London, Tokyo, Singapore, and Canada.

Published 5d agoSource: Reuters ↗

Big TechLive Wire · AI-collected

OpenAI Seeks to Accelerate Fundraising Ahead of Anthropic IPO, Sources Say

OpenAI is seeking to raise about $30 billion in a round that could value the company above $1.4 trillion, with existing investors SoftBank Group and Abu Dhabi-based MGX among those discussing participation; OpenAI has met long-term investment funds and sovereign wealth funds in recent weeks, and the round is expected to move faster than typical, as OpenAI reportedly needs the funds to meet infrastructure-investment commitments and strengthen its balance sheet.
The move aims to lock in investment commitments before Anthropic's IPO, expected around mid-November; some investors view it as an attempt to pre-empt capital that might otherwise flow to Anthropic's offering, since the two companies compete for a similar investor base, and OpenAI is reportedly trying to close its round before Anthropic's financial disclosures are published to avoid direct comparisons.
OpenAI was valued at $852 billion in a $122 billion round in March (including up to $50 billion pledged by Amazon); its annualized revenue is about $50 billion and expected to reach $70 billion by year-end, accelerating after the GPT-6 Astra launch. Anthropic's annualized revenue was reported around $65 billion as of July, with Q3 revenue growing sharply from Q2 though monthly growth deceleration has raised some investor concern; OpenAI has criticized Anthropic's revenue accounting for contracts resold via third-party cloud providers, which Anthropic says follows standard practice. Some Anthropic investors are pushing for a roughly $1.5 trillion valuation rather than the previously discussed $2 trillion following softer Q3 results.

Published 5d agoSource: Reuters ↗

ConsumerLive Wire · AI-collected

Brazil's Americanas Exits Bankruptcy Proceedings

A Rio de Janeiro court approved the formal conclusion of bankruptcy proceedings for Brazilian retailer Americanas (AMER3) on Monday, the company disclosed in a securities filing; Americanas filed for bankruptcy protection in early 2023 after disclosing multi-billion-dollar accounting discrepancies, which the company attributes to misconduct by former executives.
As part of the case, the Rio de Janeiro court named 12 former executives as defendants; the article did not specify the size of the discrepancies, debt levels, or creditor arrangements involved in the restructuring.
The company said it will now focus on business growth, sustainably strengthening its business model, and improving customer experience.

Published 5d agoSource: Reuters ↗

Big TechLive Wire · AI-collected

3M Expands Amazon Data Center Partnership, Shares Gain

3M announced an expanded commercial relationship with Amazon under which Amazon will purchase data center products, including optical connectivity products, from 3M; the core technology is 3M's Expanded Beam Optics, which Microsoft adopted in July as the first hyperscaler to deploy it in AI data centers.
3M issued warrants to an Amazon subsidiary allowing purchase of up to 3.16 million shares at $164.89 per share over seven years, with the warrant shares valued at more than $521 million; about 85% of the warrant shares vest in full once Amazon's purchases reach $6 billion, with the remaining roughly 15% vesting upon milestone conditions.
3M shares rose more than 5% in after-hours trading following the announcement, amid broader data center infrastructure investment by major tech companies responding to AI and cloud computing growth.

Published 5d agoSource: Reuters ↗

Big TechLive Wire · AI-collected

Eric Schmidt's 1% Anthropic Stake Sets Up Massive Windfall Ahead of IPO, Bloomberg Reports

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt made a tens-of-millions-of-dollar investment in Anthropic's 2021 Series A round, when the company was valued at $461 million per PitchBook data; he now holds about a 1% stake, Bloomberg reported.
With Anthropic's IPO valuation discussed in a range of $180 billion to $2 trillion — more than 4,300 times the Series A valuation at the high end — Schmidt's net worth could rise about a third to roughly $80 billion; applying the most recent $965 billion valuation would add about $10 billion to his existing $57.5 billion net worth.
Anthropic's IPO is expected to rival or exceed the size of SpaceX's record $1.77 trillion IPO completed in June, with share marketing possibly beginning the week of November 9, trading starting before US Thanksgiving, and listing expected by year-end at the latest; Schmidt's investment vehicles (TomorrowVentures, Innovation Endeavors, and family office Hillspire), historically focused on consumer internet and software, have more recently expanded into AI, including stakes in Mistral AI, Reflection AI, and World Labs.

Published 5d agoSource: Bloomberg ↗

IndustrialsLive Wire · AI-collected

US Set to Announce Certification of Boeing 737 MAX 10 Tuesday, Sources Say

US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is expected to announce Tuesday that the FAA has certified the Boeing 737 MAX 10 at a Boeing plant in Everett, Washington, according to sources; the FAA's Type Certification Board review took place Friday, the final step before a certification decision, and the FAA declined immediate comment while Boeing referred questions to the FAA.
Certification of the MAX 10 and the smaller MAX 7 was delayed by a 2023 anti-ice system issue; a newly disclosed navigation software flaw in late September could have caused further delay, but the FAA determined it was not a safety issue requiring fixes as a certification condition. Scrutiny has intensified since the 2018-2019 MAX 8 crashes and a January 2024 Alaska Airlines MAX 9 panel blowout that also drew scrutiny to Boeing's production and quality systems; Boeing had originally targeted 2020 for MAX 10 deliveries.
The MAX 10 has about 1,500 orders, roughly 30% of Boeing's 737 backlog, with major customers including United Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Ryanair, Delta Air Lines, and American Airlines; Boeing has already built several MAX 10s awaiting delivery. The FAA approved the smaller MAX 7 in August after more than eight years of review.

Published 5d agoSource: Reuters ↗

Big TechLive Wire · AI-collected

How One Hacker Used AI Agents and a Few Thousand Dollars to Break Into Scores of Sites

Security firm NorForge discovered malicious activity while scanning exposed instances of Cairn, a popular open-source AI problem-solving platform, used along with a mix of DeepSeek and Anthropic's Claude Code; a Chinese-speaking hacker directed attacks against more than 1,200 e-commerce sites in the US, Canada, Australia, and Japan since September 25, breaching more than 100 companies including named firms Deere, SharkNinja, and Cummins, plus two smaller firms that confirmed breaches.
The campaign cost an estimated $5,000 in token usage, or about $50 per successful breach, with each successful intrusion typically requiring about 23 hours of AI-driven reconnaissance and vulnerability detection; other hackers used similar AI-agent tooling to steal bulk credit-card data and to attempt an attack on a cryptocurrency exchange, though the full extent of data exfiltrated was not confirmed.
NorForge's Snorre Fagerland said this is real-world evidence that AI agents can carry out intrusions start-to-finish without human intervention, calling the techniques found 'not script kiddie stuff' and saying 'it's a new world now'; Cairn's developer said the platform was not designed for hacking and has no intent to enable abuse. Deere said it took 'necessary remediation actions' and SharkNinja said the breach was confined to an independent site containing only product-support information; similar AI-driven cybercrime has been reported in Korea and Japan, and a September campaign separately breached 25 companies and stole at least 600,000 credit-card records.

Published 5d agoSource: Reuters ↗

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MacroLive Wire · AI-collected

UK Job Vacancies Fall to Five-Year Low as Small Firms Cut Back on Hiring

UK job vacancies fell by 21,000 in the three months to September to 691,000, their lowest level in more than five years, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS); small firms cited rising labour costs as a key factor in scaling back hiring, with the largest decrease in construction jobs, while companies also pointed to higher energy costs since the Iran war began and increases in National Insurance and the minimum wage.
The unemployment rate fell to 4.7% in the three months to August, down from 4.9% previously, while average earnings excluding bonuses rose 3.7% (0.8% in real terms after inflation); ONS deputy director David Freeman said the labour market "remains broadly flat in 2026" with the employment rate edging up and payroll numbers "slightly down... though data for the most recent month suggests that might be starting to level off."
Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said the data show the UK's labour market resilience, with the employment rate "now the third highest in the G7," but acknowledged "too many young people still find themselves locked out of employment"; the 16-24 unemployment rate was 15.6% in the June-August quarter, down from 16.4% in March-May but still above the 14.6% rate a year earlier.

Published 4d agoSource: BBC ↗

BioLive Wire · AI-collected

AstraZeneca Partners With Oracle on AI-Driven Clinical Research

AstraZeneca and Oracle announced a partnership to use AI to improve clinical research processes, drawing on Oracle's AI, cloud computing, and data-management systems; the collaboration focuses on applying AI to connect scientific research with clinical workflows rather than discovering new drug targets.
Planned applications include clinical-trial patient recruitment, earlier disease diagnosis, and drug-safety monitoring; the first program will address hypertension treatment and clinical research in Abu Dhabi alongside healthcare group M42, before expanding to additional projects across the US, Middle East, and Europe.
The partnership is expected to span AstraZeneca's core therapeutic areas, including oncology, cardiovascular disease, kidney and metabolic disease, respiratory and immunology, and rare diseases; neither company disclosed financial terms or a contract duration.

Published 4d agoSource: Investing.com ↗

MacroLive Wire · AI-collected

UK Chancellor Rejects Calls to Raise Capital Gains Tax Ahead of Budget

UK Chancellor John Healey has dismissed calls from some Labour MPs to raise Capital Gains Tax (CGT) ahead of next week's Budget, according to Treasury sources first reported by the Times; CGT currently stands at 18% for basic-rate taxpayers and 24% for higher and additional-rate taxpayers on profits from selling assets such as shares or non-primary-residence property.
The decision follows warnings that raising CGT could cost the government money if wealthy individuals leave the country or defer asset sales; Healey previously signaled his approach in a speech emphasizing business profitability and investment confidence, while Goldman Sachs chief economist Lord Jim O'Neill warned a CGT hike would send "the wrong message to business."
Cabinet ministers Wes Streeting and Louise Haigh had both previously backed equalizing CGT with income tax rates before Andy Burnham became prime minister in July; separately, senior banking executives told the BBC they expect Healey to raise taxes on the banking sector, which has been reporting strong profits.

Published 4d agoSource: BBC ↗

EnergyLive Wire · AI-collected

Oil Majors Face Spending Test From Iran War Windfall Cash

Reuters reports that oil majors' third-quarter earnings are set to jump sharply after the US-Israel war with Iran disrupted the Strait of Hormuz and pushed energy prices to multi-year highs, boosting refining and trading profits; Shell expects refining margins to roughly triple or quadruple year-on-year with a record $42-a-barrel margin, TotalEnergies expects refining and chemicals cash flow to roughly double quarter-on-quarter to about $4 billion, Exxon says downstream profit could rise $4.5 billion from the prior quarter, and BP's underlying profit could top $7 billion according to TPH, up from $5.7 billion in Q2.
Investors are watching closely how the windfall cash is deployed, given the industry's history of boom-bust spending cycles; Chevron and Exxon have so far used cash to pay down debt, with Chevron's Venezuela investments and a potential extension of its Kazakhstan TCO joint venture in focus, while Shell's buyback program-cut to $3 billion per quarter this year-could see a top-up of about $3 billion in Q4 per HSBC.
BP has paused buybacks this year and hit its net-debt-reduction target about a year early, with its net-debt-to-operating-cash-flow ratio seen falling from 1.7x at the end of 2025 to about 0.8x in Q3; HSBC expects BP to prioritize balance-sheet strength and sees no buyback resumption before 2028, with a capital-allocation strategy update due December 15. Shell and TotalEnergies report Q3 results October 29, with BP, Chevron, and Exxon reporting October 30.

Published 4d agoSource: Reuters ↗

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France Imposes Curfews in Parts of Paris, Other Cities After Weekend of Riots

France saw clashes between protesters and police and looting over the weekend during nationwide anti-government demonstrations, with about 3,000 shops damaged according to an industry group, roughly 2,400 people arrested, one protester dying of cardiac arrest, and about 1,000 police officers injured; luxury stores at Paris's Place Vendome were damaged, Olympique Marseille's official store was looted in Marseille, and a town hall in central France was set on fire.
Authorities imposed an overnight curfew from 11pm to 6am in Paris's Republique and Les Halles areas, minor curfews from 8pm to 6am for two days in Lille, Douai, Vatagnin and Denain, and a nighttime minors' curfew in central Nice, while Marseille banned gatherings and protests; Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu ruled out a full Paris-wide curfew but did not rule out declaring a state of emergency.
President Macron rejected the resignation offer of Interior Minister Laurent Nunez and instead ordered an end to the unrest and transparency over what he called "intelligence and foresight failures," after roughly 60,000 police and security personnel were deployed Saturday but deemed insufficient; French assets underperformed major European markets on Monday amid the political tension, and unions have called new strikes and rallies for November 5.

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Volkswagen's Bet on Xpeng to Save Its China Business Isn't Going to Plan

Volkswagen partnered with Chinese EV maker Xpeng in 2023 to speed up development of China-tailored models, producing the electric SUV ID. UNYX 08 and sedan UNYX 09; the UNYX 08 sold an average of just 267 units a month from April to August, far below Volkswagen's 2026 target of 3,622 per month, while rivals Xiaomi YU7 and Zeekr 7X sold roughly 57,000 and over 21,000 units respectively in the same window.
Volkswagen has cut its 2026 sales forecast for the UNYX 08 by more than 60% to 12,300 units and lowered its 2027 forecast to 64,000, down from original 2024 plans of 32,600 and 70,400 units; the company is now advertising discounts of 17% off the roughly $34,260 launch price, and sold through a small new dealer network under its Volkswagen Anhui EV subsidiary-now at 166 outlets-instead of the more than 3,000 existing joint-venture dealerships of FAW and SAIC.
Volkswagen's China market share has fallen from about one in five cars sold in 2019 to roughly 10% in the first eight months of 2026, with the region's profit contribution dropping from nearly half of group earnings to about 10%; the company lost the top sales spot to BYD in 2023, is undertaking its largest restructuring in 89 years, and has seen separate alliance talks with BYD and Leapmotor fail to materialize, alongside legal disputes over its flying-car venture and a charging joint venture.

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Sea's CEO Says Fintech Arm Monee Could Go Public, WSJ Reports

Sea Limited CEO Forrest Li told employees in an internal memo, marking the company's ninth anniversary on the New York Stock Exchange, that digital financial-services unit Monee has become Sea's fastest-growing business in recent quarters and is approaching a stage where it could operate independently, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Li said Sea's three main businesses-Monee, e-commerce platform Shopee, and gaming unit Garena-have all reached scale, turned profitable, and continue to grow, and credited the company's public listing with providing capital and credibility that have drawn in more investors.
The memo did not specify a timeline or offering details for a potential Monee IPO; a listing would give the fintech unit easier access to capital to expand its financial-services business, according to the report.

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Vendor-Driven Software Upgrades Eat 28% of IT Budgets, Survey Finds

A survey of more than 2,000 large US and UK companies by software-maintenance firm Origina, reported by Reuters, found that vendor-driven upgrades, migrations and licensing changes consume an average of 28% of software budgets-spending companies did not choose, but which vendors imposed.
95% of respondents said they had paid for vendor-driven upgrades they expected to make things worse, 80% said losing a major software vendor would severely disrupt their business, and 84% said senior engineering staff "always" or "frequently" spend time on vendor-mandated changes; the average annual cost of the most recent vendor-driven change was $12.87 million.
91% said they had scrapped working hardware in the past three years to meet vendor support deadlines, giving up an average of 1.65 years of remaining useful life; Origina CEO Tomas O'Leary said companies often accept the upgrades because "saying yes is often a rational response," with the burden heaviest for firms running older, entrenched technology stacks.

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Rubio Kicks Off India Visit With Trade Deal, Russian Oil on Agenda

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio began a two-day visit to Mumbai and Jamnagar, India, days after President Trump waived threatened tariffs tied to India's purchases of Russian oil to help finalize a bilateral trade deal; Rubio is meeting Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar and Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, whose Jamnagar site houses the world's largest refining complex, after stops in Samarkand, Uzbekistan for Central Asian meetings.
Officials say a comprehensive US-India trade agreement is "nearly done" and could be signed during the visit, though the report gives no specific terms; Rubio said progress on the trade deal was a factor behind Trump's decision to waive tariff provisions that could have imposed duties of up to 100% on the top five buyers of Russian oil, a list that includes India (second after China) under a law Trump signed in September.
The waiver drew criticism from lawmakers in both parties who have pushed for pressure on Russia over the Ukraine war; Rubio said India is diversifying its energy sources but still imports millions of barrels of Russian oil daily, and the administration has begun a 60-day review on whether to reimpose tariffs-even as the US separately signed a diesel-import deal with Russia last week to help stabilize domestic fuel prices, muddying the push for India to cut Russian oil purchases.

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Elice Shares Plunge 28% on Trading Debut as Investor Doubts Over AI Trade Deepen

Korean AI-infrastructure company Elice made its trading debut after pricing its IPO at the top of the range (₩90,500), raising about ₩201.1 billion (~$150 million) following institutional demand of 388.84x and retail demand of 408.26x, with subscription deposits exceeding ₩10 trillion; shares opened at ₩75,700 (-16.4%), fell as low as ₩61,000 (-32.6%) intraday, and closed around ₩65,300, down about 27.8%.
Investors cited high financing costs, heavy capital expenditure, and uncertain monetization timing for AI infrastructure buildouts as reasons for the selloff, despite Elice reporting H1 2026 revenue of ₩34.4 billion and operating profit of ₩10.3 billion, already surpassing full-year 2025 revenue of ₩39.5 billion and operating profit of ₩5.2 billion.
The debut adds to a string of recent setbacks for AI-infrastructure financing: Australia's Firmus postponed a $5 billion IPO last week, and CoreWeave's stock and bonds have come under pressure, as markets grow more skeptical of the economics behind the AI buildout even as underlying earnings growth continues.

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Australia to Sue Meta, TikTok, Snap and Google Over Alleged Under-16 Age-Ban Breaches, Bloomberg Reports

Australia's government plans to sue Meta (Facebook and Instagram), TikTok, Snap, and Google's YouTube over alleged breaches of the country's under-16 social media ban, Communications Minister Anika Wells said in a Bloomberg interview; the case would proceed in the Federal Court and is currently at an evidence-gathering stage, with no lawsuit yet filed.
The move follows an investigation opened in March by online safety regulator eSafety, which found in a July report that the platforms' age-verification measures were ineffective at keeping users under 16 off their services.
Lawmakers have since doubled the maximum penalty for breaches to A$109.2 million (about $76 million), underscoring the government's push to enforce the ban, one of the world's strictest social media age restrictions.

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Asia Stocks Slump as AI Jitters Hammer Korean Chipmakers Ahead of Tech Earnings

Asian equities fell broadly, with South Korea's Kospi down 2.5% as SK Hynix dropped 3.5%, Samsung Electronics fell 1.8%, and LG Innotek lost 2.4%; Japan's Nikkei slipped 0.5% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 1%, as renewed AI-related jitters hit chipmakers even after the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) snapped an eight-session losing streak-its longest since 2008-with a 1.6% gain, and the Nasdaq 100 rose 1.2% in the prior US session.
China's central bank, the PBOC, held its benchmark loan prime rates unchanged for a 17th consecutive month while reportedly weighing a shift in its overnight-rate policy framework; separately, Indonesia's Jakarta Composite rebounded 2.3% after the prior week's historic selloff, and National Australia Bank's restructuring announcement added to regional headlines.
Markets are also digesting South Korean AI-infrastructure firm Elice's sharp IPO-debut decline, awaiting a busy earnings week led by Netflix, Tesla, Meta, and IBM alongside SpaceX-related news, watching Fed governor Kevin Warsh's recent comments, and weighing oil-price uncertainty tied to potential US sanctions waivers.

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Micron Union in Taiwan to Launch Strike as Bonus Dispute Escalates

Micron's Taoyuan union in Taiwan announced it will strike on Thursday, escalating a dispute over the company's profit-sharing bonus structure; the union did not specify strike duration or participant numbers, saying details would be announced Thursday, and noted Micron employs about 15,000 people in Taiwan.
The strike date coincides with a scheduled mediation meeting between Micron and the Taichung union, which has separately won strike-authorization votes from its members but has not yet called a strike; Taoyuan's own mediation with Micron ended without agreement in September.
The Taoyuan union said the strike aims to show solidarity with the Taichung union and pressure the company to put forward a concrete profit-sharing proposal; Micron did not immediately comment in the report.

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Starboard Targets Solstice With $100 Million Cost-Cut Push After Failed Deal, FT Reports

Activist investor Starboard Value, which manages $8.2 billion in assets and has previously targeted Bristol-Myers Squibb, Salesforce, and Kenvue, holds a stake in Solstice Advanced Materials (NASDAQ: SOLS) reported to be worth several hundred million dollars; Starboard is demanding about $100 million in corporate overhead cost cuts, improved execution in Solstice's refrigerants and nuclear businesses, and a tighter focus on core operations, with founder and CEO Jeff Smith expected to present the case at a 13D Monitor activist investing summit.
The push follows Solstice's late-August withdrawal of its roughly $14.5 billion cash-and-stock merger with Element Solutions ahead of a shareholder vote; investors had questioned the strategic rationale given limited business overlap and raised capital-allocation concerns, since Solstice would have paid a higher earnings multiple for Element than its own market value implied.
Solstice, which makes chemicals for air conditioning, insulation, and refrigeration as well as electronics and semiconductor materials, also supplies chemicals used in uranium enrichment; its stock nearly doubled after its October 2025 spinoff from Honeywell before giving back most gains following the Element deal announcement and subsequent withdrawal. Starboard sees growth potential in the nuclear business tied to rising AI-data-center power demand and a 2028 US deadline to end imports of Russian enriched uranium, which positions Solstice as one of few companies able to perform early-stage uranium enrichment outside Russia and China.

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NAB to Cut 2,500 Jobs as Bank Moves to Simplify Operations

National Australia Bank will cut up to 2,500 jobs over the next year, about 6% of its fiscal 2027 internal workforce, concentrated mainly in corporate functions and senior management, with the bank saying there will be no material impact on customer-facing banking roles; NAB also plans to significantly reduce reliance on consultants and external contractors.
The move follows a broader review of workforce and operating models amid deteriorating economic conditions, rising customer expectations, competitive pressure, and rapid technological change, aiming to reduce duplication and improve decision speed and execution; CEO Andrew Irvine said the strategy itself is unchanged. Australian banks face slowing housing activity, intensifying competition, and rising operating costs, and NAB warned in August that property tax changes would significantly slow 2027 mortgage growth.
NAB will book a pre-tax restructuring charge of about A$300 million (about $209 million) in fiscal 2027 for severance, relocation, and organizational redesign, versus about A$80 million each in fiscal 2025 and 2026; up to 1,500 positions will be cut by the end of 2026, with the rest completed by the end of September 2027. NAB said it will begin consultation with staff and the Finance Sector Union, offering redeployment, retraining, and career-transition support. NAB shares fell 2.8% to A$38.795 on the announcement, while the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.7%.

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BHP Q1 Copper Output Falls 19% on Lower Grades, Disruptions

BHP's July-September quarter copper output fell about 19% to 400,700 tonnes from 493,600 tonnes a year earlier, driven by planned lower concentrator feed grades at its Escondida and Spence mines in Chile, scheduled maintenance and operational disruptions, severe weather at its Carrapateena mine in Australia, and a conveyor belt failure at Carrapateena.
Iron ore production rose to 66.5 million tonnes from 64.1 million tonnes a year earlier, with both mines and ports setting quarterly production records in Western Australia despite major planned maintenance; BHP maintained its fiscal 2027 guidance of 1.65-1.80 million tonnes for copper and 260-272 million tonnes for iron ore.
Average realized copper prices rose 53% year-over-year to $7.01 per pound while iron ore prices fell 9% to $76.27 per wet tonne; BHP said higher commodity prices supported earnings. The company also disclosed it is investigating fatalities at its Escondida and Peak Downs mines, calling safety a key priority. BHP shares (Sydney-listed) fell 2.1% to A$59.22 following the report.

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Honeywell Aerospace Sees Business Aviation Growth on Rising Aircraft Use

Honeywell Aerospace forecast 9,950 new business jet deliveries worldwide over 2026-2035, a 4.4% upward revision from last year's outlook, plus about 4,200 turboprop deliveries, for roughly 14,000 total aircraft deliveries; the global business aviation fleet is expected to grow about 29% over the next decade, while flight hours are projected to rise about 34% by 2035, outpacing fleet growth.
Honeywell attributed rising flight hours to growing charter and fractional-ownership demand, which is increasing aircraft utilization as operators lean more on shared-use models; commercial OEM president Linnea Whisler said owners and operators are consistently flying more, with the trend holding up despite economic uncertainty and geopolitical volatility.
North America remains the largest business aviation market, with growing demand in Latin America and parts of Asia-Pacific including India, while Middle East operations have been disrupted by conflict and regional development activity has paused.

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Waymo Plans to Quintuple Fleet to 20,000, Semafor Reports

Alphabet's self-driving unit Waymo plans to expand its fleet from about 4,000 vehicles currently to 8,000 by the end of 2026 and to 20,000 by the end of 2027, a roughly fivefold increase, Semafor reported citing sources; Waymo did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment.
Waymo secured a $5 billion loan this month with participation from PIMCO, Blackstone, and Sixth Street to fund fleet expansion and service growth in the US and abroad, following a $16 billion equity round completed earlier this year that valued the company at $126 billion.
Waymo currently operates in 15 US cities and has announced service launches in London, Tokyo, Singapore, and Canada.

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OpenAI Seeks to Accelerate Fundraising Ahead of Anthropic IPO, Sources Say

OpenAI is seeking to raise about $30 billion in a round that could value the company above $1.4 trillion, with existing investors SoftBank Group and Abu Dhabi-based MGX among those discussing participation; OpenAI has met long-term investment funds and sovereign wealth funds in recent weeks, and the round is expected to move faster than typical, as OpenAI reportedly needs the funds to meet infrastructure-investment commitments and strengthen its balance sheet.
The move aims to lock in investment commitments before Anthropic's IPO, expected around mid-November; some investors view it as an attempt to pre-empt capital that might otherwise flow to Anthropic's offering, since the two companies compete for a similar investor base, and OpenAI is reportedly trying to close its round before Anthropic's financial disclosures are published to avoid direct comparisons.
OpenAI was valued at $852 billion in a $122 billion round in March (including up to $50 billion pledged by Amazon); its annualized revenue is about $50 billion and expected to reach $70 billion by year-end, accelerating after the GPT-6 Astra launch. Anthropic's annualized revenue was reported around $65 billion as of July, with Q3 revenue growing sharply from Q2 though monthly growth deceleration has raised some investor concern; OpenAI has criticized Anthropic's revenue accounting for contracts resold via third-party cloud providers, which Anthropic says follows standard practice. Some Anthropic investors are pushing for a roughly $1.5 trillion valuation rather than the previously discussed $2 trillion following softer Q3 results.

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Brazil's Americanas Exits Bankruptcy Proceedings

A Rio de Janeiro court approved the formal conclusion of bankruptcy proceedings for Brazilian retailer Americanas (AMER3) on Monday, the company disclosed in a securities filing; Americanas filed for bankruptcy protection in early 2023 after disclosing multi-billion-dollar accounting discrepancies, which the company attributes to misconduct by former executives.
As part of the case, the Rio de Janeiro court named 12 former executives as defendants; the article did not specify the size of the discrepancies, debt levels, or creditor arrangements involved in the restructuring.
The company said it will now focus on business growth, sustainably strengthening its business model, and improving customer experience.

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3M Expands Amazon Data Center Partnership, Shares Gain

3M announced an expanded commercial relationship with Amazon under which Amazon will purchase data center products, including optical connectivity products, from 3M; the core technology is 3M's Expanded Beam Optics, which Microsoft adopted in July as the first hyperscaler to deploy it in AI data centers.
3M issued warrants to an Amazon subsidiary allowing purchase of up to 3.16 million shares at $164.89 per share over seven years, with the warrant shares valued at more than $521 million; about 85% of the warrant shares vest in full once Amazon's purchases reach $6 billion, with the remaining roughly 15% vesting upon milestone conditions.
3M shares rose more than 5% in after-hours trading following the announcement, amid broader data center infrastructure investment by major tech companies responding to AI and cloud computing growth.

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Eric Schmidt's 1% Anthropic Stake Sets Up Massive Windfall Ahead of IPO, Bloomberg Reports

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt made a tens-of-millions-of-dollar investment in Anthropic's 2021 Series A round, when the company was valued at $461 million per PitchBook data; he now holds about a 1% stake, Bloomberg reported.
With Anthropic's IPO valuation discussed in a range of $180 billion to $2 trillion — more than 4,300 times the Series A valuation at the high end — Schmidt's net worth could rise about a third to roughly $80 billion; applying the most recent $965 billion valuation would add about $10 billion to his existing $57.5 billion net worth.
Anthropic's IPO is expected to rival or exceed the size of SpaceX's record $1.77 trillion IPO completed in June, with share marketing possibly beginning the week of November 9, trading starting before US Thanksgiving, and listing expected by year-end at the latest; Schmidt's investment vehicles (TomorrowVentures, Innovation Endeavors, and family office Hillspire), historically focused on consumer internet and software, have more recently expanded into AI, including stakes in Mistral AI, Reflection AI, and World Labs.

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US Set to Announce Certification of Boeing 737 MAX 10 Tuesday, Sources Say

US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is expected to announce Tuesday that the FAA has certified the Boeing 737 MAX 10 at a Boeing plant in Everett, Washington, according to sources; the FAA's Type Certification Board review took place Friday, the final step before a certification decision, and the FAA declined immediate comment while Boeing referred questions to the FAA.
Certification of the MAX 10 and the smaller MAX 7 was delayed by a 2023 anti-ice system issue; a newly disclosed navigation software flaw in late September could have caused further delay, but the FAA determined it was not a safety issue requiring fixes as a certification condition. Scrutiny has intensified since the 2018-2019 MAX 8 crashes and a January 2024 Alaska Airlines MAX 9 panel blowout that also drew scrutiny to Boeing's production and quality systems; Boeing had originally targeted 2020 for MAX 10 deliveries.
The MAX 10 has about 1,500 orders, roughly 30% of Boeing's 737 backlog, with major customers including United Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Ryanair, Delta Air Lines, and American Airlines; Boeing has already built several MAX 10s awaiting delivery. The FAA approved the smaller MAX 7 in August after more than eight years of review.

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How One Hacker Used AI Agents and a Few Thousand Dollars to Break Into Scores of Sites

Security firm NorForge discovered malicious activity while scanning exposed instances of Cairn, a popular open-source AI problem-solving platform, used along with a mix of DeepSeek and Anthropic's Claude Code; a Chinese-speaking hacker directed attacks against more than 1,200 e-commerce sites in the US, Canada, Australia, and Japan since September 25, breaching more than 100 companies including named firms Deere, SharkNinja, and Cummins, plus two smaller firms that confirmed breaches.
The campaign cost an estimated $5,000 in token usage, or about $50 per successful breach, with each successful intrusion typically requiring about 23 hours of AI-driven reconnaissance and vulnerability detection; other hackers used similar AI-agent tooling to steal bulk credit-card data and to attempt an attack on a cryptocurrency exchange, though the full extent of data exfiltrated was not confirmed.
NorForge's Snorre Fagerland said this is real-world evidence that AI agents can carry out intrusions start-to-finish without human intervention, calling the techniques found 'not script kiddie stuff' and saying 'it's a new world now'; Cairn's developer said the platform was not designed for hacking and has no intent to enable abuse. Deere said it took 'necessary remediation actions' and SharkNinja said the breach was confined to an independent site containing only product-support information; similar AI-driven cybercrime has been reported in Korea and Japan, and a September campaign separately breached 25 companies and stole at least 600,000 credit-card records.

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