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Exclusive: Inside the US Treasury secretary’s tense relationship with financial media
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (820+ words) Last September, Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait got a call from US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The secretary had been a regular on Bloomberg’s TV programming and in its reporting for years, first as the founder of a hedge fund,…...
Trump says US interest rates should be lowest in the world
4+ hour, 27+ min ago (143+ words) Semafor Trump says US interest rates should be lowest in the world President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the US should have the world’s lowest interest rates, piling pressure on Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh days before the bank…...
BRICS highlights opposition to tariffs
4+ hour, 41+ min ago (154+ words) Opposition to US tariffs formed a point of consensus among the otherwise divergent interests at the BRICS summit, as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi touted the bloc’s “coming of age.” BRICS highlights opposition to tariffs Opposition to US tariffs formed…...
Saudi pipeline shut after drone attacks
4+ hour, 41+ min ago (121+ words) Saudi Arabia shut down its vital East-West pipeline after multiple drone attacks, intensifying the pressure on Gulf energy exports. The pipeline had provided a workaround for Saudi crude, allowing the kingdom to bypass the Strait of Hormuz; its shuttering threatens…...
Exclusive: Activist Oasis seeks board seats at Vail Resorts
3+ day, 33+ min ago (183+ words) Activist investor Oasis Capital Management has nominated a slate of directors at Vail Resorts and is preparing to launch a proxy fight, according to people familiar with the matter. Neither the names of the nominees nor how many seats Oasis…...
Chinese AI startup Moonshot reportedly eyes Hong Kong, Shanghai dual-listing
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (146+ words) The dual-listing reflects both the lab’s need for cash as well as concerns over a congested IPO pipeline in Hong Kong. Leading Chinese AI startup Moonshot is reportedly exploring going public in Shanghai and Hong Kong, reflecting both the labâ…...
The Next 3 Billion | Semafor
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (121+ words) As the next wave of technology-led growth reshapes economies and global influence, The Next 3 Billion asks one of the defining questions of the decade: will the innovations reshaping global power expand opportunity or concentrate it? Three billion people remain offline,…...
ECB hikes interest rates amid inflation risks
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (175+ words) Semafor ECB hikes interest rates amid inflation risks The European Central Bank raised interest rates. Will the Fed follow? A quarter-point increase in baseline borrowing costs across the bloc came as officials warned of “upside” inflation risks and oil prices…...
Hydrogen investment projected to hit a bureaucratic cap on growth
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (188+ words) Global investment in low-carbon hydrogen will reach a new high this year. Hydrogen investment projected to hit a bureaucratic cap on growth Global investment in low-carbon hydrogen will reach a new high this year, but the nascent industry is close…...
View: How do you price the end of the world?
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (131+ words) A look at the possible risk factors for the Anthropic and OpenAI IPOs now that fear about AI destroying humanity is mainstream. The SceneExistential AI fears broke containment this week after an Anthropic researcher quit, warning that frontier labs are…...