Market Signals

KB Financial retains profit crown with record W5.79tr earnings

Watchdog to fine Celltrion 630m over unfair subcontracting practices

Seoul stocks open tad higher as Fed holds rates ahead of Samsung earnings report

Hana Financial brings AI, VR job training to students with disabilities

TPG pursues $5bn acquisition of UK data centre group Ark - Financial Times

Putin salutes Musk's genius as Russia plays catch-up with Starlink - Reuters

Oracle stock pops 12% as long-term revenue forecast and clarity on financing ease debt concerns - CNBC

Putin woos African leaders at showcase summit, says Russia is better partner than 'colonial' West - Reuters

Russia Adds Apple and Microsoft to State Surveillance Registry - Bloomberg.com

GE Vernova boosts grid push with $9 billion Trench deal, lifts revenue forecast - Reuters

Iranians face energy squeeze from war as natural gas runs short - Financial Times

Survival LLM: AI assistant and emergency library that runs on your own computer

EXCLUSIVE: Rio Tinto proposes 56% pay jump for CEO as mining sector fights for talent - Reuters

US Stocks Close: Nasdaq Rises Over 1%, Philadelphia Semiconductor Index Gains Over 3%; Chip Stocks Extend Rally, CoreWeave Gains Nearly 8% - TradingKe

OpenAI Plans to Buy Google’s Chips as Part of Its AI Build-Out - Bloomberg.com

U.S. and Japan defense chiefs agree to boost cooperation to prevent cyberattacks

Startup Unveils "Big Iron" Rocket Whose Upper Stage Is An Orbital Data Center

OpenAI plans to buy Google's AI chips, The Information reports - Reuters

Netanyahu made plans to restart Iran strikes earlier this month - Financial Times

FOMC Preview: Warsh Meets an AI Market on Edge - Moomoo

Hedge funds gear up for Japan’s $60 billion Topix revamp trade

Tesla Isn’t a Hyperscaler. Why the AI Bears Are Misreading Its $5 Billion Capex Cut. - The Motley Fool

Russia Ships Less Crude Even as Key Baltic Port’s Flows Rebound - Bloomberg.com

The Anthropic IPO by the numbers, from a possible valuation in the trillions to surging revenue - AP News

Anthropic expands AI support for nonprofits as it files to sell shares to the public - AP News

Iran security chief meets Supreme Leader after talks with Mecca pact countries - Reuters

When file infrastructure becomes the bottleneck

Russia Is Said to Widen Military Recruitment Drive in Africa - Bloomberg.com

Iran Says It Will Take Action Against Sinokor Ships in Hormuz - Bloomberg.com

Iran’s Supreme Leader and Top Security Chief Discuss War, Hormuz - Bloomberg.com

Who controls powerful AI? Anthropic has a plan for long after its leaders depart - Reuters

S&P 500, Nasdaq open higher as oil pulls back ahead of Fed decision - Reuters

Anthropic Brings Mega IPO to Australia’s AI-Starved Retail Crowd - Bloomberg.com

Two men charged in UK with helping Iran over RAF Fairford incident - Reuters

Elvis rightsholders sue Anthropic for stealing songs and leaving them in Heartbreak Hotel

No pressure from US to cut Russian oil imports, Indian oil minister says - Reuters

Defense chiefs of S. Korea, US to hold talks in Philippines ahead of ASEAN meeting

Humanity can't afford not to spend $800B on AI, Anthropic insists

Taiwan rebuffs China's commemorations for post-World War Two 'restoration' of island - Reuters

Hanwha Ocean Q3 profit surges 68% on high-margin ship orders

Credit default risk for AI companies surges to record highs - Crypto Briefing

Anthropic’s IPO Sets Up Defining Moment for Wall Street and AI Boom - Bloomberg.com

How Hanwha Aerospace made Changwon a launchpad for global defense expansion

Anthropic's soaring sales, steep losses put AI frenzy to IPO test - Reuters

Shinhan Financial eyes early ROE target as profit climbs

America’s $10tn AI infrastructure boom is starting to fray - Financial Times

Asian Stocks to Gain as Anthropic Files for IPO: Markets Wrap - Bloomberg.com

Oil easing on Middle East diplomacy hopes, but the Saudi attacks keep supply risk alive underneath. Those two forces pull against each other, so crude

US Stocks Rebound as AI Names Lead Market; Yields Flat on Fed Hold Expectations, Yen at 157 Level - BigGo Finance

German American Bancorp (GABC) Tops Q3 Earnings and Revenue Estimates - Yahoo Finance