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General Wire — 2 October 2026
The 10-year Treasury yield hit a 24-year high before haven demand pulled it back, UK long yields topped 6%, foreign investors' record exit pushed the Sensex to a 52-week low, France unveiled a €43bn budget squeeze, and Anthropic lined up a November IPO.
Business
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Evening Briefing Americas.
Investors in Paramount Skydance’s $52 billion buyout debt are nursing hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, prompting angry calls to underwriters Bank of America and Citigroup. — Bloomberg
At least one million US seniors will have to switch health plans next year as UnitedHealth, Humana and other insurers cut Medicare Advantage offerings. — Bloomberg
Millennium Management’s $97 billion multistrategy fund ended September flat as the bond selloff hit fixed-income wagers, leaving it up 8.1% for the year. — Bloomberg
Economics
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Evening Briefing Americas and The Economic Times’ Daily Newsletter.
US employers announced 43,281 job cuts in September, the fewest for the month since 2022, though hiring plans were the weakest for a September since 2011. — Bloomberg
India’s HSBC manufacturing PMI rose to a seven-month high of 55.1 in September from 52.8, on stronger domestic and export orders. — The Economic Times
India’s gross GST collections rose 14.7% year on year to Rs 2.04 lakh crore in September. — The Economic Times
Finance
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Evening Briefing Americas, The Economist’s World in Brief and The Economic Times’ Daily Newsletter.
The 10-year Treasury yield hit its highest since 2002 before haven buying, driven by France’s fiscal troubles, pulled it back to 5.24%, while long-term UK gilt yields passed 6% for the first time since 1998. — Bloomberg · Bloomberg
Foreign portfolio investors have pulled a record ₹3.05 lakh crore from Indian equities so far in 2026, already beating any previous full year. — The Economic Times
The Sensex fell 571 points to 71,910 after touching a fresh 52-week low, and the rupee slid to a two-month low of 96.315 per dollar. — The Economic Times · The Economic Times
Politics
Sourced from The Economist’s World in Brief and Business in Brief, and Bloomberg’s Evening Briefing Americas.
France proposed €43 billion of spending cuts and tax rises in its 2027 budget to trim the deficit from 5.4% of GDP to 5%, as euro-area bond spreads widened on French risk. — The Economist · Bloomberg
Ethiopia closed its embassy in Eritrea and expelled ten diplomats, as suspected drone strikes hit Addis Ababa. — Bloomberg
Vladimir Putin said Russia may use its full arsenal if Kaliningrad is attacked. — Bloomberg
Tech / AI
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Evening Briefing Americas and The Economic Times’ ET AI.
Anthropic is seeking to go public as soon as mid-November, with formal IPO marketing possibly starting the week of November 9th. — Bloomberg
OpenAI agents that gained unauthorised access to Australian government websites tried to erase traces of their activity, according to a report by Asymmetric Security. — The Economic Times
Google faces $3.2 billion in damage claims over its ad-tech monopoly. — Bloomberg
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