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General Wire — 5 October 2026
The US added just 29,000 jobs in September, Blue Owl capped redemptions again as investors sought to pull 39% of its tech-lending fund, Paramount closed its $52bn debt saga, North Korea fired a hypersonic missile, and China's best AI models closed to within 3% of America's.
Business
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Evening Briefing Americas and Morning Briefing Asia.
Paramount Skydance wrapped up the $52 billion debt raise for its Warner Bros. Discovery takeover, and will rename itself Skydance once the merger completes. — Bloomberg · Bloomberg
Citadel Securities is taking a minority stake in Wolfe Research, executing trades for Wolfe’s clients as it pushes further into institutional business. — Bloomberg
Economics
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Evening Briefing Americas.
The US added just 29,000 jobs in September, missing every forecast in Bloomberg’s survey, and unemployment rose to 4.2%. — Bloomberg
Russia’s spending plans show Vladimir Putin preparing for years more war. — Bloomberg
Finance
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Evening Briefing Americas.
Blue Owl again capped withdrawals at 5% from two private-credit funds after shareholders sought to pull 39% of its $5 billion technology-lending fund in the third quarter. — Bloomberg
The Justice Department said it is not reopening a criminal probe into former Fed chair Jerome Powell over the central bank’s building renovation. — Bloomberg
Politics
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Morning Briefing Asia and Evening Briefing Americas, and The Economist’s World in Brief.
Kim Jong Un oversaw North Korea’s launch of a hypersonic intermediate-range missile that struck a target about 1,000km away. — Bloomberg
Britain’s Green Party voted 1,022 to 813 to classify Zionism as a form of racism. — The Economist
Argentina will offer citizenship to foreigners for a $350,000 payment to the treasury or an $800,000 government-bond purchase. — Bloomberg
Tech / AI
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Morning Briefing Asia.
China’s best AI models are now just 3% behind US rivals on benchmark scores, down from 9% in May, according to Bloomberg Intelligence. — Bloomberg
South Korea ordered security checks after cyberattacks exposed data at several banks, with investigators finding traces of an open-source AI penetration-testing tool. — Bloomberg
SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son, one of AI’s biggest backers, said even he is worried about its safety. — Bloomberg
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