General Wire › 21 Oct 2026
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General Wire — 21 October 2026
A Seoul IPO flop deepens AI doubts as the Kospi sits almost 40% below its June peak, Japan's 20-year auction draws record demand, Ryanair's chief predicts record fares, and Nscale is in talks to sell Anthropic about $45 billion of computing.
Business
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Markets Daily.
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary predicted a record increase in European air fares next year as the Middle East war drives up oil prices. — Bloomberg
Tradeweb agreed to buy credit-trading platform Trumid for roughly $2 billion. — Bloomberg
Finance
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Markets Daily.
Data-center firm Elice plunged 32% on its Seoul debut, and the Kospi has fallen almost 40% from its June all-time high. — Bloomberg · Bloomberg
Japan’s 20-year government bond sale saw the strongest demand on record, a sign that elevated yields are luring domestic investors back. — Bloomberg
Emerging-market stocks are trading at their biggest-ever discount to US equities. — Bloomberg
Tech / AI
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Markets Daily.
AI cloud company Nscale is in talks to sell computing power to Anthropic in a deal that could be worth about $45 billion. — Bloomberg
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