General Wire › 23 Oct 2026
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General Wire — 23 October 2026
Investors are demanding returns from AI spending as Tesla and Lam Research disappoint, Chinese stocks entered a bear market, Barclays is cutting 5,000 jobs, and EQT agreed a €9.6 billion deal for Qiagen.
Business
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Markets Daily.
EQT reached a €9.6 billion deal for molecular testing firm Qiagen. — Bloomberg
Finance
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Markets Daily.
Chinese stocks entered a bear market on weak consumption and AI concerns. — Bloomberg
Barclays is cutting 5,000 jobs, about 5% of headcount, as AI drives cost cutting at banks. — Bloomberg
Tech / AI
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Markets Daily.
Tesla pulled back its spending plans and Lam Research’s weak guidance sent its shares more than 9% lower, while Meta raised its AI spending outlook. — Bloomberg · Bloomberg
SoftBank has lost half its market value since June on worries over its roughly $65 billion invested in OpenAI. — Bloomberg
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