Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition

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On today's podcast:

(1) The message from the bond market was clear: For all of Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh’s tough talk about taming inflation, he’s in no rush to use the power of the central bank to do it. The Fed kept interest rates unchanged for a seventh straight month, prompting investors to dump 30-year Treasury bonds and send the yield up to nearly 5.23%, a 19-year high.

(2) The Bank of England is set to leave interest rates on hold as it sticks to a wait-and-see approach to navigate the wild swings in oil and gas prices.

(3) The US launched a new wave of strikes against Iran in response to attacks on American military bases in the Middle East, escalating a conflict that has spread across the region.

(4) Samsung posted a 250-fold surge in chip profits and now expects memory shortages to worsen next year, reflecting the relentless pace of a global AI infrastructure buildout.

(5) Meta Platforms gave a disappointing quarterly revenue forecast, stepping up pressure on Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg to allay investor concerns that the company isn’t swiftly benefiting from its massive outlay on artificial intelligence.

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Your morning briefing. All the news you need to start your day.

On today's podcast:

(1) The US said it intercepted an Iranian attack on military bases, ending a dayslong pause in fighting and increasing the risk of a return to full-blown war in the Middle East.

(2) SK Hynix earmarked at least $31 billion in capital spending this year after reporting a six-fold surge in quarterly profit, a record outlay that coincides with growing fears about overinvestment in AI capacity.

(3) An OpenAI artificial intelligence agent that breached systems at the startup Hugging Face Inc. earlier this month also compromised a customer of the technology company Modal.

(4) Firefighters in Spain and France are racing to contain wildfires threatening Madrid and Bordeaux as Europe’s fourth heat wave of the summer hinders efforts to bring the blazes under control.

(5) UEFA is considering a boycott of FIFA events, according to a person familiar with the matter, in a seismic rift between the most powerful governing bodies of football.
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Your morning briefing. All the news you need to start your day.

On today's podcast:

(1) A global selloff in semiconductor stocks deepened on Tuesday, as fresh signs of China’s progress in advanced chipmaking and mounting concerns over the artificial intelligence spending boom sparked another wave of selling across the sector.

(2) France and Spain are studying ways to pump money into regions hit by massive wildfires over the past week even before the conflagrations are fully contained.

(3) LVMH’s key fashion and leather goods unit, home to Louis Vuitton and Dior, barely eked out sales growth last quarter as the conflict in the Middle East deterred wealthy shoppers.

(4) Labour Members of Parliament warned Andy Burnham he will lose the support of his governing party if he approaches welfare reform with a focus on “punitive” cuts, as Britain’s new prime minister prepares to announce plans to alleviate rising youth unemployment.

(5) The UK shared its “Stone Cloak” technology capable of jamming Russian air defence systems with Ukraine as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy became the first foreign leader to visit Britain for talks with new Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

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Your morning briefing. All the news you need to start your day.

On today's podcast:

(1) A global selloff in semiconductor stocks deepened on Tuesday, as fresh signs of China’s progress in advanced chipmaking and mounting concerns over the artificial intelligence spending boom sparked another wave of selling across the sector.

(2) France and Spain are studying ways to pump money into regions hit by massive wildfires over the past week even before the conflagrations are fully contained.

(3) LVMH’s key fashion and leather goods unit, home to Louis Vuitton and Dior, barely eked out sales growth last quarter as the conflict in the Middle East deterred wealthy shoppers.

(4) Labour Members of Parliament warned Andy Burnham he will lose the support of his governing party if he approaches welfare reform with a focus on “punitive” cuts, as Britain’s new prime minister prepares to announce plans to alleviate rising youth unemployment.

(5) The UK shared its “Stone Cloak” technology capable of jamming Russian air defence systems with Ukraine as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy became the first foreign leader to visit Britain for talks with new Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

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Your morning briefing. All the news you need to start your day.

On today's podcast:

(1) More than 300,000 people have fled their homes in towns and villages across France and Spain even as wildfires threaten the major cities of Madrid and Bordeaux, and as a new blaze erupted in the Vall d’Uixó region in Spain’s east.

(2) The US paused an almost two-week run of strikes against Iran for a second night while the Islamic Republic signaled it was refraining from any retaliatory attacks and held talks with Oman over the Strait of Hormuz.

(3) ⁠⁠Oil sank as the US and Iran paused strikes, easing tensions in the five-month-old conflict, even as the Houthis claimed attacks against Saudi targets and ship-tracking suggested flows remained constrained.

(4) The suspect in Saturday’s deadly van attack on Berlin’s LGBTQ pride event was shot dead early Sunday evening in a police operation in the German capital, city officials said.

(5) CXMT’s shares opened 472% higher in their Shanghai debut on Monday, making the memory chipmaker China’s largest onshore-listed company as investors flock to beneficiaries of the AI boom.
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