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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Rheinmetall crash-lands to a more grounded reality reut.rs/4Ac8CIh

Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Rheinmetall crash-lands to a more grounded reality

The $53 bln German group’s ‌shares fell 17% on a slashed outlook, and have halved this year. Rheinmetall’s 10-fold ​valuation hike since 2022 still flags ​a rearmament winner. But investors are now...

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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Alstom crunch derails funky-debt gravy train reut.rs/3U6P6xK

Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Alstom crunch derails funky-debt gravy train

The €7 bln rail manufacturer’s ​shares fell 25% as it cut its outlook, and ‌yields on its low-ranking debt spiked. Hybrid debt issuance boomed as investors chased returns and issuers looked to prop...

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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: PAG's China property deal blueprint comes together reut.rs/3UVnBYd

Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: PAG's China property deal blueprint comes together

The buyout firm will ​take over Evergrande's ​building services unit for $514 mln, ⁠or half the 18 ​times earnings multiple a top ​rival trades on. It's PAG's second bet in the real ​estate market's...

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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Italy’s deal magician hits limit of M&A escapology reut.rs/4jP5FIO

Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Italy’s deal magician hits limit of M&A escapology

Investors in €33 bln Monte dei Paschi killed CEO ​Luigi Lovaglio’s plan to ​buy two peers. Backing him ⁠would have offered an alternative ​to Intesa’s hostile offer, and ​created a third major...

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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Artificial intelligence reaches its Napster moment reut.rs/47NGdMM

Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Artificial intelligence reaches its Napster moment

Anthropic ​has launched its mega-IPO ⁠just as ​the technology’s scope ​to upend the software industry becomes clear. The ​revolution that ​engulfed the music business ‌in ⁠the early 2000s is a...

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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: China wealth boom barely flinches at tax crackdown reut.rs/4f1fa4h

Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: China wealth boom barely flinches at tax crackdown

Strong ​account openings and $60 bln of inflows at HSBC ‌and StanChart show little change in customer behaviour. AIA's dip in the value of new business is mild. Beijing’s tougher enforcement of...

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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: French banks have privileged perch for debt crisis reut.rs/4e79oOk

Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: French banks have privileged perch for debt crisis

BNP is boosting returns and pledging buybacks, even as investors fret over the ​country's €3.6 trln of debt. The ​largest Gallic lenders have low exposure ⁠to the sovereign and even, ​in some cases,...

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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Palliser’s Samsung buyback bet puts a hat on a hat reut.rs/4igoKB9

Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Palliser’s Samsung buyback bet puts a hat on a hat

The ‌activist wants the South Korean titan to sop up $100 bln of preferred shares but ​overcomplicates the play by calling ​for the issuance of US ADRs ⁠to fund it. Demanding ordinary shares'...

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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Beware a boring UK budget that ages badly reut.rs/4iai6fG

Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Beware a boring UK budget that ages badly

Chancellor John ​Healey has talked markets into expecting little this ‌autumn. Amid a £10 bln fiscal hole created by the Iran crisis, he may defer thorny spending decisions to 2027. But past budgets...

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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Lab testing LBO offers murky result for both sides reut.rs/489RTJB reut.rs/489RTJB

Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Lab testing LBO offers murky result for both sides

EQT will buy Qiagen for $12 bln, ‌whose kits trace diseases and help police solve crimes. It’s barely more than an offer shareholders rejected back ​in 2020. Yet the Swedish buyer will ​need to grow...

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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: GSK is two shots away from clean bill of health reut.rs/4sfmKxI reut.rs/4sfmKxI

Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: GSK is two shots away from clean bill of health

One of Europe’s most cheaply valued ​drugmakers, the £75 bln ​group run by Luke Miels ⁠is turning a corner. ​Fears over expiring patents ​are easing thanks to a booming oncology unit. A £40 bln sales...

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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Tata's owners deserve to prevail in power struggle reut.rs/4i5mm04 reut.rs/4i5mm04

Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Tata's owners deserve to prevail in power struggle

A clash between the ⁠salt-to-steel giant's ​major shareholder and chair ​has ramifications beyond the $260 bln group. If ​the owners ​triumph, Tata will need a ‌new ⁠leader and strategic rethink. But...

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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Israel’s key election has high economic stakes reut.rs/483z8aG reut.rs/483z8aG

Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Israel’s key election has high economic stakes

Israel’s economy has ​outperformed despite years of ⁠war. Yet under ​Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right ​coalition, subsidies and benefits flow heavily to the Haredi ​minority, while ​native-born...

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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Gulf’s latest shock imperils a rapid recovery reut.rs/4joclgN reut.rs/4joclgN

Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Gulf’s latest shock imperils a rapid recovery

Visitor numbers and hotel bookings in Dubai are way off prewar levels, and Qatari GDP may shrink 16% in 2026. Lethal attacks on Saudi airports complicate an expected 2027 rebound. That could give...

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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: India’s bank privatisation offers cautious win-win reut.rs/3VKMdDe reut.rs/3VKMdDe

Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: India’s bank privatisation offers cautious win-win

Canada’s Fairfax is set to acquire ​61% of IDBI Bank for $5.6 bln, the largest foreign ‌bet on an Indian lender. For the buyer, it's a cheap valuation and it delivers an okay return for state rescuer...

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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Japanese PM’s reflationist label is hard to shake reut.rs/4B5WmdI reut.rs/4B5WmdI

Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Japanese PM’s reflationist label is hard to shake

Sanae Takaichi dislikes ​the depiction of ​her year-old administration. But a $2 ⁠trln investment splurge ​and profligate budget are ​more apt to stoke inflation. Mooted tax cuts push up ​bond yields...

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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Why global oil markets will be watching Alibaba reut.rs/4hJO97n reut.rs/4hJO97n

Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Why global oil markets will be watching Alibaba

Beijing has now curbed fuel exports twice this year and shifted to ​monthly from annual quotas. It ​means traders have to watch China's ⁠domestic demand, from shopping festivals ​to winter stockpil...

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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Riyadh attacks hit core of Saudi's economic pivot reut.rs/4hSQY50 reut.rs/4hSQY50

Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Riyadh attacks hit core of Saudi's economic pivot

Lethal Houthi missiles struck the kingdom’s ​top airport before a key investment conflab. Executives cancelling trips ‌looks trifling given rising risks of war. But the outbreak imperils Saudi’s 2030...

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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: The unbearable lightness of an EU-China half-deal reut.rs/4hPCUcu reut.rs/4hPCUcu

Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: The unbearable lightness of an EU-China half-deal

Germany and France's alignment has strengthened Brussels' ​hand in trade talks with Beijing, but divisions within the €20 trln ‌bloc remain the key obstacle. A thin agreement prolonging Europe's...

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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: China’s slow bull market is poised to take off reut.rs/4rXxzUX reut.rs/4rXxzUX

Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: China’s slow bull market is poised to take off

The $20 ​trln economy is burdened ⁠with slow ​growth, bad loans, and ​overcapacity. President Xi Jinping has cracked down ​on past ​excesses. Yet companies are becoming ‌more ⁠efficient and stocks...

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