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FirstFT: Chinese stocks on course for worst month in decade
CoreWeave bows to investor pushback on debt linked to Anthropic contracts
Saudi Arabia announces maritime defence coalition as Houthi attacks threaten Red Sea route
Between prices and a diarrhea-causing parasite, lettuce is causing hard times at some restaurants
Skirts and sandwiches fail to excite cautious IPO investors
Marvel's mixed year meets DC, Star Wars slumps at Comic-Con
Amazon says glitch removed free shipping option for some customers unless they signed up for Prime
Are investors really getting cold feet about the AI boom?
Japan’s yen jumps 3% as speculation over intervention swirls
BP to cut 700 jobs as it warns on oil ‘oversupply’
NYSE owner to buy bond platform MarketAxess in $5.7bn deal
Blue Owl’s private credit fundraising falls to slowest pace in three years
KKR profits soar as it cashes in record amount of private equity bets
Aston Martin investors kept in dark over details of asset shift
Warsh’s stripped-back Fed communication ‘already backfiring’, say investors
BoE expected to ‘talk tough’ but leave rates on hold
DR Congo’s cobalt boom carries an unwanted cargo: uranium
US borrowing costs hit 19-year high as Fed defies inflation fears
Shell reports highest profits since 2022
Central banks slashed their gold purchases in early 2026