Bloomberg Daybreak

Corporate and trade records reveal how a web of companies exporting gold from Africa to the UAE is still prospering.

The New Zealand dollar is poised to cap its longest run of weekly declines since early 2025 as higher oil prices and the risks of a close election weigh on the currency, with market strategists warning of further losses ahead.

Credit markets are showing signs of caution, as surging bond yields, growing inflation fears, and record borrowings make high-grade company debt seem like less of a bastion of safety.

Indonesia has room for a global bond sale this quarter as the government plans its borrowing program for the rest of the year, according to the nation’s newly appointed finance chief.

Indonesia’s new finance chief signaled he’ll stay in his lane and let the central bank and the Danantara sovereign wealth fund handle their own mandates, a bid to restore investor confidence in President Prabowo Subianto’s broad economic policy.

Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management’s Shinji Kunibe said that funds in his global fixed-income group have sold their entire holdings of French government bonds amid concerns about the nation’s fiscal situation, shifting funds to German bunds and short-term Japanese government bonds.

Copper headed for the biggest weekly loss since June as China’s stuttering industrial sector threatened to curb demand.

Zhi Ge, the alleged leader of an international insider trading ring, lost his court challenge against a US extradition request.

The head of the world’s largest liquefied natural gas buyer expects disruptions to the Strait of Hormuz to persist, further curtailing flows from a region that accounted for about a fifth of global supply before the Middle East war.

Market gyrations, rising prices, military conflicts and artificial intelligence worries have posed challenges for dealmaking in Asia and elsewhere. But pockets of activity in places like Australia, Japan and China have managed to keep transactions humming along.

The 30% slide in Indonesia’s benchmark stock index this year has prompted one overseas fund to invest in the country for the first time.

US Treasuries rebounded from a global bond selloff as pressure in European markets fueled demand for haven assets, pulling 10-year yields down from a 24-year high. Bloomberg's Ruth Carson reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

The Pentagon may deploy an additional aircraft carrier and 10,000 sailors and Marines to the Persian Gulf, giving US commanders more options if President Donald Trump chooses to escalate attacks on Iran. Bloomberg’s Bryan Pietsch shares the latest news. (Source: Bloomberg)

Anthropic PBC is seeking to go public as soon as the middle of November, according to people familiar with the matter, after the artificial intelligence model maker pushed back plans to list. Bloomberg's Anthony Stephens has more. (Source: Bloomberg)

Gold declined as a rebound in bond yields outweighed bets that the Federal Reserve may hold interest rates steady later this month following a slowdown in the jobs market.

Entertainment industry leaders share what they look for in order to greenlight a pitch today on the sidelines of the Bloomberg Screentime event in Los Angeles. (Source: Bloomberg)

The impact AI will have on entertainment, the next phase of the streaming wars and the deals reshaping the industry. Lucas Shaw shares the biggest moments you need to know about from the Bloomberg Screentime event in Los Angeles. Original filename: 10.1.26_Screentime_Wrap_1.mp4 (Source: Bloomberg)

NBCUniversal Entertainment Chairman, Donna Langley discusses the company’s film and television strategy and her plans to stand out in a competitive streaming landscape with Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw at Bloomberg Screentime 2026 in Los Angeles. (Source: Bloomberg)

Australia’s benchmark bond yield looks poised to fall below its US counterpart for the first time in over a year, as expectations for monetary policy in the two economies diverge.

Gerry Cardinale, the founder of the investment firm RedBird Capital Partners and one of the architects of Paramount Skydance Corp.’s pending acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., said the performance of the combined companies will impress investors.