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In today's newsletter: 📡 Amazon buys Globalstar for $11.5B to rival Starlink 🛢️ Oil rises on claimed Houthi strike on Saudi refinery 🤖 OpenAI plans to buy Google's AI chips 📈 Ambani's Jio jumps 21% in trading debut 🏦 BNY now custodies XRP for institutions Plus: 🌍 11 macro stories, 🏢 8 corporate stories, and 📑 6 research & reports.
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📡 Amazon buys Globalstar for $11.5B to rival Starlink
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- US regulators have cleared Amazon's $11.5 billion purchase of satellite operator Globalstar, letting its Leo unit expand a space-based communications network meant to challenge Elon Musk's Starlink.
- Amazon, which has committed more than $10 billion to Leo and launched over 300 satellites since April 2025, gains Globalstar's two dozen satellites and spectrum, and aims to start commercial service by the end of 2026.
- Globalstar powers Apple's iPhone Emergency SOS and Find My features and drew about 63% of its revenue from Apple last year; Amazon has agreed to keep those services and plans to buy Apple's 20% stake.
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🛢️ Oil rises on claimed Houthi strike on Saudi refinery
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- Oil prices rose on Wednesday after Yemen's Houthis claimed a missile strike on Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura complex, reviving fears of supply disruption from the world's top crude exporter.
- Brent climbed 1.62% to $115.70 a barrel and WTI rose 1.34% to $101.20, as the Houthis said they hit the 550,000-barrel-a-day refinery, though Saudi authorities have not confirmed a direct hit or major damage.
- Adding to the pressure, the Wall Street Journal reported the US has warned Gulf states to prepare for a possible military campaign against Iran after the November 3 midterms, and API data showed crude inventories fell about 2.03 million barrels.
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🤖 OpenAI plans to buy Google's AI chips
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- OpenAI plans to buy Google's AI chips, The Information reported on Tuesday, a move that would deepen ties between two companies that otherwise compete head-to-head in AI products and search.
- OpenAI, one of the biggest buyers of Nvidia's GPUs, started renting Google's Tensor Processing Units back in June 2025; the chips have gained ground as a cheaper alternative, and Google began selling them directly to some customers this year.
- No financial terms were disclosed, but the report lands as Alphabet reports quarterly results later today, with investors watching whether its heavy AI spending is still driving growth in its cloud business.
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📈 Ambani's Jio jumps 21% in trading debut
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- Jio Platforms, Mukesh Ambani's telecom and digital arm backed by Meta and Google, jumped 21% in its trading debut today after raising $3.2 billion in India's largest-ever initial public offering.
- The listing valued Jio at around $131.9 billion, making it India's second-most valuable listed company behind parent Reliance Industries, and roughly double its $65 billion valuation when Meta and Google invested in 2020.
- The offer drew bids worth more than $77 billion, over 22 times the shares available, and Jio plans to use most of the proceeds to repay debt at its telecom subsidiary.
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🏦 BNY now custodies XRP for institutions
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- BNY, the custody bank that already guards the reserves behind Ripple's dollar stablecoin, now holds XRP and the RLUSD stablecoin for institutional clients on its Digital Asset Custody platform, Ripple said yesterday.
- Eligible clients can store and move the two assets within the bank's existing controls framework, extending a relationship that began in July 2025 when Ripple picked BNY as primary custodian for RLUSD reserves, now worth about $2.6 billion.
- Further plans, letting BNY customers mint and redeem RLUSD directly, and exploring tokenized trade finance with working-capital marketplace C2FO, remain subject to final approvals from BNY and regulators, with no timeline given.
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🌍 Macro News
- Malaysian customs seized $12.11 million in AI chips at its main airport. LINK
- Treasury yields barely moved as the Fed began its two-day policy meeting. LINK
- Britain sold £4.5 billion of five-year debt at its highest yield since 2008. LINK
- US durable goods orders rose in September, led by stronger business investment. LINK
- Consumer confidence rose to 91.7, its highest level since June. LINK
- Honda warns failure to reach a US-Canada trade deal risks catastrophic auto-industry fallout. LINK
- Coinbase will automatically convert 14 stablecoins held in European retail accounts Friday. LINK
- CFTC sued Utah, saying the state exceeded authority in targeting Kalshi. LINK
- Bessent says crypto can bolster the dollar in US-China technology competition. LINK
- Chinese state funds intervened to support stocks after indexes entered a bear market. LINK
- Gold edged lower as a stronger dollar and Fed decision curbed buying. LINK
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🏢 Corporate News
- Robinhood shares dropped after falling crypto revenue cut profits despite growth elsewhere. LINK
- GM will move its listing to Nasdaq from NYSE in November. LINK
- Disruptive raised $10 billion to make large late-stage AI and defense investments. LINK
- Oracle added Google, Cerebras and SambaNova AI chips to reduce Nvidia reliance. LINK
- PayPal raised its earnings forecast as its turnaround begins appearing in results. LINK
- Guidewire agreed to buy Hyperexponential for $1.7 billion in cash. LINK
- SoFi raised forecasts after third-quarter revenue jumped 44% on broader product adoption. LINK
- SK Hynix earnings sharply beat estimates as AI data-center demand boosted chip sales. LINK
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📈 Stocks
| ▲ Biggest winners | | Celestica rose 12% after Q3 revenue surged 83% to $5.83 billion. LINK | | Pentair rose 13% after Q3 adjusted EPS of $1.18 beat $1.08 estimate. LINK |
| ▼ Biggest losers | | HSBC Holdings fell 6% after Q3 adjusted EPS of $2.10 missed $2.22 estimate and revenue of $18.620B missed $19.092B forecast. LINK | | Xylem fell 14% after cutting full-year 2026 revenue guidance to $8.95 billion. LINK |
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📑 Research & Reports
- Aleph's finance career playbook: maps how finance roles are changing and which skills now carry a premium. Download the free playbook
- Nearly 90% of large businesses are testing or adopting tokenised money. LINK
- European debt jitters may raise corporate borrowing costs, limiting investment and payouts. LINK
- Accenture expects cheaper AI tokens, but surging usage could increase total bills. LINK
- Korea warns chip exports could lose $50-$100 billion if AI spending retreats. LINK
- Global bond issuance growth will slow to 2.7% in 2027, S&P says. LINK
- IRENA raised its 2035 renewables capacity target to 18.4 terawatts as demand grows. LINK
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📅 Market Calendar
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