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Jack Caffrey, equity portfolio manager at JPMorgan Asset Management, examines the impact of oil prices on equity markets and what that means for both short-term traders and long-term investors. (Source: Bloomberg)

The Iran war risk premium that swept through crop and fertilizer markets is rapidly evaporating as fears of prolonged supply disruptions fade, easing one of the biggest threats to food inflation.

Sugar futures fluctuated in New York as traders weighed ample Brazilian supplies against mounting El Niño risks that could tighten global supplies later this year.

Blackstone Inc. is pushing forward in the fast-growing market for significant risk transfers as banks hedge possible losses in their swelling loan books.

Top Philippine telecoms firm PLDT Inc. plans to raise between $300 million and $400 million from the listing of a real estate investment trust for its data center business amid a global wave of investor interest in technology and artificial intelligence assets.

Britain’s merger watchdog has opened a probe into Paramount Skydance Corp.’s $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

The start of the FIFA World Cup is just two days away, but for Comcast Corp.’s Telemundo, it’s been more than two years in the making. The Miami-based television network, which holds the Spanish-language rights to the tournament in the US, has long been preparing to lure in viewers with the idea that “soccer is more fun en Español.”

An index of US small business optimism fell in May to the lowest level since October 2024, erasing almost all of the gains seen since President Donald Trump was elected for a second term.

Markets prepare to welcome Elon Musk’s multiplanetary, AI-infused version of General Electric.

Kuwait is offering to sell its crude to refiners in Asia for the first time since the Iran war started, the latest indication that oil flows from Persian Gulf producers are opening up despite Tehran’s threat to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

StoneX Group Inc. plans to expand into base metals and agricultural commodities after setting up its first precious metals trading desk in India in June, according to top executives, deepening its presence in the fast-growing economy after serving it for years from overseas hubs.

Sam Lynton-Brown, head of global macro strategy at BNP Paribas, speaks on Blomberg Television about the outlook for Federal Reserve and European Central Bank policy. (Source: Bloomberg)

China’s imports from the European Union dropped for the first time in three months, again swelling a trade imbalance that’s put it on a collision course with the bloc.

French state-backed lender Bpifrance SACA is selling a new type of bond backed by small company loans, looking to end a more than decade-long regulatory impasse over European Secured Notes.

Wayve Technologies Ltd., the UK-based autonomous driving software startup, is considering letting investors sell shares through the country’s new private securities market, according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be the first major endorsement of the novel system.

In a reversal of fortune, oil companies in Colombia, where outgoing president Gustavo Petro has all but barred exploration for the last four years, are scoping out Venezuela.

BlackRock Inc.’s Global Infrastructure Partners and Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. are among private equity firms shortlisted to buy a stake in a Kuwaiti pipeline network, indicating sustained interest for marquee Gulf assets despite a monthslong war that’s impacted regional production and roiled energy markets globally.

State Bank of India plans to join a group of global lenders in funding Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.’s $12 billion overseas acquisition, according to people familiar with the matter.

Ukraine’s agricultural sector suffered direct losses of more than $11 billion as Russian drone strikes intensified sharply at the end of last year, according to Deputy Economy Minister Taras Vysotskyi.

Intesa Sanpaolo CEO Carlo Messina discusses the lender's offer to buy Italian rival Banca Monte dei Paschi for €30.6 billion ($35.3 billion). "The only real offer now in the market is the Intesa Sanpaolo offer," Messina tells Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua, calling Banco BPM's proposal of a merger of equals merely a "love letter." (Source: Bloomberg)