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China Steps In to Rescue Stocks, But the Market Continues to Fall

The Communist Party uses a “national team” of state-owned investment funds to stem the market rout. But this time, investors are not sure it will work.

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President Xi Jinping of China has convened senior leaders to set the government’s agenda, but the economy is likely to take a back seat to politics.
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Brazilian Markets Convulse After Unexpected Election Result

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s re-election victory prompted a sharp reversal in financial markets that had expected his opponent to win.

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Brazil’s president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, celebrating on Monday after his victory in the presidential runoff election.
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Meta and SpaceX to Raise Billions More to Fund A.I. Ambitions

The race to build artificial intelligence infrastructure is consuming increasingly enormous amounts of cash at the biggest tech companies.

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Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Meta. The company aims to raise up to $95 billion to invest in A.I. infrastructure.
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What’s Riding on Anthropic Going Public? Nearly Everything.

Anthropic sits atop a pyramid of business partners and suppliers, making it a barometer of the broader economy. Its initial public offering will have widespread implications.
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How Worried Should We Be About the Economy? Let’s Look at 2008.

It’s not impossible to spot the characteristics of a brewing financial crisis. We can look to 2008 for clues.

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Stocks See Steepest Decline in Months Amid A.I. Worries

The S&P 500 index fell over 1.4 percent, its largest daily decline since July, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq slumped nearly 2.5 percent, that index’s biggest one-day decline since June.

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How Mark Zuckerberg Pushed Meta to Shield Him From California’s Proposed Wealth Tax

The billionaire told Meta’s board that he planned to list his Silicon Valley home for sale. The company remade its stock structure to help him pay the tax if voters pass it.

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Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, at his home in Lake Tahoe, Calif. He has another California home in Palo Alto, close to Meta’s headquarters.
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