Today: 28 June 2026
IPO calendar eyes Bending Spoons as shortened week thins deal pipeline

IPO calendar eyes Bending Spoons as shortened week thins deal pipeline

Bending Spoons (NASDAQ:BSP) drives 61% of next week’s $2.56 billion U.S. IPO proceeds, making its $1.57 billion raise a key test for investor appetite in debt-heavy software M&A, with a $18.1 billion valuation and 4.0x net debt to EBITDA leverage, as markets brace for a holiday-shortened week and a looming $29.4 billion SK hynix Nasdaq ADR.

AI News Roundup – June 28, 2025

AI News Roundup – June 28, 2025

Meta hired OpenAI researcher Trapit Bansal and bought a 49% stake in Scale AI, valued at nearly $15 billion, while securing 1.1 GW of nuclear power for future AI data centers. Amazon’s stock nearly doubled in three years as AWS holds about 30% of the global cloud market. U.S. Judge Alsup ruled AI training on copyrighted books can be fair use, but Anthropic faces trial in December over alleged use of pirate copies.
June 2025 AI News Roundup: Breakthroughs, Surprises, and Global Developments

June 2025 AI News Roundup: Breakthroughs, Surprises, and Global Developments

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said GPT-5 will launch in summer 2025, claiming major improvements over GPT-4. Midjourney released its first text-to-video system, Model V1, in June 2025. Meta delayed LLaMA 4 Behemoth to late 2025 due to performance issues. Google DeepMind introduced Gemini Robotics On-Device, running vision-language-action AI entirely on robots.
Latest AI Developments June 2025: Breakthroughs, Trends, and Future Outlook

Latest AI Developments June 2025: Breakthroughs, Trends, and Future Outlook

Waymo’s robotaxis are providing over 150,000 autonomous rides weekly in U.S. cities. The EU AI Act took effect in August 2024, with enforcement phases through 2026. In 2024, U.S. private AI investment reached $109 billion. China’s CAC will require AI-generated content labeling from September 2025.

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Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

US Stock Market Today: Live Updates 28.06.2026

LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: June 28, 2026, 4:00 AM EDTUpdated: June 28, 2026, 10:35 AM EDT Crypto Analyst Predicts 50x Surge for Aave, Outperforming Bitcoin by 2030 June 28, 2026, 10:17 AM EDT. Bitcoin has declined over 50% since its October peak, amidst concerns about a crypto “Ponzi scheme” collapse. Geoff Kendrick, head of crypto research at Standard Chartered, forecasts a 50-fold surge in Aave’s price-from $70 to $3,500-by 2030, positioning it to outperform Bitcoin and Ethereum. Aave, a major decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol with $12.4 billion locked in assets, suffered a $300 million exploit in April but remains a
Fifth Third’s Social Security card change puts $3.6 billion Direct Express deposit base in play

Fifth Third’s Social Security card change puts $3.6 billion Direct Express deposit base in play

Fifth Third Bancorp (NYSE:FITB) is absorbing millions of Direct Express cardholders and $3.6 billion in noninterest-bearing deposits as Social Security ends paper checks, giving FITB a major low-cost funding boost—but execution risks loom as the bank integrates Comerica’s former program and manages potential fraud and service challenges.
IHG buyback near record highs puts capital-return math in focus

IHG buyback near record highs puts capital-return math in focus

IHG bought back 200,000 shares for $34 million at near-record prices through June 25, shrinking its share count as its London stock closed Friday at $171.55, just 2.4% below its all-time high; this aggressive buyback, part of a new $950 million program, means future per-share growth will rely more on room and fee expansion, with investors eyeing upcoming half-year results on August 11.
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