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Anthropic has pipped OpenAI to the post, filing confidentially for an IPO. The move comes days after Anthropic’s valuation eclipsed that of OpenAI for the first time.

And US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have offered differing accounts of their phone call to discuss the fighting in Lebanon. They spoke after Iran suspended peace talks with the US because of the ongoing clashes. President Trump says he’s still optimistic that an interim deal can be done.

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US equity futures rise after the S&P 500 closed May with a fresh record high. Nvidia enters the PC market with its new chip, RTX Spark, preparing to take on Intel and AMD. Oil rebounds from a six-week low amid uncertainty over an interim US-Iran peace deal. Keith Lerner of Truist discusses the AI equity rally. French Ambassador for International Investments Pascal Cagni joins as President Macron announces $108 billion in foreign investment pledges to the nation including SoftBank and Salesforce.

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A Kenyan high court instructed the authorities to disclose details of an agreement with the US government to establish an Ebola quarantine facility in the East African nation. The latest outbreak of Ebola has been concentrated in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo and been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization. Bloomberg’s Jennifer Zabasajja reports.
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The US said Israel and Lebanon agreed to a ceasefire if Hezbollah also stops fighting, the latest attempt by the Trump administration to keep peace talks with Iran on track as political opposition to the war intensifies. Also on the show: Stocks pulled back from record levels after a weak forecast from Broadcom; SpaceX seeks $75 billion in record IPO to fund AI, Iran war tests Gulf region’s investment appeal; fertilizer firm OMIFCO announces Oman IPO. Guests include: Gareth Nicholson, FAB Asset Management CIO; Alain Bejjani, Author of NEXT: Leading Through the New Realities, Majid Al Futtaim Former CEO; Ahmed Said Al-Marhoubi, OMIFCO CEO.

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Iran said there had been no recent progress in talks with the US over an interim peace deal, while fighting persisted in Lebanon despite Washington’s declaration of a ceasefire between Israel and the country.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said late Wednesday that “no tangible progress has been achieved in the negotiation process” with the US, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

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