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The Fast Five → Costliest US bond sale since ’01, Musk and Zuck make AI comebacks, Ackman buys Netflix again four years after exit, Workday posts best day in 10 years on Silver Lake takeover, and CXMT becomes China’s most valuable company…
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Today:
Retail Sales, 8:30A
Consumer Sentiment, 10A
Inflation Expectations, 10A
Tomorrow:
None watched
Your 5-minute briefing for Friday, August 14:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 8/13/2026.
Pre-Market:
Market Wrap:
Thu: Dow +70 (+0.13%), S&P +0.65%, Nasdaq +0.81%
S&P briefly topped 7,800 for the first time
Softer wholesale inflation helped lift stocks
Oil fell more than 2% on weaker demand
Rate-hike expectations eased after CPI and PPI
Cisco sank 8% despite beating estimates
Focus shifts to Friday’s retail sales
EARNINGS
Nothing watched today. Full earnings calendar »
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HEADLINES
The US government is about to sell 30-year bonds at the highest interest rate in a quarter of a century.
Chinese chipmaker CXMT overtook Tencent on Thursday to become the country’s most valuable company, as memory makers surf a tidal wave of AI-fueled demand.
S&P 500 notches record high, Nasdaq rallies after soft inflation data (more)
Iran looks to ramp up economic alliance with BRICS nations (more)
The Iran war risks bringing the G7's fastest-growing economy to a halt (more)
Treasury yields ease after lighter-than-expected wholesale inflation (more)
Wholesale prices were flat in July, below expectations for 0.2% increase (more)
US producer prices unchanged in July; labor market stable (more)
Mortgage rates see first drop in 6 weeks (more)
Musk and Zuck make AI comebacks (more)
'Big Short' investor Steve Eisman sees an Achilles' heel in the AI boom (more)
Ackman buys Netflix again 4 years after exit, says it won streaming wars (more)
Workday shares post best day in 10 yrs on Silver Lake takeover report (more)
Reddit stock jumps on inclusion in S&P 500 (more)
OpenAI’s revenue run rate tops $40B ahead of IPO (more)
AI firm Databricks valued at $190B as it bags $5 bln in funding (more)
AMD to raise as much as $5 Billion from debt offering (more)
Microsoft retreats in China, but AI boom helps it keep a window open (more)
Cheesecake Factory is crushing Chipotle in a restaurant rotation (more)
World's largest jeweler bets on platinum despite falling silver prices (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
Thoma Bravo to take Accelerant private in more than $4 bln deal
Frasers Group acquires UK luxury dept store Harvey Nichols
PointsKash receives $100M investment from Hawk Capital Investors
Vetspire receives investment from Battery Ventures
VC
Databricks, a data and AI company, closed a $5B strategic funding round
Orange EV, zero-emissions terminal trucks and fleet infrastructure solutions, raised a $100M credit facility
InduPro, a biotech company developing therapeutics for cancer and autoimmune diseases, raised $77M in Series B funding
Boulevard Bio, a precision immunology company, raised $65M in funding
Khartis Therapeutics, a biotech platform developing therapies for immunological and chronic diseases, raised $50M in Series B funding
Pathway, an AI research lab specializing in post-transformer model architectures, secured $30M in Seed funding
Princeton Critical Minerals, a clean tech startup accelerating lithium production from brine sources, raised $16M in equity and grant funding
River Markets, a financial infrastructure provider for prediction markets, raised $8.5M in Seed funding
Reservoir, a smart home electrification and predictive appliance company, raised $8M in Seed funding
Dimension, a social commerce tech company, raised $1.65M in Seed funding
CRYPTO
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