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(Bloomberg) -- Frank Bisignano, the head of the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration, denied a report in the Wall Street Journal that he spied on colleagues while at JPMorgan Chase.Most Read from BloombergYemen’s Houthis to Impose Maritime Blockade on Saudi ArabiaChina AI Sensation Moonshot’s Gamble on Big Models Pays OffTrump Vows 50% Tariff on Canadian Goods Using Depression-Era LawMoonshot’s Kimi K3 May Be More About Memory Than ComputeUS Strikes Iran in Escalating Camp

The federal government has been mailing checks to dead people for years, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says a new verification system just caught the first wave. The numbers already stopped are notable, but Bessent argues they barely register against what is actually out there.

📣 “When I look at AI itself, the amount of money being spent is huge. Will it in total pay off? Probably, just like the internet did. Will it pay off the way you expect on the timetable you expect? Definitely not.

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Frank Bisignano directed staff to use software to snoop in email of rivals and surveil work of employees; Bisignano, who also heads Social Security, denied he ever spied on co-workers.

BlackRock is leading a debt sale targeting at least $12 billion for its massive new El Paso data-center project backed by Meta Platforms people familiar with the matter said. The world’s largest investment firm, along with its infrastructure and private-credit arms, owns an 80% stake in the Texas data-center project, while Meta Platforms, which will use the data centers, owns the other 20%. BlackRock has been plowing tens of billions of dollars into data-center investments over the past year, including a $40 billion deal to buy Aligned Data Centers.

Federal debt just crossed a threshold not seen since soldiers were coming home from World War II, and the math shows spending cuts cannot close the gap. Elon Musk says only one force in the world is large enough to prevent national bankruptcy.

Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) released its company-compiled data of sell-side analysts’ forecasts for the automaker’s second-quarter 2026 earnings estimates ahead of this week’s earnings call. Analysts Predict $27 Billion in Revenue On Saturday, the Elon Musk-led automaker announced earnings forecasts from analysts at JP Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS) and several others. Read Also: This Week in Tesla: Elon Musk Faces Pay Package Questions, US EV Prices Fall and More

(Bloomberg) -- For fund managers in London, New York and Tokyo, a new ritual has emerged before trading gets underway: checking South Korean stocks.Most Read from BloombergFCC Near Rulings Against Disney Over ‘The View,’ TV LicensesTaylor Farms Pulls Mexican Lettuce as Parasite Cases RiseThousands of Trucks Haul Iraq’s Oil Through Syria in Sign of Hormuz LegacyChip Stocks Slide Into Bear Market in AI Unwind: Markets WrapTwo US Troops Killed, One Missing After Iran Strikes NeighborsOnce a periphe

Earnings results showed generally solid credit health among borrowers, strong dealmaking activity, and blowout trading numbers.

JPMorgan has slashed its price target on Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN) to $196 from $283. This is nearly a 31% cut, while maintaining an "Overweight" rating on the largest U.S. crypto exchange. The revision, led by analyst Kenneth Worthington, still implies roughly 24% upside from the ...

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(Bloomberg) -- The bonds sold by hyperscalers to fuel their artificial intelligence ambitions have become a drag on investor portfolios from London to Tokyo.Most Read from BloombergThailand Scraps Plan to End Visa-Free Entry for Indian TouristsGoogle Gemini Launch Delayed as Tech Falls Short of Internal GoalsBeckham’s IM8 Gets $1 Billion From General Catalyst for GrowthNasdaq Futures Tumble 1.5% as Chip Rout Deepens: Markets WrapUS Cyclospora Outbreak Tied to Taco Bell Lettuce From MexicoFrom fa

JPMorgan Chase just reported blowout second-quarter results.

The banking giant just showed off its profit engine, but now it has to prove this new power is permanent.

US banks look like they are trying to move to the upside, but this is a market that has a lot of external influences.

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(Bloomberg) -- Bond investors are demanding the most compensation since October 2022 to fund Middle Eastern governments as fighting flares again between the US and Iran.Most Read from BloombergThailand Scraps Plan to End Visa-Free Entry for Indian TouristsOpenAI’s First Device Will Be Movable, Screenless Speaker Built as AI CompanionCIA Says AI Drones Give Russian Troops Only 30 Minutes to LiveBeckham’s IM8 Gets $1 Billion From General Catalyst for GrowthOnePlus, Once Popular with Tech Fans, to

“Clearly markets revenues in general have been quite elevated and strong for some time,” JPMorgan CFO Jeremy Barnum told analysts this week. “The market is clearly extremely risk-on, and we’re kind of takers of that.

JPMorgan, Goldman and other big banks are raking in trading revenue this year as “the market is clearly extremely risk-on.”

While we are still in the opening stages of the Q2 reporting cycle, the early results strongly reinforce the robust corporate earnings trend we've been seeing, with the big banks starting off the Q2 earnings season with remarkable momentum.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. posted impressive Q2 2026 results, but the stock dipped after raising its full-year expense outlook to $107.5 billion.

Wall Street cleared this earnings season’s first major hurdle with room to spare, as the nation’s biggest banks pummeled profit forecasts. “Bank earnings are often described as a scoreboard for the financial sector,” said Ruben Dalfovo, investment strategist at Saxo Bank. “They are more useful as an economic medical examination, and the early numbers suggest the patient remains active, and dealmaking appears healthier.”

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(Bloomberg) -- Anthropic PBC is seeking to meet with investors ahead of its potential mega-IPO, according to people familiar with the matter, as the company prepares to join the rush of artificial intelligence-driven stock market debuts.Most Read from BloombergThailand Scraps Plan to End Visa-Free Entry for Indian TouristsOpenAI’s First Device Will Be Movable, Screenless Speaker Built as AI CompanionTrump Drops 20% Fee for Hormuz Cargo After Gulf PressureUS Hits Iran With Strikes, Blockade as Tr

As part of the bank’s defense initiative, $24 million will go toward a submarine facility and training skilled workers.

IBM stock has its worst day ever, PayPal gets a takeover offer, big banks see deal boom time, and more news to start your day.

Chip-gear giant ASML rose with the Nasdaq and AI stocks at key levels. Oil prices topped $80 a barrel on new U.S. attacks vs. Iran.

Virtually everything worked in big banks’ favor in the second quarter, but there’s no shortage of things that could go wrong.