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President Vladimir Putin is set to visit India this week for the first time since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a rare trip that underscores the countries' defense and energy ties as New Delhi seeks to finalize a trade deal with Washington....

Silver steadied near a record after rallying about 17% over the previous seven sessions as traders piled into bets for lower interest rates, while the market faced ongoing supply tightness. Gold was flat....

Vulcan Energy Resources Ltd., a lithium and geothermal producer backed by Australian mining tycoon Gina Rinehart, has secured A$3.9 billion ($2.5 billion) of financing to fully fund a project in Germany, it said in an exchange filing....

Australia's central bank is closely monitoring inflation pressures and is ready to act in the event they show signs of regaining strength, Governor Michele Bullock said Wednesday, a hint that officials may yet have to pivot back toward tightening....

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is raising $1.5 billion from the sale of a five-year zero-coupon convertible bond, partly to help fund share buybacks....

Vikram Malhotra, senior partner at McKinsey, discusses AI, deal activity, performance pressure and rising CEO turnover with Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld on “The Close.” He says companies need to think about CEO changes before they happen. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Oil held a decline as traders weighed the outlook for an end to the war in Ukraine following high-level talks between the US and Russia, while attacks on Moscow's energy assets continued....

Shaun Donovan, CEO of Enterprise Community Partners and former HUD Secretary, says affordability is the nation's top economic issue. He tells Katie Greifeld and Romaine Bostick on “The Close” that the U.S. has never seen an affordability crisis of this scale in the history of its data. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Australia-listed gold producer Perseus Mining Ltd. has offered to buy BlackRock Inc.-backed junior Predictive Discovery Ltd. in an offer implying a fully diluted valuation of A$2.1 billion ($1.4 billion)....

Jimmy Wales says Wikipedia is focused on trust and warns that AI bots scraping the site are costing the organization a lot of money. He tells Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld on “The Close” that maintaining a healthy community remains a top priority. (Source: Bloomberg)...

China's government bond yields are likely to fall back toward a record low next year as an uneven economic recovery puts pressure on the central bank to cut interest rates, according to HSBC Asset Management....

UltraGreen.ai is set to begin trading Wednesday morning in Singapore's biggest initial public offering since 2017 excluding real estate investment trusts....

Comprehensive cross-platform coverage of the U.S. market close on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, and YouTube with Romaine Bostick, Katie Greifeld, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. (Source: Bloomberg)...

YouTube is taking steps to comply with Australia's upcoming under-16s social media ban, even after rejecting its inclusion in the crackdown and speculation that the company was considering a court challenge....

Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow break down Amazon's new AI products from its AWS Re:Invent conference. Plus Michael and Susan Dell make a $6.25 billion donation to the future of children in the US. And, Netflix makes a nearly all cash offer for Warner Brothers Discovery in its sweetened bid. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Marvell Technology Inc. announced plans to acquire startup Celestial AI for at least $3.25 billion, part of a push to capture more of the runaway spending on artificial intelligence computing....

Asian stocks were set for a mostly positive open on Wednesday following modest gains on Wall Street and a rebound in cryptocurrencies that signaled pockets of returning risk appetite....

A gauge of fear about Oracle Corp.'s debt closed at the highest level since the financial crisis after a flood of bond sales from tech giants amplified investor fears of an artificial intelligence-fueled bubble....

JD.com Inc.'s supply-chain technology unit has started taking investor orders for a Hong Kong initial public offering that may raise as much as HK$3.3 billion ($424 million), capping more than two years of efforts to go public....

Medline Inc. is set to begin formal marketing for its initial public offering as soon as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter, in what's expected to be the biggest US listing this year....