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Guy Johnson, Tom Mackenzie, Skylar Montgomery Koning and Mark Cudmore break down today's key themes for analysts and investors on "Bloomberg: The Opening Trade."

Li Chen, Executive Director & CEO at Hua Medicine, discusses the Chinese biotech firm's growth plans exclusively on "Bloomberg: The China Show" following the company's first half results.

China's humanoid robot makers now control 97% of global shipments, giving Beijing an early lead over U.S. rivals. At the World Robot Conference, robots sort boxes, handle laundry, and bag clothes, but the real test is whether they can become everyday tools. Bloomberg's Allen Wan has more.

Johannes Loefstrand, who manages $310 million in frontier market assets at T. Rowe Price, spoke to Bloomberg's Chief Africa Correspondent Jennifer Zabasajja on Next Africa, saying he's "excited" about the prospects of Africa's most-populous nation.

SCX.ai Holdings (ASX:SCX) completed an initial public offering to raise $40 million at an offer price of $0.30 per share.

MGX Resources (ASX:MGX) generated $204 million in revenue from iron ore sales of 2.7 million wet metric tonnes.

Anthropic expects to match or beat the size of SpaceX's record-setting initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter, in the latest sign of overwhelming demand from investors looking to profit from the artificial intelligence boom. Anthony Stephens has the latest.

The Trump administration is preparing to unveil its campaign to economically isolate Iran including plans to extend the strategy to countries that continue trading with Tehran such as China. John Sfakianakis, Chief Economist and Head of Research at the Gulf Research Center spoke to Bloomberg's Abeer Abu Omar on Horizons Middle East and Africa on the GCC ties to Iran.

Banca Monte dei Paschi is seeking to buy two separate banks for a combined value of 34 billion ($40 billion) as it seeks to prevent being bought by rival Intesa Sanpaolo. The Italian lender said it's launching an all-share bid for Banco BPM valuing it at 25.3 billion and another one for Banca Generali valuing it 8.7 billion, according to a statement Friday, confirming an earlier Bloomberg News report. Tommaso Ebhardt reports from Milan.

Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Michele Bullock outlined a three-point strategy to modernise statistical frameworks.

Beam Communications (ASX:BCC) posted a net profit after tax of $14.2 million for the financial year ended June 30.

Maryann Tseng, Chief Strategy Officer at Phancy Group, says growing global demand for AI development will help drive the company's growth over the next several years. She speaks exclusively on "The China Show."