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Kenya Pressed on Details of Ebola Center Deal With US

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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SpaceX Said to Cut IPO Valuation Goal

SpaceX is currently targeting a valuation of at least $1.8 trillion in its initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter. Bloomberg News reported in April that SpaceX was aiming for a valuation above $2 trillion. The target is settling lower after consultations with advisers and investors, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information isn't public. Matthew Bloxham of Bloomberg Intelligence has more.

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Apollo Seeks Partners for $36B Debt Deal to Buy AI Chips for Anthropic

Apollo and Blackstone are working to bring additional investors into a roughly $36 billion debt financing deal to help Anthropic build out its AI infrastructure. The debt will be used to purchase Google's custom chips known as tensor processing units, or TPUs, which Anthropic will then lease, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Bloomberg's Neil Campling reports.

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Oil Gains as Iran's Uranium Stance Clouds Hormuz Outlook

Oil gained Monday as traders weighed conflicting reports on Iran's uranium enrichment, a key sticking point in peace negotiations with the US that could dictate the pace of reopening the vital Strait of Hormuz. West Texas Intermediate traded above $101 a barrel Monday after sliding 5.7% in the previous session. Prices pared some gains after Al Jazeera reported no new uranium directive had been issued, citing an unnamed Iranian official. Traders have been on high alert for clues on the status of negotiations between the US and Iran to parse when the strait subject to a double blockade by Tehran and the US military might reopen and to gird against a potential return to active fighting. The virtual closure of the waterway, a key global energy shipping route, has caused energy prices to soar. We get reaction from Mike McGlone, Senior Commodity Strategist for Bloomberg Intelligence.

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Meta Starts 8,000 Global Job Cuts in AI Efficiency Push

Meta is alerting thousands of employees that they're being laid off, part of a previously announced restructuring aimed at reducing costs while the company invests heavily in artificial intelligence. The company began notifying workers around the world Wednesday morning, starting with employees across Asia, who got the note at 4 a.m. Singapore time. US-based staff are also expected to receive word during their morning, according to an internal memo. Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie reports.

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Iran Conflict Has Raised the Floor for Bond Yields, JPMorgan Says

Kim Crawford, global fixed income portfolio manager at JPMorgan Asset Management, and Laura Cooper, global investment strategist and macro credit head at Nuveen, discuss the selloff in global bond markets as a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran extends past 40 days and a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz remains elusive. They speak on Bloomberg Television.

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