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On this episode of Stock Movers: - Anthropic PBC has struck a $9.1 billion deal with Riot Platforms (RIOT), a Bitcoin mining company that recently began selling AI data center capacity. Riot disclosed it had secured a 20-year deal to supply 191 megawatts of capacity from its Rockdale, Texas, campus to a "leading frontier AI" company. - Rocket Lab (RKLB) shares drop as much as 5.7% after the company's Neutron timeline softened, with an analyst saying that while Neutron remains on track to reach launch pad in the fourth quarter, it could push an initial launch to 2027. - Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) rose in premarket after the company signed an agreement with Siemens Energy to produce steam turbine generator sets. - US-listed shares in On Holding (ONON) drop as much as 17% in premarket trading after the Swiss sneaker maker's second-quarter sales were lower than expected.

Peter Beck, Rocket Lab Corp. founder, president and CEO, says the company is pushing hard and intends to launch its Neutron rocket for the first time this year. Beck says investors should not be focused on just the rocket's first flight. Beck speaks on "Bloomberg Open Interest."

Apollo Global Management is providing $2.6 billion of financing to the owners of the New York Yankees, the private capital giant's largest investment to date in US sports. Randall Williams has more on "Bloomberg Open Interest."

US sales of existing homes fell to a three-month low in July as elevated prices and mortgage rates continued to weigh on the housing market. Michael McKee reports on "Bloomberg Open Interest."

Laura Cooper, Nuveen Global Investment Strategist, joins Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn on "Bloomberg Brief" to discuss the rise in real yields and the case for the Federal Reserve's policy tightening.

Elie Maalouf, chief executive officer at InterContinental Hotels Group Plc, discusses the hotel group's first-half performance, factors contributing to demand and the outlook for the second half. "There's a sense of prosperity," Maalouf tells Bloomberg Television. "And within that sense of prosperity, where people want to spend their time and money is on experiences."

Michael Lewis, CEO of German energy company Uniper, says the firm has identified more than 10 sites that could be sold or leased for use as data centers, with at least two in Germany and one in the UK. He speaks on Bloomberg Television.

RBA Governor Michele Bullock stated that inflation risks remain skewed to the upside due to a strong labour market.

Another wave of intense heat is sweeping across an already parched Europe this week, raising wildfire risks, threatening crops and drying watersheds feeding the region's critically low rivers. Europe's fifth major heat wave of the year is likely to block moisture-bearing clouds from helping refill rivers such as the Rhine, Po and Danube, where record low water levels have disrupted navigation and power production. Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme heat on the world's fastest-warming continent, straining power grids, sapping water supplies and curbing farm output. Our Weather and Climate Reporter Joe Wertz joined Stephen Carroll and Tiwa Adebayo on Bloomberg Radio to discuss.

Benedicte Lowe, Europe equity derivates strategist at BNP Paribas Markets 360, says it's "undeniable that the macro story is picking up in Europe," and that means "positive picture for stocks." She speaks on Bloomberg Television.

After decades of winning over Chinese buyers with its German engineering, Mercedes-Benz Group AG sold only 1,153 units in China in the first half of 2026, a fraction of the more than 80,000 similarly priced SU7 sedans Xiaomi Corp. delivered in the period. The performance echoes the challenges BMW AG, Volkswagen AG and Porsche AG face in China, where they all reported second-quarter sales declines of at least 30%, worse than the overall market's drop. Bloomberg's William Wilkes reports.

The RBA holds its key rate at 4.35% in an unanimous decision, wth the central bank saying it will hike further if required.