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BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) reported third-quarter 2026 net income of $72.2 million, compared with $70.7 million sequentially and $71.9 million a year earlier.

KKR & Co.'s co-head of European private equity, Philipp Freise says Germany is offering a safe and stable environment for investment while other parts of the world face crises. Speaking to Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua on the sidelines of the Berlin Global Dialogue, Freise pointed to positive signs from Chancellor Friedrich Merz's reform on pensions.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the European Union would seek to avoid a trade war with China even as it protects itself from a new dimension of overcapacity and an undervalued currency. "That is our goal, not a conflict, but to have a new balance in trade with China," he said during an interview with Bloomberg's Stephanie Flanders at the Berlin Global Dialogue.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the Trump administration's support for Ukraine on Wednesday during a visit to India. Rubio told reporters the nation "as a sovereign state would not exist" without assistance from the US. Mica Soellner of Bloomberg Government has more.

South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is poised to unveil a fiscal anchor to entrench progress made in repairing the nation's public finances as the Iran war puts those gains to the test. Bloomberg's Jennifer Zabasajja reports.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says delays in building data centers could raise computing costs and threaten economic growth as demand for artificial intelligence accelerates. "The faster we can build out more data centers, the more compute we have, the faster we can bring down the cost," Fink tells Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua on the sidelines of the Berlin Global Dialogue.

Treasury yields edged higher as the recent bond rally lost some momentum. Bloomberg's strategists say longer term, they see yields reaching fresher highs as strong US growth, higher borrowing costs and rising government debt supply will keep pressure on Treasuries. Rufaro Chiriseri, Head of Fixed Income for UK and Europe at RBC Wealth Management spoke to Bloomberg's Abeer Abu Omar on Horizons Middle East & Africa.

Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing discusses market volatility, German economic reforms and the fiscal situation in France. Speaking to Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua on the sidelines of the Berlin Global Dialogue, Sewing says fears of a AI bubble are not justified, but investors should expect increased volatility and higher rates due to ongoing geopolitical risks.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hopes to discuss Venezuelan crude in his meeting with Reliance Industries' Chairman Mukesh Ambani at Jamnagar in India's western state of Gujarat. "This is a company that has the capability to refine the heavy crude that's produced in the western hemisphere, including from Venezuela," he told reporters on Wednesday.

Marc Luet, Citi's Japan, Asia North and Australia Cluster Head, discusses his outlook for the bank's business in the region, and what he views are investment opportunities. He speaks with Haidi Stroud Watts on the sidelines of the Citi ANZ Investment Conference on "Bloomberg: The Asia Trade".

Sahra English, Head of US Government Affairs at Citi, discusses her outlook for US midterm elections. She speaks with Haidi Stroud Watts on the sidelines of the Citi ANZ Investment Conference on "Bloomberg: The Asia Trade".

Aloke Gupte, Global Co-Head of Equity Capital Markets at Citi, speaks on "Bloomberg The China Show" after his bank claimed top spot for global IPO underwriters for the year through September.