• Trump Accounts to Receive $250 Million Donation From Chip Maker Micron, Trump Says — The New York Times Business - 17:31
• The World’s Top Economists Are Sounding the Alarm on AI — Wall Street Journal - 17:21
• Charles H. Townsend Dies at 82; Led Condé Nast During Digital Transition — The New York Times Business - 17:16
• Stocks Notch Strongest Quarter Since 2020 — The New York Times Business - 17:05
• What to Know About the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement Talks — The New York Times Business - 16:58
• Millennium and Point72 gain as hedge funds rebound from Iran war — Financial Times - 16:57
• Court Halts Pentagon Rule Requiring Escorts for Journalists — The New York Times Business - 16:49
• Shares in Uber-backed Lime jump after it raised $167mn in IPO — Financial Times - 16:46
• US voters support Trump trade deal with Canada and Mexico, survey finds — Financial Times - 16:32
• Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk — Wall Street Journal - 16:26

The business world saw Kroger's significant acquisition of Giant Eagle, General Mills swinging to a loss while trying to win back consumers, Paramount Skydance offering concessions for its Warner Bros deal, and Getty scrapping its Shutterstock merger due to regulatory hurdles, alongside other M&A activities and an egg price-fixing scandal.

• General Mills Swings to Loss, Works to Win Back ‘Challenging’ Consumers — Wall Street Journal -
• Kroger to Buy Food & Pharmacy Retailer Giant Eagle for $1.65 Billion — Wall Street Journal -
• Paramount Skydance Offers Concessions to Facilitate EU Approval of $81 Billion Warner Bros Deal — Wall Street Journal -

• Getty scraps $3.7bn Shutterstock merger after UK watchdog order — Financial Times -
• Eni, Mercuria to Establish Commodities Trading Joint Venture — Wall Street Journal -
• Associated British Foods Sugar Unit Weighs on Business Ahead of Primark Spinoff — Wall Street Journal -
• Ipsen to Buy Swiss Biotech Memo in Deal That Could Top $800 Million — Wall Street Journal -
• Alcoa Buys South32 Aluminum Assets in Up to $5.6 Billion Deal — Wall Street Journal -
• CMA CGM nears $1.4bn deal for FedEx logistics unit — Financial Times -
• Uber-backed Lime raises $167mn in bike and scooter group IPO — Financial Times -
• Inside the Egg Price-Fixing Scandal That Spiked American Grocery Bills — Wall Street Journal -

Key economic indicators include **Eurozone inflation falling more than expected to 2.8%, US stock markets recording their best quarter since 2020, and UK house price inflation rising, while Japan's "Mr Yen" keeps markets guessing on currency intervention and experts debate the fragility of the world's economic resilience**.

• Eurozone inflation falls more than expected to 2.8% in June — Financial Times -
• June inflation in the Eurozone is good news for the ECB — Financial Times -
• FirstFT: US stock markets record best quarter since 2020 — Financial Times -

• UK house price inflation rises as falling energy costs soften interest rate expectations — Financial Times -
• The job market is reaccelerating. Is the economy? — Financial Times -
• Japan’s ‘Mr Yen’ keeps market guessing on currency intervention — Financial Times -
• Wall Street’s $60tn nepo baby boom — Financial Times -
• The fragility of the world’s economic resilience — Financial Times -
• What will murder the bull market? — Financial Times -

Significant political finance news covers **Donald Trump's substantial financial disclosures of over $1 billion, Vice President JD Vance's earnings, and judges striking down a Trump rule on student loan forgiveness, alongside insights into Trump's trade contradictions and the Supreme Court checking presidential power**.

• Pancakes and holograms fail to draw crowds to Trump’s ‘Freedom 250’ fair — Financial Times -
• Trump’s contradictions mangle a complex history of US trade — Financial Times -
• What to Know About the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Talks — The New York Times Business -

• Five things we learnt from Trump’s financial disclosure — Financial Times -
• Vance Earned Up to $7.4 Million Last Year, Mostly From Book Royalties — Wall Street Journal -
• Judges Strike Down Trump Rule on Loan Forgiveness for Public Servants — The New York Times Business -
• Trump Pulled in at Least $2.2 Billion in 2025, Financial Disclosure Shows — The New York Times Business -
• US Supreme Court checks Trump’s power even as it bolsters the presidency — Financial Times -
• Donald Trump made more than $1bn last year in return to presidency — Financial Times -

The AI sector is bustling with **Together AI valued at over $8 billion for its cheaper AI solutions, the White House lifting its ban on Anthropic AI models, and AI jitters influencing Indian IPOs, while small-engine makers gain momentum in data centers** highlighting tech's broad impact.

• As Companies Race for Cheaper A.I. Options, This Start-Up Pitches a Solution — The New York Times Business -
• FirstFT: US stock markets record best quarter since 2020 — Financial Times -
• Small-Engine Makers Gain Big Momentum in Data Centers — Wall Street Journal -

• AI jitters give Indian IPOs a moment to shine — Financial Times -
• White House lifts ban on Anthropic models — Financial Times -

The energy landscape features European gas prices rising amid Qatar force majeure, China's green tech boosting global finance ambitions, record sea temperatures in June pushing the world into uncharted waters, and the US fossil fuel power spending set to beat China's for the first time in decades, alongside the South Korean mine at the center of America's tungsten push.

• How China’s green tech could boost its global finance ambitions — Financial Times -
• Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk — Wall Street Journal -
• The South Korean Mine at the Center of America’s Tungsten Push — The New York Times Business -

• European Gas Prices Rise Amid Qatar Force Majeure Extension, Heatwaves — Wall Street Journal -
• Record sea temperatures in June push world into ‘uncharted’ waters — Financial Times -
• US fossil fuel power spending to beat China for the first time in decades — Financial Times -
• Why Britain’s electricity prices risk remaining high — Financial Times -

Trends include Western automakers losing their grip on the Chinese market as Chinese carmakers pursue chip self-reliance, Germany wooing Trump with a plan to make US weapons in Europe, and **CMA CGM nearing a $1.4 billion deal for FedEx's logistics unit, with broader auto & transport market talks and EU border chaos impacting air travel**.

• Auto & Transport Roundup: Market Talk — Wall Street Journal -
• European armies already filling holes made by US withdrawals, says Rutte — Financial Times -
• Planes leaving half full in EU border chaos, says industry — Financial Times -

• Germany woos Trump with plan to make US weapons in Europe — Financial Times -
• ‘We have to kill diesel’: China’s e-truck rival to Tesla seeks $2bn US Spac deal — Financial Times -
• How Western Automakers Are Losing Their Grip on the Chinese Market — Wall Street Journal -
• Chinese carmakers’ hunger for chips boosts national self-reliance drive — Financial Times -

National news highlights the UK competition watchdog widening its probe into the childcare market, BlueCrest warning the UK is bad for business after a tax battle, Starmer's defense investment plan being deemed ineffective, and new EU crypto rules coming into force that have left only a small fraction of groups licensed.

• UK competition watchdog to widen probe into childcare market — Financial Times -
• BlueCrest warns UK is bad for business after losing £200mn tax battle — Financial Times -
• Starmer’s ineffective defence investment plan — Financial Times -

• Democratic socialist wins Colorado primary — Financial Times -
• How would Andy Burnham’s ‘Number 10 North’ work? — Financial Times -
• Rayner left on sidelines of Burnham’s march to Number 10 — Financial Times -
• Small fraction of EU crypto groups hold licence as new rules come into force — Financial Times -
• Should I buy a leasehold flat or wait? — Financial Times -
• KKR plots entry into UK and European pension buyouts — Financial Times -
• NatWest sued for £250mn by firm linked to Thurrock council scandal — Financial Times -

Diverse reports cover Venezuela's escalating humanitarian crisis with bodies piling up at morgues, India expelling thousands of migrants, the UN staving off financial collapse with a rule change, and NPR retracting an article on Justice Alito's retirement, along with the launch of The Story of Money podcast.

• Bodies pile up at Venezuela’s morgues as state services break down — Financial Times -
• India expels thousands of migrants in dead of night — Financial Times -
• Introducing: The Story of Money — Financial Times -

• Erdoğan’s assault on democracy is a threat to Turkey’s allies — Financial Times -
• The Swiss are ‘sole-searching’ about a shoe — Financial Times -
• French far-right starts succession dance before Le Pen verdict — Financial Times -
• Inside Le Lappe – Remy Renzullo’s first hotel — Financial Times -
• Why Indonesians are souring on Prabowo — Financial Times -
• U.N. Staves Off Financial Collapse With Rule Change Around U.S. Nonpayment — Wall Street Journal -
• NPR Retracts Article That Mistakenly Said Justice Alito Would Retire — The New York Times Business -