Anthropic PBC updated its warning about secondary markets for its shares, cutting the number of unauthorized platforms by half, after the notice caused panic among investors and a sharp rebuttal from one of the companies named.

China’s MiniMax Group Inc. has begun preparations for a domestic listing, according to a regulatory filing, as the fast‑growing artificial intelligence startup challenges local rivals including DeepSeek.

On this edition of Next Africa, we bring you Bloomberg's 2026 African startups to watch list. From Egypt to Mauritius, these companies are racing to solve some of the continent's toughest challenges. Plus, we hear from Moniepoint co-founder and CTO, Felix Ike, on building one of Africa's leading fintech platforms. We also speak with venture capital investors on opportunities and challenges of investing in the continent. (Source: Bloomberg)

As political uncertainty grows in the United Kingdom, investors are increasingly focused on the country’s fiscal outlook and rising government borrowing costs. Bloomberg Opinion Columnist John Authers says concerns over spending, debt, and political instability are pushing gilt yields higher, reviving memories of past market crises that helped topple governments from Harold Wilson to Liz Truss. With Britain’s debt burden elevated and both major parties under pressure to spend more, the bond market is increasingly shaping the limits of economic policy. Authers argues the UK may be confronting fiscal pressures earlier than other advanced economies, offering a warning about the broader risks facing heavily indebted governments worldwide. (Source: Bloomberg)

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and Venezuelan economic official Calixto Ortega held talks in Washington, the IMF head’s first in-person meeting with country’s authorities since the fund resumed formal engagement with Venezuela last month.

Jobs week is coming up in the US, with a whole slate of indicators on the state of the labor market culminating on Friday with the government’s official report on employment for the month of May.

The Brazilian government extended by two months measures to contain the rise in fuel prices triggered by the conflict in Middle East.

Paramount Skydance Corp. stretched, then stretched, then stretched again in its audacious $110 billion takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

A $25 billion Danish pension fund that earlier this year made headlines by ditching Treasuries as Donald Trump was threatening to seize Greenland now says it won’t touch SpaceX.

The world’s biggest social media platforms agreed to pay about $27 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a rural Kentucky school district that alleged their products are addictive and helped create a teen mental health crisis that drained school resources.