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• Solve: the cost of insuring against debt defaults at hyperscalers Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, and Oracle has hit its highest level since 2021 (Gunjan Banerji/Wall Street Journal)

  Credit market participants are reassessing financial exposures as bond protection pricing reaches multi-year records across key digital infrastructure leaders. The shift highlights growing investor caution regarding the balance sheets of dominant cloud providers amid massive ongoing capital expenditures. Consequently, corporate debt portfolios tied to these enterprise operators face increased scrutiny and potential valuation headwinds.

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• Binance Hack: Inside 24 hours at crypto’s biggest-ever $6.3 bn internet bank robbery | Full story from 4:20 pm Thursday

  Federal investigators and blockchain intelligence firms have linked the massive digital asset breach to North Korea's elite TraderTraitor cyber unit. The exchange suspended platform transactions and deployed an internal emergency squad, while major stablecoin operators scrambled to blacklist billions in illicit transfers. Despite leadership pledges to protect customer balances, significant stolen capital has already slipped outside institutional reach.

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• Dividend, bonus, split, buyback in November: Coal India, HUL, Infosys, Power Grid among key corporate actions | List

  Major Indian corporations are returning capital to shareholders following strong market performance in October, where the BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 advanced significantly. Investors are tracking these record dates closely to secure payouts as domestic equities attempt to sustain their recent recovery momentum. The scheduled corporate actions reflect continued cash distributions across key technology, energy, and consumer goods firms.

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