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Economy / Markets
The European Central Bank's Governing Council is expected to raise its three key policy rates by 25 basis points at its Berlin meeting on Thursday, lifting the deposit facility rate from 2.25% to 2.50% as eurozone inflation stays anchored above target by an Iran-driven energy shock.
Economy / Markets
Christine Lagarde will lean on the European Central Bank's updated staff macroeconomic projections when she speaks after Thursday's rate decision to frame the expected 25 basis point hike as insurance against the Iran-driven energy shock rather than the start of a sustained tightening cycle.
Sources The KapitalBusinessWorld
AI
Anthropic has signed a long-term cloud computing agreement worth $35 billion with Nvidia-backed Lambda, anchoring up to 700 megawatts of capacity at a Hut 8-built Texas data center to train and serve Claude models.
Sources Seoul Economic DailyPitchbook
AI
Wall Street banks preparing Anthropic's late-September or October listing are anchoring valuation discussions to a $190-200 billion 2028 revenue projection rather than its current $47 billion run rate, two people familiar with the company's financials told Reuters.
Technology
Apple has confirmed that its iPhone Duo foldable and iPhone 18 Pro lineup, unveiled at Wednesday's 'Surprise and Shine' keynote, will begin arriving at customers in waves from September 18 (Pro) and October 23 (Duo), with pre-orders opening September 12 for the Pro tier and October 16 for the Duo.
Football
Manchester United return to Champions League football for the first time since 2023 on Thursday when Azerbaijani champions Sabah FK visit Old Trafford, with manager Michael Carrick looking for a confidence-restoring opener after conceding twice in each of his three Premier League games.
Sources Goal.comThe National
AI
OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra on September 2 and has set the model's token pricing at parity with Anthropic's leading model, betting that enterprise buyers will compare on price-per-task rather than benchmark scores.
Economy / Markets
The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the August Producer Price Index at 8:30 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, with consensus expecting a 0.3% monthly rise before Wednesday's Fed September meeting on September 16-17.
Sources WEEXSigmanomics
Technology
Adobe releases its third quarter fiscal year 2026 results after market close on Thursday, September 10, followed by a 2:00-3:00 p.m. Pacific conference call streamed on its Investor Relations site.
Sources Business Wire / AdobeNasdaq
Football
Bayern Munich open their 2026-27 Champions League campaign at home to Norwegian champions Bodø/Glimt on Thursday night, with Vincent Kompany's side targeting a 23rd consecutive opening Champions League win since 2003.
Football
Fenerbahçe end an 18-year Champions League absence on Thursday when Roma visit Ulker Stadyumu in the league-phase opener, with Ismail Kartal's side relying on Vedat Muriqi, Mason Greenwood and an ad-hoc tactical set-up to disrupt Gian Piero Gasperini's pressing system.
Sources Sports MoleAS Roma (official)
Technology
Apple has expanded its wearables line with AirPods 5, Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4, putting Apple Intelligence at the centre of the refresh with Live Translation, Audio Intelligence and a new Readiness score.
Sources Lokmat TimesEngadget
AI
Anthropic has cut pricing for its new Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 models by roughly 25% on standard workloads, framing the move as a response to OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra launch and the rise of cheaper open-weight alternatives.
Sources Chosun BizCryptoBriefing
AI
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's September 4 X post that 'AGI has arrived' continues to shape the narrative around GPT-6 Astra and Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 a week later, with Greg Brockman reframing AGI as 'a mission concept or spiritual concept' rather than a milestone.
Technology
Nvidia has deepened its longstanding partnership with MediaTek by investing $3.5 billion in convertible bonds issued by the Taiwanese chip designer, with MediaTek set to integrate Nvidia's NVLink interconnect into its edge and mobile platforms.
Sources CNBCNvidia (press release)