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Apax Partners is arranging approximately €1 billion in debt financing to acquire two business units from Gerresheimer AG, a packaging firm.

The article references a discussion between Yahoo Finance and Goldman Sachs' equity strategist about S&P 500 (^GSPC) returns over the next 12 months, but provides no specific projections, methodologies, or actionable details from the conversation.

Backpack US, a private company focused on integrating DeFi with regulated equity trading, appointed Kyle Samani, co-founder of Multicoin Capital, to its board.

An executive at Delek Group, Reuven Spiegel, sold 10,000 shares under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, reducing his direct equity stake by 22% while retaining 36,435 shares.

Zerodha Broking Ltd., India’s second-largest brokerage, received a merchant banking license through its unit, signaling growth in India’s equity capital market and potential expansion into underwriting and advisory services.

Renewed US-Iran hostilities led to a decline in US equity futures and elevated bond yields, while oil prices rose.

State Street strategist Cayla Seder expresses concern that Treasury yields may rise further and that markets would react negatively if the Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady at its September meeting.

Uber announced the elimination of 3,300 jobs (10% of its workforce) and a $10 billion investment in a driverless strategy, including equity stakes in Lucid and Rivian.

The article suggests that rising bond yields may diminish the S&P 500's AI-driven rally, implying a potential shift in market leadership from AI-related sectors to interest-rate-sensitive areas.

Wall Street futures declined pre-market as global bond yields rose, indicating a broad selloff in bonds that undermined equity sentiment.

Binance expanded its traditional finance (TradFi) offerings by introducing physically settled options contracts on over 1,000 US equities, integrating with Nest for order routing, Alpaca for execution and settlement, and custody services.

BNP Paribas SA handled nearly half of the $4.2 billion in stock trades linked to MSCI Inc.'s index rebalancing in India's new closing-auction system.