Category: Business

You.com has closed a $100 million funding round that values the startup at $1.5 billion. Founder and CEO Richard Socher discusses how the company plans to use the funds and the evolution of search fueled by AI agents with Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg Markets.

Anna Edwards, Guy Johnson, Tom Mackenzie and Mark Cudmore break down today’s key themes for analysts and investors on “Bloomberg: The Opening Trade.” (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg Markets.

Japan’s longer-maturity debt slumped, sending yields higher, following a global selloff in bonds and political uncertainty in the nation. Source: Bloomberg Markets.

Cuts to the US science budget are threatening to delay construction of a telescope that could deepen understanding of the universe. Bloomberg’s Bruce Einhorn joins “Bloomberg Tech” to discuss why astronomers are worried that China could become the global leader in space knowledge. (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg Markets.

Blockchain-based credit company Figure Technology Solutions Inc. and some of its backers are seeking to raise $526 million in an initial public offering. Source: Bloomberg Markets.

Goldman Sachs Paris Co-Head Celine-Marie Mechain says France remains “an attractive investment area” despite ongoing political turmoil ahead of the Sept. 8 no-confidence vote called by Prime Minister Francois Bayrou. Domestic stocks have “reacted well” to the uncertainty, Mechain tells Bloomberg Television. “We also see a pickup in activity, you know, in the M&A market,”…

Quicktron Robotics, a Chinese maker of self-driving forklifts and other robots used in warehouses, has confidentially filed for a Hong Kong initial public offering that could raise at least $100 million as early as next year, according to people familiar with the matter. Source: Bloomberg Markets.

Deutsche Bank AG has regained its spot in the euro area’s main stock benchmark, seven years after being cast out of the gauge. Source: Bloomberg Markets.