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Featured · DataHigher yields knock a third off quarterly dealmakingLSEG figures show Q3 global M&A slid 41% to about $993bn as the 10-year Treasury yield hit its highest level since 2002, though bankers call it a normalisation rather than the end of the cycle.Source: live.euronext.com

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AnalysisThe $5tn record is still in play, but the risks are piling upWith roughly $3.8tn announced by Bloomberg's count, bankers see a shot at 2021's record, yet widening credit spreads and bond-market stress complicate financing for big deals.Source: bloomberg.com
AnalysisItaly's banking endgame comes down to one shareholder voteIntesa's sweetened bid for Monte dei Paschi and Delfin's support set up an Oct 29 showdown against MPS management's plans for Banco BPM and Banca Generali.Source: bloomberg.com
AnalysisChipmakers are now buying the AI model makersAMD's $8.2bn all-stock deal for World Labs follows Nvidia's roughly $13bn Hugging Face purchase, as hardware firms pay up for in-house model talent.Source: techcrunch.com
OpinionSchneider's PTC bet tests investor patience with industrial-software premiumsSchneider shares fell sharply after it agreed a 42% premium and a multi-billion-euro equity raise to build an AI-ready design-to-operations software stack.Source: techzine.eu
AnalysisRemedies, not lawsuits: how Paramount got past the statesThe settlement with 12 states and the WGA over Warner Bros. Discovery shows enforcers trading behavioural commitments for clearance, to critics' dismay.Source: washingtontimes.com
AnalysisGerman chemicals edges toward consolidation as BASF circles EvonikEvonik's rejection of a roughly EUR10.3bn approach leaves RAG-Stiftung, with about 43% of the shares, as kingmaker in a potential national champion deal.Source: live.euronext.com