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BNP Paribas, Banco Bradesco SA and Coöperatieve Rabobank are among the largest creditors of Brazilian sugar and ethanol company Raízen SA, which is seeking to restructure some $12.6 billion of debt out-of-court.

As JPMorgan Chase & Co. kicked off investor discussions this week over the $20 billion financing for Electronic Arts Inc., nervousness around a protracted war in the Middle East cast a shadow over the largest ever debt sale for a leveraged buyout.

Google Cloud has completed acquisition of Wiz, enhancing cloud security capabilities. The deal allows the Alphabet owned unit to leverage Wiz's technology for multicloud cybersecurity. Here's all we know:

Shares of India’s most valuable company dipped after President Donald Trump touted Reliance Industries’ involvement in a $300 billion US refinery, even as the company declined to confirm its role and experts questioned the deal’s scale.

Microsoft and retired military chiefs back AI company Anthropic in court fight against Pentagon

Economists believe India's policy interest rate cuts are unlikely to continue due to West Asia crisis-driven inflation risks and the fading of a favorable base effect. Sustained foreign outflows and a weakening rupee could also force the Reserve Bank of India to reconsider further easing, potentially even a hike.

The amended foreign direct investment (FDI) policy guidelines have allowed proposals for investments from China and other land-border countries to include advanced battery components, rare earth permanent magnets, rare earth processing sectors, whose applications will be processed and decided within 60 days.

Geopolitical tensions and disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz are driving up agricultural input costs, with fertilizer prices already surging 50-80%. While shipping, insurance, and energy costs have climbed, immediate agrochemical availability for the upcoming kharif season remains stable due to pre-built inventories.

In a strategic shift, India has relaxed its foreign investment regulations, facilitating easier entry for companies from the US, Taiwan, South Korea, and Europe that have minimal Chinese ownership.

India is assessing the diversion of export cargoes stranded by the West Asia crisis to alternative markets. The commerce ministry is seeking details from goods exporters on rerouting options and has also reached out to services exporters to gauge potential risks to trade, including movement restrictions and technology reliance.