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This is your morning brief for Friday, October 2nd, 2026. Markets are higher, led by the S&P 500. On the tape, Nikkei is up 3.3%; Nasdaq is up 1.2%; S&P 500 is up 0.7%; KOSPI is up 1.9%. In company news: JD.com set to win EU approval for Ceconomy deal, source says, according to Reuters. Next, EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic warns government attitudes may hurt customer ties, IPO prospectus shows, according to Reuters. Also, Google wins dismissal of Chegg, Penske Media lawsuits over AI overviews, according to Reuters. Finally, China’s Tencent leases 100,000 chips from Oracle to accelerate AI push, FT reports, according to Reuters. That is your morning brief.