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title: "Global news you need to know before the U.S. stock market opens on Thursday"
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description: "On Thursday before the US stock market opened, Bessenet supported the Senate's takeover of the Powell investigation. The yield on Japanese long-term government bonds fell significantly, easing fiscal concerns in the market. A USD 55 billion investment fund between the US and Japan is about to launch, focusing on projects such as data centers. US stock storage concept stocks rose, with Sandisk up over 6%. SoftBank turned a profit in Q3, but net profit fell short of expectations. Lenovo's Q4 revenue hit a record high, with AI business accounting for 32%. The impact of AI caused Indian IT stocks to plummet over 4%"
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# Global news you need to know before the U.S. stock market opens on Thursday

Bescent "softens" to Republican lawmakers: supports the Senate taking over the Powell investigation instead of the Department of Justice.  
The market temporarily eases fiscal concerns, with Japanese long-term government bonds rebounding across the board, and the yield on Japan's 40-year government bonds significantly declining by 10 basis points.  
The $550 billion U.S.-Japan investment fund is about to launch, with the first three projects focusing on "data centers, crude oil terminals, and synthetic diamonds."  
U.S. stocks in the storage sector rose pre-market, with Sandisk up over 6% and Micron Technology up nearly 4%.  
Storage giant Kioxia's full-year profit guidance exceeds consensus by 60%, with a net profit of 87.81 billion yen in Q3.  
Samsung: has begun shipping HBM4 to customers.  
SoftBank turned a profit in Q3, but net income fell significantly short of expectations, with a 2.8 trillion yen investment return from a heavy stake in OpenAI over the first three fiscal quarters.  
Lenovo's Q4 revenue hit a record high, with adjusted net profit growing 36% year-on-year, and AI business accounting for 32% of total revenue.  
"Development speed is too fast!" Musk praises Seedance 2.0, while ByteDance claims "it's still far from perfect."  
AI impacts the "hard-hit area," with Indian IT stocks plummeting over 4% to a four-month low.  
U.S. asset management giant Nuveen will acquire Schroders for £10 billion, ending its 200-year independence.  
The Nikkei 225 index closed down 0.02%, while the Shanghai Composite Index closed up 0.05%; the Hang Seng Index closed down 0.86%

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