Israeli Attacks on Ambulances Kill One, Wound at Least Two in Southern Lebanon

U.S. Alerts Goldman Sachs Paris After Iranian Group Threatens Terror Bombing Five days after French authorities foiled a terror plot targeting Bank of America's Paris headquarters, the threat environment facing U.S. financial institutions in the French capital appears to be worsening. New reporting from Le Parisien says Goldman Sachs' Paris headquarters was placed under police surveillance on Wednesday night following threats allegedly linked to Iranian terror networks.  Le Parisien outlines the rationale behind the heightened security posture: It's 1:30 a.m. when the phone rings, shattering the night's calm. A security guard on duty...

14-Country Maritime Defense Alliance Moves Closer To Deploying To Red Sea, Gulf Of Aden With Saudi shipping traffic in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait under unprecedented peril, the recently-launched Multinational Maritime Defense Coalition is moving closer to deploying ships to ensure freedom of navigation in the Red Sea, the Saudi Ministry of Defense announced on Friday.  Formed on July 30 at the initiative of Saudi Arabia, the Multinational Maritime Defense Coalition comprises 14 countries: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Sudan, Djibouti, and Somalia. Representatives from 41 countries...

Futures Swing As Global Bond Yields Follow Oil Tick For Tick US equity futures are lower with Tech underperforming as oil prices / bond yields move higher (although off session highs), both in response to an acceleration in "kinetic hostilities" in the Middle East. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are down 0.1%, off session lows, while Nasdaq futures rise 0.4% after Dell shares jumped after the company boosted its annual sales forecast by $25 billion. In premarket trading, Semis / Memory are weaker and AVGO is -53bp with earnings after...