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Wall Street Breakfast

Chaos in Russia

Wall Street Breakfast

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🗓️ 26 June 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Putin vs. Wagner: What does chaos in Russia mean for the markets? (00:24) IBM (IBM) nears $5B acquisition of software provider Apptio - report (01:29). Wolfspeed (WOLF) to get $2B in debt funding from Apollo-led group - reports (01:57).

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0:00.0

Welcome to Seeking Alpha's Wall Street breakfast, where we cover the top news for investors every morning.

0:07.0

Good morning. Today is Monday, June 26th, and I'm your host Julia Morgan. Chaos in Russia over the weekend.

0:14.0

What does this mean for the markets?

0:16.0

IBM is close to a deal to acquire Appto

0:19.0

and Wolf Speed is getting $2 billion in debt financing.

0:23.4

Here's what's making headlines today.

0:26.6

Russia's Wagner group of mercenaries made a short-lived rebellion on Saturday.

0:31.6

By the way, Wagner group is spelled Wagner in English.

0:35.5

They seized the southern city of Rostov and was only 120 miles from Moscow when the revolt

0:40.9

was called off.

0:42.2

They were demanding the removal of Russian military commanders in charge of the war in Ukraine.

0:47.5

But then the army back down and headed back to Ukraine.

0:50.8

Under terms of an agreement to end the crisis, Wagner's 25,000 heavily armed

0:55.8

troops won't face prosecution, while their leader Yevgeny Przgozen was exiled to Belarus.

1:02.4

The rebellion lasted more than a day.

1:04.4

The consequences from this for the war and to Vladimir Putin's authority

1:09.0

are still to be played out. But what about the markets?

1:12.1

Markets are looking at the situation as a

1:14.4

non-event for now, but traders are on edge should things morph into something bigger.

1:18.8

Energy is likely the biggest sector that would be impacted.

1:22.8

If you're looking for a deeper dive into this report,

1:25.6

you'll find it in the Wall Street Breakfast newsletter.

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