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WSJ Minute Briefing

Roomba Maker Declares Bankruptcy

WSJ Minute Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Business News, News

4.1671 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus: JPMorgan Chase is launching a tokenized money-market fund. And the EU sanctioned oil traders for facilitating Russian energy exports. Anthony Bansie hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.2

Rumba maker, Irobot, has declared bankruptcy following years of financial trouble and a failed

0:45.8

takeover by Amazon. The company owes more than $350 million to its primary contract manufacturer,

0:53.7

which will acquire the business to keep it

0:55.8

running. Irobot says its vacuums will continue to work normally during the restructuring process.

1:01.8

The Wall Street Journal is exclusively reporting that J.P. Morgan Chase is rolling out its first

1:06.3

tokenized money market fund. The bank is seating the project with $100 million of its own capital

1:12.3

before opening to outside investors tomorrow as it seeks to tap into the growing demand for

1:18.1

digital assets among wealthy clients. Qualified investors can buy into the fund with a minimum

1:23.6

investment of $1 million. The European Union is sanctioning two oil traders it accused

1:30.2

of facilitating Russian energy exports. Energy exports are the lifeblood of Moscow's economy and account

1:37.2

for up to one-third of its federal budget revenue and have bankrolled Russia's war against Ukraine.

1:43.9

The EU said the sanctions targeted people providing a substantial source of revenue to Moscow.

1:50.5

Heads up, an artificial intelligence tool helped us make this episode by creating summaries that were based on WSJ reporting and then reviewed and adapted by an editor.

2:00.6

We'll have more coverage of the day's news on WSJ's What's News podcast.

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