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(Bloomberg) -- South Korea will join FTSE Russell’s major global bond index next year, paving the way for tens of billions of dollars of inflows after an overhaul of the country’s financial market infrastructure. Most Read from BloombergUrban Heat Stress Is Another Disparity in the World’s Most Unequal NationFrom Cleveland to Chicago, NFL Teams Dream of Domed StadiumsSingapore Ends 181 Years of Horse Racing to Make Way for HomesChicago’s $1 Billion Budget Hole Exacerbated by School TurmoilShould

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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has been talking regularly to both presidential campaigns. The question now is whether he will throw his support behind either one.

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The surprise inclusion of South Korean sovereign bonds in the FTSE Russell's benchmark bond index is expected to give the won currency a boost on Thursday and attract billions of dollars of inflows over the next few years. South Korea's government has projected the inclusion to the World Government Bond Index could draw as much as 80 trillion won ($59.7 billion) into its $2.2 trillion bond market, a welcome source of funds for the world's fastest-aging country as welfare costs look set to surge. The inflows are also expected to provide a shot in the arm for the won, which is down 4% against the dollar so far this year and a slumping stock market, analysts say.

TAIPEI (Reuters) -TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, reported on Wednesday third-quarter revenue that easily beat both the market and company's own forecasts as it reaped the benefit from artificial intelligence (AI) demand. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, whose customers include Apple and Nvidia, has been at the forefront of the march towards AI that has helped it weather the tapering off of pandemic-led demand. It is not a direct comparison as TSMC provides monthly revenue data only in Taiwan dollars, but gives quarterly revenue figures and its outlook on its quarterly earnings calls both in U.S. dollars.

Mars Inc. has been boosting its business in the U.K., including with the purchase of Hotel Chocolat.