Law firms Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader set to merge in record $3.6bn deal - Financial Times

Japan Government Bond Yields, Stocks Fall After Yen’s Rebound - The Wall Street Journal

Samsung Stock Gains as Nvidia AI Chip Supply Nears - TipRanks

South Korean market leader Samsung Electronics ($SSNLF) is set to begin production of its next-generation high-bandwidth memory chips, known as HBM4, as early as next month, according to a Reuters

Yen Extends Gains Amid Threat of Intervention: Markets Wrap - Bloomberg.com

The dollar fell against all of its major peers after a rate check Friday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York spurred speculation the US may assist Japan in efforts to boost the yen. Gold rose above $5,000 for the first time and US stock futures dropped wi…