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What stands out

Bloomberg's round-up landed on a familiar market tug-of-war: sentiment glued to AI dreams, reality nudging with corporate finances. Intel announced a $15 billion common stock offering to bankroll general corporate purposes as investors chase the data-center AI story, and that raised fresh questions about dilution and timing. Meanwhile eBay is wrestling with an awkward courtship from GameStop, which may drop a $56 billion takeover push in favor of a partnership, leaving the marketplace's strategic direction uncertain and stock reaction jittery.