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On today's podcast:

(1) BHP Group proposed a takeover of Anglo American that values the smaller miner at £31.1 billion ($38.8 billion), in a deal that would catapult the combined company’s copper production far beyond its rivals while sparking the biggest shakeup in the industry in over a decade.

(2) Deutsche Bank's trading revenue rose 7% in the first quarter, more than analysts had expected and better than most of the biggest US investment banks

(3) Barclays posted first-quarter revenue that topped analyst estimates after its stock traders collected a surprise windfall from tumultuous global markets. 

(4) BNP Paribas fixed-income traders trailed all of the large Wall Street banks in the first quarter, taking the shine off a strong performance in other parts of the investment bank.

(5) President Joe Biden signed a $95 billion national security package into law and said assistance to Ukraine would begin to move within "hours," capping off a bruising fight with Republicans over long-delayed assistance for Kyiv and other besieged US allies.

(6) Shares in Meta have dropped by as much as 19% in after-hours trading, after the social media giant said it plans to spend billions of dollars more than expected this year.