Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
EU Commission Issues Formal Information Demand to Broadcom Over VMware
Berlaymont, European Commission, Rue de la Loi, 1040 Brussels, BelgiumBroadcom…
Starts 02/26/2026CONFIRMED 92% CONFIDENCE210 days agoThe General Court's order of 3 August 2026 (T-280/26 R) states "On 26 February 2026, the European Commission adopted the contested decision", and Macfarlanes^[1] gives the same day; no time of adoption is published.
The European Commission ordered Broadcom and VMware International to hand over documents within five weeks in case AT.40924 (VMware software licensing), after receiving information alleging Broadcom abuses a dominant position in virtualisation software. The allegations are tying or bundling VMware products, abusive prices, limited interoperability and unfair contract terms.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
CISPE Sues EU Commission to Annul Broadcom-VMware Merger Approval
Court of Justice of the European Union (General Court), Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, Kirchberg, 2514 LuxembourgBroadcom…
Starts 07/23/2025CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoThe Official Journal notice is headed "Action brought on 23 July 2025 - CISPE^[3][4][5] v Commission (Case T-503/25)"; CISPE's release dated 24 July 2025 says it filed "today", but the Court's record of the lodging day wins; no time is published.
Cloud-provider lobby CISPE asked the EU General Court (Case T-503/25) to annul the Commission's 12 July 2023 clearance of Broadcom's acquisition of VMware (Case M.10806). It argues the Commission failed to assess the deal's effects on server virtualisation software, bundling and innovation.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
EU General Court Refuses to Suspend Commission's VMware Document Demand
Court of Justice of the European Union (General Court), Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, Kirchberg, 2514 LuxembourgBroadcom…
Starts 08/03/2026CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE52 days agoThe order on EUR-Lex is headed "ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL COURT 3 August 2026" and signed "Luxembourg, 3 August 2026"; EUR-Lex lists its date of document as 03/08/2026, and no time is published.^[1]
The General Court's President dismissed Broadcom's bid to suspend the Commission's demand for communications with in-house lawyers qualified outside the EU, finding no prima facie case and that the Commission's interest in enforcing competition rules prevails (T-280/26 R). The annulment action continues.
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Software09/24/2026@TechDesk
Broadcom Announces VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 for Production AI
Broadcom…3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United States
Starts 05/05/2026 1:00PMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE142 days agoBroadcom's^[1][2] release is dated "May 05, 2026" and says it "today announced VMware^[5] Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1"; GlobeNewswire's^[4] copy is stamped "May 05, 2026 09:00 ET" (13:00 UTC). The release dates only the announcement; the 12 May availability is from the release notes.
VCF 9.1 is Broadcom's private-cloud platform release for AI inference and agentic workloads, promising up to 40% lower server costs through memory tiering and mixed AMD, Intel and NVIDIA hardware; its release notes are dated 12 May.
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Conference09/24/2026@TechDesk
VMware Explore 2026 Las Vegas
Broadcom…Venetian Expo, Sands Avenue, Paradise, Nevada 89109, United States
08/31/2026 - 09/03/2026CONFIRMED 91% CONFIDENCE24 days agoBroadcom's^[1][3][4][6] 17 August release says Explore 2026 is "taking place August 31-September 3 at The Venetian Convention and Expo Center in Las Vegas", and VMware's^[5] Day 1 recap (31 August) says "Day 1 of VMware Explore 2026 in Las Vegas is officially in full swing" at the Venetian.
Broadcom's VMware conference ran 31 August to 3 September at The Venetian Convention and Expo Center, where it launched VMware Private AI Cloud and VMware AI Factory and said Explore moves to Resorts World in May 2027.
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Conference09/24/2026@TechDesk
VMware Explore on Tour Frankfurt 2026
Broadcom…Kap Europa, 5 Osloer Straße, Gallus, Frankfurt 60327, Germany
10/13/2026 - 10/14/2026SCHEDULED 85% CONFIDENCEin 19 daysVMware's^[1][2] Frankfurt event page reads "Frankfurt | Kap Europa 13 - 14 October 2026", matching Broadcom's^[3][4] 17 August release ("Frankfurt, October 13 - 14").
VMware Explore on Tour 2026 reaches Europe at Frankfurt's Kap Europa congress centre on 13-14 October, with a content catalog and extra partner-training days.
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Semiconductors09/24/2026@TechDesk
Broadcom Unveils First Integrated Wi-Fi 8 SoCs for Mesh Routers
Broadcom…3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United States
Starts 05/27/2026 1:00PMCONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE120 days agoBroadcom's^[1][5] release is dated "May 27, 2026" and says it "today announced the expansion of its Wi-Fi 8 portfolio" with the three SoCs; GlobeNewswire's^[3] copy is stamped "May 27, 2026 09:00 ET" (13:00 UTC).
Broadcom's BCM6772, BCM6774 and BCM6776 put the application processor, network processor, 2.4 and 5 GHz Wi-Fi 8 radios and a multi-gigabit Ethernet PHY on one die, for smaller, cheaper mesh nodes and multi-gig routers.
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Finance09/24/2026@TechDesk
Broadcom Launches $35B AI XPV Platform With Apollo and Blackstone
Broadcom…3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United States
Starts 06/09/2026 1:00PMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE107 days agoThe release is dated "June 9, 2026" and says Broadcom^[1] "today announced" the platform, which "launches today"; PR Newswire^[4] stamps it "Jun 09, 2026, 09:00 ET" and Apollo's^[5] IR copy "June 09, 2026 9:00am EDT".
A financing platform for more than 20 GW of Broadcom XPU compute for frontier AI labs through 2028, opening with a $35 billion tranche led by Apollo with Blackstone to fund Anthropic's 1 GW-plus expansion at Fluidstack sites.
$35B
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Finance09/24/2026@TechDesk
Broadcom Reports Q3 Fiscal 2026 Results: $29.6B Revenue, Up 86%
Broadcom…3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United States
Starts 09/02/2026 8:15PMCONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE22 days agoThe release is dated "September 2, 2026" and says Broadcom^[1] "today reported financial results for its third quarter"; PR Newswire's copy on Yahoo^[5] Finance is stamped 2026-09-02T20:15:00Z (4:15 p.m. ET, after the close), and the Item 2.02 8-K was accepted at 20:26 UTC.
Broadcom's revenue rose 86% to a record $29.6 billion for the quarter ended 2 August 2026, with AI semiconductor revenue up 221% to $16.7 billion, and Hock Tan said Anthropic is on track to become its largest XPU customer in 2027.
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Finance09/24/2026@TechDesk
Broadcom Reports Q1 Fiscal 2026 Results: $19.3B Revenue, AI Up 106%
Broadcom…3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United States
Starts 03/04/2026 9:15PMCONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE204 days agoThe release is dated "March 4, 2026" and says Broadcom^[1] "today reported financial results for its first quarter"; PR Newswire's copy on Yahoo^[3] Finance is stamped 2026-03-04T21:15:00Z (4:15 p.m. ET, after the close), and the Item 2.02 8-K was accepted at 21:16 UTC.
Broadcom's revenue rose 29% to a record $19.3 billion for the quarter ended 1 February 2026, with AI semiconductor revenue up 106% to $8.4 billion, and it guided the second quarter to $22.0 billion.
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Law09/23/2026@LawDesk
FTC Widens Microsoft Antitrust Probe to Cloud Licensing and Copilot
Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia 20580, United StatesMicrosoft…
Starts 02/13/2026ESTIMATED 67% CONFIDENCE223 days agoEstimated, per Bloomberg's exclusive of 13 February 2026 (3:15 PM UTC): the FTC "has issued civil investigative demands in recent weeks" - no day is given, so the pin sits on the day the escalation was first reported.^[1]
The FTC sent civil investigative demands to at least half a dozen Microsoft rivals, asking whether its licensing hobbles Windows and Office on other clouds and how it bundles AI, security and identity software.
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Finance09/24/2026@TechDesk
Broadcom Reports Q2 Fiscal 2026 Results: $22.2B Revenue, Up 48%
Broadcom…3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United States
Starts 06/03/2026 8:15PMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE113 days agoThe release is dated "June 3, 2026" and says Broadcom^[1] "today reported financial results for its second quarter"; PR Newswire's copy on Yahoo^[4] Finance is stamped 2026-06-03T20:15:00Z (4:15 p.m. ET, after the close), and the Item 2.02 8-K was accepted at 20:21 UTC.
Broadcom's revenue rose 48% to a record $22.2 billion for the quarter ended 3 May 2026 and AI semiconductor revenue 143% to $10.8 billion, but it held its AI outlook and the shares fell 12.6% the next day.
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The Official Journal notice is headed "Action brought on 6 May 2026" and the General Court's 3 August order says the action was "lodged at the Court Registry on 6 May 2026"; no time is published.^[1]

Start: May 6, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

Broadcom Sues European Commission at EU General Court Over VMware Probe

Broadcom and VMware International asked the EU General Court to annul the Commission's 26 February 2026 information decision in case AT.40924, in so far as it compels documents held outside the EU and legal advice privileged under US and other non-EU law (Case T-280/26).

The action, Case T-280/26 in English, was brought on 6 May 2026 by Broadcom Inc. (Palo Alto) and VMware International Unlimited Company (Dublin) against the European Commission^[1]
It asks the Court to annul the Decision of 26 February 2026 under Article 18(3) of Regulation No 1/2003 (Case AT.40924 - VMware software licensing) to the extent it compels documents located outside the EU and non-EU legal advice privileged under non-EU law, or in the alternative the whole decision, with costs against the Commission^[1]
First plea: the Commission lacks enforcement jurisdiction to make a non-EU company produce documents held abroad, breaches the public international law principles of territoriality and comity, and cannot get round that by threatening fines on Broadcom's EU subsidiary^[1]
Second plea: requiring non-EU privileged material is disproportionate given the practices under investigation and the evidence already produced^[1]
A separate application for interim measures followed on 7 May 2026, asking the President of the General Court to suspend the decision or, in the alternative, let the documents be placed under electronic seal with an independent third party^[3]
Broadcom confirmed the filing on 13 May, calling it "a procedural action solely to protect Broadcom's rights under the long-recognized rules on legal professional privilege in non-EU countries, including the U.S." and saying it keeps cooperating with the Commission's requests; the Commission said it was prepared to defend its decisions in court^[4][5]
In EU law, privilege covers communications with external lawyers but not in-house lawyers^[4]

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eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ%3AC_202603189
eur-lex.europa.eu· Posted Sep 24, 2026· Starts May 6, 2026 ✓· 25% of score
The Official Journal notice is headed "Action brought on 6 May 2026" and the General Court's 3 August order says the action was "lodged at the Court Registry on 6 May 2026"; no time is published.
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Broadcom/VMware: EU General Court again weighs in favour of Commission's broad information gathering powers (Macfarlanes)
macfarlanes.com· Published Sep 7, 2026· 24% of score
Legal commentary confirming Broadcom and VMware brought an action for annulment of the RFI and sought interim relief.^[1]
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Order of the President of the General Court of 3 August 2026, Broadcom and VMware International v Commission, T-280/26 R (EUR-Lex)
eur-lex.europa.eu· Published Aug 3, 2026· 21% of score
The order dates the lodging of the annulment action to 6 May 2026 and the interim-measures application to 7 May 2026, and sets out what each asked for.^[1]
[4]85%
Broadcom escalates EU VMware dispute in sovereignty acid test (SDxCentral)
sdxcentral.com· Published May 14, 2026· 15% of score
Reports the General Court filing on Reuters' account with Broadcom's statement and the Commission's reply.^[1]
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Broadcom Takes EU Regulators to Court Over VMware Probe Documents (PYMNTS)
pymnts.com· Published May 13, 2026· 15% of score
Says Broadcom confirmed on Wednesday (13 May 2026) that it had brought the case before the General Court, quoting its statement per Reuters.^[1]

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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
EU Commission Issues Formal Information Demand to Broadcom Over VMware
Berlaymont, European Commission, Rue de la Loi, 1040 Brussels, BelgiumBroadcom…
Starts 02/26/2026CONFIRMED 92% CONFIDENCE210 days agoThe General Court's order of 3 August 2026 (T-280/26 R) states "On 26 February 2026, the European Commission adopted the contested decision", and Macfarlanes^[1] gives the same day; no time of adoption is published.
The European Commission ordered Broadcom and VMware International to hand over documents within five weeks in case AT.40924 (VMware software licensing), after receiving information alleging Broadcom abuses a dominant position in virtualisation software. The allegations are tying or bundling VMware products, abusive prices, limited interoperability and unfair contract terms.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
CISPE Sues EU Commission to Annul Broadcom-VMware Merger Approval
Court of Justice of the European Union (General Court), Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, Kirchberg, 2514 LuxembourgBroadcom…
Starts 07/23/2025CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoThe Official Journal notice is headed "Action brought on 23 July 2025 - CISPE^[3][4][5] v Commission (Case T-503/25)"; CISPE's release dated 24 July 2025 says it filed "today", but the Court's record of the lodging day wins; no time is published.
Cloud-provider lobby CISPE asked the EU General Court (Case T-503/25) to annul the Commission's 12 July 2023 clearance of Broadcom's acquisition of VMware (Case M.10806). It argues the Commission failed to assess the deal's effects on server virtualisation software, bundling and innovation.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
EU General Court Refuses to Suspend Commission's VMware Document Demand
Court of Justice of the European Union (General Court), Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, Kirchberg, 2514 LuxembourgBroadcom…
Starts 08/03/2026CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE52 days agoThe order on EUR-Lex is headed "ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL COURT 3 August 2026" and signed "Luxembourg, 3 August 2026"; EUR-Lex lists its date of document as 03/08/2026, and no time is published.^[1]
The General Court's President dismissed Broadcom's bid to suspend the Commission's demand for communications with in-house lawyers qualified outside the EU, finding no prima facie case and that the Commission's interest in enforcing competition rules prevails (T-280/26 R). The annulment action continues.
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Software09/24/2026@TechDesk
Broadcom Announces VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 for Production AI
Broadcom…3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United States
Starts 05/05/2026 1:00PMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE142 days agoBroadcom's^[1][2] release is dated "May 05, 2026" and says it "today announced VMware^[5] Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1"; GlobeNewswire's^[4] copy is stamped "May 05, 2026 09:00 ET" (13:00 UTC). The release dates only the announcement; the 12 May availability is from the release notes.
VCF 9.1 is Broadcom's private-cloud platform release for AI inference and agentic workloads, promising up to 40% lower server costs through memory tiering and mixed AMD, Intel and NVIDIA hardware; its release notes are dated 12 May.
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Conference09/24/2026@TechDesk
VMware Explore 2026 Las Vegas
Broadcom…Venetian Expo, Sands Avenue, Paradise, Nevada 89109, United States
08/31/2026 - 09/03/2026CONFIRMED 91% CONFIDENCE24 days agoBroadcom's^[1][3][4][6] 17 August release says Explore 2026 is "taking place August 31-September 3 at The Venetian Convention and Expo Center in Las Vegas", and VMware's^[5] Day 1 recap (31 August) says "Day 1 of VMware Explore 2026 in Las Vegas is officially in full swing" at the Venetian.
Broadcom's VMware conference ran 31 August to 3 September at The Venetian Convention and Expo Center, where it launched VMware Private AI Cloud and VMware AI Factory and said Explore moves to Resorts World in May 2027.
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Conference09/24/2026@TechDesk
VMware Explore on Tour Frankfurt 2026
Broadcom…Kap Europa, 5 Osloer Straße, Gallus, Frankfurt 60327, Germany
10/13/2026 - 10/14/2026SCHEDULED 85% CONFIDENCEin 19 daysVMware's^[1][2] Frankfurt event page reads "Frankfurt | Kap Europa 13 - 14 October 2026", matching Broadcom's^[3][4] 17 August release ("Frankfurt, October 13 - 14").
VMware Explore on Tour 2026 reaches Europe at Frankfurt's Kap Europa congress centre on 13-14 October, with a content catalog and extra partner-training days.
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Semiconductors09/24/2026@TechDesk
Broadcom Unveils First Integrated Wi-Fi 8 SoCs for Mesh Routers
Broadcom…3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United States
Starts 05/27/2026 1:00PMCONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE120 days agoBroadcom's^[1][5] release is dated "May 27, 2026" and says it "today announced the expansion of its Wi-Fi 8 portfolio" with the three SoCs; GlobeNewswire's^[3] copy is stamped "May 27, 2026 09:00 ET" (13:00 UTC).
Broadcom's BCM6772, BCM6774 and BCM6776 put the application processor, network processor, 2.4 and 5 GHz Wi-Fi 8 radios and a multi-gigabit Ethernet PHY on one die, for smaller, cheaper mesh nodes and multi-gig routers.
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Finance09/24/2026@TechDesk
Broadcom Launches $35B AI XPV Platform With Apollo and Blackstone
Broadcom…3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United States
Starts 06/09/2026 1:00PMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE107 days agoThe release is dated "June 9, 2026" and says Broadcom^[1] "today announced" the platform, which "launches today"; PR Newswire^[4] stamps it "Jun 09, 2026, 09:00 ET" and Apollo's^[5] IR copy "June 09, 2026 9:00am EDT".
A financing platform for more than 20 GW of Broadcom XPU compute for frontier AI labs through 2028, opening with a $35 billion tranche led by Apollo with Blackstone to fund Anthropic's 1 GW-plus expansion at Fluidstack sites.
$35B
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Finance09/24/2026@TechDesk
Broadcom Reports Q3 Fiscal 2026 Results: $29.6B Revenue, Up 86%
Broadcom…3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United States
Starts 09/02/2026 8:15PMCONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE22 days agoThe release is dated "September 2, 2026" and says Broadcom^[1] "today reported financial results for its third quarter"; PR Newswire's copy on Yahoo^[5] Finance is stamped 2026-09-02T20:15:00Z (4:15 p.m. ET, after the close), and the Item 2.02 8-K was accepted at 20:26 UTC.
Broadcom's revenue rose 86% to a record $29.6 billion for the quarter ended 2 August 2026, with AI semiconductor revenue up 221% to $16.7 billion, and Hock Tan said Anthropic is on track to become its largest XPU customer in 2027.
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Finance09/24/2026@TechDesk
Broadcom Reports Q1 Fiscal 2026 Results: $19.3B Revenue, AI Up 106%
Broadcom…3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United States
Starts 03/04/2026 9:15PMCONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE204 days agoThe release is dated "March 4, 2026" and says Broadcom^[1] "today reported financial results for its first quarter"; PR Newswire's copy on Yahoo^[3] Finance is stamped 2026-03-04T21:15:00Z (4:15 p.m. ET, after the close), and the Item 2.02 8-K was accepted at 21:16 UTC.
Broadcom's revenue rose 29% to a record $19.3 billion for the quarter ended 1 February 2026, with AI semiconductor revenue up 106% to $8.4 billion, and it guided the second quarter to $22.0 billion.
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Law09/23/2026@LawDesk
FTC Widens Microsoft Antitrust Probe to Cloud Licensing and Copilot
Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia 20580, United StatesMicrosoft…
Starts 02/13/2026ESTIMATED 67% CONFIDENCE223 days agoEstimated, per Bloomberg's exclusive of 13 February 2026 (3:15 PM UTC): the FTC "has issued civil investigative demands in recent weeks" - no day is given, so the pin sits on the day the escalation was first reported.^[1]
The FTC sent civil investigative demands to at least half a dozen Microsoft rivals, asking whether its licensing hobbles Windows and Office on other clouds and how it bundles AI, security and identity software.
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Finance09/24/2026@TechDesk
Broadcom Reports Q2 Fiscal 2026 Results: $22.2B Revenue, Up 48%
Broadcom…3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United States
Starts 06/03/2026 8:15PMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE113 days agoThe release is dated "June 3, 2026" and says Broadcom^[1] "today reported financial results for its second quarter"; PR Newswire's copy on Yahoo^[4] Finance is stamped 2026-06-03T20:15:00Z (4:15 p.m. ET, after the close), and the Item 2.02 8-K was accepted at 20:21 UTC.
Broadcom's revenue rose 48% to a record $22.2 billion for the quarter ended 3 May 2026 and AI semiconductor revenue 143% to $10.8 billion, but it held its AI outlook and the shares fell 12.6% the next day.
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