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THE MOAT as it stood at 13 October 2026, 13:03 Brussels time · Archive · Today’s page

Visa Approved to Prepare Domestic Payments Business in China

Paige Smith / Bloomberg /

Also: Financial Times Visa gets approval for China card business ahead of Trump-Xi summit

In other languages: The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) 40년 만에 만리장성 넘은 비자…102억장 카드시장 열렸다 [차이나 워치] (ko), Jornal de Negócios China abre porta para americana Visa entrar no mercado de cartões bancários (pt)

  1. Chip stocks slide as fears mount over scale of AI investment

    Financial Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Cracks Grow Across the AI Trade as Memory-Chip Stocks Tumble, The Guardian Chip stocks slide after Broadcom boss likens AI investing to ‘casino’

  2. Anthropic warns rogue AI agents may ‘self-replicate’ to hijack everyday devices

    Financial Times /

    In other languages: Dagens industri Anthropic varnar: Snart kan AI föröka sig (sv)

  3. Orbital Data Centers Risk Becoming Military Targets in Space

    Gerry Doyle and Sana Pashankar / Bloomberg /

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Estados reagem com regulação à expansão dos data centers (pt)

  4. Why the AI Boom Is Papering Over Cracks in Global Economy

    Ben Holland / Bloomberg /

  5. Top Links 1253 AI crowding out. Decoupling US-China investment. Russia’s plague death & hyperpolitics.

    Adam Tooze / Chartbook /

  6. European gas hits Iran wartime high

    Financial Times /

  7. AI investment props up global growth, but war and debt threaten outlook, IMF says

    Al-Monitor /

    Also: The Japan Times AI investment props up global growth, but war and debt threaten outlook, IMF says, France 24 IMF upgrades 2026 global growth forecast but war and debt threaten outlook, The Guardian IMF warns global economy ‘could soon test the limits of resilience’, MarketWatch This one chart from the IMF tells the entire story of the world economy this year, Bloomberg IMF Says Growth Should Pick Up With AI Investment Boost · see all

    In other languages: Jornal de Negócios FMI: Correção no mercado da IA pode ter impacto significativo nas ações e “spreads” do crédito (pt), Het Financieele Dagblad AI-revolutie kan de wereldeconomie maken of breken, stelt het IMF (nl), Valor Econômico Boom da IA está concentrando crescimento global em menos países, diz FMI (pt), Handelsblatt IWF-Konjunkturprognose: Die Weltwirtschaft klafft auseinander – das sind die Gewinner und die Verlierer (de), Dagens industri IMF pekar ut riskerna mot marknaden – AI, räntan och cyberhot (sv), Der Standard KI-Boom stützt Weltwirtschaft, IWF warnt aber vor Blase (de), Süddeutsche Zeitung IWF-Prognose: Die Weltwirtschaft trotzt den Schocks (de), Frankfurter Allgemeine IWF-Ausblick: Die Weltwirtschaft ruht auf wenigen Stützen (de) · see all

  8. Two ships hit by drones of unknown origin off Bulgarian coast – Europe live

    Jakub Krupa / The Guardian /

  9. LVMH sales miss growth forecasts as China luxury demand slows

    Euronews /

    In other languages: Valor Econômico China prejudica vendas da LVMH no trimestre (pt)

  10. How a scandal engulfing Brazil’s top court could return the Bolsonaros to power

    Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro / The Guardian /

  11. Nirmala Sitharaman: RBI trying to curb rupee volatility, not fix its value; fiscal discipline should not worry investors

    Mint /

    Also: Bloomberg India's Sitharaman on Rupee Stabilization Efforts

  12. China’s Young People Are Losing Faith in the Promise of Hard Work

    Emma Tucker / The Wall Street Journal /

  13. IMF's bullish call: Why is India sprinting when the world stumbles?

    The Economic Times /

  14. Saudi Arabia faces economic contraction as war woes mount

    Al-Monitor /

  15. IMF raises India’s FY27 growth forecast to 7%

    The Economic Times /

    Also: Mint IMF raises India's growth forecast for FY27 and FY28 amid strong domestic demand, credits AI for helping world economy

  16. Qatar's government revenue fell 42% in first half due to Iran war, Emir says

    Aarti Nagraj and Amr Mostafa / The National /

  17. Hackers force French supermarket fridges to heat up to 50C in ‘unprecedented’ cyber-attack

    The Guardian /

    Also: The Japan Times Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food, Le Monde A disastrous day for French supermarkets after massive cyberattack targets refrigeration systems

    In other languages: Le Figaro Faille logicielle, frigos à 35 °C, des millions d’euros perdus : les dessous de la cyberattaque inédite qui a frappé les supermarchés français (fr), Le Temps Une cyberattaque inédite paralyse les installations frigorifiques de centaines de supermarchés français (fr)

  18. How Climate Change Is Causing ‘the Gentrification of Seafood’

    Julia O’Malley / The New York Times /

  19. They Came to Russia for Work. Now They Are Under Fire.

    Showkat Nanda / The New York Times /

  20. Former DRC president Kabila forms new force with M23 armed group

    The Africa Report /

  21. Solar industry spends to flip control of Georgia utility commission

    Julian Spector / Canary Media /

  22. West Africa’s new mobile money rules could change who holds deposits

    Emmanuel Nwosu / TechCabal /

  23. ‘People just don’t care’: why fintech sovereignty won’t work in Europe

    Sifted /

  24. Tramadol in Africa: How drug trafficking thrives where pain relief is scarce

    Julie Desrousseaux / The Africa Report /

Earlier today

  1. Hall, Woodford win Nobel prize for work on how to stabilise economies

    Al-Monitor /

  2. Trump faces Russia diesel deal blowback

    Brendan Ruberry / Semafor /

  3. Houthi assault on Saudi airports strikes at MBS’s economic vision

    Financial Times /

  4. Meta Says New Muse Model Reaches AI Frontier After 14-Month Push

    Riley Griffin and Sarah Frier / Bloomberg /

  5. Katayama to be first Japanese chair of IMF-World Bank development panel

    The Japan Times /