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China’s exports surge 36% as AI-related shipments boom

Financial Times /

Also: The New York Times China’s Exports Soar, Putting Its Trade Surplus on Track for a Record, The Wall Street Journal Chinese Exports Accelerated in September

In other languages: Handelsblatt Exporte: China erreicht beim Handelsüberschuss bald die Billionen-Dollar-Marke (de), Jornal de Negócios Excedente comercial da China volta a crescer em setembro. Exportações sobem 36% (pt), Dagens industri Oväntat kraftigt lyft för Kinas export (sv)

  1. Ukraine blindsided by Starlink restrictions and intelligence gaps during Russian attack

    Financial Times /

  2. AI demand to exceed supply for 2 more years, says ASML

    Financial Times /

    Also: Euronews ASML posts record €11.7 billion in sales but warns it can’t keep up with AI demand, Bloomberg ASML Raises Full-Year Sales Outlook as AI Boom Drives Demand

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Technologie: Europas wertvollster Konzern ASML rechnet mit jahrelangem Boom (de), Jornal de Negócios ASML diz que não consegue responder à elevada procura dos fabricantes de chips (pt)

  3. Senators Urge Trump to Reverse Diesel Deal With Putin

    Robert Jimison / The New York Times /

    Also: Semafor Political fallout from Trump’s Russian diesel deal overshadows price impact, MercoPress Republican senators urge Trump to cancel the Putin diesel deal as unlawful

  4. BlackRock now has assets equal to half the size of the U.S. economy after 15% growth

    Steve Goldstein / MarketWatch /

    Also: Financial Times BlackRock pulls in $205bn to take assets to new record

  5. Is This the Middle Power Moment?

    Bloomberg /

  6. Asia is world's largest producer of ‘zombie' firms, IMF warns

    Brendan Ruberry / Semafor /

    Also: Bloomberg UK Needs to Slash Spending to Fund Defense Buildup, IMF Warns, The Guardian IMF sounds alarm on rising government borrowing costs – business live, Al-Monitor IMF calls for US to cut deficits amid bond woes, China to shift away from exports, South China Morning Post IMF warns higher borrowing costs are straining public finances worldwide, The Japan Times U.K. and Indian economies set to overtake Japan, IMF says, Le Monde IMF head says reducing France's debt burden will 'take time', Financial Times Asia has become the largest producer of zombie companies, IMF warns · see all

    In other languages: The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) 아시아 기업부채 21.4%가 좀비기업에…IMF 금융위험 경고 (ko), Jornal de Negócios FMI vê fatura com juros a subir para 10% da receita pública (pt), Neue Zürcher Zeitung Der Währungsfonds warnt vor einer «gespaltenen Weltwirtschaft»: Nur ein Teil der Länder könne vom KI-Boom profitieren (de), Frankfurter Allgemeine Staatshaushalte: IWF warnt vor Schuldenfalle für Industrieländer (de), Le Figaro Budget de la France: «Il faudra du temps» avant de retrouver «l'entière confiance» des marchés, prévient la cheffe du FMI (fr), El País ¿Son efectivas las ayudas generalizadas ante una crisis inflacionaria? El FMI recela de esa receta (es) · see all

  7. Qatar’s wealth fund keeps spending as war slashes government revenue

    Kelsey Warner / Semafor /

  8. Feedback Loop Ensnares Governments With Debt and Yields High, IMF Says

    Zoe Schneeweiss / Bloomberg /

  9. EU Bank Bosses Told to Expect ‘Pragmatic’ Reforms in 2027

    Laura Noonan / Bloomberg /

  10. English and Welsh water firms could be forced to return £107m via lower bills

    Jasper Jolly and Lauren Almeida / The Guardian /

    Also: Bloomberg UK Water Firms Face £107 Million Hit to Bills for Unmet Targets

  11. Missile hits headquarters of Saudi Aramco, source says, as Houthi conflict escalates

    Al-Monitor /

    Also: Bloomberg Saudi Aramco’s New China Refinery Venture Gets First Crude Cargo, Financial Times Military briefing: Houthis expose limits of Saudi Arabia’s vast arsenal, The National Houthi attack hits Aramco's historic nerve centre in Saudi Arabia, The Wall Street Journal Houthi Strike Hits Building at Saudi Aramco Headquarters · see all

    In other languages: Jornal de Negócios Ataque atingiu sede da petrolífera saudita Aramco e provocou incêndio (pt), Handelsblatt +++ Iran-Krieg +++: Angriff auf saudischen Ölkonzern Aramco löst Brand aus (de), Valor Econômico Prédio da Saudi Aramco em Dhahran é atingido em ataque de míssil (pt), Frankfurter Allgemeine Business-Ticker: Firmenzentrale von Saudi Aramco von Huthi-Rakete getroffen (de) · see all

  12. Workers of the World, Email Volkswagen

    Yixuan / ChinaTalk /

  13. Higher borrowing costs an 'alarm signal' for France, says finance minister

    Le Monde /

  14. Bank of America hit with $1.2bn fine for money laundering failings

    BBC /

    Also: Financial Times Bank of America fined $1.2bn over money laundering failures, The National Bank of America fined $1.2bn over claimed sanctions breaches, Bloomberg Bank of America Fined More Than $1.2 Billion for Money-Laundering, Euronews Money laundering failures land Bank of America with a $1.2 billion fine, The New York Times Bank of America Pays $1.8 Billion Fine for Lax Money-Laundering Oversight · see all

    In other languages: Expansión (México) Sanciona Departamento del Tesoro a Bank of America con 1,210 mdd por permitir lavado de dinero de China (es), Expansión Bank of America, multado con 1.210 millones de dólares por violar las leyes de blanqueo y sanciones (es), Der Spiegel Bank of America: Finanzministerium ahndet laxe Geldwäschekontrollen mit Milliardenstrafe (de), Handelsblatt US-Großbank: Über 1,2 Milliarden Dollar Strafe für Bank of Amerika (de), Estadão EUA aplicam multa de US$ 1,2 bi ao Bank of America e alegam falha em combate à lavagem de dinheiro (pt), Le Temps Etats-Unis: Bank of America sanctionnée de 1,2 milliard de dollars pour manquement à ses obligations anti-blanchiment (fr), Frankfurter Allgemeine Finanzkriminalität: Über 1,2 Milliarden Dollar Strafe für Bank of America (de), Jornal de Negócios Reguladores dos EUA multam Bank of America em 1,2 mil milhões de dólares (pt), Dagens industri Bank of America bötfälls för penningtvätt (sv) · see all

  15. Tool and target: US law enforcement grapple with AI-enabled terrorism and anti-tech extremism

    Johana Bhuiyan and Nick Robins-Early / The Guardian /

  16. BYD expands EV shipping fleet as wars upend freight costs and key trade routes

    Indranil Ghosh / Rest of World /

  17. AI in your oven? Anthropic warns models ‘months away’ from self-replication on smart devices

    Dara Kerr / The Guardian /

    Also: Financial Times US indicts Saudi employee of OpenAI for allegedly bugging its offices, Bloomberg Anthropic Asks Appeals Court to Rehear Fight Over Security Risk, POLITICO Europe OpenAI employee arrested and charged over hidden recording, Semafor Anthropic issues warning on self-replicating AI, Al-Monitor Saudi employee arrested for allegedly bugging OpenAI office, BBC Saudi national charged with secretly planting recording device in OpenAI office · see all

    In other languages: Le Figaro Vers informatiques, «moisissure numérique», auto-amélioration : vers des modèles d’IA capables de se répliquer sur nos objets connectés ? (fr), Handelsblatt Brisanter Fund: Wanze in OpenAI-Konferenzraum - Mitarbeiter festgenommen (de), Valor Econômico FT: EUA prendem funcionário saudita da OpenAI por supostamente instalar escutas (pt), La Nación OpenAI descubrió un dispositivo espía en sus oficinas, usó su IA para identificar al responsable y el FBI lo detuvo (es), Expansión (México) OpenAI descubre dispositivo de ‘espionaje’ en sus oficinas y denuncia a empleado ante el FBI (es), Frankfurter Allgemeine Künstliche Intelligenz: Spionagefall erschüttert OpenAI (de), Svenska Dagbladet Anthropic varnar för AI-maskar (sv), Asahi Shimbun AIがスマート家電乗っ取り増殖？ アンソロピックが研究成果で警告 (ja) · see all

  18. Chinese AI firms tap cheaper ‘dim sum’ offshore yuan debt for funding edge

    The Japan Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Cheaper Yuan Debt Gives Chinese Firms an AI Funding Edge

  19. AI is turning finance from reactive to proactive

    Sifted /

  20. Diesel of Discontent

    Doomberg /

  21. India Inc employee attrition rises to 18% in 2026; AI is changing how companies manage talent, shows new study

    Mint /

  22. Zenith Bank’s Abidjan gambit: Nigerian giant looks beyond its borders

    Nicholas Norbrook‘Femi Asu / The Africa Report /

  23. The far right in Latin America threatens progress against deforestation, report warns

    Ana Puentes / El País /

  24. Colombia opens embassy in Jerusalem, restores free trade deal with Israel

    Al-Monitor /

Earlier today

  1. Saudi Arabia strikes strategic oil depots near Yemen capital

    Patrick Wintour / The Guardian /

  2. Nvidia to announce $2B in European investments

    Brendan Ruberry / Semafor /

  3. Fed’s Lisa Cook Puts Off White House Hearing Over Trump’s Allegations

    Catarina Saraiva / Bloomberg /

  4. U.K. Spy Agency Confronts Escalating Hybrid War With Russia and Iran

    Max Colchester / The Wall Street Journal /

  5. Televisa, Fintech Holdings to Buy AT&T Mexico for $2 Billion

    Andrea Navarro / Bloomberg /