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THE MOAT as it stood at 16 October 2026, 07:03 Brussels time · Archive · Today’s page

FirstFT: Healey signals tax raid on banks in UK Budget

Financial Times /

Also: Bloomberg Healey Plans to Raise UK Taxes on Banks at Budget This Month, The Guardian John Healey poised to raise taxes on banks in budget

  1. Anthropic Stands Alone as Rest of US IPO Market Slows to a Crawl

    Anthony Hughes and Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg /

    Also: Exponential View 🚨 Anthropic: The agony and the ecstasy, Financial Times Anthropic grants non-profit METR ‘employee-like’ access to monitor AI risks

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Anthropic: Investoren erwarten laut Insidern niedrigere IPO-Bewertung (de)

  2. Ukraine Strikes Russian Refinery After Moscow Breaks Trump’s Energy Ceasefire

    Anastasiia Malenko / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: bne IntelliNews Zelenskiy lifts refinery strike ban as Musk says US military sets Starlink limits, Bloomberg Ukraine to Resume Russia Refinery Strikes, Zelenskyy Tells FT

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Rússia acusa Ucrânia de contrariar esforços de paz dos EUA após ataques a refinarias (pt)

  3. China's trade barriers biggest hurdle in bilateral ties, says Nirmala Sitharaman; flags $100 billion deficit

    The Economic Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Sitharaman Says Trade Barriers A Hurdle to China-India Ties

  4. MSCI warns it may cut Indonesia from main indices

    Financial Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Indonesia Outflows to Worsen as MSCI Mulls Cut, Analysts Say

  5. Warsh Takes IMF Stage as Hot Inflation Spurs Rate Hike Bets

    Ben Holland / Bloomberg /

  6. EU leaders’ summit descends into 3-hour argument over taxing car emissions

    Ben Makuch / POLITICO Europe /

    Also: Le Monde France, Germany reach deal on future of car industry, Bloomberg Jeff Yan Plans to Bring the Entire Financial Industry onto Hyperliquid

    In other languages: Handelsblatt EU-Gipfel: Unterstützung für Merz und Macron: Europa bereitet „Zweitschlagskapazität“ gegen China vor (de), Der Spiegel Friedrich Merz und Emmanuel Macron einigen sich auf Aufweichung von Verbrenner-Aus (de), Süddeutsche Zeitung EU-Regeln: Merz und Macron wollen das Verbrenner-Aus abschaffen (de), Le Figaro Automobile : la France et l'Allemagne trouvent un accord pour préserver l’avenir de l’industrie européenne (fr), Der Standard Deutschland und Frankreich vor Einigung bei Verbrenner-Aus (de), Frankfurter Allgemeine Merz und Macron einig: Durchbruch beim Verbrennerverbot (de) · see all

  7. EU Eyes New Trade Powers to Curb Chinese Imports

    Bloomberg /

    In other languages: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zugang regulieren: EU-Spitzen wollen neue Instrumente gegen Chinas Handelspraktiken (de)

  8. EXPLAINED: Ukraine’s Military, Elon Musk’s Starlink Slowdown

    Stefan Korshak / Kyiv Post /

    Also: Ukraine: The Latest Elon Musk denies restricting Starlink in Ukraine

    In other languages: Rzeczpospolita Nieoficjalnie: To Biały Dom ograniczył działanie Starlinków na Ukrainie (pl), Svenska Dagbladet Därför är Starlink viktigt för Ukraina (sv), Handelsblatt +++ Ukraine-Krieg +++: Starshield-Einschränkung für Ukraine wieder aufgehoben (de), Jornal de Negócios Ucrânia: Ministério da Defesa diz que foi restabelecido funcionamento do Starlink (pt) · see all

  9. Wall Street’s AI wobbles

    Financial Times /

  10. Traders pile into bonds and defensive stocks as the ‘tech wreck’ picks up steam

    Isabel Wang / MarketWatch /

    Also: Financial Times Investors dump data centre bonds as AI borrowers face ‘Darwin moment’, Bloomberg Wall Street on Alert for Treasury’s Scott Bessent to Act on Bond Yields Again

    In other languages: Diario Financiero La reciente ola compradora de bonos en EEUU promete un mayor alivio para el castigado fondo E (es)

  11. Are open-weight AI models safe?

    Sifted /

  12. CoreWeave’s slump spotlights growing burden of debt behind AI boom

    The Japan Times /

  13. Future of western security is at stake in Yemen civil war, says country’s former PM

    The Guardian /

  14. Japan, South Korea agree to extend $10 billion currency swap arrangement

    The Japan Times /

  15. How the Houthis are helping Iran turn Saudi Arabia into a pressure point

    Al-Monitor /

    In other languages: Aftenposten Houthiene angrep presidentpalasset i Jemen – statsministeren skal ha vært til stede (no)

  16. EU summit runs out of gas

    Sarah Wheaton and Peter Snowdon / POLITICO Europe /

  17. Eroding purchasing power deepens pressures on ordinary South Africans

    Alex Malapane / Daily Maverick /

  18. BOJ’s Koeda warns against too much caution on rate hikes

    The Japan Times /

    Also: Bloomberg BOJ’s Koeda Warns Against Overly Cautious Stance on Rate Hikes

  19. Unicredit cleared by ECB to take control of Commerzbank

    Euronews /

    In other languages: Der Spiegel EZB erlaubt UniCredit offenbar Übernahme von Commerzbank-Anteilen (de), Handelsblatt Banken: EZB gibt Unicredit grünes Licht für volle Commerzbank-Übernahme (de), Frankfurter Allgemeine Bankenaufsicht: EZB genehmigt Commerzbank-Übernahme durch Unicredit (de), Jornal de Negócios BCE dá luz verde ao aumento da participação do Unicredit no Commerzbank (pt) · see all

  20. China has banned the crypto business. So why is Solana opening a splashy Shanghai office?

    Xinmei Shen / South China Morning Post /

  21. Gnani, Eleven Labs’ cheap, human-like calls face a regulatory test

    Sakshi Sadashiv / The Ken /

  22. Europe’s AI fintech market mapped: 94 startups automating the business of money

    Sifted /

  23. Hong Kong’s IPO fraud clampdown sends shock waves across financial sector

    Zoe SL Chan / South China Morning Post /

  24. The cost of job loss in carbon-intensive sectors: Evidence from Germany

    César Barreto / CEPR /

Earlier today

  1. China’s Tencent Detected Unintended Behaviors From AI Agents

    Luz Ding and Newley Purnell / Bloomberg /

  2. Meta and Apple team up on AI model tailored for Mac computers

    Financial Times /

  3. Taiwan to Fund $4 Billion Texas Complex for AI, Nvidia Partners

    Tom Giles / Bloomberg /

  4. Tardy China Stimulus Sets Up Second Quarter of Sub-Target Growth

    Bloomberg /

  5. India’s Rupee Rebound Comes With Growing Strains in FX Market

    Pratigya Vajpayee and Subhadip Sircar / Bloomberg /