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France pushes 'responsible' 2027 budget as Fitch cuts debt outlook to 'negative'

Euronews /

Also: Bloomberg France Gets Budget Warning as Fitch Turns Negative on Rating, The Wall Street Journal Fitch Cuts France’s Outlook to Negative on Weaker Growth, Widening Deficit

In other languages: Jornal de Negócios Fitch coloca França a caminho do corte de rating. Altera "outlook" para negativo (pt)

  1. Joint Statement: The European Union and Canada building together an Alliance for the future

    European Commission /

    Also: Kyiv Post Canada and EU Launch New Alliance Covering Ukraine, Critical Minerals and AI, The Wall Street Journal EU, Canada Leaders Set Out Path to ‘Associate Membership’ Arrangement, The Guardian Canada and EU announce new alliance open to like-minded countries, The Kyiv Independent EU lays out 45 billion euro spending plan for Ukraine in 2027, The Globe and Mail Europe is desperate for energy but may not buy into Carney’s costly vision of Canada as an export ‘energy superpower’ · see all

    In other languages: NRC De ‘alliantie voor de toekomst’ tussen Canada en de EU krijgt vorm in Montreal: afspraken over handel, onderzoek en grondstoffen (nl), Le Temps L’UE ouvre grand les bras au Canada en se vantant de sceller l’alliance «la plus étroite, la plus profonde et la plus solide jamais conclue» avec un pays non européen (fr)

  2. US: Wall Street closes sharply lower as AI cash burn fears spark tech sell-off

    The Business Times /

    Also: Kyiv Post Dnipro Station Hit Again as Russian Strikes Spark Fire, MarketWatch The selloff in tech stocks is shifting into overdrive

    In other languages: E24 Kraftig AI-knekk på Wall Street: – Det markedet har fryktet (no)

  3. Drones Hit Bashneft-Novoil Refinery in Ufa

    Tymur Dubovyk / Kyiv Post /

    Also: The Kyiv Independent Power outages hit Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast, explosions reported in Ufa amid drone alerts

  4. Anthropic may not secure investment-grade rating after IPO, Blackstone says

    Financial Times /

    In other languages: Expansión Anthropic podría no obtener el grado de inversión tras su OPV, según Blackstone (es), Le Figaro Pertes colossales, clients criminels, modèles toujours incontrôlables… Ces petits secrets honteux qu’Anthropic révèle dans 335 pages à destination des investisseurs (fr), Diario Financiero Anthropic: las siete preguntas clave de la IPO más grande de la historia (es), Børsen Før Anthropic: Sådan gik det investorerne i verdens største børsnoteringer (da), Cinco Días Anthropic llega para revolucionar la inversión en IA, aunque en plena sacudida bursátil del sector (es) · see all

  5. OpenAI’s Altman Meets Samsung Executives as Chip Crunch Deepens

    Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg /

    In other languages: The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) "경영진부터 AI 쓴다"…올트먼 만난 삼성 사장단, 지식저장소 실습도 (ko)

  6. How the Binance heist raises regulatory and investment questions

    Alvin R Cabral / The National /

    Also: Sky News How an engineer's laptop may have led to $6.3bn crypto heist, Daily Maverick JUST ONE LAPTOP: Binance hack is history’s biggest crypto heist and another warning sign, Bloomberg Crypto Hack Reignites Regulatory Debate, The New York Times Binance Was Hacked. What Protections Exist for Crypto Customers? · see all

    In other languages: Brazil Journal O maior roubo cibernético da história: Binance perde US$ 6,3 bi (em 20 minutos) (pt), Le Temps Plus de 6 milliards de dollars volés, des hackers professionnels, une course contre la montre: le piratage du géant des cryptomonnaies Binance crée un choc mondial (fr), Expansión (México) El hackeo a Binance por 6,300 mdd apunta a atacantes de Corea del Norte (es), Cinco Días Las claves del robo del siglo en Binance: qué ocurrió, quién está detrás y cómo puede sobrevivir la empresa (es), Le Figaro Cyberattaque contre Binance : la plateforme peut-elle survivre financièrement au plus grand piratage de l’histoire des cryptomonnaies ? (fr), La Nación Tras el hackeo histórico a Binance, la cotización del bitcoin bajó 5% en un día (es) · see all

  7. Washington approves $2.1-billion Patriot missile sale to Ukraine

    Ryan Patrick Jones and Christian Martinez / The Globe and Mail /

    Also: Financial Times US approves $2.1bn sale of Patriot interceptors to Ukraine

  8. Trump touted a record Venezuela oil deal. Now reality is setting in

    The Japan Times /

  9. How the US midterms could reshape the outlook for the dollar, bonds and Wall Street

    Nuria Salobral / El País /

    Also: Financial Times Martin Wolf on the US midterms: What’s the risk of political violence?, Financial Times What’s the risk of political violence? | Martin Wolf on the US midterms | FT

  10. US Eyes December Decision on Permanent Military Base in Poland

    Tvp World / Kyiv Post /

  11. Europe Learns to Weather Shocks in World More Prone to Turmoil

    Alexander Weber / Bloomberg /

  12. OpenAI slashes funding target by $10bn as tech anxieties mount

    Financial Times /

    Also: Bloomberg OpenAI Funding Target Cut by $10 Billion as AI Slumps, FT Says

  13. Can battery swapping and energy storage power CATL’s next phase of growth?

    Themis Qi / South China Morning Post /

  14. Qatar's economy to jump 15 per cent in 2027 on gas sector recovery, S&P says

    Alvin R Cabral / The National /

  15. Lula’s surprise election victory sends agri-commodities tumbling

    Financial Times /

    In other languages: Neue Zürcher Zeitung Lulas letzter Triumph könnte für Brasilien teuer werden (de)

  16. SoftBank-Backed OPay Halts IPO to Respond to Regulatory Inquiry

    Loni Prinsloo and Julia Fioretti / Bloomberg /

  17. China Economic Activity Loses Steam Sharply in October

    The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: Bloomberg China Factory Activity Eases Into Decline as Growth Wobbles

  18. Apple overtakes Nvidia to become world’s most valuable company

    The Business Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Apple Overtakes Nvidia to Become World’s Most Valuable Company

  19. Oil prices hit six-month high on Hormuz strikes and US threat to hit Iran

    Alvin R Cabral / The National /

    Also: The Business Times Oil jumps 2%, settles at 6-month highs on fears of escalation in Iran

  20. Extreme poverty in India falls to 2.6% from 27.1%: World Bank

    Mint /

    Also: Bloomberg India Saw 496 Million Escape Poverty Since 2011, World Bank Says

  21. As AI cyber risks grow, Chinese chip expert urges shared ethics standards with US rivals

    Vincent Chow / South China Morning Post /

  22. Where in Europe do people spend over 40% of their income on housing?

    Euronews /

  23. Indian households shifting spending towards non-food items, services as consumption patterns evolve: Report

    The Economic Times /

  24. Christine Lagarde’s Lonely Next Act: Defender of a Fading Globalist Order

    Chelsey Dulaney / The Wall Street Journal /

    In other languages: Het Financieele Dagblad Lagarde stapt op, het gevecht om de opvolging kan beginnen (nl)

Earlier today

  1. Iran hits Hormuz tanker with limpet mines in apparent tactical shift

    Financial Times /

  2. BP profit quadruples as Iran war sends refining margins soaring and debt tumbles

    Euronews /

  3. Binance pledges to cover losses after US$6 billion crypto hack

    Daisy Wu and Tim Yuen Lingk / South China Morning Post /

  4. Tusk-Nawrocki battle escalates as chief judge is ousted from Poland’s top court

    Bartosz Brzeziński / POLITICO Europe /

  5. Stablecoins as a vehicle for dollarisation: Evidence from capital controls and currency crises

    Marco Reuter / CEPR /