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THE MOAT as it stood at 5 November 2026, 20:02 Brussels time · Archive · Today’s page

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  1. SpaceX Default Risk Hits Fresh Peak as Tech-Led Selloff Builds

    Kevin Kingsbury / Bloomberg /

    Also: BBC Shares in Musk's SpaceX plunge as tech and AI stocks fall

    In other languages: Diario Financiero Goldman Sachs y Apollo buscan compradores para deuda de US$ 40.000 millones de SpaceX (es), Cinco Días Apple se une a la ola financiera de las ‘big tech’ con una emisión de bonos de 7.000 millones de dólares (es)

  2. European banks wake up to scale of vulnerability after cyberattack on French bank

    Le Monde /

    In other languages: Jornal de Negócios Presidente do Paraguai demite-se após colapso de um dos maiores bancos do país (pt), Rzeczpospolita Prezydent Paragwaju ustępuje po aferze bankowej. Miliony klientów bez dostępu do pieniędzy (pl), Valor Econômico Hackers invadem banco francês e desviam US$ 133 milhões (pt), Handelsblatt Staatskrise: Paraguays Präsident Peña tritt in Bankenkrise zurück (de), Estadão Banco francês denuncia roubo de cerca de € 100 milhões em ataque hacker (pt), Diario Financiero Ola de ciberataques deja nueva víctima: Banco francés Crédit Mutuel Arkéa sufre robo por 100 millones de euros (es), Aftenposten Paraguays president går av (no) · see all

  3. Bank rate increased to 4% - November 2026 Monetary Policy Summary and Minutes

    Bank of England /

    Also: Bloomberg BOE Poised for First Rate Hike in Three Years: Decision Guide, The Business Times Bank of England raises rates for first time since 2023, warns another move likely, The Globe and Mail Interest rates are rising again. The last hike cycle offers clues on what lies ahead, The Guardian Bank of England raises interest rates to 4%, the first increase for more than three years, Euronews Bank of England raises key interest rate for first time in over 3 years, The New York Times Bank of England Raises Rates for First Time in Three Years, BBC Interest rates hiked to 4% in first increase in over three years, MarketWatch Is this ‘the big one’ for the stock market? Wall Street sounds off as tech plunges., The Wall Street Journal Bank of England Raises Rates for First Time Since Start of Iran War, The Telegraph In full: Bank of England to announce latest interest rate decision · see all

    In other languages: The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) 英 물가 치솟자…기준금리 연 4%로 인상 (ko), Handelsblatt Bank of England: Britische Notenbank hebt Zinsen erstmals seit drei Jahren an – auf 4,0 Prozent (de), Der Standard Zentralbank in London erhöht Zinsen erstmals seit drei Jahren (de), Asahi Shimbun 英中銀、政策金利4.00%に 3年3カ月ぶり利上げ、インフレ加速 (ja), Het Financieele Dagblad Bank of England verhoogt dan toch de rente (nl), Süddeutsche Zeitung Geldpolitik: Zentralbank in London erhöht Zins zum ersten Mal seit drei Jahren (de), Dagens industri Bank of England fasar för inflationschock (sv) · see all

  4. Ukraine hopes, Russia shrugs as Brent slumps 9% after Democrats take US Congress

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Vitória democrata turbina bolsas em NY e derruba petróleo (pt), Dagens Næringsliv Aker-aksjen raser etter oljeprisfall, storsalg og Nscale-nyheter (no), Diario Financiero El petróleo frena su caída pero sigue inyectando alivio a los mercados (es), Dagens industri Oljeprisfall tynger Oslobörsen (sv) · see all

  5. China blocks SoftBank’s $5.4bn takeover of ABB’s robotics division

    Financial Times /

    Also: The Wall Street Journal China Blocks $5.4 Billion SoftBank Robot Deal, Flexing Control Over AI Tech, The New York Times China Blocks SoftBank’s $5.4 Billion Robotics Takeover, Impeding Foreign Deals, Bloomberg China Blocks SoftBank’s $5.4 Billion ABB Robot Unit Takeover, The Japan Times China blocks SoftBank’s $5.4 billion ABB robot unit takeover, South China Morning Post China blocks SoftBank’s US$5.4 billion takeover of ABB’s robotics division, The Business Times SoftBank acquisition of ABB robot unit blocked by China regulator that opposed Meta’s Manus deal: FT · see all

    In other languages: Dagens industri Uppgifter: Kina stoppar Softbanks ABB-förvärv (sv), Handelsblatt ABB: China blockiert Verkauf der Robotiksparte an Softbank (de), Le Temps La Chine bloque la vente des activités robotiques d'ABB à Softbank par crainte de transfert de données vers l'IA (fr), Valor Econômico ABB confirma que a China barrou a compra da unidade de robótica pelo SoftBank (pt) · see all

  6. CVS bets on break-up to dodge political backlash against healthcare giants

    Financial Times /

    Also: The Economist The break-up of CVS marks a turning point in American health care

  7. Tankers hit in Hormuz as Iran keeps up pressure after US vote

    Al-Monitor /

    In other languages: Svenska Dagbladet Kaos i Hormuz – sex fartyg i lågor (sv)

  8. ANALYSIS: Agoa or not, the US needs SA’s platinum and other metals

    Ed Stoddard / Daily Maverick /

  9. AI backlash threatens trillion-dollar data centre boom, say tech leaders

    Financial Times /

  10. Mystery Seller Puts Up $500 Million Data Center Loans Backing Stargate, CyrusOne

    Carmen Arroyo / Bloomberg /

  11. US tech shares fall sharply as investors bet on AI slowdown after Democrats’ election triumph

    Graeme Wearden / The Guardian /

  12. Ukraine Knocks Out 15 Russian Refineries, $23 Billion in Damage

    Kyiv Post /

    Also: Ukraine: The Latest Ukraine hits fifth Russian oil refinery in seven days

  13. Russia to Supply Iran With 90 Helicopter-Mounted Missile Launchers Used in Ukraine War

    Kyiv Post /

    Also: Al-Monitor Russia to provide Iran with 90 missile launchers as military ties grow: Reports

  14. Argentina Bonds Drop as Market Flags Intervention in Peso Debt

    Ignacio Olivera Doll / Bloomberg /

  15. EU targets large firms to unlock budget deal

    Gregorio Sorgi / POLITICO Europe /

  16. Turning Sub-Saharan Africa’s Cities Into Job Engines

    Paschal Donohoe / Project Syndicate /

  17. EU Diplomats Resist Trump’s Russian Gas Revival Plan

    Kyiv Post /

  18. Pakistan takes the One China policy into its airspace

    Sana Hashmi / The Interpreter (Lowy Institute) /

  19. Meloni warns of need for dedicated EU envoy to avoid 'condemning Europe to irrelevance' in peace talks

    Kate Tsurkan / The Kyiv Independent /

  20. Cyber Incident Disrupts French Blood Storage Systems

    OCCRP /

  21. After the Bell: What the Results Operations Centre reveals about SA’s trajectory

    Stephen Grootes / Daily Maverick /

  22. Freedom Holding's $11.9bn rise reflects ambitions beyond brokerage

    bne IntelliNews /

  23. Will Bateman and J.W. Mason on Money

    Phenomenal World /

  24. Inside the race to build European hardware without China

    Sifted /

Earlier today

  1. Democrats win control of Senate as US voters reject Trump’s agenda

    Chris Stein / The Guardian /

  2. Brent oil slides to $94 on Iran uncertainty after US midterms

    Alvin R Cabral / The National /

  3. Oil tumbles below $100 on post-election peace hopes

    Financial Times /

  4. US midterm results herald upheaval in Middle East policy

    Financial Times /

  5. David Jones goes into administration, with store closures expected and thousands of jobs at risk

    The Guardian /