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  1. Contest to Succeed ECB Head Lagarde Is Officially a Two-Horse Race

    Paul Hannon / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: Bloomberg Knot and De Cos Are the Only Two Candidates for ECB President

    In other languages: Der Standard Hernandez de Cos für Lagarde-Nachfolge bei Europäischer Zentralbank nominiert (de), Le Figaro BCE : l'Espagnol Pablo Hernandez de Cos et le Néerlandais Klaas Knot candidats à la succession de Christine Lagarde (fr), Jornal de Negócios Espanhol Cos e neerlandês Knot são os candidatos à presidência do BCE (pt), Børsen To kandidater indstillet til at afløse Lagarde som ECB-chef (da) · see all

  2. AI backlash could threaten Anthropic IPO timing, potential investors say

    The Business Times /

    Also: Financial Times Anthropic lines up UK retail offer as AI stocks wobble

    In other languages: Diario Financiero Desconocida firma de inversión redobla su apuesta por Anthropic a pesar del desplome del sector tecnológico (es)

  3. Brent Crude Climbs Above $100 as Middle East Oil Supply Risks Persist

    Farhan Rafid / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: Bloomberg Oil’s Plunge Below $100 Doesn’t Mean Markets Are Out of Jeopardy, Euronews Why Spain is taking 188,000 tonnes of olive oil off the market

    In other languages: Aftenposten Oljefondet har falt med over 1500 milliarder under børsuroen (no), Dagens Næringsliv Oljefondet oppnådde forlik på over to milliarder etter Silicon Valley Bank-kollapsen (no), Jornal de Negócios Há "estrangulamentos", mas meta dos EUA para o petróleo da Venezuela "vai ser atingida" (pt), Cinco Días El Ibex firma su mejor semana en siete meses al calor de la banca y la caída del petróleo (es) · see all

  4. Putin orders seizure of Japan Tobacco’s Russian business

    Financial Times /

    Also: The Wall Street Journal Moscow Seizes Japan Tobacco’s Russia Factories, Bloomberg Putin Transfers Japan Tobacco Assets to Local Firm in Latest Asset Seizure

    In other languages: Asahi Shimbun プーチン氏の思惑はどこに? JTの現地資産、ロシア側の管理下に (ja), Dagens industri Japanska fabriker i Ryssland konfiskeras (sv), Le Figaro Tokyo exige la levée immédiate de la saisie des actifs russes de Japan Tobacco (fr)

  5. EU accuses TikTok of designing algorithm that creates ‘rabbit holes’

    Eliza Gkritsi / POLITICO Europe /

    Also: The Guardian EU charges TikTok with failing to protect users’ mental health, Bloomberg EU Escalates TikTok Probe Over Algorithmic ‘Rabbit Holes’

    In other languages: Valor Econômico UE acusa TikTok de provocar efeitos prejudiciais com algoritmo (pt), Handelsblatt EU: Tiktok droht Strafe wegen Gefährdung mentaler Gesundheit (de), Le Figaro L’UE somme TikTok de modifier ses flux de vidéos personnalisées, accusés d’effets «nocifs» (fr), Asahi Shimbun TikTokに有害な「ラビットホール現象」 EUが違法の暫定見解 (ja) · see all

  6. Qatar sovereign wealth fund and Brookfield back supersized UK data center

    Kelsey Warner / Semafor /

    Also: Heatmap Was This Really the Data Center Election?

  7. Fast-Money Systematic Funds Stoked $2.3 Trillion Tech-Stock Rout

    Natalia Kniazhevich / Bloomberg /

    Also: The Guardian Nasdaq sees worst day in 19 months as investors bet on AI slowdown after Democrats’ election triumph, The New York Times After a $2.5 Trillion Wipeout, Tech Investors Brace for More Pain, Semafor Stock selloff goes global in worst rout in years, Euronews European stocks join global rout after worst US chip sell-off since 2020, The Wall Street Journal Taiwan Activates Market-Stabilization Measures to Stem AI Bleeding, Sky News 'Bloodbath': Markets plummet worldwide as US midterm results add to AI fears, The Business Times Investors wipe US$2.5 trillion off Nasdaq as blue tsunami prompts AI fears, MarketWatch After Wall Street’s worst selloff since the 2025 tariff shock, here’s what investors need to watch next, South China Morning Post From finance summit to AI-driven stock rout: 5 figures investors are watching in China, bne IntelliNews South Korea halts trading as KOSPI plunges over 8%, DW European shares join a global sell-off as AI spending fears rattle Wall Street and Asian markets, The National Manus on Markets: $2.3 trillion wiped out as US midterms send markets into a tailspin, Odd Lots The Macro Implications of the Blue Tsunami, BBC AI stocks climb after trillions wiped from market values, Financial Times FirstFT: Global stocks tumble as Democratic sweep sparks AI rout · see all

    In other languages: Valor Econômico ‘Onda azul’ no Congresso americano eleva pressão regulatória sobre big techs (pt), Dagens industri Extrema börsfall i USA – oron sprider sig till Asien (sv), Asahi Shimbun 日経平均が終値も6万円割れ 一時4000円下落、AI投資に懸念 (ja), Het Financieele Dagblad Rode koersenborden in heel Europa, AEX beperkt het verlies tot 0,8% (nl), The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) 버터 올려도 끄떡없었다…미국서 난리 난 한국산 AI칩 (ko), Le Figaro Wall Street plonge, vent de panique sur l’IA : le Nasdaq perd 2500 milliards de capitalisation après la victoire démocrate aux midterms (fr), Rzeczpospolita Rzeź AI na giełdach – od Wall Street po Azję (pl), Jornal de Negócios "Flashback" de 2001. Dia negro para a IA em Wall Street contagia Ásia e Europa (pt), Svenska Dagbladet AI-kollaps på Wall Street sprider börsoro (sv), Handelsblatt Börse im Aufruhr nach Midterms: Absturz der Tech-Aktien: Platzt nun eine KI-Blase? (de), Neue Zürcher Zeitung Die Börsen erleben einen Kurssturz. Nach dem Triumph der Demokraten werden die KI-Investitionen infrage gestellt (de) · see all

  8. Microsoft AI data-centre site in Amsterdam breached by protesters as Europe’s opposition grows

    Mike Corder and Suman Naishadham / The Globe and Mail /

    Also: Bloomberg Protesters Break Into Microsoft Data Center in Amsterdam

  9. Israel’s Economy Defied Three Years of War. Now the Bill Is Coming Due.

    Georgi Kantchev / The Wall Street Journal /

  10. Anatomy of a Selloff: Sudden Chain Reaction Rattles Wall Street

    Jan-Patrick Barnert / Bloomberg /

  11. Options Volumes Soar to Record Levels on Post-Election Sell Off

    Bernard Goyder / Bloomberg /

  12. US stocks rebound after tech rout

    Financial Times /

  13. European airspace on alert after bomb threats target some 20 commercial flights

    Le Monde /

    Also: El País How a wave of false bomb threats is disrupting air travel in Europe, Financial Times Bomb threats target media and flights as email warns ‘this is only the beginning’

  14. Why the UK is becoming a base for African tech companies

    Opeyemi Kareem / TechCabal /

  15. Police searches at energy company deepen Zelensky-Klitschko tensions over Kyiv's winter preparations

    Dominic Culverwell / The Kyiv Independent /

  16. The Economic Toll of Israel’s Wars

    Joseph Zeira / Project Syndicate /

  17. Damaged Grid Forces Ukraine to Export Power as Kyiv Faces Blackouts, Expert Says

    Kyiv Post /

  18. Mexico’s central bank surprises markets with rate cut as peso weakens

    Alek Buttermann / bne IntelliNews /

  19. The Promise and Peril of the Blue Wave for Renewables

    Jael Holzman / Heatmap /

  20. Voters gave a big middle finger to data centers

    Kathryn Krawczyk / Canary Media /

  21. What will it take to open California’s market to more VPPs?

    Maeve Allsup / Latitude Media /

  22. The Dnipro, the impregnable river and military frontier between Ukrainian and Russian forces: ‘We’re in a war of drone pilots’

    Luis De Vega Hernández / El País /

  23. Why the US midterms sparked an AI stock selloff

    BBC /

  24. War dents Emirates’ profit as transit passengers stay away

    Ed Clowes / Semafor /

Earlier today

  1. Ueno Bank collapse sparks political crisis and impeachment move in Paraguay

    Euronews /

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

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

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

    Bank of England /

  4. Bank of England raises rates for first time since 2023, signals more may come

    David Milliken / The Globe and Mail /

  5. Google, Meta and TikTok sue California to block law protecting children from addiction risk

    Johana Bhuiyan / The Guardian /