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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 ECB Deadline to Show If Lagarde Contest Is a Two-Horse Race

    In other languages: Le Temps Succession de Christine Lagarde à la BCE: les Pays-Bas et l’Espagne s’affrontent sur fond de tensions inflationnistes (fr), 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. Anthropic to press ahead with IPO targeting $1.5tn valuation

    Financial Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Anthropic IPO Valuation Under Pressure After Tech Rout

    In other languages: Dagens industri Källor: Anthropic trotsar AI-stormen – går till börsen snart (sv), Valor Econômico Anthropic enfrenta pressão para reduzir avaliação do IPO após tombo das ações de IA (pt), Diario Financiero Desconocida firma de inversión redobla su apuesta por Anthropic a pesar del desplome del sector tecnológico (es)

  3. 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

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Niederlande: Protest gegen Microsoft-Rechenzentrum in Amsterdam – viele Festnahmen (de), Jornal de Negócios Manifestantes invadem obras de centro de dados da Microsoft em Amesterdão (pt)

  4. ECB Considers Review of Bank Data Center Lending on AI Risk

    Laura Noonan and Esteban Duarte / Bloomberg /

    In other languages: Jornal de Negócios BCE prepara revisão aos empréstimos bancários para financiar centros de dados (pt), Cinco Días El BCE pide a los bancos que cambien su modelo de gobernanza para adaptarse a la IA (es), Dagens industri Uppgifter: ECB vill granska bankers utlåning till datacenter (sv)

  5. 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

  6. Video: Data Center Delays Risk an ‘Air Gap’ for Chips: Lovell

    Bloomberg /

  7. Nvidia faces a more hostile Washington

    Ashley Gold / Semafor /

  8. US Treasury sanctions Canadian money services firms over Iran-related transactions

    Al-Monitor /

  9. Data centers run on debt. That was a problem for bonds this year — and it’s only going to get worse.

    Joy Wiltermuth / MarketWatch /

  10. 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

  11. Worst Rout Since 2020 Leaves Virtually Nowhere to Hide in Stocks

    Jessica Menton and Geoffrey Morgan / Bloomberg /

    Also: 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, Sky News 'Bloodbath': Markets plummet worldwide as US midterm results add to AI fears, Euronews European stocks join global rout after worst US chip sell-off since 2020, South China Morning Post From finance summit to AI-driven stock rout: 5 figures investors are watching in China, MarketWatch After Wall Street’s worst selloff since the 2025 tariff shock, here’s what investors need to watch next, Canary Media Voters gave a big middle finger to data centers, The National Manus on Markets: $2.3 trillion wiped out as US midterms send markets into a tailspin, The Guardian US tech stock rout: is the AI bubble bursting?, BBC Why the US midterms sparked an AI stock selloff, Heatmap Was This Really the Data Center Election?, Financial Times FirstFT: Global stocks tumble as Democratic sweep sparks AI rout · see all

    In other languages: Valor Econômico ‘Onda azul’ revive temores sobre IA e derruba Wall Street (pt), 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) · see all

  12. Turkey sets out $500bn energy plan to 2040 days before COP31, keeps coal in mix

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

  13. Three men charged in US with using AI to impersonate CEOs and steal millions

    Johana Bhuiyan / The Guardian /

  14. For oil markets, Trump is anything but a lame duck

    Eric Reguly / The Globe and Mail /

  15. Europe alarmed by US plans for security deal with Russia

    Financial Times /

    In other languages: Dagens Næringsliv EU avviser USAs fremstøt for en ny sikkerhetsordning i Europa (no)

  16. Russia preparing major attack against Ukraine's bridges, critical infrastructure, Zelensky warns

    Abbey Fenbert / The Kyiv Independent /

  17. Video: Texas v Musk: how southern state Democrats won against the billionaire – explainer

    David Smith / The Guardian /

  18. Podcast: Inside the insurance industry’s destruction lab

    Planet Money /

  19. Can Europe Regulate China’s E-Commerce Giants Without Closing Its Market?

    Yingfan Chen / The Diplomat /

  20. Russian Strike in Zhytomyr Strains Kyiv’s Power, Water Supply, Klitschko Says

    Kyiv Post /

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

    Georgi Kantchev / The Wall Street Journal /

  22. The spy scandal tearing Indonesia apart

    Mark Buckton / bne IntelliNews /

  23. Japan Demands Russia Return Control of Four Japan Tobacco Businesses

    Kyiv Post /

    Also: Financial Times Putin orders seizure of Japan Tobacco’s Russian business

    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)

  24. How an Undecided Congressman Is Thinking Through the Permitting Bill

    Emily Pontecorvo / Heatmap /

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 /