The British pound reached its highest overall level since the 2016 Brexit referendum, lifted by UK growth, political stability, and anticipated rate hikes.
NVIDIA rose 3% to reach a $5.03T valuation, overcoming warnings from Reflection AI's CEO that Chinese open models serve as Trojan horses for rival hardware.
Visa is launching six global tech hubs at Paya Lebar Green in Singapore, housing 1,500 staff focused on agentic AI, digital money, and cybersecurity.
TSLA fell as analysts flagged political and premium risks for a SpaceX merger, though Cathie Wood's ARK bought $47M in SpaceX shares anyway.
Sweden's October CPIF inflation fell to 1.1%, down from 1.5% and well below the 2% target, just a day after the central bank raised interest rates.
Q3 adjusted EPS beat expectations at $3.57 on $7.16B revenue (+1.1%). Global comps grew 1.5% on strong international demand, offsetting a 0.2% U.S. slip from weaker traffic. The chain is rolling out value deals, menu upgrades, and an $8.5B franchisee plan as rival Burger King surges (+8.4% U.S. sales).
Democrats claimed their first Texas statewide wins since 1994, with James Talarico taking the US Senate seat and Gina Hinojosa elected governor.
Qualcomm will supply radio gear and software for SpaceX's Starlink Mobile terrestrial 5G network across US cell sites starting in 2027.
The UK DMO auctioned £3.25 billion of 4⅝% Green Gilt 2037 on 3 November 2026. It received £10.981 billion in bids, a 3.38× cover. The lowest accepted price was £94.895 (yield 5.271%); the highest was £94.942 (yield 5.265%). Bids at the lowest accepted price received 93.4615% of the amount bid, while higher-priced accepted bids were allotted in full. Of the total
The UK and EU drafted a pact to scrap post-Brexit food export checks via dynamic alignment, aiming to save exporters costly red tape and boost the UK by £5.1bn.
Palantir posted record Q3 revenue of $2.31B (+96%) and raised its full-year guidance to $8.53B as U.S. commercial sales outpaced government revenue.
Apple hit record quarterly revenue of $114.5B and profit of $30.7B, but warned soaring memory chip costs driven by the AI boom will squeeze future device margins.
The stock fell 27% after earnings disappointed, reviving fears that AI could disrupt software companies.
Nine major oil firms may earn over $95B for a second quarter as Iran war fuel price spikes boost profits and raise energy bills.
Leaders cited debt, AI and trade imbalances as threats, while easing U.S.–China tensions made China less of a concern.
Goldman, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley earned $52B from stock trading, boosted by AI bets and hedge fund borrowing. Rising debt adds risk.
Profit fell 15% to €2.15bn. Ryanair is weighing pay freezes, lower staffing and more AI use as fuel bills rise.
A jury sided with Bayer in the first trial since a favorable Supreme Court ruling. The company is also pursuing a $7.25 billion settlement for other claims.
ECB President Christine Lagarde will resign on Feb 7, stating she can no longer remain neutral on world events. Markets showed little reaction to the news.
Binance suffered a record $6.3bn crypto hack via a compromised engineer's laptop. North Korea is suspected, but Binance promises to cover all losses.
Ryanair is changing its airport bag drop deadline from 40 to 60 minutes before departure starting November 10 to help passengers avoid missing flights.
Google shares tumble 11% as a record $51B AI spend and cash burn miss expectations, hurt by search cannibalization.
EU warns Europe needs more oil refineries to combat energy shocks and secure diesel supplies amid geopolitical instability.
Atlantic Airways has ordered two additional Airbus A320neo jets as the Faroe Islands' flag carrier works toward transitioning to an all-A320neo fleet.