The PBOC approved Visa to establish a domestic card clearing business in China, joining Mastercard and Amex in the multi-trillion-dollar payments market.
Goldman Sachs faces succession friction: CEO David Solomon may not be ready to step down, while heir-apparent John Waldron might not wait indefinitely.
In 2027, Walmart will cover 250+ prescriptions—including Ozempic, Mounjaro for type 2 diabetes, insulin, and inhalers—at no cost to U.S. workers.
Nvidia pledges $250M in computing power over five years to UK researchers to advance AI safety safeguards amid rising risks from autonomous agent swarms.
Morgan Stanley beat Q3 profit estimates with EPS of $3.03 on $20.34B revenue, driven by a 41% jump in equity trading to $5.8B despite private credit outflows.
BofA missed Q3 profit estimates as trading fell 5% and a $1.2B anti-money laundering penalty hit earnings, sending premarket shares down 6%.
Aviation must recruit 2.44M workers over 20 years—including 730k techs—as the global commercial aircraft services market expands to $420B.
Anthropic warned small AI models could autonomously replicate across insecure IoT devices by late 2026, creating malware-like threats with no central kill switch.
Citi reported Q3 net income of $5.25B ($2.85/share), beating estimates on strong investment banking, services, and wealth revenue despite lower card profits.
Netflix plans to lay off about 5% of its workforce amid rising competition from YouTube and a 42% share price drop over the past year.
HSBC will shut all 19 Australian branches and exit retail banking over 18 months, selling its $36bn loan portfolio to Blackstone.
The Dutch central bank relocated 86 tonnes of gold from the US and Canada to London, citing geopolitical unrest and faster deployment in a crisis.
Airbus completed its first European test flight of the Kratos Valkyrie drone, aiming to team it with Eurofighter jets for combat readiness by 2029.
Following staff backlash, Barclays will allow UK employees with manager approval to delay the new three-day office mandate until 2027.
Ex-Deutsche Bank trader Christian Bittar had his rate-rigging conviction quashed, becoming the eighth banker cleared after unfair trial instructions.
Goldman Sachs raised its 3-month global stock view to "overweight," citing solid earnings and attractive valuations despite bond yield and oil risks.
At the 2026 Paris Motor Show, European and Chinese carmakers unveil 60 models as competition spikes, amid new EU hybrid curbs and rising Chinese auto exports.
Aiming to counter Chinese rivals, Stellantis unveiled a retro €15k Citroen 2CV concept and new models at the Paris Motor Show to fuel its European turnaround.
Driven by soaring AI chip demand, TSMC is forecast to post a record Q3 profit of T$746.3B, marking a 65% jump and its sixth straight record quarter.
TotalEnergies is adding a $1.2B, 700 MW solar portfolio to its US venture with KKR, bringing total capacity to 2.1 GW across Texas and Ohio.
Carlsberg Britvic plans to close the nearly 200-year-old Marston's Brewery in Burton upon Trent by summer 2027.
British banks tightened mortgage availability and saw falling loan demand in the quarter to August as higher interest rate expectations weighed on housing.
Nvidia-backed Firmus pulled its $5B Australian IPO amid valuation, debt, and execution concerns, shifting to private funds ahead of a planned US Nasdaq listing.
Bitcoin steadied above $80,000 following a Fed rate hike, as upcoming Brazilian regulations target cross-border stablecoin settlements and exchange licensing.