Wheat futures just touched a two-month low, which for some is a sign the food-inflation scare of the summer has come and gone. Goldman disagrees...

If struggling Netflix studios need inspiration for their next post-apocalyptic horror movie, footage of a chemical... 

Is France the epicenter of the next Eurozone crisis? 

"I do think there’s a lot of merit for combining the companies,"

A new report from New York's comptroller projects more than $90 billion in industry earnings, setting the stage for unprecedented employee payouts...

Melbourne locals parked their cars in front of the work trucks and filled in the excavation pits; the cost to Australia’s biggest listed AI data center operator: A$140 million of EBITDA.

Treasuries are set to keep falling out of favor as an equity hedge in 60/40 portfolios amid a return to a persistently elevated inflation regime...

• Pakistan Army Chief Munir brought the "final warning" from the United States to Iranian officials, which called on Iran to submit to the US demands for concessions on the nuclear issue before taking any other steps.
• The UK government has approved the Jackdaw North Sea gas field.
• NQ outperforms, helped by upbeat SPCX and SMCI earnings; focus turns to META and TSLA.
• DXY flat; AUD supported by hawkish comments by RBA's Hauser.
• Fixed income benchmarks modestly lower, Gilts in

...traders put lipstick on a pig as markets swing from 'anything but AI' to 'believe in the Weave'...

"A simple bailout is not on the cards."

Docks points for opposing deportation...

C is for Cancer...

The problem with the UK is that it has become a vetocracy...

"Through our actions, we will make our dissatisfaction with the current system heard and demonstrate..." 

The lesson to learn from France right now is that assimilation doesn't happen by accident...

• APAC stocks were mostly firmer amidst strength in AI names; the NQ outperformed after gaining on SMCI's and SpaceX's mega forecasts.
• European equity futures indicate a positive cash market open, with Euro Stoxx 50 futures up 0.3%.
• DXY was steady, whilst the AUD outperformed as Goldman Sachs now sees the RBA hiking in November.
• Crude futures were firmer after an earlier brief spike; focus on IRGC threats to internet cables in the Strait of Hormuz.
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