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Plus: US inflation ticks higher driven by rent costs; Employment Hero staff raise alarms over ‘vile workplace and ‘fear culture’; Bitcoin rockets past US$90k as Trump taps Musk for DOGE role.

Plus: Trump taps China hawks Rubio and Waltz for key posts; Jim Chalmers unveils $900m productivity fund; Elliott pushes Honeywell split in biggest bet yet.

Plus: Trump picks hardliners for mass deportations job, loyalist for UN; Oil slides as China measures disappoint; Albanese urged to unseal think tank funding review.

Plus: RBA’s Hauser cautious on Trump’s economic impact; Bitcoin hits record on Trump’s 7-state sweep; TSMC freezes IA chip shipments to China.

Plus: Biden promises President-elect Trump peaceful transfer of power; Nissan to slash 9,000 global jobs, CEO takes pay cut; BoE trims rates, sees budget-induced inflation surge.

Plus: Harris to call Trump to concede before speech; Trump Trade propels stock market rally; Oil markets face Trump paradox.

Plus: Boeing ends costly strike with 43% wage increase; Israel’s Netanyahu fires defence head Yoav Gallant over “trust crisis”; US services activity surges to 2-year high.

Plus: Labor to unveil $600m ADF recruitment push; US dollar drops as markets brace for Election Day; Bezos-backed robot AI startup raises $607m.

Plus: US election bets narrow in Harris’ favour, Trump still leads Polymarket; Buffett gains US$97b in equities sell off; Albanese targets youth with 2025 election pledges.

Plus: China sanctions hit Skydio, US drone maker supplying Ukraine; Fed’s preferred inflation gauge rises, rate cut risk looms; Citi faces push to clawback “unwarranted” bonuses.

Plus: EY in dramatic Super Micro Computer exit over “integrity”; UK Labour unveils £40b tax hike, borrowing plan; Paulson, Musk eye trillion cuts for Trump 2.0 administration.

Plus: OpenAI taps TSMC for custom AI chips; Musk’s xAI chases billions at $61b valuation; Harris in final election plea as Trump deflects MSG rally fallout.

Plus: Musk sued over voter-info-for-cash giveaway; VW plans pay cuts, German factory closures in restructure; Boeing equity raising targets up to $28b amid strike.

Plus: Australian National University in $200m financial hole; US in criminal probe of crypto giant Tether; Japan’s ruling coalition faces major blow.

Plus: Nvidia, Reliance team up to ignite India’s AI ambitions; WiseTech’s CEO Richard White steps down amid scandal; General Catalyst in $12b raise, biggest US VC in years.

Plus: IMF sees Australia’s record tax revenues but ongoing deficits; Nvidia says it fixed Blackwell AI chip design flaw; Apple and GS fined $135m over credit card JV debacle.

Plus: TSMC tips off US on potential Huawei breach, reports on trigger vary; HSBC redraws East-West lines in shake-up; FBI probes leak of Israel’s secret strike on Iran.

Plus: Morgan Stanley’s James Gorman named Disney chairman; Honeywell and Google strike industrial AI deal; News Corp sues Perplexity AI over “massive illegal copying”.

Plus: SEC greenlights Bitcoin options for NYSE; Recruiter scams Wall St traders for secrets; Musk dangles $1.5m a day for voters to boost Trump support.

Plus: TSMC upgrades outlook from “insane demand” for AI chips; Meta fires $597k-a-year staff over food coupon abuse; ECB cuts rates, again.

Plus: Morgan Stanley IB revenue growth outshines Goldman Sachs; UK inflation plummets, sparks rate cut bets; United Airlines flags tight capacity to drive profit.

Plus: ASML shares tank on worrying outlook; Oil slumps as WaPo report calms Iran’s oil fears; US issues 30-day humanitarian ultimatum to Israel.

Plus: US rally tested by diverging Q3 earnings expectations; Albanese proposes debit card surcharges; Bitcoin soars as Kamala Harris eyes Black vote with crypto plan.

Plus: Deflation fears grow for Chinese economy; Biden sends US troops, missile system to defend Israel; Hezbollah drone strikes wound 40 in Israel.

Plus: US jobless claims surge amid Helene hit; Nicholas Moore pushes Hanoi, not London as startup hub; HSBC to cull senior bankers in $446m cost-cutting effort.

Plus: US Fed members argued over September rate-cut magnitude; Police raided four properties in ANZ bond probe, says AFR; Germany’s economy headed for two-year recession.

Plus: China’s rally crumbles after policy letdown, markets hit; Albanese apologises for Tourette’s jibe as comment sparks uproar; Aussie startups face VC funding crunch.

Plus: Oil price rockets past US$80 on Middle East conflict; UN report exposes Telegram crime hub; Israel fights on dual fronts on Hamas attack anniversary.

Plus: US East and Gulf coast ports reopen after strike paused; Musk joins Trump at MAGA rally in Pennsylvania; Israel in fierce Lebanon strikes as protests erupt globally.

Plus: Labor’s lost docs at Doha triggers political scramble; Biden talks progress as US port strike hits third day; US jobless claims edge higher ahead of key payrolls report.

Plus: Eight Israeli soldiers killed in Lebanon combat; Ukraine loses Vuhledar to Russia after siege; EU demands more info on YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat algorithms.

Plus: US East and Gulf coast ports freeze as workers strike; Oil jumps on fears of wider ME conflict; VP hopefuls Walz and Vance to face off in prime-time CBS debate.

Plus: Murdoch's REA ends Rightmove pursuit after fourth bid rejected; Israel in Lebanon commando raids ahead of imminent incursion; US dockworker strike threatens trade flow.

Plus: Helene hurricane ravages US states, kills 64; China’s PBOC slashes mortgage rates in fresh stimulus; Albanese scores second surplus streak ahead of 2024-2025 deficit.

Plus: Beijing vows big stimulus push to back growth target; NYC mayor indicted in bombshell bribery scandal, won't resign; China’s newest nuclear-powered submarine sinks.

Plus: Israel readies Lebanon entry in Hezbollah attack; US FTC cracks down on AI deception; Google fights Microsoft over cloud turf.

Plus: Lebanon in chaos as Israeli strikes continue targeting Hezbollah; Chinese stimulus sparks bull run; Fed hawk, Michelle Bowman, slams jumbo rate cut as risky.

Plus: Israel hits Hezbollah with deadliest strikes in Lebanon; GM, Ford struck by Biden’s block on Chinese connected cars; Apollo offers Intel $7b lifeline.

Plus: US set to ban China tech in cars; Quad’s hot mic leak on China as Albanese presses Biden on critical minerals; TSMC, Samsung weigh UAE collab, says WSJ.