CANADA PM CARNEY: NOT WILLING TO SIGN US TRADE TERMS OFFERED IN AUGUST ...

APPLIED MATERIALS SAYS IT WILL OWN ABOUT 20% OF BESI’S OUTSTANDING SHARES AND DOES NOT INTEND TO INCREASE ITS BESI INVESTMENT BEYOND 20% OR SEEK BOARD REPRESENTATION - SEC FILING ...

US STOCKS REBOUNDED AS ANTHROPIC FILED FOR AN IPO, REVIVING ENTHUSIASM FOR THE AI TRADE AHEAD OF EARNINGS FROM ALPHABET, MICROSOFT AND AMAZON. THE S&P 500 ROSE 0.7%, THE NASDAQ 100 GAINED 1.1% AND A KEY SEMICONDUCTOR GAUGE JUMPED 2.8%, WITH INVESTORS FOCUSED ON AI SPENDING PLANS AND WHETHER INVESTMENTS CAN GENERATE SUFFICIENT RETURNS. ...

THE FED IS EXPECTED TO HOLD RATES STEADY THIS WEEK, WITH PRINCIPAL ASSET MANAGEMENT’S SEEMA SHAH EXPECTING A RATE HIKE IN DECEMBER AND ANOTHER IN 2027 AMID ENERGY-DRIVEN INFLATION. MEANWHILE, BRAZILIAN MARKETS SLUMPED FOLLOWING LULA DA SILVA’S RE-ELECTION, AS INVESTORS WORRIED ABOUT FISCAL RISKS, WHILE BRENT CRUDE SETTLED NEAR $116 A BARREL. ...

CANADA'S PM CARNEY: TO THE EXTENT ANY PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN US TRADE TALKS, IT'S BECAUSE THE US IS COMING CLOSER TO OUR POSITION ...

AMAZON BUSINESS ADDS THREE NEW AI-POWERED BUYING INSIGHTS $AMZN ...

CANADIAN PM CARNEY SAYS THAT TO THE EXTENT ANY PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN U.S. TRADE TALKS, IT IS BECAUSE THE U.S. IS COMING CLOSER TO CANADA’S POSITION, ADDING THAT THERE HAS BEEN A SLIGHT INTENSIFICATION IN THE TALKS BUT THAT CANADA HAS NOT CHANGED ITS POSITION ...

FREDDIE MAC SAYS ITS TOTAL MORTGAGE PORTFOLIO INCREASED AT AN ANNUALIZED RATE OF 1.4% IN SEPTEMBER, WITH SINGLE-FAMILY REFINANCE-LOAN PURCHASE VOLUME OF $5 BLN, REPRESENTING 18% OF TOTAL SINGLE-FAMILY MORTGAGE PURCHASES ...

FREDDIE MAC SAYS ITS SINGLE-FAMILY DELINQUENCY RATE ROSE TO 0.61% IN SEPTEMBER FROM 0.60% IN AUGUST, WHILE ITS MULTIFAMILY DELINQUENCY RATE FELL TO 0.58% FROM 0.64% ...

US PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PUBLIC APPROVAL RISES TO 32% FROM RECORD LOW A WEEK EARLIER, REUTERS/IPSOS POLL FINDS ...

REGISTERED US VOTERS FAVOR DEMOCRATS OVER REPUBLICANS BY 47% TO 36% ON GENERIC CONGRESSIONAL BALLOT, REUTERS/IPSOS POLL FINDS ...

ANTHROPIC REMAINS MUM ON INVESTMENT GRADE AS IT FLAGS MORE DEBT - BBG

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PREDICTION MARKETS GAIN SUPPORT AS FAKE ELECTION POLLS RAISE CONCERNS

HARRY CRANE, A RUTGERS STATISTICS PROFESSOR, AND KOLEMAN STRUMPF, A WAKE FOREST ECONOMICS PROFESSOR, ARGUE IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL THAT ELECTION POLLS DESERVE GREATER REGULATORY SCRUTINY THAN PREDICTION MARKETS.

THEY CITE MEDIAN STRATEGIES AND WEDGEWOOD POLLS, WHICH REPORTEDLY PUBLISHED FABRICATED ELECTION DATA AFFECTING CAMPAIGN NARRATIVES AND DECISIONS. ...

SYRIA: NO PRIOR COORDINATION BEFORE JORDANIAN AIRSTRIKES ...

SYRIAN GOVERNMENT SAYS AUTHORITIES HAVE OPENED AN INVESTIGATION INTO JORDANIAN AIRSTRIKES, STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF FIELD AND SECURITY COORDINATION IN BORDER AREAS ...

US DOJ CHARGES FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY AGAIN: NBC NEWS REPORTER ...

FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY SAYS ON INSTAGRAM: 'I'M STILL INNOCENT'; LAWYERS WILL DEFEND AND 'FIGHT THE LATEST' IN COURT ...

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES HAS PRICED $600 MLN OF 5.750% NOTES DUE 2029 AND $650 MLN OF 6.000% NOTES DUE 2031 ...

US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CHARGES FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY WITH SHARING NATIONAL DEFENSE INFORMATION IN 2016: COURT DOCUMENT ...

US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CHARGES FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY WITH SHARING NATIONAL DEFENSE INFORMATION IN 2016: COURT DOCUMENT ...

COMEY SEEKS DISMISSAL OF CASE: COURT FILING ...