Rating agency Fitch hits France with surprise outlook downgrade
Move comes hours after data showed an unexpected contraction in third-quarter economic output
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US midterms loom over jittery investors
Caution certainly seems warranted for the coming weeks
Lula’s surprise election victory sends agri-commodities tumbling
Steep fall in Brazilian real has made the country’s exports more competitive, undermining pricing power for farmers in other countries
Bank of England explores easing key limit on riskier mortgage lending
Central bank considers lifting threshold on higher-risk mortgages in response to calls from government and industry to boost home-ownership
OpenAI slashes funding target by $10bn as tech anxieties mount
ChatGPT maker is now seeking about $20bn at a $1.25tn valuation as it tempers its ambitions
$6.3bn in 30 minutes: how the world’s biggest heist unfolded
North Korean hackers’ attack on Binance takes crypto theft to an unprecedented scale