"We've always believed the government's place in our business is as a customer, not a shareholder..." 

Interest-free Islamic finance scheme ring-fences cash as the public pays for a two-tier system...

"For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible..."

Is France's budget-policy paralysis blowing across the border into Belgium?

• European bourses were initially subdued but now flat/firmer; NVIDIA +2.2% pre-market, finding some reprieve after recent selling pressure.
• DXY flat into US PPI, USD/JPY subject to volatile activity as jawboning picks up.
• Fixed bearish and at fresh WTD lows into US PPI and Fed speak.

"The economy needs migration," they said. Denmark's Finance Ministry ran the numbers...

"Slovakia will not participate in granting Ukraine another loan of 70 billion. Period. We're done..."

presumably "anti-fascist" economics sounds better than "communist" ... 

Left-wing unions halted work over housing costs 18 days before a snap vote. The conservative opposition calls the walkout an 'electoral strike'...

Grim data on immense scale of losses...

• Crude under modest pressure with newsflow relatively light and familiar.
• APAC equity trade was choppy, given the ultimately negative US handover amid the Nvidia fallout.
• European futures point to a modestly lower open, US futures choppy post-earnings.

Foreign nationals make up roughly only 15.6% of Bavaria's population...

Slack is what runs out first, and there is less of it now than at any point since 2008, with eight weeks left in the year...

Trump ignited media outrage when he suggested that some midterm results were fraudulent...in the case of Texas, he might have a point...

Letter warns of "handing Israel leverage over American weapons systems & military technology."

Jensen goes out with a "bang"... now what?