Tuesday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Moves Closer to $4,000 on US Shutdown and French Crisis

[CNBC] Stocks are little changed as traders await more progress on ending shutdown: Live updates

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Dot-Com Fears Rise With Tech Stocks Seeing $100 Billion Swings

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Yen Carry Trade Is Back on Radar After Likely Next PM Takaichi Jolts Markets

[Axios] Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to back pay

[AP] Transportation secretary says government shutdown adds stress on air traffic controllers

[AP] Canadian PM Carney visits Trump as relations between the longtime allies sit at a low point

[Axios] Foreign adversaries are using multiple AI tools to power hacks: OpenAI

[BBC] Macron should step down early and call presidential vote, says his first PM

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Japan’s Household Spending Rises More Than Expected in August

[Reuters] European Union to curb Russian diplomats' travel, FT says

[Bloomberg] Macron’s Last-Ditch Bid for Political Accord Suffers Early Blows

[Bloomberg] Fed Likely to Tap Quantitative Easing If Risk Assets Plunge, Ex-GIC CIO Says

[Bloomberg] China Is Joining Russia’s Shadow War on Europe

[Bloomberg] Saudi Arabia’s Major Projects in ‘Uneven’ Progress, Moody’s Says

[NYT] Trump to Unveil Farmer Aid as China Shuns U.S. Crops

[FT] OpenAI’s computing deals top $1tn

[FT] Can Emmanuel Macron break France’s political deadlock?

[FT] France in fresh political and market turmoil after prime minister resigns

[FT] Emerging markets roar back with biggest stock rally in 15 years

Monday Evening Links

[CNBC] Stock futures are slightly lower after S&P 500, Nasdaq log new highs: Live updates

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Heads Closer to $4,000 as US Shutdown Bolsters Haven Demand

[Politico] Senate votes for fifth time against advancing legislation to end the shutdown

[AP] Trump says he’s open to health care deal but government must reopen first

[AP] What we know about National Guard deployments in Chicago and Portland

[Bloomberg] Japan Faces High-Stakes Bond Sale After Takaichi Wins Vote

[Bloomberg] Citadel’s Griffin Calls Rush to Gold as Safer Asset ‘Concerning’

[WSJ] Trump Open to Healthcare Talks With Democrats Amid Shutdown

[WSJ] The AI Arms Race Gets Even Hotter

[WSJ] The World’s Worst Job Is in France

Monday Afternoon Links

[CNBC] S&P 500, Nasdaq close at fresh records to start week, helped by AMD gains

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] White House Ups Pressure on Democrats If Shutdown Persists

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump Says US Tariffs on Heavy Truck Imports to Begin Nov. 1

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Macron Seeks Last-Ditch Talks to Salvage France’s Government

[AP] Ukraine says it struck Russian ammunition plant, oil terminal and weapons depot

[Bloomberg] Bond Volatility Is Collapsing as US Shutdown Creates Data Void

[WSJ] What to Expect From the Federal Government Shutdown

[FT] Can Emmanuel Macron stop France’s political unravelling?

[FT] The damaging twilight of the Macron presidency