Friday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Steady on US Bank Earnings Boost: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Gains as Traders Weigh Mixed US Inflation, Labor Data

[Reuters] Oil heads for weekly climb on potential Mideast supply disruption

[Reuters] Morning Bid: Fed 'skip' enters fray as big banks report

[CNBC] Wholesale prices were flat in September, below expectations

[Reuters] Surging US repo activity likely exacerbating funding pressure

[Reuters] Global money market funds draw inflows for third week in a row

[AP] JPMorgan net income falls as bank sets aside more money to cover potential bad loans

[AP] Residents repair their homes and clean up after Hurricane Milton tore through Florida

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] BlackRock Hits $11.5 Trillion of Assets With Private-Market Push

[Reuters] Hezbollah forges new command for crucial ground war after heavy Israeli blows

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bank of Korea Pivots With Hawkish Rate Cut as Real Estate Cools

[Reuters] UK economy returns to growth in August after two months of stagnation

[CNBC] Jamie Dimon says geopolitical risks are surging: ‘Conditions are treacherous and getting worse’

[Reuters] Russia's Putin cements ties with Iranian president in Central Asia meeting

[CNBC] Global trade at risk as tensions escalate in South China Sea

[Yahoo Finance] AI 'Godfather' Yoshua Bengio: We're 'creating monsters more powerful than us'

[Bloomberg] A Record $6.47 Trillion Is Piling Up in US Money-Market Funds

[AP] Nobel Peace Prize given to Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo for its work against nuclear weapons

[NYT] Middle East Conflict Creates a Volatile Moment for Oil Markets

[WSJ] Florida Emerges Scarred After Back-to-Back Hurricanes, Added Punch of Tornadoes

[WSJ] Hurricane Milton Tests the Revamped Plumbing of the Insurance Market

[WSJ] China’s Stimulus Barrage Draws Out Cautious House Hunters

[WSJ] U.S. Officials Race to Understand Severity of China’s Salt Typhoon Hacks

[WSJ] China Finance Ministry Briefing Set to Be Another Boom or Bust Moment for Stimulus Hopes

[FT] Tett: America’s hurricane crises should not be a surprise

[FT] Recent banking turmoil exposed flaws in liquidity rules, say regulators

[FT] How the Gaza ceasefire talks unravelled

[FT] China’s real intent behind its stimulus inflection

[FT] Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japan atomic bomb survivors’ group

[FT] BlackRock’s assets under management surge to record $11.5tn