Friday's News Links

[CNBC] Stocks drop as tech shares get hit hard again: Live updates

[Yahoo/Reuters] Bitcoin slides to six-month low as risk off tone grips markets

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bitcoin’s Bear Market Deepens as ETF Investors Yank $870 Million

[AP] World shares skid, following Wall Street’s retreat fueled by worries over AI and interest rates

[Reuters] Oil rises 2% after Ukrainian attack damages Russian oil depot

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Burry’s Depreciation Gripe Shines Spotlight on Big Tech Profits

[AP] Top Fannie Mae officials ousted after sounding alarm on sharing confidential housing data

[Reuters] China's economy jolted by weakest factory output, retail sales growth in over a year

[CNBC] China economic gloom mounts as housing slump intensifies and investment slides

[Reuters] Ukrainian attack halts oil exports from Russia's Novo, affecting 2% of global supply, sources say

[AP] Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv kills 6 people and injures at least 35

[Bloomberg] China and US Yet to Agree Rare-Earth Deal Weeks After Talks

[Bloomberg] China’s Economy Falters With Growth Hurt by Investment Slump

[Bloomberg] China’s Investment Crash Puzzles Economists and Threatens Growth

[Bloomberg] China Home-Price Slump Deepens as Stimulus Fails to Halt Slide

[Bloomberg] China’s Ex-Finance Chief Warns Property Bust to Worsen Deflation

[Bloomberg] China Property Loans of $1 Billion Risk Default in Latest Scare

[NYT] Trump Administration Prepares Tariff Exemptions in Bid to Lower Food Prices

[WSJ] When AI Hype Meets AI Reality: A Reckoning in 6 Charts

[WSJ] Why Every Company Suddenly Wants to Become a Bank

[WSJ] Companies Predict 2026 Will Be the Worst College Grad Job Market in Five Years

[WSJ] As First Brands Headed for Failure, Its Founder Spent Big in Europe

[FT] Starmer and Reeves drop proposal to increase income tax rates in Budget

[FT] China’s secretive gold purchases help fuel record rally

[FT] China house prices decline by most in a year

Thursday Evening Links

[AP] Wall Street drops to one of its worst days since April on worries about AI stocks and interest rates

[CNBC] Stocks notch worst day in over a month as tech sell-off intensifies

[AP] US aircraft carrier nears Venezuela in flex of American military power

[Yahoo Finance] Eric Trump says the future of finance is crypto

[Bloomberg] US Initial Jobless Claims Eased Last Week, State Data Suggest

[Bloomberg] Risk Aversion Sinks Market High Flyers as Fed Rate-Cut Hopes Dim

[Bloomberg] Fed Doubts Grow Over December Rate Cut With Kashkari on Fence

[Bloomberg] US Convertible Bonds Top Covid Record With $109 Billion Haul

[FT] US military to ‘intensify exercises’ in Trinidad and Tobago

Thursday Afternoon Links

[CNBC] Wall Street sell-off worsens, Dow falls more than 600 points: Live updates

[AP] Worries about AI stocks and interest rates send Wall Street toward one of its worst days since April

[CNBC] Wall Street cools on Oracle’s buildout plans as debt concerns mount: ‘AI sentiment is waning’

[Axios] Data blackout contributes to murky Fed policy outlook

[CNBC] New foreclosures jump 20% in October, a sign of more distress in the housing market

[Bloomberg] Fed’s Hammack Says Interest Rates Should Still Weigh on Economy

[Bloomberg] Fed’s Musalem Says Central Bank Must Lean Against Inflation

[Bloomberg] US Colleges See Fewer Foreign Applicants as India Fuels Decline

[WSJ] The California Campaign to Introduce a First-of-Its-Kind Billionaire’s Tax