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PBOC Governor says that "we will launch a liquidity support tool for large scale redemptions by non-bank institutions"

Backstop facilities aimed at non-bank redemption risk sit in the category of tools central banks have historically built after runs on wealth management products, money funds, or bond funds exposed a ...
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US President Trump reiterated that the war with Iran will end soon and fuel prices will drop shortly, adds Iran issue will be resolved quickly

US President Trump reiterated that the war with Iran will end soon and fuel prices will drop shortly, adds Iran issue will be resolved quickly. Presidential assurances that a conflict will end quickly ...
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China's MOFCOM, on EU trade talks, says under the trade and investment consultation mechanism has yielded several achievements and consensuses

Based on the principles of mutual respect and equal consultation, both sides conducted intensive consultations on trade in hybrid and electric vehicles, balancing trade differences and mutual concerns ...
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Canadian PM Carney's office says Carney spoke with US President Trump and that Canada will maximize exports of oil and diesel to the US, with all exports to the US yielding ...

Canadian PM Carney's office says Carney spoke with US President Trump and that Canada will maximize exports of oil and diesel to the US, with all exports to the US yielding over 1mln barrels of diesel ...
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Anthropic says that Claude docs, slides and design are out of Beta and on every claude plan, including free

Build live dashboards and animated explainers with Claude dashboards and claude motion, now in Beta. Claude dashboards is in beta on paid plans, and claude motion is in beta on team and enterprise ...
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Anthropic is launching a new cybersecurity initiative designed to bring its most powerful AI models/engineers to companies protecting power grids, water utilities and more ...

Anthropic is privately held, so the read-through runs to the listed peer set rather than a direct equity move: incumbent cybersecurity vendors and the utilities and grid names whose security budgets ...
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Mediators asked Trump for additional time before any potential strike on Iran, and CENTCOM's preparations are ongoing, awaiting Trump's decision on Iran, reports Al Arabiya ...

Episodes of this kind, where a strike is framed as an active option while diplomatic channels remain open, have historically resolved through one of two sequences: either the pause becomes a genuine ...
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ECB's Moulin says that inflation is clearly 100% energy and does not see second round effects; geopolitical shock is transmitting into financial shock

The framing here is the classic supply-shock doctrine: treating an energy-driven inflation spike as a relative price shift rather than a broad price-setting problem, with the absence of second-round ...
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OpenAI taps DocuSign (DOCU) rival Ironclad as first partner to train GPT-6 Astra on AI contracting workflows

Frontier AI developers pairing with vertical software vendors on domain-specific training follows an established playbook: the model provider gets proprietary workflow data and distribution into a ...
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European Equity pre-Market Summary – 6th October 2026: European bourses set for a mildly firmer open; Recordati reportedly set for a larger offer

AstraZeneca (AZN LN): Co. CEO says a major acquisition may not be needed to keep growing beyond 2030, citing a broad existing pipeline. CVC (CVC NA), GBL (GBLB BB), Recordati (REC IM): CVC and GBL ...
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Russia's Volgograd refinery reportedly has halted refining operations following a drone strike on Oct 2nd, according to sources

Strikes on Russian refining capacity have followed a familiar pattern through this conflict: an initial outage, a repair period of weeks rather than months in most cases, and a policy response tilted ...