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On today's podcast:

(1) President Donald Trump said the US would be willing to contribute assistance to Ukraine as part of a security agreement to end the war with Russia, but continued to express frustration with the pace of talks.

(2) The seizure of an enormous oil supertanker off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday is just the beginning of a new phase in the Trump administration’s ramped-up pressure campaign against Nicolas Maduro, according to people familiar with the operation.

(3) The premium Britain pays to finance its debts has narrowed thanks to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves shoring up the public finances in her budget last month, and a helping hand from her central bank.

(4) Broadcom, a chip company vying with Nvidia for AI computing revenue, suffered a stock slide after its sales outlook for the red-hot market failed to meet investors’ lofty expectations.

(5) China Vanke, the last big survivor of the country’s yearslong property crunch, sent investors an innocuous-looking announcement about a $3.1 billion loan agreement with a state-owned shareholder. But the Nov. 2 statement contained a twist: Shenzhen Metro Group, which had given unwavering support to the developer for nearly two years, now set a cap on any further financing.

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Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.

On today's podcast:

(1) US forces intercepted and seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, marking a serious escalation of tensions between the two countries.

(2) Ukraine sent a revised peace plan to Washington as President Donald Trump held a call with European leaders, according to a person familiar, as both sides scramble to keep efforts on track to end Russia’s invasion.

(3) Federal Reserve officials delivered a third consecutive interest-rate reduction and maintained their outlook for just one cut in 2026.

(4) Oracle shares fell more than 10% in extended trading after the company reported a jump in spending on AI data centers and other equipment, rising outlays that are taking longer to translate into cloud revenue than investors want.

(5) London is experiencing the most widespread declines in house prices in the UK, estate agents warned, as the capital bears the brunt of Labour’s new tax on high-value homes.

(6) Poland is the European Union’s biggest coal producer, but Europe’s Coal Mining Holdout Braces for Its Inevitable Demise

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Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.

On today's podcast:

(1) Federal Reserve officials are primed to deliver a third consecutive interest-rate cut on Wednesday, but the streak may end there.

(2) France’s National Assembly adopted a social security bill for next year, avoiding a potential government crisis and making it more likely lawmakers will pass a new budget by year-end.

(3) Australia’s social media ban for youths took effect Wednesday, a landmark move that’s drawn global attention at a time governments are increasingly enacting rules to shield minors from harmful online content.

(4) President Donald Trump said Russia is in a stronger military position in its war on Ukraine and scolded European leaders for what he called excessive dialog that’s produced scant results in his latest broadside against historical allies.

(5) HSBC's CEO Georges Elhedery says not enough executives at the bank were fully accountable for their performance - before he began his radical restructuring of the lender 15 months ago.

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