Analysis

GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - If Donald Trump wins next month's U.S. presidential election, Mike Sagan's toy-making company will halve its China supply chain within a year.

Israeli authorities are still preventing humanitarian missions from reaching areas of northern Gaza with critical supplies including medicine and food for people under siege, the head of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA said on Monday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasuries surged to a record high in August, data from the Treasury Department showed on Thursday, rising for four straight months.

Asian fund managers turned bullish on regional markets following a barrage of stimulus measures from China, a BofA survey showed this week, with Chinese markets seeing increased fund allocation. 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -World Bank President Ajay Banga on Tuesday warned that a significant widening of the Israel-Gaza war could lead to major impacts on the global economy, calling the steep loss of civilian lives in the region "unconscionable."

Google has signed a significant agreement with Kairos Power to purchase nuclear energy generated from small modular reactors (SMRs). This initiative is designed to solve the growing energy problems in the United States and, in particular, the development of the artificial intelligence (AI) industry.

Investing.com-- China’s Ministry of Finance over the weekend outlined hotly awaited fiscal stimulus policies intended to help support the economy, with analysts noting that while the signaling was positive, the government had still left out several key details. 

Insights– This Thursday, U.S. retail sales for September will be released. August retail sales surprised with a rise, indicating strong consumer demand and adding to evidence of a soft U.S. economic landing.

Waters new LC-MS grade reagents, enzymes, and software simplify large molecule RNA analysis to accelerate and improve development of mRNA vaccines, personalized cancer therapies, and innovative drugs for genetic disorders.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The health of the U.S. consumer moves into the spotlight next week, with investors watching corporate earnings reports and retail sales data for further confirmation of the economic resilience that has boosted equity markets this month.

LONDON (Reuters) - Catastrophe bonds issued by the U.S. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) fell sharply on Friday, according to a weekly broker's note, reflecting expectations that Hurricane Milton may trigger payouts for clean-up after the storm.

PARIS (Reuters) -Credit ratings agency Fitch revised France's outlook to "negative" from "stable" on Friday, citing increases in fiscal policy and political risks.

SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China's highly anticipated announcement of financial stimulus plans on Saturday was big on intent but low on the measurable details that investors need to ratify their recent return to the world's second-biggest stock market.

BEIJING (Reuters) -China pledged on Saturday to "significantly increase" debt to revive its sputtering economy, but left investors guessing on the overall size of the stimulus package, a vital detail to gauge the longevity of its recent stock market rally.

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Foreign investors' claims on Uncle Sam have been greater than U.S. investors' claims overseas for decades, an imbalance that many analysts have long warned may spark a crisis of confidence in the dollar.

OpenAI’s report stated that its models are being used to influence elections. It also stated that it had taken down over 20 operations that relied on its AI model to carry out such malicious activities. 

TOKYO (Reuters) - More than a third of Japanese companies are likely to miss their earnings projections for the first half of the business year that commenced in April due to slow sales and increased costs, a Reuters survey showed on Thursday.

LONDON (Reuters) - The award this week of Nobel prizes in chemistry and physics to a small number of artificial intelligence pioneers affiliated with Google has stirred debate over the company's research dominance and how breakthroughs in computer science ought to be recognised.

HSBC (LON:HSBA) downgraded major container stocks, forecasting a slowdown in earnings especially after disruptions from a short-lived U.S. east coast strike turned out to be less dire than expected. 

Citi analysts presented a bullish, near-term view for base metals and iron ore prices, citing optimism over more stimulus measures from top consumer China, although the longer-term view was less positive.