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Saudi Aramco profits jump 35% despite attacks on oil facilities

Euronews /

Also: The New York Times Saudi Aramco Profit Jumps Despite Damaging Attacks on Pipelines and Refineries, France 24 Despite attacks, Saudi Aramco posts 34% rise in net profits in latest quarter, The Wall Street Journal Saudi Aramco Profit Surges, Offering Some Relief to Kingdom’s Finances, The Business Times Saudi Aramco Q3 net profit rises 34.5% as higher oil prices offset lower volumes, The National Aramco posts 34% jump in third-quarter profit despite attacks on energy infrastructure, The Guardian Primark to launch home service ‘by end of 2027’; Saudi state oil company reports jump in profits despite attacks – business live · see all

In other languages: Der Spiegel Iran-Krieg: Aramco steigert Gewinn trotz Angriffen und hoher Ölpreise (de)

  1. Shell to sell Australian gas stake to Abu Dhabi’s XRG for $1.45bn

    Financial Times /

    Also: The National Adnoc’s XRG to buy Australian LNG stake for $1.5bn, Bloomberg XRG to Buy Shell Australian LNG Plant Stake for $1.5 Billion

  2. U.S. Strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island as Trump Talks Down War Risks

    Alexander Ward / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: Al-Monitor US carries out 'defensive' strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island, officials say

    In other languages: Børsen Oliepris kravler opad efter USA's angreb i Hormuzstrædet (da)

  3. Oil Prices Rebound as U.S. Strikes on Iran Renew Supply Concerns

    Farhan Rafid / The Wall Street Journal /

  4. Drones Hit Russia’s Yanos Refinery as Ukraine Steps Up Strikes

    Bloomberg /

    Also: Kyiv Post Ukraine Intensifies Oil Blitz on Russia, Striking Major Refinery in Yaroslavl, The Kyiv Independent Russian oil refinery in Yaroslavl reportedly struck, multiple fires reported

  5. Europe's heating season underway as gas drawdowns start from record low storage

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

    In other languages: Le Figaro Le niveau des stocks de gaz en Europe au plus bas depuis 2013, alerte l’AIE (fr), Jornal de Negócios Baixas reservas de gás na Europa ameaçam prolongar tensão nos mercados, diz AIE (pt)

  6. Russia unleashes biggest mass attack on Ukraine's energy this year

    Dominic Culverwell / The Kyiv Independent /

  7. Nvidia Tells Data Center Clients to Trim China Business, FT Says

    Mark Anderson / Bloomberg /

    Also: Financial Times Nvidia orders data centre clients to reduce China exposure

    In other languages: Expansión Nvidia ordena a sus clientes de centros de datos que reduzcan su exposición a China (es)

  8. Brookfield partners with British power firm Dax on $27-billion AI data centre in U.K.

    The Globe and Mail /

    Also: Financial Times Drax lands Brookfield backing for biomass-powered data centre, Bloomberg Brookfield, QIA to Invest £2.5 Billion in Drax Data Center

  9. Central Banks Buy Gold at Fastest Pace Since 2024, WGC Says

    Jack Ryan / Bloomberg /

    Also: The Business Times Central banks buy gold at fastest pace since 2024, WGC says

    In other languages: The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) 금값 급락하자…전 세계 중앙은행 321톤 쓸어담았다 (ko)

  10. Lufthansa faces €2 billion extra fuel bill as Iran war keeps prices high

    Euronews /

    In other languages: Jornal de Negócios Lufthansa vê lucro subir 30% para 1,2 mil milhões. Fatura do jet fuel continua elevada (pt)

  11. Iran-US deal still out of reach despite heightened diplomatic efforts

    Al-Monitor /

    Also: Daily Maverick Iran-US deal still out of reach despite heightened diplomatic efforts

  12. Australia’s central bank lifts rates to 18-year high of 4.85%

    The Business Times /

    Also: Financial Times Australia raises rates to highest level since 2008 financial crisis

    In other languages: Valor Econômico BC da Austrália eleva juros para 4,85% ao ano, nível mais alto em 18 anos (pt), Het Financieele Dagblad Live: Philips plust na cijfers, AEX koerst lager (nl)

  13. China Stock Market’s Hidden Problem: Foreign Investors Get a Different Truth

    Lingling Wei / The Wall Street Journal /

  14. Exclusive-US intelligence sharing has fractured under Trump, officials say

    Al-Monitor /

  15. Kremlin confirms trilateral Ukraine peace talks in Abu Dhabi next week

    Al-Monitor /

    Also: Kyiv Post US Sets Ukraine-Russia Talks in Abu Dhabi as Trump Pushes for Peace Deal

  16. Africa’s crypto market has proved there is demand. Now it needs infrastructure

    Guest Author / TechCabal /

  17. PBOC to raise banks’ forex reserve requirements to ease yuan appreciation pressure

    Sylvia Ma / South China Morning Post /

    Also: Bloomberg Onshore Yuan Snaps Winning Streak as PBOC Lifts FX Reserve Ratio

  18. Binance outflows hit $4.7 billion after record North Korea hack

    The Japan Times /

    Also: The Diplomat $6B Binance Heist Exposes How North Korea Turned Hacking Into a State Revenue Stream, Financial Times What caused the $6.3bn Binance hack?, Bloomberg How Binance’s $6 Billion Heist Unfolded, The Globe and Mail Binance customers pull $4.7-billion after hack as crypto investors weighs risk, Kyiv Post Europe Experiences Second Wave of Cyberattacks, Supermarket Fridges Targeted, The New York Times Are Freezers Being Hacked? Europe and the U.S. Military Investigate., Financial Times Supermarket fridges hit by cyber attacks | FT #shorts · see all

    In other languages: Neue Zürcher Zeitung Der Binance-Coup: Wie Nordkorea die Krypto-Branche austricksen konnte (de), Expansión (México) Ni la comida está a salvo de los hackers: ciberataques afectan supermercados europeos (es), Expansión Las retiradas de clientes de Binance ascienden ya a 4.460 millones (es), Jornal de Negócios Clientes da Binance tiram mais de 4 mil milhões de euros após ataque informático (pt), The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) 바이낸스 역대 최악 해킹사고에... 비트코인 가격 '촉각' (ko), Handelsblatt Cyberangriff: Diese Folgen hat der Binance-Hack für die Kryptowelt – die fünf wichtigsten Antworten (de), Valor Econômico Mercado Bitcoin suspende depósitos e saques por ‘incidente de segurança’ (pt), Le Figaro Cyberattaque contre Binance : la Corée du Nord qualifie les accusations du FBI de «grave provocation politique» (fr), Estadão Coreia do Norte rejeita acusações do FBI sobre envolvimento com ataque hacker à Binance (pt), Süddeutsche Zeitung Hackerangriff auf Binance: Nordkorea weist jede Schuld am Kryptoraub von sich (de) · see all

  19. Apollo lends record $114bn as it piles into AI financing boom

    Financial Times /

  20. Russian Strikes Knock 3 DTEK Plants Offline, Company Says

    Kyiv Post /

  21. Commission takes new steps to prepare Europeans for growing crisis risks

    European Commission /

  22. UK’s most polluting power plant could power country’s largest AI datacentre

    Jillian Ambrose / The Guardian /

  23. Virgin Media O2 to cut thousands of jobs as it plans £800m cost savings

    Mark Sweney / The Guardian /

    Also: Financial Times Virgin Media O2 to cut thousands of jobs, BBC Virgin Media O2 set to cut thousands of jobs to reduce costs

  24. Uganda’s two-year bond yield jumps 400bp in five weeks as rate shock reprices debt curve

    Brian Kenety / bne IntelliNews /

Earlier today

  1. Behind Anthropic’s 1,127% revenue surge — and the computing bill that erased its profit

    William Gavin / MarketWatch /

  2. Oracle taps investors for US$20 billion to finance AI expansion

    The Business Times /

  3. US kicks South Africa, Rwanda out of AGOA

    Julian PecquetCarien du Plessis / The Africa Report /

  4. Marvell to Acquire Lumentum in Historic $115 Billion Deal

    Ryan Gould / Bloomberg /

  5. Millennium Pulls Over $1.5 Billion From Two External Hedge Funds

    Liza Tetley and Nishant Kumar / Bloomberg /