With a fresh infusion of cash to his super political action committee in the first two weeks of October, Musk has now given more than $445 million in the current election cycle and becomes one of the biggest-ever contributors to such groups

With China still trailing America at the frontier of AI, Xi Jinping is all the less inclined to agree to apply the brakes. But that does not mean the country does not care about safety

With less than two weeks to go before the congressional elections, Americans are nearly as gloomy about the economy as they were when the nation was emerging from the pandemic, and President Donald Trump’s economic approval rating is hitting an all-time low, according to the latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey. Read more:

With less than two weeks to go before the congressional elections, Americans are nearly as gloomy about the economy as they were when the nation was emerging from the pandemic, and President Donald Trump’s economic approval rating is hitting an all-time low, according to the latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey. Eight out of 10 Americans rate the economy as fair or poor, the highest number since December 2023 and one of several ominous signs for Republicans in the new polling data released Thursday that show why their candidates are facing an uphill battle in the midterm. Find more survey results:

With the Budget days away, is the government on the hunt for billions to fund its defence commitments? In the latest episode, @SamCoatesSky and @annemcelvoy explore whether the government can extract more money from departments across Whitehall. 🎧

With access to hundreds of thousands of real-time data points, CEO Stephen Schwarzman tells @FLacqua how Blackstone leverages unexpected patterns to stay ahead of global investment trends. Watch Leaders for more

With AI startups scaling at record speed, our analysts Sabrina Hao, Adam Wood and Brian Nowak share takeaways from Morgan Stanley's Spark Conference on AI returns, competitive moats and implications for public markets. Tune into the latest Thoughts on the Market: