Horrifying. 120 people dead and at least 100 others injured in Seoul’s Itaewon neighborhood - following Halloween celebrations bbc.com/news/world-asi…

Musk’s ⁦Twitter⁩ takeover marks “a symbolic bookend to a decade in which social media evolved to be, in many ways, more useful to the powerful than the powerless.” nytimes.com/2022/10/29/tec…

GDP report: A report from the Commerce Department released on Thursday showed the nation's gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 2.6% in July through September after recording two consecutive quarters of negative growth yhoo.it/3syqNHp

Well, that’s one way to look at it…

“We know we lose with Trump” Paul Ryan doubling down on his comments that Trump is “unelectable” come 2024 - also weighs in on how energy policy is likely to shift in a Republican controlled Congress. Full conversation Yahoo Finance

All Xi’s Men: #China ’s new leadership is stacked with Xi Jinping loyalists and doesn’t break with a tradition of excluding women. And for the first time in 25 years, there isn’t a single woman in the Politburo… despite women making up 30% of party membership. NBC News⁩

Why US tech controls on China could end up hurting American semiconductors buff.ly/3sg24aR by Akiko Fujita

Turns out the lettuce outlasted Truss youtube.com/watch?app=desk…

1/Is Beijing quietly abandoning its ambition to become the world's largest economy? Based on the 20th party congress report, the answer seems to be yes.

Interesting comments from Walmart CTO Suresh Kumar, particularly around crypto. Tells me crypto will be an important part of how Walmart customers transact. Watch our full Yahoo Finance interview here 👇🏻👇🏻 #YahooFinanceAMS22

Let the countdown begin! Excited for our annual Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit event tomorrow. Mary Barra Reid Hoffman Satya Nadella Jim Lanzone and much more joining us in the all day event. Adding our full lineup here. Hope to see you all there! finance.yahoo.com/splash/allmark…

I stayed up until 2am to watch both of my teams lose. Please tell me it gets better 💙💙✌🏻✌🏻

In his speech to the 20th Party Congress, Xi Jinping basically says zero #COVID rules won’t be easing soon. Still talking about pandemic in ‘war’ terms and ‘unswervingly’ putting people’s lives first. Note: Xi & Politburo members are the only ones here not wearing masks. NBC News

And so it begins. Official English-language live stream is here on YouTube:
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Key economic policies to watch ahead of China’s 20th Party Congress buff.ly/3CIIA3w by Akiko Fujita

Nikola founder Trevor Milton convicted of defrauding investors in e-truck startup yhoo.it/3rZaS4O by Alexis Keenan $NKLA

THREAD: The US government's new export controls are wreaking havoc on China's chip industry.

New rules around 'US persons' are driving an 'industry-wide decapitation.'

China's 20th Communist Party Congress opens Sunday promising to the most consequential in a generation and not just because Xi will almost definitely get a 3rd term. What you need to know. EXPLAINER: abcn.ws/3MyAaQx