In TECH NEWS, SoftBank has troubles, Baidu does driverless robotaxis, Vertical Aerospace does flying taxis and Intel urges the UK to throw money at chips. In CONSUMER/RETAIL NEWS, London rents rise, spending patterns change, Next is to take a chunk of Joules and The Works gets gloomy about Christmas. In EMPLOYMENT TRENDS NEWS, PageGroup sees signs of a slowdown and Berenberg is to wield the axe. In MISCELLANEOUS NEWS, News Corp benefits from ad sales, Veolia sells waste business, BioNTech puts hopes in a new Covid vaccine jab and Norway decides to cut power exports. AND FINALLY, I bring you a brilliant Tina Turner cover (and no - for once, it's not Pomplamoose 🤣)...