In BUSINESS, EMPLOYMENT & INVESTMENT TRENDS, we see more windfall taxes, Posco satisfying the Americans, private equity betting on the NHS healthcare crisis, the current state of wages, Saudi investment in sport and what happened to Hindenburg's recent shorts. In CONSUMER & RETAIL NEWS, UK consumer confidence weakens, pawnbroking demand rises, John Lewis wants to do its own BNPL and the tourist tax hits retail spending. In MISCELLANEOUS NEWS, Russia exploits a massive loophole, Credit Suisse investors go to court, Eli Lilly's on the up and Nikola announces a recall. AND FINALLY, I bring you a weird yet compelling thing to do with a balloon...