In MACRO & COMMODITIES NEWS, China expands lending and ups the ante with Taiwan, UK inflation drops unexpectedly and Rio Tinto's iron shipments stay steady. In RETAIL & LEISURE NEWS, luxury's having a bad patch, M&S looks strong, Ryanair gets blown off course, Premier Inn outlines ambitions, BrewDog's losses double and Greggs is to open a posh pop-up. In BUSINESS TRENDS, Amazon goes nuclear, ASML spoils the party, AI content scraping gets a boost, McKinsey makes cuts in China, GM invests in a lithium mine and US banks boom. In MISCELLANEOUS NEWS, Stellantis has bad news, grad-level jobs get harder to come by, Airbus announces headcount reductions and Uber/Expedia has been explored. AND FINALLY, I remind you how hard the English language can be!