In BIG PICTURE NEWS, Trump threatens to use the shutdown to cut spending, the US provides Ukraine intel, Australia gets serious with defence spending and the Bank of England has to deal with more dodgy data. In TECH & MEDIA NEWS, OpenAI overtakes SpaceX, SK Hynix and Samsung get an OpenAI lift, Asahi gets hacked, music labels near a landmark AI licensing deal, LA's creative economy suffers and Mirror jounrnos look to strike. In RETAIL NEWS, Shein tries France, Selfridges' owner takes a hit and Tesco predicts a price war. In MISCELLANEOUS NEWS, Tesla sales boom, Berkshire Hathaway's "new" guy does his first big deal and Fermi had its London listing. AND FINALLY,I introduce a useful guy to go camping with...