In BIG PICTURE NEWS, Netanyahu orders troops to take control of 70% of Gaza, Washington is supposedly nearing a ceasefire deal and Chevron's CEO warns of oil price rises to come. In TECH NEWS, we see how the AI boom has powered stock markets, Musk undermines his own deal, Anthropic's latest funding puts it ahead of OpenAI, Amazon ditches its AI leaderboard and Kirkland & Ellis decides to make its own AI tech. In M&A AND IPO NEWS, Fertitta buys Caesars, FN Browning buys Accuracy International and Oura launches Ring 5 ahead of an IPO. In MISCELLANEOUS NEWS, construction in London falls way short of target, buyers still like seaside locations, one in seven uni grads are NEETS and Temu gets a €200m fine. AND FINALLY, I bring you an amazing dance...