In BIG PICTURE NEWS, the US economy grows ahead of the midterms, New Jersey's governor pushes back, the BoJ leaves interest rates on hold and there's debate about copper. In TECH NEWS, we consider the Anthropic IPO, Amazon and Intel disappoint and Binance gets hacked. In CARS & BATTERY NEWS, BYD's exports mitigate China weakness, VW warns on higher losses and battery makers turn their attention to the US power grid. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS, we look at developments at Weil and Paul Weiss as debt hits Europe's commercial property market, Eli Lilly sees profits boom and Norway leans into Trump's insults. AND FINALLY, I bring you a guilty snack...