In BIG PICTURE NEWS, we consider the Ukraine "peace plan" options. In BUSINESS, CONSUMER & EMPLOYMENT TRENDS, we see what US corporates really think about Trump's tariffs, what US and UK consumers are facing, falling UK job vacancies, the plight of young lawyers and the nightmare that French winemakers are having. In AI & HACKING-RELATED NEWS, insurers back off from AI cover, AI stockpicking skills look overrated and we look at whether ransom payments to hackers should be banned. In MISCELLANEOUS NEWS, Moderna is the most shorted, recently-listed companies sink, Asda's still on the ropes and Mittal quits the UK. AND FINALLY, I bring you generational slang differences...