In MACRO, ENERGY & CRYPTO NEWS, Italy's Five Star party splits, Europe is warned about a Russian switch-off, Rolls-Royce pushes for SMR approval and Binance's boss has a gloomy crypto outlook. In CAR & BATTERY NEWS, Ford warns of major job cuts, Britishvolt tries to woo Tesla and charging rule changes cause confusion. In CONSUMER/RETAIL NEWS, we look at the current state of Chinese and UK consumers, Alibaba, Shopify and DoorDash push into new areas, Frasers buys more Hugo Boss and Harrods has problems dahhlings. In INDIVIDUAL COMPANY NEWS, Juul faces carnage, Netflix cooks up its new offering and Mars unveils decent revenues.AND FINALLY, I bring you a different version of Running Up That Hill...