In BIG PICTURE NEWS, Trump faces judicial resistance and goes to visit the Fed, the EU continues trade negotiations with China and the US, Starmer and Modi sign a deal and we see some defence developments. In FINANCIALS & INVESTMENT NEWS, Chinese investment banking has a price war, things are looking up for Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas and Lloyds Bank while we see a meme stock resurgence and acknowledge the dangers of crypto-SPACs. In TECH NEWS,SK Hynix pressures Samsung, Alphabet beats revenue expectations and Wikipedia gets shirty while Apple and Google face challenges in the UK. In MISCELLANEOUS NEWS, Tesla takes a beating, the EV grant causes confusion, UK car manufacturing slumps, luxury brands run out of pricing steam, River Island's on the edge, Chipotle suffers, Roches talks to Washington and it looks like UK property prices are going sideways. AND FINALLY, I bring you man vs AI in pizza-making...