In MACROECONOMIC NEWS, US plays Pacific wargames, Australia overhauls its defence strategy, across-the-board export sanctions on China are rejected, India's population overtakes China's and the ECB looks likely to keep raising rates. In TECH NEWS, Apple wins its Epic Games appeal, we look at AI as a force for the good and online review farms face a reckoning. In RETAIL-RELATED NEWS, LVMH hits a $500m market cap, Adidas focuses on China, Gymshark gets a second wind and Morrisons rations peppers. In INDIVIDUAL COMPANY NEWS, Credit Suisse lays bare its outflows, First Republic joins the living dead, Hambro Perks winds down, Disney makes more cuts and Prezzo shuts restaurants. AND FINALLY, I bring you something I guarantee you've never noticed...