In MACRO, ENERGY & CURRENCY NEWS, China promises to boost the economy, Spain's at an impasse, a UK battery storage plant gets the OK and the pound has a bad run. In TMT NEWS, we look at the latest in AI, Twitter's name change, Spotify increasing prices, S4 Capital in trouble, Virgin Media job cuts and Vodafone's growth. In BUSINESS, CONSUMER & EMPLOYMENT TRENDS, UK economic activity slows, wages power inflation, top earners earn more and faster while Linklaters follows the downbeat trend in law firms. In MISCELLANEOUS NEWS, Tui cancels flights, airlines suffer while Ryanair sees a massive profits increase, Credit Suisse gets a fine, Julius Baer benefits from inflows and Adidas benefits from Yeezy sales. AND FINALLY, I bring you a very bendy man...