In MACRO, BUSINESS & CONSUMER TRENDS NEWS, China's factory activity increases, German inflation remains stubbornly high, Scotland's in a kerfuffle, ad jobs are hit by spending cuts, Getir goes back there and non-food shop prices fall. In TECH & MEDIA NEWS, Apple poaches Google staff, the FT signs a deal with OpenAI and Meta faces EU investigation. In RETAIL & LEISURE NEWS, Frasers Group hoovers up MatchesFashion assets, Vinted gets minted and McDonald's doubles down on China. In MISCELLANEOUS NEWS, Tesla gets a China boost, Ford faces safety issues, house sales rise, rents hit new highs and WeWork comes up with a way to shut out Neumann. AND FINALLY, I bring you an example of making the moment count...