In BIG PICTURE NEWS, Iran and Oman get closer to an agreement, China threatens the US over sanctions, Canada announces retaliatory tariffs, US consumer confidence falls, gold and LNG prices climb and South Korea pushes forth in the Arctic. In CAR-RELATED NEWS, XPeng has high hopes for its robots, German car parts makers switch, Aston Martin creditors get nosey and Waymo goes for Munich for its first EU taxi launch. In MISCELLANEOUS NEWS, SpaceX commits big to a Louisiana space base, PE funds get inflows, Lego invests in special bricks and other products to keep the party going and Vistry gets £350m in government funding. AND FINALLY, I bring you some Scottish slang...