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Nominal (US) raised $240M for software that helps engineers build and test complex aerospace, defense and manufacturing hardware.

How do you tell whether a stock is actually a bargain or a trap? A short walkthrough of the four-step framework value investors use - separating market price from intrinsic value, doing a 'home inspection' of the business itself (financial health, economic moat, management), running an 'appraisal' with comparables and discounted cash flow, and waiting for a margin of safety before you buy.

China extended its suspension of an extra 24% tariff on U.S. imports by two months from November 10, keeping a 10% levy and a January 2027 deadline in view.

Russian and Ukrainian officials held nearly four hours of U.S.-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi, their first since February, as the White House voiced cautious optimism.

Memora (Denmark) raised €1.7M, led by True Collective VC, for a platform serving the European cemetery and funeral market.

Picking a stock is easy - picking a strategy is hard. A short walkthrough of the four classic investing personas every beginner eventually has to choose between: the Bargain Hunter buying fear at a discount, the Visionary paying up for explosive growth, the Farmer compounding dividends in stable companies, and the Surfer riding momentum on the charts - plus the hybrid strategies (like growth at a reasonable price) that experienced investors blend once they know the rules.

Before there was money, there was a problem. A short walkthrough of the 'double coincidence of wants' that made barter break down, the workarounds early societies tried (debt ledgers, multi-hop trades, forced exchange rates), and how money quietly emerged as the elegant solution - not by decree, but by shared agreement on what counts as valuable.

Harbinger (US) raised $240M after expanding into defence.

42AI (US) emerged from stealth with $62.5M to build a world model that predicts human behaviour.

US October CPI is expected to rise 0.3% overall and 0.2% at the core, with no annual rate published, as traders weigh a December fed rate hike.

Why is some money 'good' and other money broken? A short walkthrough of the three jobs every functioning currency has to do - medium of exchange, unit of account, and store of value - why all three are required, and how hyperinflation, gold, cowrie shells, and digital currencies all map onto the same framework.

Trajectory (US) raised $45M to let non-technical users train AI models.

Before there were coins, there were commodities - useful things that doubled as money. A short walkthrough of why salt, cattle, and gold became the world's first currencies, the five properties that decided which commodities won, and the built-in instability of money you could also eat, milk, or wear.