Binance's $6.3 billion hack, Intel and Amazon sink, Iran options, Dnipro strike

Binance loses $6.3 billion in the largest crypto heist ever, with analysts pointing to North Korea

Intel drops 25% and Amazon 7% before the bell as Nasdaq futures slide more than 2%

Intel fell about 25% and Amazon about 7% in premarket trading on October 30. Reuters estimated the two could shed about $300 billion in combined market value.

September PCE inflation hits 3.6% on energy as gold slips below $4,000 for the first time since July

The Commerce Department said on October 29 that September PCE prices rose 3.6% from a year earlier, up from 3.4% in August and in line with forecasts. Core PCE rose 3.1%, or 0.3% on the month.

CENTCOM's Adm. Brad Cooper briefs Trump on Iran options as 10 US transport planes land in Israel

Adm. Brad Cooper, head of US Central Command, briefed Trump at the White House on military options for Iran.

Russian drone hits a Dnipro station platform, killing at least 14 as rail attacks reach 1,700 this year

A Russian drone struck a platform at Dnipro's railway station on October 29, killing at least 14 and wounding 14, six of them severely.

China's Liaoning carrier group circles the Philippines as Taiwan maps 34 PLA warships at sea

China's Liaoning carrier strike group left through the Miyako Strait on October 14, swung into the South China Sea and headed for the southern Philippines, circling the country counterclockwise.

Judge refuses DOJ bid to make California set aside about 20,000 mail ballots flagged as likely noncitizen

Federal Judge David Carter in Los Angeles on October 28 rejected the Justice Department's request to make California segregate mail ballots from about 20,000 people flagged as likely noncitizens.

Four days out, 41.7 million ballots are in as Trump shifts to 20-plus telerallies and a Daytona Beach rally

The November 3 midterms are four days away. The On Point tracker counts 41,667,451 ballots cast across 47 states through October 29: 20.2 million by mail and 21.5 million in person.

Starbucks posts 7.2% global same-store sales growth as US comps rise 7.7% and traffic returns

Starbucks reported fiscal fourth-quarter results on October 29. Global comparable sales rose 7.2%, on a 5.2% higher average ticket and 1.8% more transactions.

DOJ's Operation Ghostbusters charges five over AI-run ghost students in student aid fraud topping $200 million

The Justice Department unveiled Operation Ghostbusters on October 29, charging five defendants and seizing more than $750,000 in crypto.

Chrome's Gemini autofill now pulls order numbers and flight details from Gmail for US users

Google launched Gemini-powered enhanced autofill in Chrome on October 28. When users fill web forms, Chrome can now surface order numbers, package tracking and flight bookings from Gmail.

xAI unit offers to buy 418 Mississippi homes near its data center power plant if sellers drop noise claims

MZX, a subsidiary of Elon Musk's xAI, has sent real estate agents door to door in the Colonial Hills neighborhood of Southaven, Mississippi.