Trump's Final Rally, Iran's Two-Day Hormuz Plan, China's Farm Shortfall, Kioxia Slide

Trump closes a 28-stop midterm blitz in Salina, Kansas as early votes hit a record 54 million

Fox's final ratings keep the Senate a toss-up as the seven deciding states all went to Trump by double digits

Fox News released its final pre-election Power Rankings on November 1 and still rates Senate control a toss-up. Democrats are favored in 48 seats and Republicans in 45.

Supreme Court hears Catholic preschools' challenge to exclusion from Colorado's universal pre-K on November 3

On November 3 the Supreme Court hears No. 25-581, St.

Iran floats a two-day plan to reopen Hormuz, cut from seven days, as Trump says he is in no hurry

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on November 1 that Qatar-mediated talks are weighing a 'two-day plan.' On day one the US would take a set of measures; on day two Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz to normal navigation.

Beijing widens tech export controls in one month, proposing 40 AI, solar and biotech items with interim registration

On October 16 Beijing's commerce and science ministries proposed adding 40 items to China's catalogue of technologies banned or restricted from export, across AI, solar and biomedicine.

Reuters: China bought just $7.2 billion of non-soybean US farm goods through September against a $17 billion pledge

A Reuters analysis of Chinese customs data published November 2 found China bought only $7.2 billion of US farm goods other than soybeans from January to September, including meat and corn.

Election-week futures rebound as Nasdaq 100 gains 0.84%, WTI breaks below $100 and gold recovers to $3,900

Before the November 2 open, Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.84%, S&P 500 futures 0.51% and Dow futures 0.55%. Iran's two-day Hormuz plan sent WTI crude down as much as 4.18% to $99.77.

Kioxia sinks over 13% as its ¥2 trillion profit guidance misses the ¥2.35 trillion consensus

Kioxia closed down about 13% in Tokyo on November 2 after falling as much as 17% intraday.

Anthropic plans to sell up to ¥552.9 billion, about $3.5 billion, of IPO shares to Japanese investors

Reuters reported on November 2, citing a Japanese filing, that Anthropic will sell up to ¥552.9 billion, about $3.5 billion, of shares to Japanese investors as part of its US listing.

Meta, TikTok and X lose UK court fight over Ofcom's content-moderation data demands under the Online Safety Act

Britain's High Court ruled on October 30 that Meta, TikTok and X lost their challenge to Ofcom's information notices.

Visa survey: 54% of Americans have shopped with AI and 61% would let it compare prices, but only 23% trust it to pay

Visa's holiday spending survey, released October 30, found 54% of US adults have used AI for at least one shopping task this year, up from 47% last year.

Study: one in six US adults may comply with AI voice scam calls, up to 36% when a 'relative' is in distress

Researchers from Harvard, Meta and others tested AI-voiced scam calls on 4,100 US adults. Some 16.5% said they would or might comply, about one in six.