• Banks Will Only Feel Pain Once Oil Price Plunges Below $50
  
  Banks can handle the energy-linked loans they've extended -- as long as oil prices don't drop much below $50 per barrel, analysts are saying.
• Plunging Bitcoin Nears $5,000 for First Time Since 2017
  
  Bitcoin advocates are asking how low will we go from here as the world's largest cryptocurrency continued to slump following its biggest one-day loss in eight months.
• Pound 'Untradeable' as Brexit Drama Fuels Volatility
  
  Wall Street is finding it harder to trade sterling as the drama surrounding Brexit roils the British currency.
• Danish Shipper: US-China Trade War Hurting Container Trade
  
  Danish shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk is warning that trade tensions between the United States and China could weigh on business.
• Kyle Bass: China Must Recapitalize Banks
  
  Prominent short-seller Kyle Bass said on Wednesday that China needs a "reset" that will require it to recapitalize its banks and reset its relationship with the rest of the world, including the United States and President Donald Trump.
• Bitcoin Plunges Below $6,000, Drops to Lowest in More Than Year
  
  Bitcoin fell to a more than one-year low on Wednesday, falling below a key support level of $6,000, with traders and analysts unclear on what caused the sudden drop in price.
• US Warned: Govt Purchase of Chinese Tech Threatens Infrastructure
  
  A congressional advisory panel says the purchase of internet-linked devices manufactured in China leaves the United States vulnerable to security breaches that could put critical infrastructure at risk.
• Energy Agency: Global Oil Supply Jumps, Sending Prices Lower
  
  The International Energy Agency said Wednesday that global oil supplies are growing rapidly as Saudi Arabia, the United States and Russia pump more oil in response to fears of higher prices as a result of renewed U.S. sanctions on Iran.
• Kudlow: Trump Eyes Infrastructure Plan, Including Energy Pipelines
  
  White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow says President Donald Trump's administration is looking at a sweeping infrastructure plan.
• Internet Traffic Hijack Disrupts Google Services
  
  An internet traffic diversion rerouted data through Russia and China and disrupted Google services on Monday, including search, cloud-hosting services and its bundle of collaboration tools for businesses.
• IMF: Mideast Oil Producers Buoyed by Higher Prices
  
  Higher oil prices are helping to offset increases in public spending by the Middle East's oil exporting heavyweights like Saudi Arabia, with these countries narrowing their budget deficit by $77 billion, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.
• Trump: 'Oil Prices Should Be Much Lower Based on Supply'
  
  President Donald Trump said he hoped there would be no oil output reductions, after Saudi Arabia said OPEC was considering cutting oil supply next year, citing softening demand.
• Mark Mobius: Oil Price Will Soon Spike to $100 a Barrel
  
  Investment guru Mark Mobius has warned that oil prices are only headed even higher and that it’s time for investors to start buying emerging-market stocks.
• Saudi Arabia, Russia Discussing Possible Oil-Production Cuts
  
  Momentum seems to be growing among major oil producers to reduce output in an effort to end a slump in prices.
• US Judge Halts Construction of Keystone XL Oil Pipeline
  
  Environmentalists cheered a federal court order that blocks a Trump administration permit for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, pending an environmental review.
• Jack Belcher: Energy R&D Dollars to Be Targeted Despite Election Outcome
  
  Regardless of the choices that were made at the ballot box, anti-development groups will no doubt continue their onslaught, and we must continue to fight them every which way in the pursuit of U.S. energy dominance.
• China Auto Sales Fall in October, Deepening Slump
  
  China's auto sales sank for a fourth month in October as an unexpectedly painful slump in the global industry's biggest market deepened.
• US to Impose New Duties on Chinese Aluminum Sheet Products: Sources
  
  The U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday is expected to impose final anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on Chinese common aluminum sheet products of 96.3 percent to 176.2 percent, sources familiar with the decision told Reuters.
• OPEC Sources: Return to Oil Production Cuts in 2019 Still Possible
  
  A return to oil production cuts by OPEC and its allies next year cannot be ruled out, two OPEC sources said on Wednesday, to avert a possible supply glut that could weigh on prices.
• Venezuela Seeks to Repatriate $550 Million of Gold From Britain: Sources
  
  Venezuela is seeking to repatriate about $550 million in gold bars from the Bank of England because of fears it could be caught up in international sanctions on the country, two sources with direct knowledge of the effort told Reuters.
• China's Reserves Fall by $34B, Suggesting Beijing Seeks to Prop Yuan
  
  China's foreign currency reserves declined in October in a sign Beijing might be intervening in the market to keep its yuan from falling too far against the dollar and triggering a possible U.S. backlash amid a tariff battle.
• Iran: We Are Selling Oil We Need To, Despite US Pressure
  
  Iran said on Tuesday it had so far been able to sell as much oil as it needs despite U.S. pressure, but urged European countries that oppose the U.S. sanctions to do more to shield Iran.
• Bitcoin Volatility Sinks to Lowest in Nearly 2 Years
  
  Bitcoin has experienced one of its worst annual price performances of its short 10-year-old life but also appears to have become more stable in the process.
• World Bank, IMF: Trade Tensions Threaten Emerging Markets
  
  Leaders of the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and other global financial organizations warned Tuesday that trade tensions pose a growing risk for emerging economies.
• China's Xi Promises to Raise Imports Amid Trade Row With US
  
  Chinese President Xi Jinping promised on Monday to lower tariffs, broaden market access and import more from overseas at the start of a trade expo designed to demonstrate goodwill amid mounting frictions with the United States and others.

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