Sources said JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley will provide $50 billion in acquisition financing and serve as advisers on a deal to acquire PayPal (PYPL.O).

Kremlin: There is currently no immediate prospect of resuming peace talks, but Russia remains open to them.

SAFE deputy director Li Bin said at a State Council Information Office briefing that China’s balance of payments is likely to remain broadly balanced going forward. Authorities will expand domestic demand — boosting consumption and raising effective investment — while promoting balanced import‑export growth and supporting the current‑account surplus at a reasonable, balanced level over the medium‑to‑long term. China will also steadily widen institutional opening and investment cooperation, and the scale of its outward assets will increase gradually.