London copper rose, nearing $14,700/tonne, after workers at Escondida — the world’s largest copper mine operated by BHP in Chile — threatened to strike and after Federal Reserve officials downplayed the need for further large rate hikes this year. A union representing roughly one-quarter of Escondida’s permanent workforce said wage talks failed and members will begin striking at 08:00 local time on Wednesday. Any stoppage would add to volatility in Chilean copper supply this year.

Oct 14 — Qualcomm said a jury found Arm violated their long‑standing architecture license agreement (ALA), failed to meet commitments and deliberately acted to disrupt Qualcomm’s business; Qualcomm said it was gratified by the finding. On Oct 13 Arm said it was satisfied with the jury verdict, which ruled for Arm on four claims and awarded Qualcomm only $1 on two other claims. On Sept 30 Qualcomm said a U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware judge had earlier ruled for Qualcomm on all claims in Arm’s lawsuit, dismissed Arm’s challenges, and held that Qualcomm and its unit Nuvia did not breach the Nuvia‑Arm license.

國際貨幣基金組織總裁：現在是增加收入、合理化支出的時機。