ANTHROPIC reported Q3 revenue (ended Sept. 30) near $17.0 bln, up 12x YoY. In an SEC filing on Monday the Claude developer disclosed a Q3 net loss of $23.3 bln versus $12.1 bln a year earlier. Quarterly operating expenses rose to $17.5 bln, up 292% YoY. Total contractual and other commitments stood at $895 bln, largely for compute and infrastructure; about $448 bln is expected to fall due by end‑2030 and roughly $70 bln within the 12 months to Sept. 2027. ANTHROPIC filed for an IPO on Oct. 26 an

Goldman Sachs expects the Bank of England to keep interest rates at 4.25% through mid-2027, then begin quarterly cuts from Q4 2027, reducing the policy rate to 3.25%.

Wang Huning, a member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee and chairman of the CPPCC, met Federation Council chair Matviyenko in Beijing on the 2nd and said China–Russia ties have been steadily advancing under strategic guidance from Xi and Putin. He said China is willing to follow the leaders’ consensus with Russia, maintain strategic resolve, deepen practical cooperation, and push the China‑Russia comprehensive strategic partnership for a new era to a higher level; the CPPCC will strengthen exchanges with Russia to support bilateral relations. He also met a Vietnamese Communist Party delegation led by Politburo member and Central Secretariat secretary Ruan Qingyi.