The No. 1 travel destination of 2026 is in the U.S., says new report

Get your ski gear ready.
These fund managers are betting against sterling as fears grow over UK outlook

Fund managers are shorting the U.K. currency as Finance Minister Rachel Reeves grapples with looming fiscal challenges.
Trump’s 100% movie tariff threat risks dealing a heavy blow to Britain’s already struggling film industry

Britain’s film sector, already struggling with slow box office recovery and rising costs, faces fresh uncertainty if U.S. tariffs target foreign-made movies.
China’s economic growth likely slowed in third quarter

China’s National Bureau of Statistics is set to release the third-quarter GDP and economic data for September on Monday.
Asia-Pacific markets rise as investors look toward slate of China economic data

Analysts polled by Reuters expect China’s economy to have slowed in the third quarter.
Japanese family businesses are facing a succession crisis. That is fueling a private equity boom

Japan Inc. is confronting a ticking demographic time bomb, and private equity players are racing to defuse it.
X lawsuit vs. Apple and OpenAI stays in Fort Worth, Texas; judge suggests they move there

The Elon Musk companies X and xAI are not based in Fort Worth. But they sued Apple and OpenAI there for some reason.
Stock futures rise ahead of big earnings week: Live updates

Stocks are coming off a volatile trading week, closing higher despite flaring trade tensions, regional bank losses and declines in some hot AI stocks.
Trump calls Colombia’s Petro an ‘illegal drug dealer’ and announces an end to U.S. aid to the country

President Donald Trump said Sunday he would slash U.S. funding to Colombia because the country’s leader “does nothing to stop” drug production.
Trump administration agrees to deliver more student loan forgiveness

The Trump administration has agreed to forgive student debt under income-driven repayment programs it had partially blocked.