Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend with Host Nathan Hager take a look at some of the stories we'll be tracking in the coming week.

• In the US – a look ahead to earnings from Nvidia, Walmart, and Target.
• In the UK – a look ahead to the European Business Summit.
• In Asia – a look ahead to Japan’s upcoming GDP report.

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(1) UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering dropping plans to raise the headline rates of income tax and a slew of other levies in her upcoming budget.

(2) China’s economic activity cooled more than expected at the start of the fourth quarter with an unprecedented slump in investment and slower growth in industrial output.

(3) US President Donald Trump is readying substantial tariff cuts and trade deals as he seeks to address voter concerns over high food prices and the cost of goods.

(4) The BBC's Chairman Samir Shah has written to the White House expressing remorse to US President Donald Trump for a misleading documentary edit of his January 6th speech in 2021. 

(5) EU officials are looking at how to transform the European Securities & Markets Authority into a more sweeping watchdog like the SEC in the United States.

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(1) President Donald Trump signed legislation to end the longest government shutdown in US history, marking the official conclusion to a 43-day impasse.

(2) The European Union is set to propose a plan to the US that would implement the next phase of the trade agreement the two sides reached this summer.

(3) Top trade negotiators from Switzerland are headed to Washington, aiming to complete negotiations on a trade deal with the US that would lower the 39% tariff rate on Swiss goods.

(4) Rachel Reeves should get billions of pounds of extra room in her upcoming budget, UK Treasury officials believe, thanks to her plan to cut household bills and bring down inflation.

(5) Prime Minister Keir Starmer tried to draw a line under squabbling within his Labour Party and called for unity after an alleged challenge for his job exposed questions about his future.

(6) Democrats returned to pressing Donald Trump on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, highlighting a selection of emails in which he suggested the president knew of his activities.

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(1) Allies of Keir Starmer sought to ward off a feared leadership challenge from one of the British premier’s best-known ministers, as cabinet feuds spilled into the open just weeks before the government is due to unveil a contentious budget.

(2) The weakness in the UK labor market is likely to have been overstated, economists and policymakers warned, after new figures shifted the narrative in Westminster and financial markets ahead of the budget.

(3) Asian stocks rose alongside Treasuries after softer US jobs data strengthened bets on a Federal Reserve interest-rate cut, boosting market sentiment.

(4) Banks in China are asking clients to take out loans and then immediately repay them, with the bank covering the interest, in a practice known as "quick-lend-and-recover".

(5) The US military is exploring whether to build a temporary base capable of housing 10,000 people near the Gaza Strip as part of its push for a stabilization force of troops from other countries to monitor a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

(6) Germany must start dialing back its borrowing limits from 2029 to ensure solid public finances over the long term, according to the Bundesbank.

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(1) The European Commission is exploring ways to force European Union member states to phase out Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. from their telecommunications networks, according to people familiar with the matter.

(2) Switzerland is close to securing a 15% tariff on its exports to the US, in what would be a relief for the country after it was hit with a punishing 39% levy in August, according to people familiar with the matter.

(3) A record-setting 41-day US government shutdown is on a path to end as soon as Wednesday after the Senate passed a temporary funding measure backed by a group of eight centrist Democrats.

(4) Rachel Reeves indicated the Labour Party may be preparing to break its election promises not to raise taxes, as she looks ahead to what she called a “difficult” UK budget.

(5) Donald Trump notched another victory in his war on the media when the UK’s national broadcaster apologized over a misleading edit of the US president’s remarks and two executives resigned.

(6) Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor who turned an aging textile mill into a more than $1 trillion conglomerate, said he’s “going quiet,” marking the end of an era for one of the business world’s most-watched investing gurus.

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(1) The US Senate took a major step toward re-opening the government after a group of moderate Democrats broke with their party leaders and voted to support a deal to end the record-breaking shutdown.

(2) British Broadcasting Corp. Director-General Tim Davie is resigning from the UK national broadcaster amid allegations it misled viewers by editing President Donald Trump’s remarks in a Panorama documentary last year.

(3) More than a quarter of large UK businesses expect to cut jobs within the next year due to the impact of artificial intelligence. That's according to a CIPD survey of more than 2,000 employers, showing 62% of them believe junior managerial or administrative roles are most likely to be lost due to AI.

(4) No matter which way the S&P 500 Index goes after a tumultuous month, options volatility looks to be headed higher. The benchmark snapped a three-week run of gains, pushing for a time on Friday the Cboe Volatility Index well above 20, a sign of growing market stress.

(5) The odds of extreme cold this winter in the US, Asia and parts of Europe are climbing, threatening to boost energy bills for consumers already grappling with high costs and economic uncertainty.

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Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend with Host Nathan Hager take a look at some of the stories we'll be tracking in the coming week.

• In the US – a look ahead to earnings from Walt Disney and Paramount-Skydance.
• In the UK – a look ahead to Portugal’s Web Summit.
• In Asia – a look ahead to China Singles’ day.

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On today's podcast:

(1) Tesla shareholders have approved a $1 trillion compensation package for Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk, the largest payout ever awarded to a corporate leader.

(2) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pushed back at the idea that the company would seek federal guarantees to reduce the risk of its AI infrastructure spending spree.

(3) Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban visits the White House later today, hoping his friendship with Donald Trump can spare his country from US sanctions on Russian oil.

(4) The Bank of England has warned that Chancellor Rachel Reeves will deliver her budget amid weak investment, rising unemployment, and slowing growth.

(5) Comcast is in talks to acquire ITV's media and entertainment unit in a deal that would dramatically shake up the UK broadcasting landscape.

(6) Goldman Sachs is promoting the smallest proportion of women to managing director since Chief Executive Officer David Solomon took the top job in 2018.

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On today's podcast:

(1) The Bank of England will likely keep interest rates unchanged today at 4% in what is expected to be a closely contested decision.

(2) The UK's biggest business lobby has warned Rachel Reeves against hitting companies with a series of smaller tax rises, saying she should "prioritize long-term prosperity over short-term thinking."

(3) The US Supreme Court appeared skeptical of President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, as key justices suggested he had overstepped his authority with his signature economic policy.

(4) European economy commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis has signalled that the EU is willing to accommodate international concerns about its ESG rules, as the bloc fields threats from the US and Qatar.

(5) Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang has warned that China will beat the US in the artificial intelligence race in part due to lower energy costs and looser regulations, he told the Financial Times.

(6) The US plans to cut domestic flight capacity by 10% at 40 major airports across the country if the government shutdown continues.

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(1) Zohran Mamdani was elected the 111th mayor of New York in a historic victory that will put an avowed democratic socialist in charge of the city that serves as the capital of global finance.

(2) The global selloff in semiconductor stocks accelerated on concern over lofty valuations for some of the artificial intelligence boom’s biggest winners.

(3) UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will meet CEOs from top insurers in Downing Street on Wednesday, as she seeks to encourage more investment in the City ahead of a tricky budget later this month.

(4) European Union member states clinched a preliminary deal to reduce emissions by 90% through 2040 compared with 1990 levels, a move that bolsters the bloc’s climate leadership credentials ahead of the COP30 summit.

(5) WhatsApp, the popular messaging service owned by Meta Platforms Inc., introduced a standalone Apple Watch app that makes it easier for users to interact with their chats from Apple Inc.’s smartwatch without pulling out an iPhone.

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