Today's brief · All days. Newest item from each desk, the numbers, and the week ahead. Built 9:44 AM.
30-year mortgage 7.24%, Fed funds 3.75–4.00%, 10-year Treasury 4.94%, WTI oil $99.78, gold $3,919. Stocks had a rough Friday and oil is falling this morning. The S&P 500 dropped 1.8% on Oct 30 and the
30-year mortgage 7.24%, Fed funds 3.75–4.00%, 10-year Treasury 4.98%, WTI oil $103.90, gold $3,974. Mortgage rates fell for a second week: the 30-year average is 7.24%, down from 7.32%. The 10-year Tr
Week ending October 30, 2026. The biggest moves: 10-year minus 2-year up 0.06 pts to 0.37%, WTI crude, spot (EIA) down 4.2% to $103.37/bbl, 2-year Treasury down 0.14 pts to 4.67%.WhatNowWeek agoChange
The AAA national average for regular is $4.17 a gallon this morning, down 11.6¢ from a week ago ($4.29) and 22.7¢ from a month ago ($4.40). It's still $1.13 above a year ago ($3.04).
AutoNation, the biggest U.S. dealer group, reported this morning: adjusted earnings of $5.11 a share (up 2%) on revenue of $7.01 billion (down 0.4%), below the roughly $5.30–5.59 analysts expected. Sa
Three car companies reported in 24 hours. Ford earned $0.49 a share adjusted on $49.5 billion of revenue (down 2%), beating the roughly $0.40 analysts expected. Stellantis stock jumped 13% on revenue
China's automakers reported October numbers on Nov 1. BYD sold 490,168 vehicles, up 11% from a year ago and its highest month of 2026, as pure-electric passenger cars topped 300,000 for the first time
China's passenger-car association (CPCA) says retail sales of new-energy vehicles (EVs plus plug-in hybrids) reached 753,000 in October 1–25, down 13% from a year ago and down 1% from the same stretch
BYD Qin Plus DM-i (3rd gen): launched Oct 27 from ¥76,900 (about $11,450) for a limited time, with up to 220 km of electric range. That is the price point the rest of the industry has to answer.
Hotfixes first seen on Oct 30 in the data the launch realms send; Blizzard has posted no notes for them. All three Paladin trees are rebuilt (Holy Shield moves to row 5, Oath of Light and Shieldsworn
An Oct 30 beta build with no Blizzard notes. The community tracker says it writes the server's Oct 27–29 hotfixes into the client files and adds two new changes: Warrior Revenge now adds 22.5% of atta
A late Oct 28 beta build with no Blizzard notes. The community tracker reads a Mage talent rework in the server data that comes with it: Arcane Focus is gone, Elemental Precision becomes Precision and
Week 2 (Epic v43.00): Lil Uzi and Cuddle Team Leader claim a fort of their own, while Buggy and the Megalodon crash onto the Island. New weapons and strange new Sprites. Zoro, Sanji and the Chopper Si
Epic's Oct 30 post lists a Captain's Day; the v43.00 notes bring Gold Sprites back (bonus XP from eliminations) on November 12. Beebom reports the date carries update v43.10 (not stated by Epic). Game