Today's brief · All days. Newest item from each desk, the numbers, and the week ahead. Built 12:17 PM.
30-year mortgage 7.24%, Fed funds 3.75–4.00%, 10-year Treasury 4.91%, WTI oil $96.46, gold $3,970. Stocks slipped again Monday while oil kept falling. The S&P 500 lost 0.5% on Nov 2 and the Nasdaq 1.1
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
Hyundai sold 73,452 vehicles in the U.S. in October, up 5% from a year ago and its best October on record. Sales to regular buyers (retail, not rental fleets) rose 9% to a record 62,646. Hybrids set a
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
China's passenger-car association (CPCA) estimates that makers shipped a record about 1.8 million new-energy vehicles in October, up 12% from a year ago and 8% from September, beating the old record o
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
A hotfix first seen on Nov 3 in the data the launch realms send. It applies the Hunter numbers from Blizzard's Nov 2 notes: Aspect of the Hawk and Trueshot Aura give more ranged attack power, Barrage
Blizzard's Nov 2 update to the Beta Development Notes (posted Nov 3) lists everything changed since Oct 15: class damage goes up with more health on higher level creatures, the Rogue trees are rebuilt
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
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