Worldwide

Elon Musk is officially Twitter’s new owner… “Bird is free”

He sacked senior executives he accused of misleading him

NFTs helped creators earn almost $2 bn in royalties

Though not everyone is a fan of the royalties model

ECB raises interest rates and adjusts bank lending conditions

The bank's budget is large, close to 9 trillion euros

ECB prepares for significant interest increase to “tame inflation monster”

IHS Market: Eurozone economy on verge of contraction in Q4

WhatsApp down in several countries amid a major outage

WhatsApp outages have also been reported in UK, Europe

World still needs Russian oil to flow even with price cap: IEA

"The world is experiencing the first truly global energy crisis"

Rishi Sunak becomes the only candidate for UK premiership

As Penny Mordaunt drops out of leadership race

Global Financial Markets in Brief Week October 17

Investors concerned major economies will stagnate before inflation is curbed

Lebanon signs demarcation agreement next week

Fitch: Lebanon not to receive significant revenues before start of production

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns

"I will stay on as prime minister until her successor is chosen"

Fed’s Board discusses fears of a US recession

"Economic prospects are becoming more pessimistic" in the US

Truss’s government’s stumbling.. How long will the “warrior” last?

Premier’s position weakens with departure of another leadership figure

Eurozone inflation reaches 9.9% in September

Energy prices recorded the highest annual growth

Will the ECB launch a quantitative tightening in March?

Eurostat releases inflation data for September today

Bank earnings revive Wall Street and watchful eyes on tech companies’ results

Will Netflix's results today rescue tech stocks from a recession?