Biden, reaffirming support for the U.S.’s longtime ally in the war with Hamas, said he believed Israel wasn’t responsible for a deadly blast at a hospital compound in Gaza, which has demonstrated the volatility of the conflict and heightened fears of escalation. https://ift.tt/BzIq35c

Israel, the U.S. government and independent security experts said the preliminary evidence for the a deadly explosion at the Gaza hospital compound compound pointed to a local militant group, casting doubt on Palestinian claims that an Israeli airairstrike was responsible. https://ift.tt/GxnHDKA

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Smithfield’s Chinese parent is looking to take America’s largest pork producer public again in the U.S. https://ift.tt/x1OtM7n

China’s economy is shifting into a lower gear, slowed by a prolonged downturn in the property market that had long fueled its growth. https://ift.tt/lLGukdg

Profit from Disney’s sports segment, home to ESPN, declined 20% in the first nine months of its fiscal year, according to a filing. https://ift.tt/Q2fW7jh

Chinese property giant Country Garden missed a final deadline to pay interest on a dollar bond, potentially leading to a wave of cross-defaults on its other international debt. https://ift.tt/u91WlXe

Morgan Stanley said third-quarter profit fell 9% from a year earlier, hit by a sharp decline in deal making. Investment-banking revenue dropped 27%, far worse than at other banks. https://ift.tt/hCBDZPx

Long-term bond yields hit a 16-year high, weighing on stocks. The S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow retreated 1.3%, 1.6% and 1%, respectively. https://ift.tt/wWD9P2o

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