Soooooo . . . about that whole Brexit thing. A UK High Court has ruled that Britain’s EU withdrawal cannot move forward without the approval of Parliament, setting off more uncertainty and what’s expected to be a series of legal appeals – NYTimes
The Fed stood pat on rates yesterday, but it laid additional groundwork to prep the markets for a December rate hike – NYTimes and WSJ
You almost [almost] feel for Zuck on this one. Despite Facebook posting huge Q3 numbers yesterday (revenue up over 50 percent to $7 billion and profit tripling to $2.38 billion), its shares slid overnight in after-hours trading over Facebook’s own warnings that such growth will slow in coming quarters – WSJ
Breakingviews suggests that European investment banks should be thinking about swiping right when it comes to mergers with other banks, as it’s likely the only way they can compete with their American counterparts – NYTimes
More fun for Wells, this time from the SEC over investor disclosures and whistleblower rules – WSJ
Valeant’s selling mood continues, as the troubled pharma company’s reportedly looking to unload its eye-surgery equipment business (a potential $2.5 billion move) – WSJ
Microsoft’s not content to just concede the office chat business to Slack – NYTimes
Finra’s fined eight financial firms more than $6 million and ordered at least that amount returned to customers based on the firms’ “ questionable sales” of a type of variable-annuity contracts (called L-shares) – WSJ
After 108 years, 10 innings, a rain delay, and multiple come backs were no big thing. Cubs win. Cubs win – SNL
