Latest Developments in Middle East and New Speaker of the House

On today's podcast:

(1) Israel says it made limited ground raids against Hamas targets in northern Gaza overnight before withdrawing.

(2) Netanyahu told Israelis a ground invasion is being prepared as US President Joe Biden said he asked Israel to delay a ground invasion.

(3) Standard Chartered Plc's shares fell after it said profit missed estimates in the third quarter as it took charges related to investments in China.

(4) BNP Paribas posted weaker revenue from fixed-income trading in the third quarter, adding to evidence that European banks underperformed their Wall Street counterparts.

(5) Morgan Stanley selected Ted Pick to become its new chief executive officer, succeeding James Gorman after a 14-year run that reshaped the Wall Street bank 

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