1. Bruno Lemerre, French minister of economy, finance and revitalization, said France would resume a digital services tax on large Internet companies from December this year. According to the relevant bill passed by France in July 2019, the French government will impose a 3 % digital services tax on high-tech companies with annual revenues of more than 750 million euros in global digital business and more than 25 million euros in France.

2. Reuters: the US Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. The United States says Google has abused its dominant position in the search engine market, and the Google case is the most significant antitrust action taken by the United States in decades.

3. Brazilian mining giant Vale: the company’s iron ore powder production reached 88.7 million tons in the third quarter, up 31% from the previous quarter. The northern system set a single-season production record of 56.9 million tons, with the highest output in August, reaching 19.7 million tons. The S11D mine set a record of 24.4 million tons per quarter and a monthly record of 8.3 million tons in September.

4. According to the report of the World Economic Forum, more than 80 million manual jobs will be replaced by machines by 2025, but the development of automation may also create more new jobs. 

5. [global Times] according to a recent report by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, the number of overseas consumer purchasing agents has dropped sharply, many Australian brands have been affected, and the local multi-billion dollar purchasing agency industry has been completely subverted by the epidemic. Some purchasing agents have closed down, and a large number of baby milk powder has been unsalable. 

6. Indian telecom operator RelianceJio: plans to launch a 5G smartphone priced at 5000 rupees within a year. After the launch, the price of the mobile phone is expected to fall further to between 2500 rupees and 3500 rupees.

7. According to an investigation by the Japan Atomic Energy Regulatory Commission, the internal radiation of Unit 3 of the Fukushima nuclear power plant is 900000 times higher than the human body can bear. In addition, the news that Japan will discharge Fukushima nuclear sewage into the sea attracted the world’s attention. Jeju Road of South Korea first said it would sue Japan, saying it would take all means.

8. Swift:In September, the RMB remained the fifth most active currency in global payments, with a share of 1.97%. The value of its payments increased by 12.81% in August 2020, while overall all payment currencies increased by 9.40%.

9. The S & P 500 closed up 17.90 points, increase of 0.52%, at 3453.49; the NASDAQ closed up 21.30 points, increase of 0.19%, at 11506.01; and the Dow Jones index closed up 152.80 points, increase of 0.54%, at 28363.66.