What would YOU like to hear about on Bloomberg? Help make shows like ours even better by taking our Bloomberg audience survey. Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves will pledge to “rebuild Britain” with her first budget, an historic moment that will include a major package of tax hikes and extra borrowing likely to define British politics for the rest of the decade. (2) UBS posted third quarter results that broadly beat expectations, while warning of headwinds ranging from the US elections to falling interest income. (3) The European Union has imposed higher tariffs peaking at 45% on electric vehicles from China, ratcheting up trade tensions between the world’s leading export powers. (4) Google parent Alphabet showed on Tuesday that an expensive foray into artificial intelligence is starting to pay off, delivering better-than-expected traction for its cloud computing business and driving more usage for its flagship search engine. (5) Advanced Micro Devices slid in late trading after the chipmaker’s revenue forecast missed analysts’ estimates, a sign its artificial intelligence sales are growing more slowly than some had anticipated. (6) Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris argued a second Donald Trump presidency would be steeped in chaos and division — but not focused on Americans’ needs — as she looked to rally voters from the National Mall one week before Election Day. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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