Watch: All’s quiet in Macau as protests rock neighboring Hong Kong. The sparsely populated casino hub is gambling on closer ties with China and its tourists, but that leaves it dangerously exposed to a mainland downturn. @KatrinaHamlin  explains.

French lottery IPO is a privatisation amuse-bouche @CGAThompson 

Aramco’s latest IPO delay is a triple fail @gfhay 

Renault M&A would help stem profit bleed @CGAThompson 

Aramco has again postponed its float, messing up the kingdom’s efforts to show its best side at an upcoming annual finance junket, and undermining Saudi’s already-shaky attempts to attract more foreign investment. It’s a triple setback, says @gfhay :

Renault expects 2019 operating profit to plunge as growth slows and R&D expenses rise. While it can do little about a sluggish global economy, combining with Nissan or Fiat would mitigate the cost of investing in cleaner engines, writes @CGAThompson :

Review: Salesforce’s activist CEO has solid pitch @GinaChon 

WeWork has offers of $5 billion more equity from SoftBank or, if investors can stomach it, super-pricey debt which could put the company under even more quickly. The choice couldn’t be easier, writes @richardbeales1 .

Canada’s political climate now threatens actual atmospheric conditions. Although Trudeau’s carbon tax will probably endure, the country’s governmental green wave could be reaching its limits, writes @johnsfoley .