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Former Jones Day partner and Hanify & King co-founder brings four decades of commercial dispute experience to the mediation panel.
YouTube will count public views more permissively, matching TikTok and Reels. The change doesn't affect ad revenue but helps creators pitch bigger numbers in brand deals.
ACLU-backed families from 22 Texas districts ask the justices to review the Fifth Circuit ruling that let the classroom 10 Commandments posting stand.
Brent crude rose above $87 a barrel as hopes for a US-Iran peace deal faded. The move pressured Wall Street lower and will split the ASX between energy gains and broader index headwinds.
Payward becomes the first crypto company to get access to Claude Mythos 5 through Anthropic's Glasswing program, scanning for code vulnerabilities after 40+ firms demanded AI labs open tools to defenders.
Blue Jay Gold's shares will start trading on the OTCQB under symbol JAYGF on Aug. 18. The listing opens the stock to US investors as the company drills its Steller project in Yukon.
Memecoin launchpad Printr is shutting down after failing to raise more capital. Users have until Aug. 31 to withdraw assets; point farmers lose everything.
Iran gives U.S. weeks to accept demands including $300B reparations and control of Hormuz or face offensive escalation, a senior official told Reuters.
Brokers and exchanges would need to register crypto in depositories the state can check and count it toward equity under a Bank of Russia draft cap of 25%.
Nippon Steel's $14.9B US Steel bid failed on political timing, not strategy. The $565M termination fee and year-long distraction carry costs beyond the deal's collapse.
Jeanie Buss's attorney says any sale of the family's 17.8% Lakers stake is void without her consent. The dispute emerges after Iger and Kushner agreed to buy a controlling stake at a $12.5 billion valuation.
Carahsoft announced six cybersecurity events for 2026, including the Billington Summit and ATARC Zero Trust series, as it pushes deeper into public-sector security.
Services revenue hit $24.2B, a record, as Apple's installed base grew to an all-time high across every region. The stock's 18% YTD gain reflects the compounding power of recurring revenue.
Sergey Brin has spent $100M to defeat a one-off 5% wealth tax on California billionaires. The proposal could raise $100B for healthcare and education. Vote in November.
Cosmos leads with 18.5% APY, but network inflation cuts real returns to 2-8%. BNY enters institutional staking via Galaxy Digital partnership. Analysis of eight networks.
Tariffs, record ETF outflows and $3B in forced liquidations drove Bitcoin from $126K to $63K. Unlike 2022, no exchange failed. Bitwise sees a potential bottom.
Vulcan, a crypto miner formerly known as Greenidge Generation, warned of a potential default if its $39.4 million PIPE does not close before Oct. 31 notes mature. The filing showed $9.2 million in cash and digital assets against $33.1 million in debt. The next deadline is Oct. 10.
Euro-pegged stablecoins added $16.5M in a week, lifting the sector to $673.9M — up 128% YoY. MiCA compliance opened institutional doors, but Circle warns market-cap thresholds could fragment the market and limit scale.
Wiz Red Agent autonomously found a script injection in Snowflake's public repo, gaining Jira access, while Copilot Autofix missed it. Nagli warns vibe coding widens the attack surface.
A bridge in Carmel, Ind., collapsed after the White River broke a 1913 flood record. Trump approved a state of emergency, with FEMA covering 75% of response costs across 50 counties.
Bits of Gold, Israel's largest crypto broker, said a data breach exposed personal data of 200,000 customers through a third-party system. Customer funds and assets remain secure.
Stripe's reported $7B OpenRouter acquisition signals AI consumption is becoming a corporate treasury function, with orchestration layers controlling model choice and spend.
Conditional approval for World Liberty Financial trust bank comes as Senator Warren introduces bill to prevent corruption. Trump family holds 38% equity.
Gold Reserve's breach of contract claim against Rusoro Mining over the joint bid for PDVH shares survived a motion to dismiss, allowing the case to advance to discovery.
Rask Media analysis shows Goodman Group's dividend yield at 1.01%, Pilbara's price-sales ratio at 13.08x, both below five-year averages. The discounts reflect earnings pressure and lithium price volatility.
UPS cleared 90% of daily customs entries automatically by September, up from 21% in March, after the de minimis repeal triggered a tenfold surge in volume.
Granite REIT declared a C$0.2958/unit distribution for August, payable Sept. 15 to holders of record Aug. 31. The REIT owns 145 industrial properties in North America and Europe.
David Medilek takes over K92 Mining as CEO Oct. 1; founder John Lewins becomes non-executive chair. Stage 3 expansion 98% committed. Medilek targets ramp-up and Stage 4.
PIMCO Canada Corp. set August 2026 cash distributions for three monthly-paying ETF series, with unitholders of record as of Aug. 24 receiving payouts around Aug. 31.
McFarlane Lake Mining acquires 14.2M units of iMetal Resources at $0.10/unit, gaining a 19.9% stake, board nomination rights and technical oversight at the adjacent Gowganda gold project.