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Iran's 134% food inflation in July pushed dairy consumption to 40kg per capita from 130kg in 2010. Beef and lamb prices rose 149%. Coffee costs doubled. A post-war economic reckoning awaits.
Singapore NODX rose 24.2% in July, extending above-20% growth to four months. AI-linked electronics demand drove the gain, officials said, after the government sharply raised its 2026 trade forecast last week.
Shashi Shekhar warns that India's demographic dividend is fading, with 45% of graduates unable to find jobs and environmental degradation threatening growth.
Yotta Data Services plans $1.5B fundraise by March 2027, including an IPO of up to $400M. The company is expanding its Nvidia GPU fleet from 37,000 to 85,000 chips.
India's external affairs ministry blocked MTNL's Mauritius exit on strategic grounds, officials said, keeping a small, debt-free telecom unit that generates ₹79 crore in annual revenue under state control.
Jindal SAW sources 35-40% of specialised steel from South Korea and China as domestic mills fail to produce higher API grades. The gap persists even as India became a net steel importer in Q1.
SEC canceled a meeting on token offering rules, delaying crypto regulation until after the Senate's Clarity Act vote. Implementation could slip past the next election, sources say.
Private banks' aggregate profit hit ₹55,019 crore, 15.6% higher than a year ago, as credit growth remained strong and margins held up better than expected. PSU lenders cut NPAs faster but still trail on absolute quality.
64 countries passed peak population by 2026. Falling birth rates, not temporary shocks, drive the shift. By 2100, South Korea and China may halve. Migration is the wildcard for the US.
Diablo Resources (ASX:DBO) secured the historic Horn silver project in Utah, acquiring 80% of 101 claims. Fast-track drilling and geophysics planned, backed by US critical-mineral policy and rising silver demand from defence and tech.
Rox Resources' Youanmi drilling returns 2.24m at 39.33 g/t gold, with development surpassing DFS plan. The company targets 150,000 ozpa by mid-2027.
Appaloosa added 53,500 NVDA shares. Third Point sold all 190,000. Soros opened puts on 400,000 shares while keeping a $213M long. Analyst consensus targets $303.
Ukraine hits 900 km inside Russia. Moscow says Washington involved. Princeton model: 34.1 million could die in first hours if nuclear war starts.
NAB's FY26 Q3 cash earnings hit A$1.83B, up 2%. Home lending applications fell 15% QoQ as the market softened. Business lending rose 9% YoY.
Rightmove asking prices fell 2.0% in August, steepest since 2018; CIPD survey shows low-hire, low-fire pattern. Both reinforce BoE caution, weigh on sterling.
Dario Amodei blames a crisis of public trust, not executive AI warnings, for industry backlash and calls the regulatory debate a false choice.
VBR vs IJJ: Vanguard's small-cap value ETF charges 0.05% fees and yields 1.7%, while iShares' mid-cap version charges 0.18% and yields 1.5%. Tapestry and TD Synnex are top holdings.
D3 returns to South Africa testing; Astral expands Theia drilling to 21 holes; Surefire plans 15m buy-back; Dalaroo copper hits 284 ppm; D3 flow tests pending.
Uber and Pony.ai plan 2,000 robotaxis across Europe, building on a Zagreb launch. CEO Khosrowshahi aims for top AV platform with a “super set of data.”
Laramide Resources (ASX:LAM) snapped up exploration licences in Sweden after the country ended its decades-long uranium mining ban, opening a new European supply source.
Trump ordered Hegseth to 'substantially reduce' Ulchi Freedom Shield starting Monday, 11 days of drills he called too costly and 'hostile' to North Korea.
One person died as Tropical Storm Lala hit Hawaii. Hawaiian Electric (HE) warned of weeks-long outages, raising concerns about repair costs and power restoration timelines.
NZ services PMI held at 50.6 in July, but employment at 48.5 signals a fragile recovery that could keep the RBNZ cautious on rate moves ahead.
Greenlane's 81.3M BERA tokens lost 77% of cost. Nasdaq's $5M MVLS rule, stayed pending review, could force delisting without a cure period. Shares need a 273% rally.
Soterion's SAP License Manager reached 100 FUE audits; legacy role designs overstate licensing needs about fourfold before ECC migration deadlines hit.
Three hedge funds added Taiwan Semiconductor shares in Q2 while two sold Broadcom. TSM up 41% YTD, AVGO down 8% in a week despite 48% revenue growth.
Alibaba's Qwen open-weight AI models surpassed 3 billion downloads in six months, outpacing Google and Meta. Developer adoption signals growing influence in the global AI race.
China moved its July economic data drop to 3:00 p.m. Beijing time, pushing the figures into the Asian afternoon and catching European markets at the open.
The CLARITY Act faces a five-week Senate recess gap after Thune filed cloture on Aug. 8. Supporters say the delay gives opponents time to organize before the Sept. 15 vote.
A BBB Foods director sold shares to cover tax withholding on option exercises, not a change in outlook. The discount grocer sees room for up to 12,000 stores in Mexico.