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A heat dome building across the central and eastern US threatens power grids and travel as AAA forecasts 72.2 million travelers for the Fourth of July weekend.
Vedanta's three listed units shed up to 8% Monday as crude slipped below $70 and iron ore fell on Chinese steel output decline. Traders cited OPEC+ positioning; Nifty Metal down 2.5%.
Apple's Services margin hit 74% in the June quarter, adding 38 basis points to consolidated gross margin for every point of revenue mix shift. The stock trades at 31 times earnings as the iPhone 16 launch looms.
MANSA's USDT liquidity rails combine with Esca's local execution to cut prefunding and settlement lag in Nigeria and Ghana. Regulatory exposure in Nigeria remains unaddressed.
Selig warned Illinois' 0.2% crypto tax could disadvantage residents and firms. Brokers outside the state may also need to register and collect the levy from Jan 2027.
Angel One shares rose 1% after June metrics showed client funding up 44% YoY to ₹6,783 crore and a recovery in gross additions to 0.45 million.
The rupee rose to 95.16 per dollar in early trade Friday. Traders said strong importer dollar demand and RBI's reserve-rebuilding focus cap further upside.
The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) has officially endorsed the CLARITY Act. This makes it the first major law enforcement organization to publicly support the crypto
Coal India's June coal supplies rose 7.5% y-o-y to 65.8 mt, power plant deliveries up 5.9%. Flat stock suggests seasonal uptick priced in. Monsoon impact on mining is the next watch.
eToro invested $12.5M in on-chain perpetuals exchange Extended and will integrate it into its Zengo wallet. The move comes as eToro's crypto profit dropped 72% in Q1. The integration tests whether self-custody derivatives can attract mainstream users.
Tobias Adrian warns that automated settlement removes traditional buffers, pushing risk to platforms and code. Banks and regulators still lack common standards for tokenized markets.
IMD orange alerts for Mumbai and Nainital, yellow for Delhi and Kolkata. Monsoon covers most of India. Impact on agriculture and infrastructure sectors.
San Francisco Fed's Daly warned AI and inflation uncertainty cloud the rate outlook, delaying rate cuts and splitting equity sectors. Here's the chain of impact.
Adani Enterprises upsized its QIP to ₹15,000 crore and drew 3.8x bids. Domestic funds led the subscription. The capital eases near-term refinancing pressure for the flagship.
Khamenei's funeral caps a 2026 war cycle that sent BTC above $68K. Post-ceremony speeches and Tehran's power signals the next catalyst for crypto volatility.
CeFi lending fell 6% in Q2 while Aave recorded its strongest wallet growth since Oct 2021. Stablecoin supply on Solana hit $16.6B. If the rotation holds, DeFi inflows may follow in Q3.
arXivLabs enables collaborators to build and share new features on arXiv, reinforcing values of openness and community. The platform invites project ideas.
GPT-4 parsed 87% of 19th-century British trade tables into structured panel data. The systematic failures on multi-level headers create a precision-recall trade-off.
BHP's 60% FY26 rally was fueled by record copper prices and strong iron ore demand. The Alpha Score of 66 points to moderate upside. Read the catalyst brief.
Pursuit Minerals started diamond drilling at the Mito tenement, targeting a brine-bearing conductive system the company's reprocessed geophysical data found at depths past one kilometre. The hole could expand the 1.264 Mt LCE resource.
Carney's pipeline deal with Alberta and BC could unlock $30B in exports, alter Bitcoin mining costs, and boost tokenized carbon credits. Here's the energy-crypto link.
Fertiliser makers feel the first squeeze from a deficit monsoon, while seed companies see delayed impact. The next sowing report will show acreage shifts.
Insulet's Omnipod automation drives recurring revenue. Low pump penetration fuels growth. After a 44% pullback, valuation suggests 60% upside. Alpha Score 15/100 labels the stock Weak.
Friday's Wordle answer is BATON. The puzzle took four guesses. Plus a bonus custom Wordle and the word's Old French origin.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Trump's $1.4B in crypto income is not a problem. The remark raises questions about conflict-of-interest oversight as the White House sets digital-asset policy.
NYT’s Alpha Score of 47 of 100 lands in the Mixed bucket. A sub-50 reading is not a bearish call. Watch digital sub growth and print ad decline for the next signal.
Global crude is at four-month lows, but Indian petrol and diesel prices haven't budged. The minister says OMCs are still using costlier crude stock. Two to three months of low prices could change that.
DRAM spot prices have fallen 20% since March, hitting Seagate's memory segment. But the exposure is smaller than the market assumes. Earnings in late July will decide the next move.
A long investor lays out five reasons for staying bullish on the S&P 500, from earnings beats to AI capex. The thesis hinges on rate cuts and consumer resilience.
RBI told an Indian parliamentary panel that crypto should not be legalised, citing terror funding risks. ICAI backed a comprehensive law. The committee's study continues.