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The dollar rallied to a one-week high after US strikes on Iran boosted safe-haven demand. Oil jumped, risk assets fell. Here's the macro transmission chain.
SEBI now allows NSDL and CDSL to spend 5% of IPF interest income on investor education. The move shifts the fund from passive buffer to active outreach tool.
Diriyah Co. contained a fire at a construction site on July 7 with no injuries. The cause and damage remain undisclosed. Operations continue.
India's competition regulator cleared the merger of Malabar Group entities, strengthening the jewelry chain's market share and supply chain.
Saudi Arabia condemned Iran's attack on two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. The incident adds risk premium to crude as insurance costs rise and supply tightens.
Vanguard's July 6 job posting for a Head of Digital Assets inside Personal Wealth signals a deeper crypto push, with the role covering tokenization, stablecoins, custody, and blockchain operating models.
US retaliatory strikes on Iran after attacks on commercial ships threaten to undo the ceasefire that had reopened the Strait of Hormuz, lifting oil prices 2.9%.
Saudi Tadawul Group attracted over $130 billion in foreign investment over the past decade, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Nayef Al Athel said. The capital market has deepened after ownership rules were eased and MSCI inclusion drove passive flows.
Nearly 80% of Bitcoin supply is held long-term as analyst Matthew Hyland sees a repeating four-year pattern marking the end of a hostile macro environment.
Nifty 50 companies face cost pressure that keeps Q1 profit growth muted. HDFC Bank, Infosys, and Wipro carry mixed to moderate Alpha Scores. The earnings season will test margins.
India’s Index of Services Production debuts July 14, covering 13 sectors with a 2024 base year. Health and education are excluded. The new gauge aims to sharpen GDP nowcasting alongside factory output data.
The rupee strengthened 43 paise to 94.97, its best session in three weeks. Lower crude prices and foreign fund purchases drove the move, traders said.
Naver and KAI will develop a defense-specific AI foundation model and apply it to unmanned aircraft and next-generation air combat systems as Seoul pushes for tech self-reliance.
Software demand is not finite. LLMs are not replacing engineers; they are raising the ceiling on code output. Hiring is up, and big tech benefits.
Apple taps AI freelancers for prompt engineering and model fine-tuning, avoiding full-time hires. The shift signals AI is moving from experiment to production.
Atkins-led SEC will propose safe harbors for token sales, exchange capital rules, and on-chain custody standards. A public comment period follows before final rules later in 2026.
Mapletree Logistics Trust and CapitaLand Ascendas REIT, two of three blue-chip REITs that lagged the STI by 18% in 1H 2026, delivered negative returns; the operational picture tells a steadier story.
Farage resigned as MP after multimillion-dollar crypto donations drew scrutiny. The by-election will test voter tolerance for opaque political funding.
Three proposed rules would set exemptions for token offerings, custody rules for broker-dealers, and a path for exchanges to trade crypto under the Securities Act.
Brightstar Resources reports visible gold in deep Two Mile Hill drill holes at Sandstone. Assays pending will determine if the infill program lifts resource confidence ahead of the 2H CY26 PFS.
Microsoft warns that hidden instructions in MCP tool descriptions let attackers hijack AI agents in banking. Moody's cut credit memo time from 40 hours to two minutes — but security lags.
Santiment data shows 86 large transactions on LIT token in days, a six-month high. Mantle's TVL surpasses $1B with stablecoin supply up 120% YoY.
Maddy and Drew Olson built their own home for $209,000, keeping their mortgage under $900 a month. They acted as general contractor and did most of the work themselves.
Microsoft will cut 4,800 jobs across sales and Xbox, offering most US employees up to 39 weeks' base pay. The restructuring shifts resources toward AI and cloud computing.
Kalshi contract puts odds under 30% for an OpenAI stake this year. Quantum stocks like D-Wave (QBTS) see odds above 60% after government grants.
RBC Capital raised its price target on Rackspace Technology to $4 after a Q1 revenue beat and AMD partnership details. The stock has surged 569%. The AI cloud ramp starts late 2026.
SAC Health bought a former Rite-Aid building in Victorville for a clinic serving Medi-Cal patients, bridging a 40-mile care gap. Renovations will take roughly two years.
The CFTC says a North Carolina man stole $14 million from 60 investors through a fake crypto trading pool. No criminal charges have been filed yet.
ResMed sells MatrixCare at a 35% discount to its 2018 purchase price. The divestiture marks a failed expansion and raises questions about capital allocation.
ConocoPhillips stock stands below its February 2022 level as Brent crude hovers near $80. Q2 earnings are the next catalyst that could break the drift.