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BHP dividend yield of 3.36% is below its 5-year average of 6.86%. Xero price-sales ratio of 9.25x is half its 5-year median of 18.65x. Both trade at discounts to their own history.
Japan's manufacturing PMI hits 55.1, Brent tops $94.50 on Iran sanctions, the Riksbank holds, and US equities slide. Friday's flash PMI prints will show if the slowdown is a blip or a trend.
The FMA fined Bitpanda €70K for late white paper submission and premature marketing. We tested all 972 ESMA-registered white papers — 10% were unreachable.
A ₹28,000 crore debt sale tests demand after hawkish RBI minutes and a crude spike pushed yields to a two-month high. Traders see sufficient auction bids.
Only seven ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz Thursday, down from 14, as U.S.-Iran tensions disrupt global crude flows. WTI holds above $84, Brent near $93.
Bessent's buyback plan swaps duration risk for liquidity risk. Dealers absorb T-bills. Cash drains from repo. The 2019 plumbing failure is a template.
Akeso received Chinese regulatory clearance to start a Phase I trial of AK157D1, a B7-H3-targeting ADC in advanced solid tumors, and plans combination studies with its bispecific antibodies ivonescimab and cadonilimab.
A teenage friend who builds a company may predict your own entrepreneurship decades later, new research finds. Formal ventures matter more than freelance work.
Upstox ranks 5th in active clients, wins GIFT City nod for international stock trading. IPO of $350-400M may include fresh shares and OFS.
Below-normal rain from August 20 to September 2 threatens India's kharif crop and food inflation, with the southward belt shift offering only partial relief for Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
63% of Americans say the Trump family shouldn't profit from crypto while he's president, a Reuters/Ipsos poll finds. The survey followed a disclosure of $1.4 billion in crypto-related income.
Unitree's Wang defines the ChatGPT moment as a robot completing about 80% of tasks in unfamiliar homes; he sees it in 2-3 years, or as many as 10.
Total liquidations exceeded $3 billion in 18 hours. Shorts accounted for 92% of the volume. Treasury buyback expansion and a White House summit triggered the fastest concentrated squeeze of 2026.
Treasury yields pushed back up to 4.704% after the debt buyback plan. The real test is whether this signaling effort can work without a change in the structural drivers.
The US DoE awarded $500M to seven critical mineral projects. Lilac Solutions got $100M to scale its DLE technology in Utah, with direct implications for Lake Resources' Kachi project in Argentina.
ERCOT proposes requiring Bitcoin mines and data centers to bid into real-time power markets, replacing voluntary curtailment with automatic price-based penalties.
The Cato Institute's Adam Michel put a $200 trillion price tag on democratic socialism. The real problem: the policies would destroy the tax base needed to pay for them.
CZ says countries can sell tokenized shares to global investors. Under OECD rules, small stakes may count as portfolio flows rather than FDI.
Telix revenue up 22%, Zip guides to $340M cash EBTDA. HotCopper buzz also centers on Liontown, American Tungsten funding, and BrainChip's IBM bundle.
Vance says Iran felt more pressure than the U.S. in recent weeks. Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains a fraction of pre-war levels.
Upbit delayed the 13:00 KST listing of BICO, BMT, NIL and GWEI by three hours. Liquidity checks could push trading further. Each token gets one BTC and one USDT pair.
Crude falls despite US threat of 'toughest sanctions' on Iran. Bessent says maximum pressure avoids military conflict, removing war premium from oil prices.
Prabha Narasimhan promoted to EVP Marketing Asia-Pacific; Manish Anandani returns from Kenvue to lead Colgate-Palmolive India as MD & CEO.
Staff fraud is only 8% of total bank fraud cases but likely much higher in value. Banks need automated red-flag rules and behavioural analytics to catch insiders who exploit CBS architecture.
Binance's Agent OS and MCP Server give AI apps controlled access to market data and trading functions, with user-permission limits and no external withdrawals.
BHP copper overtakes iron ore; Rio Tinto boosts productivity spend. CSL, AGL, and mining giants shift focus to critical minerals. Sector performance reflects the repositioning.
HMRC sent 81,172 crypto tax warnings in 2025/26, up 25% from 2024/25. The nudge letters target undeclared gains from earlier years.
Goop founder posts fake invitations for Shrek, Jessica Rabbit after critics call 'off-the-record' dinner tone-deaf. Paltrow has invested in AI startups.
Two Binance employees detained in the UAE have been cleared and released after answering questions about third-party fund flows. The exchange says the inquiry was routine.
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse cites a survey estimating 67 million US crypto holders, arguing the industry has gone mainstream. The figure, roughly 25% of adults, signals policy and market shifts ahead.