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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.

Jim Cramer says the storage-stock cycle has broken. SanDisk up 496% YTD, Micron up 208%. Gross margins hit 47-85%. He explains why the Club bought Micron.

Stripe is buying OpenRouter for over $7 billion, a deal that gives it control over model-switching infrastructure. Alphabet's CapitalG invested early, while competition for developer AI spend heats up.

Liquidators examine 235 transactions over $100,000 as dairy processor Mundella Foods collapses, leaving suppliers and staff unpaid. Director faces investigations.