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Zeotech signed a 2-year MOU with VINCI Construction to trial AusPozz metakaolin in low-carbon concrete. Independent tests show a 40% cement replacement rate with improved strength.

Securitize's first post-SPAC earnings missed badly: $14.4M revenue vs $20.6M consensus, $2.37 loss per share. Tokenized AUM still hit a record $4.3B.

Zerohash will refile its OCC trust bank charter application after the OCC returned the July filing. The company expects to submit a revised application this month, aiming for a phased rollout.

A shareholder seeks court permission to sue former ASX directors for alleged breaches over the failed blockchain CHESS overhaul. ASX already paid a $14.4M penalty for misleading the market.

Handtevy's ScanSafe lets paramedics and nurses scan medication vials using their own phones, verifying doses without wristbands or hospital registration. More than 10,000 medications checked in the first three months.

Tam Anh Research Institute and UNSW RNA Institute signed a deal to develop mRNA flu and personalized cancer vaccines, targeting lung and colorectal cancers in Vietnam and Asia-Pacific.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, 28, steps down to focus on family. Trump will keep her as an outside advisor. No successor named.

Jeff Dean is raising $1 billion at a ~$10 billion valuation for Discovery Loop, with Radical Ventures and Khosla Ventures leading the round.

Irv’s Burgers will sell its Roadside Burger for 80 cents on Aug. 26, marking 80 years since the Route 66 stand opened in West Hollywood. The chain is also donating to food banks in Los Angeles and Las Vegas and giving away free burgers for a year.

S&P 600 returned 22.8% YTD vs S&P 500's 12.5%. Forward PE at 15x, a middle ground. Analyst earnings forecasts show a pattern of early optimism then revision.

The government sees no grounds to intervene in the Tata Sons leadership crisis as shares fall. A former corporate affairs secretary warns succession pick will test India's global credibility.

Retailers from IKEA to Ben's Cookies are ditching mega-malls for neighbourhood strips as rents soar and commutes lengthen, reshaping India's urban retail map.