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The International Energy Agency says full implementation of China’s expanded rare earth export controls risks disrupting about $6.5 trillion of downstream production across automotive, high-tech, defence and energy sectors. Parallel planned controls on graphite could imperil roughly $300 billion of output. The agency highlights concentrated supply …
South Korean authorities are preparing measures to tighten rules on leveraged exchange-traded funds linked to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix following a severe market rout that regulators say has highlighted risks to investor protection and market stability. Officials are coordinating across the finance ministry, the Financial Services Commission…
SpaceX shares fell below their initial public offering price, dipping as low as $132.15 before closing at $135.27, a development that highlights the potential for further market turbulence when substantial insider and early investor lockups begin to lift in the weeks ahead. Despite the pullback, the company remains among the most valuable on Wall S…
Nvidia announced partnerships with Japanese firms including Fanuc and Yaskawa Electric to accelerate robotics and artificial intelligence development. CEO Jensen Huang said AI will make robots smarter, more adaptable and more accessible. His visit to Tokyo generated notable public interest and included meetings with executives from major chip suppl…
Molecular Partners AG has begun patient dosing in a Phase 2 trial evaluating MP0317 combined with chemoimmunotherapy for advanced cholangiocarcinoma. The randomized study is progressing well across nine sites, with data updates expected in 2027 and study completion in 2028. MP0317 targets the tumor microenvironment to potentially enhance treatment …
argenx announced it will report its half year 2026 financial results and provide a second quarter business update via a conference call and webcast on July 23, 2026. The company specializes in developing innovative antibody-based treatments for severe autoimmune diseases and plans to discuss progress on its current products and pipeline.
Xpeng Holdings' stock advanced 7.5% on Thursday following a report that the company intends to take its IRON humanoid robot to global markets by 2027 and aims for a monthly production capacity exceeding 1,000 units by the end of 2026. The rally was reinforced by the public unveiling of the Mona L03 SUV in Munich, a model positioned to drive volume …
Veea Inc. (NASDAQ: VEEA) announced the commercial availability of its VeeaONE distributed intelligence platform, a full-stack edge-to-cloud solution encompassing hardware and software. The platform enables hyperconverged, cybersecure AI infrastructure at enterprise sites by combining Veea middleware, certified third-party hardware, and cloud manage…
A sharp pullback in Asian chipmakers has injected volatility into regional markets, with South Korea’s KOSPI seeing large intra-day swings after steep drops in major suppliers. The sell-off has revived debate over whether massive AI-related capital expenditure can generate sufficient profits. Markets now focus on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing …
Authorities suspended an intensive search on Wednesday for three people missing after a triple-deck pontoon boat rolled over and sank near Alcatraz Island a day earlier. The incident left one person confirmed dead at the scene and multiple others rescued by nearby good Samaritans and emergency teams. The Coast Guard said hopes of finding additional…
The United States will levy a 25% tariff on certain imports from Brazil after a year-long Section 301 investigation concluded that Brazilian policies unfairly restricted U.S. commerce. The move, directed by President Donald Trump and announced by U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, follows unsuccessful negotiations on a range of issues and le…
Csquare, Inc. has set the price for its initial public offering at $21.00 per share for 50,000,000 common shares, a move that is expected to generate roughly $1.05 billion in gross proceeds before underwriting discounts and commissions. The company granted underwriters a 30-day option to buy an additional 7,500,000 shares at the same price, which w…
A growing number of Chinese households are falling behind on loans even as authorities encourage borrowing to lift domestic demand. Consumer defaults have reached unprecedented levels, with banks tightening lending standards and using loan restructurings to avoid immediate non-performing classifications. The trend poses risks for lenders concentrat…
Hyundai Motor will acquire SoftBank Group's remaining stake in Boston Dynamics, taking full control of the robotics firm as it seeks to commercialize humanoid robots and expand artificial intelligence capabilities. The transaction follows SoftBank's exercise of a contractual put option; financial terms were not disclosed. Hyundai said full ownershi…
Chinese President Xi Jinping will speak at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai as Huawei introduces the Atlas 950 SuperPoD, a large-scale AI computing cluster built from domestically produced Ascend processors. The gathering will serve both as a technology exposition and a forum for Beijing to promote its stance on AI governanc…
NVIDIA announced a strategic collaboration with leading Japanese robotics and manufacturing firms to advance physical AI technologies. The company introduced Cosmos 3 Edge, a new AI model optimized for NVIDIA Jetson edge platforms, enabling real-time vision reasoning and robot action prediction. Japan's top industry players intend to join the NVIDI…
BHP Group's stock slid after the company reported mixed fourth-quarter production results and faced its first significant industrial stoppage at Port Hedland in over 20 years. A strike by roughly 160-200 port and maintenance workers and a reduction in FY2027 copper guidance, coupled with lingering cost concerns from a prior potash project overruns,…
Asian equities fell broadly, led by a steep drop in South Korean semiconductor names that briefly halted trading on the KOSPI. Investors also reacted to a Bank of Korea rate hike and heightened geopolitical tensions around the Strait of Hormuz. Attention turned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co ahead of its quarterly report for clues on AI-r…
SK Hynix shares tumbled 11.3% to ₩1,847,000 after a broad overnight decline in U.S. chip stocks spilled into Asian semiconductor markets. The drop compounds volatile trading since the company’s July 10 Nasdaq listing, where leveraged single-stock ETFs have intensified intraday swings. Additional pressure came from a sharp fall in the stock’s U.S. A…
ERock is trading well below its IPO price despite a $1.3B order backlog and plans to expand manufacturing to 1.2 GW by end of 2026. The market has punished the name while it scales production and runs at a loss. If management can convert backlog into shipments and tighten margins, the valuation at $2.64B market cap looks recoverable. This trade buy…
IBM has finally given the market a clean reset after recent weakness. This trade idea lays out a measured, mid-term swing trade using defined entry, stop and target levels while arguing why IBM's services and software franchise can reprice higher over the next 45 trading days if catalysts line up.
Kuaishou Technology climbed 5.6% to HK$47.22 after UBS added the company to its China Global Equity Focus List with a 3% weighting. The move coincides with continued corporate buybacks, investor enthusiasm for Kuaishou's AI initiatives, and a stronger Hong Kong market that saw the Hang Seng index rise 1.8%.
U.S. forces said they completed a recent set of strikes on Iranian targets, ordered by President Donald Trump, that included facilities in Bandar Abbas and coastal sites on Greater Tunb Island. The military described hits on command centers, air defenses, missile and drone capabilities, and coastal surveillance installations. The actions come amid …
Standard Nuclear, Inc. has set the price of its initial public offering at $15.00 per share for 10,000,000 Class A shares. The offering includes a 30-day option for underwriters to buy up to 1,500,000 additional shares at the IPO price, and shares are slated to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on July 16, 2026, with the offering expecte…
South Korean equities plunged further on Thursday, with the KOSPI falling 7.2% as heavyweights in the semiconductor sector led broad selling. The Korea Exchange imposed a five-minute sidecar on program sell orders after KOSPI 200 futures declined more than 5% and remained at that level for at least one minute, bringing the index closer to the 8% dr…
