Trump stated the war with Iran should end immediately after the November US midterms, while threatening strikes on Iran's fortified Pickaxe Mountain site.
Driven by severe Russian fuel deficits from drone strikes, Belarusian refiners saw 10-year high profits as gasoline flows to Russia surged 25-fold.
The US DOJ is investigating whether Nvidia structured its $17B licensing deal and hiring of Groq executives to bypass federal antitrust scrutiny.
The ECB is expected to raise rates by 25 bps to 2.50% to counter inflation fears fueled by the Iran war and oil prices pushing back above $100 per barrel.
Alphabet's Google will invest over €13B ($15.1B) in Finnish data centers and clean power by 2028, marking its largest single infrastructure bet in Europe.
Samsung and TSMC committed to ASML's $400M High NA EUV tools, joining Intel to adopt 12-inch photomasks that could lift machine productivity by 40%.
Meta launched Muse, an AI agent capable of sending emails and making payments, despite internal tests revealing data security flaws and reliability glitches.
GE Aerospace agreed to buy castings supplier CPP for $11.75B in cash and debt to ease supply chain bottlenecks and boost commercial jet engine production.
Deutsche Bank shares climbed 0.59% to €35.74 on the Xetra exchange, outperforming a flat DAX to mark a fresh 52-week peak. Over 2.1 million shares traded, bringing free-float market value to €66.75B. In its latest fiscal year, the Frankfurt lender posted €5.50B in revenue and €3.39B in profit.
The Ethereum Foundation named FOCIL and Frame Transactions for its Hegotá upgrade to bolster censorship resistance and native account abstraction.
Billionaire Bill Ackman sold his stake in Alphabet and bought shares of Netflix, seizing an opportunity as the streaming stock sits 42% below its peak.
Novo Nordisk reported that 40.4% of children aged 6 to under 12 treated with semaglutide were no longer obese after 68 weeks in its STEP Young trial
UBS now requires graduate trainees and interns in its banking and markets division to prove AI literacy in interviews to boost productivity and efficiency.
Chip Wilson and his wife of 20+ years are divorcing without a prenup, leaving his $6.1B fortune and near-$1B Lululemon stake subject to division under BC law.
Saudi Arabia's PayTabs agreed to a $100M deal to acquire Amazon Payments MENA, boosting combined processing volume to over SAR 150B annually.
Japan revised Q2 annualized GDP growth up to 1.4% on improved capex, reinforcing market expectations that the Bank of Japan will hike rates next week.
Emirates will add a second daily A380 on its Dubai–Singapore route in October 2026, replacing a 777-300ER to boost capacity amid delayed Boeing 777X deliveries.
The Bank of Japan is leaning toward a standard 25-basis-point rate increase to 1.25% next week, avoiding a larger 50-bp shock while keeping future options open.
Sweden will purchase around 10 Lockheed Martin HIMARS rocket systems for $729M, with deliveries starting in 2027 and local ammunition production via Saab.
Ahead of a planned summit between Xi and Trump, several Chinese producers halted US rare earth exports over fears of Beijing's retaliation for complying with RMI standards.
Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin stated that China now drives global oil markets over OPEC, stabilizing prices by cutting imports by 5.5M bpd using its massive reserves
Deutsche Bank now expects the ECB to hike rates by 25 bps in December as well as September, lifting its projected terminal rate to 2.75% amid energy risks.
Tesla rolled out paid Cybercab robotaxi rides in Austin, Texas, prompting NHTSA to audit whether the pedal- and steering wheel-free EVs meet federal safety standards.
Israel's Rafael and Lower Saxony are set to sign a deal to repurpose VW's Osnabrück plant for Iron Dome parts, saving around 2,000 jobs.