Analysts question if the $1,999 iPhone Duo has clear mainstream appeal beyond affluent adopters, though Apple is still projected to sell 6M units by year-end.
Micron offered Taiwan plant workers bonuses worth 35 to 68 months of pay to avert potential strike action after a banner fiscal year.
Berlin will urge UniCredit to keep Commerzbank listed in Frankfurt and protect jobs as the Italian lender prepares a takeover creating a €1.3T banking giant.
Britain's GDP rose 0.4% in July, beating expectations of flat growth, driven by strength in services and AI software development despite war headwinds.
German firms fear winter gas shortages as EU reserves sit at 67%. Soaring prices from Middle East tensions made storage injections unprofitable. Network operator Westnetz requested emergency contacts, while companies file briefs to avoid shut-offs and utilities brace for failures.
The White House delayed a decision on refined copper tariffs, balancing domestic mining incentives against inflation and higher manufacturing costs pre-midterms.
Apple entered the foldable smartphone market with the $1,999 passport-shaped iPhone Duo, featuring a 7.6-inch display, A20 Pro chip, and in-house C2 modem.
Indian EV maker Ultraviolette will invest $82M in a new Hosur plant, targeting 250,000 units annually to expand into the mass-market segment.
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.