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Singapore Exports Surge 40.6% in July on Electronics Demand
- Singapore's exports surged 40.6% in July, driven by electronics demand, according to an Investing.com report.
Published Aug 17Source: Investing.com ↗
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Israel's Largest Crypto Broker Bits of Gold Reports Data Breach
- Tel Aviv-based Bits of Gold, Israel's largest crypto broker, said a hacker gained unauthorized access to a third-party data analytics network and accessed customers' names, national IDs, emails, phone numbers, IP addresses, bank account details and public wallet addresses, according to a Yahoo Finance report.
- The company said it quickly disconnected its systems from the information sources to prevent further damage, and that no funds, private keys, passwords, or credit and debit card codes were exposed.
- Bits of Gold said its findings indicate the hack was part of a broader global incident that hit other companies simultaneously.
Published Aug 17Source: Yahoo Finance ↗
IndustrialsLive Wire · AI-collected
OceanaGold to Acquire Ausgold for A$549 Million
- OceanaGold agreed to acquire Ausgold, owner of the Katanning Gold Project in Western Australia, via an Australian court-approved scheme of arrangement expected to conclude by December 2026, according to a Yahoo Finance report.
- Ausgold shareholders will be offered 0.03365 OceanaGold shares per Ausgold share (A$1.36 per share based on OceanaGold's August 14 close), with cash consideration also available up to a capped A$194 million pool; if completed, Ausgold shareholders would hold 6-8% of the enlarged company.
- Ausgold's board unanimously recommended the deal, and major shareholder Dundee, which holds 7.7% of Ausgold shares, signaled support; OceanaGold CEO Gerard Bond called the Katanning project an 'advanced, high-quality, low-capital, open-pit development asset.'
Published Aug 17Source: Yahoo Finance ↗
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Bitpanda Hit With Fine in Europe's First MiCA Enforcement Case
- Austrian crypto platform Bitpanda was fined by Austrian authorities in what is the first enforcement action under Europe's MiCA crypto regulation, according to a Yahoo Finance report.
- Austrian authorities said Bitpanda failed to submit a required cryptocurrency white paper at least 20 working days before publishing it, and circulated marketing communications before the white paper was published, violating MiCA rules.
- Bitpanda said it has since rectified the issue after Austrian authorities raised it and chose a 'swift, consensual conclusion' to the matter.
Published Aug 17Source: Yahoo Finance ↗
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Shein Loses UK Copyright Lawsuit Against Temu
- Shein lost its UK copyright lawsuit against Temu, a case that revolved around what Shein described as copyright infringement 'on an industrial scale' in 2023, according to a Yahoo Finance report.
- The case narrowed from 2,600 product listings to a handful centered on a 'Strawberry Nightdress' item sold on a Temu storefront; Judge Kelyn Bacon ruled Shein had only a non-exclusive licence to the photographs in question, not copyright title, and that Temu did not authorize any infringing copying.
- A Shein spokesperson said the company still considers it infringement 'on an industrial scale' and that Temu 'avoided liability in the U.K. simply because the servers supporting its U.K. website happen to sit in Ireland'; Temu's competition-law counterclaim against Shein remains ongoing.
Published Aug 17Source: Yahoo Finance ↗
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Harvard Endowment Discloses $2.2 Billion SpaceX Stake, Its Largest Single Position
- Harvard Management Co. disclosed a $2.2 billion stake in SpaceX in its 13F filing submitted last Friday, making it the largest single stock position in the endowment's quarterly securities filing, with total U.S. equity holdings of $4.3 billion; Harvard's endowment was valued at $57 billion as of June 2025, the last public figure, according to a Yahoo Finance report.
- SpaceX went public in June at $135 per share and finished Friday's session at $140, down 0.9% on the day, with a market capitalization exceeding $1.8 trillion; the University of California's investment arm separately reported a roughly $1 billion SpaceX position in a filing this week, according to Bloomberg.
- The windfall arrives at a difficult moment for U.S. university finances, amid cuts to federal research grants, a declining college-age population and sluggish returns elsewhere in university endowments.
Published Aug 17Source: Yahoo Finance ↗
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Groq Valued at $3.5 Billion in New Funding Round, Roughly Half Its Value Before Nvidia Deal
- AI chip startup Groq raised $350 million in funding at a $3.5 billion valuation, roughly half what it was worth nearly a year ago, before Nvidia struck a licensing deal with the startup and hired away much of its talent, according to a Bloomberg report via Yahoo Finance.
- The financing, set to be announced Monday, was led by a Dallas-based investor.
Published Aug 17Source: Yahoo Finance ↗
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L3Harris Replaces CEO Kubasik With Insider Sam Mehta After Conduct Investigation
- L3Harris Technologies named insider Sam Mehta as CEO, replacing Christopher Kubasik, following a conduct investigation, according to reports from Investor's Business Daily and Investing.com; shares retreated on the news.
Published Aug 17Source: Investing.com ↗
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Nvidia Cuts OpenAI Ohio Data Center Backstop From $250 Billion to Under $120 Billion
- Nvidia revised its financial backstop for a planned OpenAI data center campus in Ohio, reducing it from $250 billion to less than $120 billion, with a deal that could be signed as early as last weekend, according to a Wall Street Journal report cited by Yahoo Finance.
- Investors had pushed back on the scale of Nvidia's original commitment; the restructured arrangement has Nvidia backstop only the opening phase of the build-out rather than the full project, whose lease and construction debt guarantee would let it borrow more cheaply.
- The campus is being developed by SB Energy, a SoftBank subsidiary, as part of a planned 10-gigawatt project — potentially the largest data center campus ever built — with OpenAI having raised its projected computing infrastructure spending to around $750 billion through 2030; Nvidia is separately exploring a $3 billion investment in SB Energy.
Published Aug 17Source: Yahoo Finance ↗
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Madison Air to Buy Airflow-Technologies Company for $5.4 Billion
- Air-quality solutions provider Madison Air agreed to acquire an airflow-technologies company for $5.4 billion, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
- Madison Air said the acquisition will add to its portfolio of new products intended to help customers improve uptime, efficiency and productivity.
Published Aug 17Source: WSJ ↗
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Alibaba Sells Gaming Unit Lingxi Games to Trustar Capital for at Least $1.5 Billion
- Alibaba reached a formal agreement to sell its gaming unit Lingxi Games to Asian private-equity firm Trustar Capital for at least $1.5 billion, transferring its entire stake, according to an internal memo reviewed by Reuters and the Wall Street Journal, cited by Yahoo Finance.
- Lingxi CEO Zhou Bingshu, who sent the memo to staff, said the deal is 'part of Alibaba's overall road map to sharpen its strategic focus'; Zhou and Lingxi's management team will continue leading the company after the sale, which follows Alibaba's 2024 sales of stakes in Sun Art and Intime for a combined $2.6 billion.
- Guangzhou-based Lingxi is best known for 'Three Kingdoms: Strategy Edition,' developed with Japan's Koei Tecmo; the divestiture comes as Alibaba's Cloud Intelligence Group posted revenue of 41.63 billion yuan last quarter, up 38% year-over-year, with AI-related product revenue extending a streak of triple-digit growth.
Published Aug 17Source: Yahoo Finance ↗
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Datavault AI to Acquire CyberCatch in $94.5 Million All-Cash Deal
- Datavault AI agreed to acquire cybersecurity company CyberCatch, paying $3.53 per share for approximately 26.8 million common shares, replacing an earlier all-stock proposal from a May 2026 letter of intent, according to a Yahoo Finance report.
- The deal is structured as a court-approved plan of arrangement under British Columbia's Business Corporations Act and remains subject to board, stock exchange, regulatory and shareholder approvals; CyberCatch will operate as a Datavault AI subsidiary from its San Diego base, with founder Sai Huda leading it as president.
- Datavault AI plans to integrate CyberCatch's AI-powered compliance and cyber-risk platform, including its MARS-MABE encryption technology, into its Quantum Private Network GPU ecosystem.
Published Aug 17Source: Yahoo Finance ↗
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Argentina LNG Seeks RIGI Approval for $51 Billion Integrated LNG Project
- Argentina LNG applied to participate in Argentina's Large Investment Incentive Regime (RIGI) for an integrated LNG project valued at $51 billion over its lifetime, located offshore Río Negro in the Gulf of San Matías, according to a Yahoo Finance report.
- The project, sponsored by state-owned YPF, Italy's Eni and ADNOC's investment arm XRG, would convert natural gas from the Vaca Muerta formation into LNG for export via two floating LNG units with combined capacity of 12 million tonnes per annum, and would be the largest private investment in Argentina's history.
- YPF chairman and CEO Horacio Marín said joining the RIGI framework is 'a fundamental step toward advancing a project that will open a new chapter for Argentina as a global energy exporter.'
Published Aug 17Source: Yahoo Finance ↗
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Wison Engineering Wins $4 Billion EPC Contract for ADNOC Gas in Abu Dhabi
- Wison Engineering won a $4 billion EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contract for ADNOC Gas's RGD phase two project in Abu Dhabi, which the company said is the largest such contract in its history, according to a Yahoo Finance report.
- The contract covers construction of a new large-scale natural gas processing train and a 220kV switch station at the Habshan site, including gas pipelines, separation and condensate stabilisation units, and acid gas removal systems, intended to expand ADNOC Gas's processing capacity.
- Wison said it would manage the project through a combination of local operations in Abu Dhabi and an international supply chain, calling the award a landmark for its expanding Middle East operations.
Published Aug 17Source: Yahoo Finance ↗
FinancialsLive Wire · AI-collected
Druckenmiller's Duquesne Fully Exits 23 Stocks Including Micron, Intel in Q2 13F
- Stanley Druckenmiller's Duquesne Family Office fully exited 23 stocks and reduced 10 others in its Q2 2026 13F, including selling all 23,400 shares of Micron Technology and all 411,400 shares of Intel, according to a Yahoo Finance report.
- Micron shares more than tripled between the start of April and the end of June, and Duquesne's move followed that run-up; the fund also opened four dozen new positions and increased its stakes in 17 others during the quarter.
- In a May 2024 interview with CNBC, Druckenmiller said 'AI might be a little overhyped now, but underhyped long term.'
Published Aug 17Source: Yahoo Finance ↗
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Brookfield, La Caisse Close $6.5 Billion Acquisition of Canada's Boralex
- Brookfield Asset Management and La Caisse completed the acquisition of Canadian renewable energy company Boralex for around C$9 billion ($6.5 billion) including debt, a deal announced in March 2026 and carried out through a plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act.
- The purchasing consortium acquired all outstanding Class A common shares at C$37.25 per share in cash; La Caisse, previously Boralex's largest shareholder with about 15%, will hold a 30% stake following a post-closing investment, according to a Yahoo Finance report.
- Boralex's headquarters remain in Québec and the company will continue operating independently; its shares are expected to be removed from the Toronto Stock Exchange on or about August 17, with the investment intended to help fund its 2030 Strategic Plan.
Published Aug 17Source: Yahoo Finance ↗
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Salesforce Borrowed $25 Billion to Fund Buyback, Cut Fiscal 2027 Cash-Flow Growth Guidance in Half
- Salesforce entered a $25 billion accelerated share repurchase in March, the largest such deal in its history by its own description, funded with a $25 billion debt issuance; the buyback is part of a $50 billion authorization the board approved in February.
- The company received an upfront delivery of 103 million shares, about 80% of the total it expects to repurchase, and returned $27.5 billion to shareholders in a single quarter ($27.1 billion in repurchases plus $365 million in dividends) — more than its free cash flow for the entire prior fiscal year; diluted share count is down 10%.
- Reporting fiscal Q1 results in late May, Salesforce told investors its fiscal 2027 operating and free-cash-flow growth guidance would be cut roughly in half, reflecting the new debt's interest burden; Q1 operating cash flow was $6.7 billion, up only 3% year over year, while diluted EPS rose 52% to $2.42, aided by gains on strategic investments.
Published Aug 17Source: Yahoo Finance ↗
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Time Finance Shares Jump on £55.1 Million Buyout Offer
- Shares of Time Finance jumped after the company received a £55.1 million buyout offer, according to an Investing.com report.
Published Aug 17Source: Investing.com ↗
EnergyLive Wire · AI-collected
India's ONGC Secures U.S. License to Return to Venezuela Oil Projects
- India's ONGC, which holds a 40% stake in the San Cristobal oil project and an 11% stake in the Carabobo project in Venezuela, secured a U.S. license allowing it to resume activity after previously curbing operations amid U.S. sanctions, according to a Yahoo Finance report.
- The return could open access to over $500 million in outstanding dividends from ONGC's stakes in the two projects; the company is in talks with Venezuela's government on new partnership deals that could see it take over operatorship of San Cristobal.
- ONGC's finance director said the company's overseas arm, ONGC Videsh, now has 'full freedom' to pursue opportunities in Venezuela following the easing of sanctions-related constraints, per a Reuters report cited in the article.
Published Aug 17Source: Yahoo Finance ↗
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Argenx Shares Jump After Positive Phase 3 Results in Autoimmune Myositis Trial
- Argenx shares jumped after the company reported positive Phase 3 results in an autoimmune myositis clinical trial, according to an Investing.com report.
Published Aug 17Source: Investing.com ↗
ConsumerLive Wire · AI-collected
Shein Eyes Company Valuation of Around $25 Billion in Hong Kong IPO, Sources Say
- Shein is eyeing a company valuation of around $25 billion for its planned Hong Kong IPO, according to sources cited in an exclusive Investing.com report, down from earlier targets of $30-40 billion and later below $30 billion.
Published Aug 17Source: Investing.com ↗
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AstraZeneca Scraps Late-Stage Lung Cancer Trial After Data Setback
- AstraZeneca scrapped a late-stage lung cancer clinical trial after a data setback, according to an Investing.com report.
Published Aug 17Source: Investing.com ↗
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Nestle Looks to Develop New Products to Serve Users of Weight-Loss Drugs
- Nestle is looking to develop new products to serve users of weight-loss drugs, according to an Investing.com report.
Published Aug 17Source: Investing.com ↗
MacroLive Wire · AI-collected
Thailand Q2 GDP Grows 1.9%, More Than Expected
- Thailand's economy grew 1.9% in the second quarter, more than expected, according to an Investing.com report.
Published Aug 17Source: Investing.com ↗