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Gold steady near two-month high of around US$4,400 as traders weigh US Fed interest-rate path
Risk of monetary tightening remains as oil prices climbed after the US threatened to impose economic measures on IranPublished Mon, Aug 17, 2026 · 07:55 AM — Updated Mon,...
Skyrocketing beef prices finally have Americans reaching their spending limit
AARON Kaufman used to meet his lofty daily protein goals — a gram for each pound he weighs — with ground beef.Then in the spring the 32-year-old moved from...
Philadelphia Semiconductor Index likely to retreat after recent rally
THE Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) is a modified capitalisation-weighted index which tracks the performance of US-listed equities in the semiconductor sector. Following a strong rally in the second quarter...
Oil rises as US-Iran peace talks stall, Hormuz shipping slows
Published Mon, Aug 17, 2026 · 06:49 AM — Updated Mon, Aug 17, 2026 · 12:32 PM[NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE] Oil prices rose on Monday (Aug 17) as fading expectations of...
Crypto wallet provider SafePal discloses data breach affecting nearly 40,000 users’ order information
Published Mon, Aug 17, 2026 · 05:54 AMCRYPTOCURRENCY wallet provider SafePal on Sunday (Aug 16) disclosed a data breach that involved unauthorised access to about 39,798 customers’ order information,...
Emerging-market currencies cap best streak since 2024
Published Sun, Aug 16, 2026 · 08:16 PMEMERGING-MARKET (EM) assets rose on Friday (Aug 14) as a shift in the US interest-rate outlook added to bullish sentiment around artificial...
US$70 billion in ‘phantom liabilities’: Why bond traders are worried about AI firms’ credit backstops
How should investors gauge the probability that these off-balance-sheet contingencies will turn into on-balance-sheet problems?EVEN before Nvidia’s splashy US$500 billion financing partnership on Aug 11, investors were starting to...
Nvidia in talks to invest US$3 billion in SoftBank subsidiary for OpenAI data centre project: report
SB Energy, which is also backed by OpenAI, develops large-scale power and data centre infrastructure projectsPublished Sun, Aug 16, 2026 · 09:50 AMNVIDIA is in talks to invest as...
Anthropic revenue surges to over US$11.5 billion in Q2
Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 03:07 PM[NEW YORK] Anthropic is telling prospective investors its second-quarter revenue jumped at least 14-fold versus the same period a year ago, according...
Institutional investors reveal cautious approach to tech favourites in US quarterly 13F filings
Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 11:36 AM[PROVIDENCE] Institutional investors pulled back slightly from key stock market segments such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence infrastructure and mega-cap technology companies during...
