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Day Traders Hammered by Stock Market Slump Double Down in Taiwan automated-news
Day Traders Hammered by Stock Market Slump Double Down in Taiwan

For Dorian Hsu, Taiwan’s stock boom had looked like a chance to get ahead. The 33-year-old office worker poured his savings into stocks and borrowed $62,000 through an unsecured loan to double down on leveraged bets tied to the benchmark index.

05 Aug 2026
‘Sell America’ Debate Re-Emerges as US Policies Sow Doubts automated-news
‘Sell America’ Debate Re-Emerges as US Policies Sow Doubts

Global bond and currency investors are debating if it’s time to dust off last year’s ‘Sell America’ trade after a flurry of economic-policy decisions out of Washington over the past two weeks.

05 Aug 2026
Prabowo’s Radical Commodity Export Plan Faces Dueling Visions automated-news
Prabowo’s Radical Commodity Export Plan Faces Dueling Visions

More than two months after President Prabowo Subianto unveiled plans to take control of Indonesia’s top commodity exports, the agency charged with carrying out the proposal is caught between competing visions of its role in the economy’s most vital export industry.

05 Aug 2026
Glencore Eyes Australia Listing Within Months to Tap Pension Pot automated-news
Glencore Eyes Australia Listing Within Months to Tap Pension Pot

Glencore Plc will launch a secondary listing in Australia as soon as October as the mining giant seeks to tap new investment in the nation’s fast-growing A$4.4 trillion ($3.1 trillion) pension system.

05 Aug 2026
What We Know About Iran's Hormuz Agreement With Oman automated-news
What We Know About Iran's Hormuz Agreement With Oman

Iran said it reached an agreement with Oman on a proposed route for shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a potential step toward a reopening of the critical waterway for energy supplies. Bloomberg's Michael Heath breaks down what we know so far about the possible deal. (Source: Bloomberg)

05 Aug 2026
Japan’s Kishida On Growth Strategy and Yen Intervention automated-news
Japan’s Kishida On Growth Strategy and Yen Intervention

Joint US-Japan intervention has supported the yen for now, but isn’t a game-changer for the currency or the economy, Japan’s former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tells Bloomberg TV. (Source: Bloomberg)

05 Aug 2026
Bankers Kept in Dark on LIC’s Unusually Fast $3.3 Billion Deal automated-news
Bankers Kept in Dark on LIC’s Unusually Fast $3.3 Billion Deal

India’s plan to sell more shares in its insurance giant was no secret. But the government surprised the market by how much it raised and the pace of the deal.

05 Aug 2026
Asia shares ease on tech pullback, oil stable as Iran talks stay in focus - Reuters automated-news
Asia shares ease on tech pullback, oil stable as Iran talks stay in focus - Reuters

Asia shares ease on tech pullback, oil stable as Iran talks stay in focus Reuters

05 Aug 2026
SK Hynix Hit by Another 30% Pre-Market Flash Crash on Nextrade automated-news
SK Hynix Hit by Another 30% Pre-Market Flash Crash on Nextrade

Chip giant SK Hynix Inc. suffered its second short-lived share plunge in about a week, raising fresh questions about trading volatility on South Korea’s alternative stock exchange.

05 Aug 2026
Jack of All Trades: High Stakes SKORE 08.05.2026 Jack of All Trades
Jack of All Trades: High Stakes SKORE 08.05.2026

Eli Lilly reported $23 billion in revenue with Mounjaro at $9.9 billion, up 91%. Disney beat estimates as Toy Story 5 crossed $1 billion. After the bell, Sandisk and Western Digital each beat earnings and fell anyway. AppLovin dropped 21% on a genuine miss as its e-commerce ad ramp slowed.

05 Aug 2026
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