Trendly digest — 2026-07-31
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Excerpt from Bloomberg: “The UK’s approval of a new Chinese embassy in London was lawful, High Court judges have ruled in a decision that could mark the end of a long-running saga that’s strained Britain’s ties with China.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “From Korean stocks to US bonds, markets swings are turning more severe.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Investing in South Korea’s stock market has yielded huge returns this year, but it’s been a wild ride. Volatility on the benchmark Kospi Index has topped 60%, almost double that of Japan’s Nikkei 225. It’s even put the notoriously unstable cryptocurrency Bitcoin in the shade.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Chevron Corp. expects fuel-making margins to remain elevated as long as energy markets remain “under stress,” Chief Executive Officer Eimear Bonner said.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. narrowly missed profit forecasts despite soaring crude prices and widening fuel-making margins as the US-Iran conflict enters its sixth month.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “AI is dividing people not just over what the technology can do, but what kind of future they want to live in.”
Excerpt from TheStreet: “"The quality and value are phenomenal!"”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Tuesday’s primary will test whether the party’s left wing can win outside of safe Democratic districts.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Gen-Z protesters use the photo-sharing app’s reels like Molotov cocktails.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Singapore’s government took possession of founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s home, which has been at the center of a family feud, and plans to preserve the site as a national monument.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “MiniMax Group Inc. and ByteDance Ltd. released updates to their dueling AI video generation models within hours of each other, underscoring the aggressive advances that have made China the leader over the US in the burgeoning arena.”
Excerpt from TheStreet: “One shopper said they feel like "walking on clouds."”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Hong Kong’s economic growth slowed more than forecast last quarter, even as a global rush to invest in artificial intelligence turbocharges the city’s exports.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Ukraine struck one of Russia’s largest oil refineries, threatening to disrupt fuel supplies again as strikes on the country’s energy infrastructure resumed.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “A big week of earnings results for some of the world's most influential companies has been underscored by the global AI infrastructure buildout, tightening supply chains and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty. The Opening Trade spoke to CEOs and corporate heavy weights to get…”
Excerpt from TheStreet: “"This backpack is amazing!"”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “At least four climbers have died after a team of 10, including renowned mountaineer Nirmal Purja, went missing Thursday following an avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan’s Karakoram range.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “J Sainsbury Plc sold its Argos unit for little more than one-tenth of what the grocer paid for it in 2016, underscoring how much online rivals including Temu have transformed UK general merchandise retail.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “The Tokyo District Court ruled that hospitality sector company Shidax Corp.’s tender offer in 2023 to go private undervalued its shares, in one of the still-rare cases in Japan of financial tussles between companies getting resolved by legal authorities.”
Excerpt from TheStreet: “"Not a day goes by without them turning on."”
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Excerpt from TheStreet: “Every big vision eventually shows up on a balance sheet. Investors have spent the past year listening to Mark Zuckerberg describe a future in which artificial intelligence (AI) becomes personal, universal, and roughly as ordinary as electricity. The pitch has been consistent. It…”
Excerpt from TheStreet: “Coca-Cola's glass bottle has become one of the most recognizable pieces of packaging in history. PepsiCo has spent decades trying to create a similar connection with consumers. "Every consumer goods company wants to find a unique way to present itself to the public, and this…”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Gold fell as an intervention-driven rally in the yen stalled, helping the dollar snap a five-day run of losses.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “South Korea plans to inject 20 trillion won ($13.9 billion) into its sovereign wealth fund for strategic investments in AI, data centers and infrastructure, expanding its mandate to include domestic assets for the first time following a rout in technology stocks.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Anthropic PBC said its artificial intelligence models breached three organizations during cybersecurity tests that went awry, a little more than a week after its chief rival, OpenAI, disclosed a similar incident.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “The Spanish government has ordered an emergency military deployment to one of the country’s two North African enclaves after thousands of illegal immigrants entered in recent days.”
Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Amazon.com Inc. shares jumped after the company reported cloud-computing revenue accelerated for a fifth straight quarter, easing investors’ concerns that it won’t produce a return on huge expenditures to meet the booming demand for artificial intelligence.”
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