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According to monitoring by Beating, DeepSeek's V4-Pro price increase now aligns with Zhipu's GLM-5.3 launch, with peak-hour token costs converging. GLM-5.3 charges 8 yuan per million tokens for input and 28 yuan for output, while V4-Pro costs 9 yuan and 27 yuan respectively, narrowing the pricing gap. In direct performance comparisons across nine benchmarks, GLM-5.3 outperforms V4-Pro in seven categories, including DeepSWE (66.9 vs 62.7), Agents' Last Exam (28.5 vs 25.7), and HLE with Tools (62.

According to Korea Exchange, Hyundai Motor rose 8.36% to 453,500 Korean won on August 14 on expectations for Genesis GV80 hybrid launch and strong auto export performance. The automaker is set to debut the GV80 hybrid—Genesis brand's first hybrid model—next month. Hyundai and Kia's hybrid sales reached 353,668 units in the first half, up 25% year-over-year. Analysts expect the supply chain disruptions that hampered high-margin vehicle production in the first half to ease in the third quarter, en

According to LG Electronics' half-year report released on August 14, the company's retail shareholder count surged to 1.227 million as of June 30, jumping from 511,000 at year-end 2025—a gain of 716,000 shareholders in six months. The milestone reflects increased individual investor interest driven by LG's expansion into robotics and AI data center cooling solutions, as well as expectations around its collaboration with Nvidia. LG's stock price rose from the 80,000-90,000 Korean won range in Jan

According to Reuters, Apple has trained a large language model for China with support from Alibaba, according to three people familiar with the matter. The Cyberspace Administration of China registered Apple's generative AI service in July 2026, clearing the way for Apple Intelligence to launch on Chinese iPhones in the coming months. Apple will use Alibaba's Qwen model and technology from Baidu alongside its self-trained proprietary model. The arrangement reflects China's regulatory requirement

According to Jerusalem Post, on August 14, the U.S. Central Command spokesman Tim Hawkins denied reports that military leadership was pushing for a new military strike against Iran. Hawkins told the outlet that claims that CENTCOM Commander Brad Cooper was advocating for a new round of strikes were "completely fabricated and simply not factual."

France's July consumer price index (CPI) year-over-year rate came in at 2.1%, matching the consensus forecast and remaining unchanged from the preliminary reading of 2.10% released earlier.

France's July harmonized CPI monthly rate came in at 0.6%, matching market expectations and holding steady from the previous month's 0.60%.

France's harmonized consumer price index (the country's primary inflation measure) came in at a year-on-year rate of 2.4% for July, matching both the market forecast and June's reading.

According to Courthouse News Service, the Wall Street Journal filed a motion Wednesday afternoon to dismiss the defamation lawsuit brought by Binance over reporting on alleged compliance violations and sanctions breaches. The WSJ argued in its motion that Binance failed to prove the publisher acted with actual malice when publishing the reports. Binance claimed the articles were false because it had issued denial statements to the publication, but the newspaper contends that mere denials are ins

According to BlockBeats reporting on TradingBeats monitoring data, on August 14, whale address 0x1829 realized its first significant trading loss after a series of 20 successful storage trades. The whale bought SK Hynix (SKHX) at an average price of $1,909 on June 22 and added positions at $1,685–$1,775 the following day, accumulating 558.75 shares with a consolidated average cost of $1,810.43, totaling approximately $1.012 million in capital deployed. SKHX declined steadily afterward. On July 2

According to Polymarket and Business Insider on August 12, prediction market users had detected risks tied to Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund before its capital crisis became public. The probability of "yes" votes on Polymarket's "AI bubble collapse" contract surged to approximately 20% by July 27, two days before reports that Aschenbrenner's fund faced fundraising challenges. The hedge fund, which had suffered significant losses in late July due to AI stock volatility, saw its crisis widely

According to Yonhap Infomax, on August 14, executives from HD Hyundai, TerraPower, and Hyundai E&C met in Seoul to accelerate commercialization of sodium-cooled fast reactors (SFR-based SMRs) in the U.S. market. The meeting—the first time all three chief executives convened since signing a cooperation agreement in May—focused on advancing land-based reactor commercialization. HD Hyundai targets annual production of 2-3 reactor vessels and plans preemptive manufacturing facility investments. The

According to Coindesk, index provider MSCI launched a consultation on August 14 that could exclude so-called "non-operating companies" from its global investable market indices, potentially affecting firms like Strategy and Metaplanet. The proposed rules employ a two-step screening: companies must derive over 50% of total assets from operating assets, and must meet at least four of five specified financial ratios. Failure on both criteria would disqualify a company from index inclusion. If appli

According to Burry's Thursday portfolio update, the 'Big Short' investor's current short exposure rivals or exceeds his 2020 positioning, but he is deliberately avoiding CoreWeave due to its 'meme vibe' and short squeeze danger. Burry replaced losing SOXX put options with a larger QQQ put position representing 6% of his portfolio, retained puts on Nvidia and Palantir, and increased his Micron short. His outright SOXX short remains his largest bearish position at approximately 7%. Despite critici

According to SK Securities' half-year report filed on August 14, the company reported net profit of 335 billion won in Q2, representing a 160.4% increase year-over-year from 128 billion won in the same period last year. The improved performance was driven by higher brokerage fees amid increased domestic stock trading volumes and increased proprietary account management revenue. For the first half of 2026, accumulated net profit reached 568 billion won, up 414 billion won compared to 155 billion

According to Yonhapnews, Yuhan-Kimberly reported Q2 results on August 14, with consolidated revenue of 639.4 billion Korean won (up 10.4% year-over-year) and operating profit of 66.9 billion Korean won (up 34.1% YoY), beating market consensus. License revenue surged 130.5% to 58.9 billion Korean won in Q2, accounting for 55.2% of total revenue growth and driving the strong earnings beat.

According to Gate's market data, South Korea's KOSPI Index rose 11.5% this week, reversing a seven-week consecutive decline.

According to Yonhapinfomax, on August 14, Ottogi posted Q2 consolidated revenue of 943.8 billion won and operating profit of 45.3 billion won, up 4.6% and 0.3% respectively year-over-year. For the first half of 2026, the South Korean food company reported cumulative revenue of 1.899 trillion won and operating profit of 104.6 billion won, up 4.2% and 2.0% respectively. Overseas revenue reached 220.5 billion won, accounting for 11.6% of total sales, up 0.8 percentage points from the prior year per

France's July CPI month-on-month final reading will be released shortly. The data release is expected to provide key insights into the country's inflation trajectory.

According to Jin10 Futures, the CFETS-NEX RMB liquidity sentiment index reported 48 as of 2:30 p.m. on August 14, up 1 point from the morning session. Breakdowns across institutional segments showed: large banks at 47 (up 1), mid-sized banks at 49 (up 1), and non-bank institutions at 47 (up 1), all gaining 1 point respectively.