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According to Michigan's health department, Taco Bell's parent company Yum! Brands was contacted in early July regarding a cyclospora (parasitic infection) outbreak. Michigan's Department of Health and Human Services met with Yum! Brands on July 2 to discuss the cyclospora issue and requested connection with the company's supply chain quality assurance and communications teams. Taco Bell stated it promptly removed potentially affected ingredients from certain locations following Michigan's guidan

SpaceX will publish second-quarter results after the US market closes on Tuesday, Aug. 4, followed by a webcast at 4:30 p.m. ET, marking the company's first public earnings report since its June 12 IPO. On Aug. 6, up to 911.5 million previously restricted shares become eligible for sale. At the current stock price of $110.74, that tranche is worth approximately $101 billion. The company's shares have declined roughly 18% from the $135 IPO price.

According to Bitcoin News on X, Boltz has suspended its exchange services indefinitely following reports of increased AI-assisted attacks and multiple controlled exploits. While user funds remained secure due to Boltz's non-custodial design, dependent wallets including AquaBitcoin and BULLBITCOIN experienced service disruptions during alternative infrastructure deployment.

On Monday, August 3, the U.S. dollar fell against the Japanese yen during New York's close, dropping 0.35% to 156.85 yen, with intraday trading range between 157.88 and 155.23. The yen strengthened further in early Asia hours, with the pair briefly touching 155.23 before stabilizing near 156.50. Euro fell 0.52% to 180.59 yen, while British pound declined 0.73% to 210.725 yen, as yen demand intensified overnight.

According to Iran's military advisor Mohsen Rezaei, Iranian forces intensified unmanned drone and missile strikes against U.S. bases in recent days. Kuwait's American military facility sustained severe damage, and the U.S. base in Erbil was evacuated. U.S. commanders were relocated from Jordan to occupied territories. The developments prompted the U.S. Central Command to withdraw command and logistics support forces from the Strait of Hormuz strike zone.

On August 3, New York cocoa futures surged 9.38% to $5,903 per ton, gaining momentum throughout the session. London cocoa futures also climbed 9.05% in tandem, reflecting broad strength in the soft commodities complex.

According to Iran's state news agency FARS, Iran's Economy Minister Ali Madaniazad announced on August 4 that Iran has formulated an economic resilience plan lasting at least two years. The minister stated that Iran has developed contingency measures to address external challenges.

Bitcoin rebounded past $63,900 on Monday, August 3, following reports that Strategy completed its third bitcoin sale of 2026, offloading 1,638 coins between July 27 and August 2. Market data showed the intraday recovery lifted BTC's market capitalization to approximately $1.28 trillion, pushing total crypto market capitalization to $2.28 trillion. Derivatives liquidations totaled $82 million over 24 hours, with short positions accounting for $50 million. Meanwhile, Polymarket odds for the CLARIT

According to CBS on August 4, Iranian leadership appears to increasingly dismiss Trump's negotiating approach. After warning Tehran in April that "entire civilization will perish" without a ceasefire agreement, Trump subsequently extended the deadline. He repeated similar tactics in May and June, according to Iranian insiders. This pattern has reinforced Iranian leaders' assessment that Trump seeks negotiating leverage rather than military confrontation, leading them to believe they can withstan

According to the Financial Services Commission, Samsung Securities received a reduced penalty on August 3, removing a major obstacle to obtaining approval for commercial paper issuance (발행어음 인가) after 9 years. The regulator downgraded the penalty from a business suspension to an institutional warning, clearing the path for approval expected as early as September. Samsung Securities had applied for commercial paper business authorization in July 2025, but the review was suspended twice due to the

On Monday (August 3) at the New York close, CBOT corn futures rose 1.94% to $4.73/bushel, while wheat futures gained 1.92% to $6.5150/bushel. The Bloomberg Grains Index climbed 1.30% to 31.4812 points. CBOT soybean futures increased 0.40% to $11.9225/bushel, soybean meal rose 0.09%, and soybean oil gained 1.84%. Lean hog futures fell 1.41%, live cattle declined 0.10%, and feeder cattle dropped 0.14%.

According to ETH Zurich data based on German federal records, the Rhine River's water level at Kaub dropped to 24 centimeters on Monday (August 3), the lowest point since records began in 1880. The critical shipping channel for barge traffic to southern Germany and Switzerland has begun to disrupt transport of coal, fuel, and industrial commodities. The shallow water has forced barges to reduce cargo loads, pushing freight costs to their highest level since 2009. Diesel transport costs from Rott

According to Financial News Association data, South Korea's margin financing balance fell to 28.93 trillion won on August 3, down 3.22 trillion won from the previous trading day and marking the lowest level since late January. This represents a decline of approximately 10 trillion won from the historical peak of 38.63 trillion won recorded on June 24. The sharp contraction followed a 17.91% surge in KOSPI the previous day, during which individual investors recorded net selling of 10.38 trillion

According to Bloomberg, Morgan Stanley set a KOSPI target of 9,000 on August 3, 2026, upgrading its rating on Korean equities from neutral to overweight. The investment bank said the Korean index has 36% upside potential following the deleveraging cycle, with analyst Daniel K. Blake noting that the recent sell-off has cleared excesses. The KOSPI fell 5.12% to 6,257.45 that day, with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix leading declines of 8.76% and 8.79% respectively due to profit-taking after the p

According to court filings, 25 U.S. states have filed lawsuits challenging Trump's latest tariff policy. The legal action represents a significant coordinated effort among states to contest the administration's trade measures.

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) reached a record peak hourly load of 91.1 gigawatts on July 22, based on hourly grid monitoring data.

According to the U.S. Treasury Department, on August 4, the agency raised its borrowing estimate for the third quarter of 2026 to $739 billion, up $68 billion from May's projection, citing reduced net cash inflows. The Treasury assumes a cash balance of $950 billion at the end of September.

According to OpenAI, its next-generation model has achieved breakthroughs on 10 long-standing open problems in mathematics and theoretical computer science, with a computational cost of approximately $2,000 in token fees at GPT-5.6 Sol API rates. The breakthroughs span sphere packing, coding theory, group theory, quantum complexity, lattice cryptography, and extremal combinatorics, including proofs of non-sofic group existence and exponential improvements in high-dimensional sphere packing bound

Onshore Chinese yuan (CNY) fell to 6.7560 against the U.S. dollar early on August 3 at 03:00 Beijing time, down 35 pips from Friday night's close. Trading volume reached 39.099 billion USD.

According to Jin10, Iran's military advisor Mohsen Rezaei announced that Iran has canceled planned attacks on three Ukrainian targets following Ukraine's apology. Rezaei stated that Iran had originally prepared military operations against these specific targets but decided to call off the assault after the apology was received.