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Moderna (MRNA) and Merck (MRK) announced Wednesday that their experimental melanoma therapy met the primary goal in a Phase 3 trial, with Moderna stocks nearly doubling in pre-market trading. The combination of Intismeran Autogene and Merck's Keytruda produced statistically significant

US equity markets declined on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 falling 0.69% to 7,691.76 and the Nasdaq Composite losing 1.33%, driven by a sharp selloff in technology and semiconductor shares as the 30-year Treasury yield climbed to 5.327%, its highest level since 2007. The Philadelphia Semiconductor

Sweden-listed H100 Group reported a pre-tax loss of 98 million Swedish kronor for the second quarter of 2026 and 253 million kronor for the first half of 2026. The losses were driven by a non-cash write-down attributed to Bitcoin's price decline during the period, according to the company's

Symbiotic, the collateral markets platform backed by Paradigm, Pantera Capital, cyber•Fund, and Coinbase Ventures, announced on August 19, 2026 the integration of Symbiotic Liquid Lane with Centrifuge, the leading tokenization and onchain asset management platform. The integration provides instant

Citi Investor Services launched Custody+, a suite of near- and real-time custody solutions designed to support always-on markets and institutional needs. The bank announced the platform following the U.S. rollout of its patented Single Event Processing technology, which now handles over 80% of

Broadcom closed at $380.00 on 18 August 2026, down 3.17%, after a 6% decline on 14 August that markets misattributed to AMD taking its Google TPU business. The actual catalyst was a Bank of America credit note published 14 August: analyst Tom Curcuruto downgraded Broadcom's issuer and bond rating, f

ISU Petasys reported Q2 revenue of 379.9 billion won and operating profit of 77.1 billion won, exceeding market forecasts as AI accelerator and switch sales expanded. Securities firms raised profit estimates citing production capacity growth and improved product mix. Meritz Securities

Blackrock maintains its investment case for bitcoin despite the cryptocurrency's 50% decline from its October 2025 all-time high of $126,300, attributing the drop to a positioning correction rather than a fundamental thesis breakdown. In a report titled 'Re-Underwriting Bitcoin,' the asset manager i

Edward Zimbardi, 59, of Flowery Branch, Georgia, appeared in federal court after Fijian authorities deported him to the United States on Aug. 14, working alongside the FBI and the State Department. Prosecutors charged him with 12 counts of wire fraud, 12 counts of money laundering, and one count of

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde warned Wednesday that Europe's post-war growth model is "eroding" and "unlikely to return to the form we once knew," speaking at the World Economic Forum's International Business Council in Geneva, Switzerland. Lagarde identified three weakening

Behavox opened an office in Milan following a 213% increase in European annual recurring revenue over the past two years, the London-headquartered compliance technology provider announced on 18 August. The company reported its customer base grew to more than 120 financial institutions,

Ripple raised $275 million in a senior note offering that closed on Tuesday to support the blockchain enterprise solutions provider's ongoing US business expansion into financial services. The senior unsecured notes were issued in a private placement by the company's non-bank prime brokerage, Ripple

Options Technology will add market data from CIX Trading's three venues to AtlasFeed before live trading begins on September 21. CIX is Canada's first new alternative trading system to launch in more than ten years and has received approval from the Ontario Securities Commission and the Canadian

KX appointed James Hollands as chief revenue officer on 18 August, giving him responsibility for global sales, demand generation and business development. The appointment follows KX's merger with OneMarketData, owner of OneTick, and the commercial launch of its KDB-X compute engine. Hollands joins a

Single-stock volatility in the S&P 500 spiked above 50 during July, exceeding the previous decade's average of roughly 32, while the index-level volatility gauge barely moved. The measure last reached 50 during the Trump tariff market disruption in April 2025 and previously only during the

Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate extended gains Wednesday as uncertainty over shipments through the Strait of Hormuz kept supply risks central to the oil market. Brent rose 26 cents to $91.28 a barrel in early Wednesday trade, while WTI gained 37 cents to $85.31, marking the fourth straight s

Gold traded at $4,359.58 an ounce at 7:37 a.m. GMT on August 19 ahead of the July Federal Open Market Committee minutes scheduled for August 19 at 2:00 p.m. ET, with markets pricing material risk of a September interest-rate increase. The Federal Reserve's July 28-29 meeting produced a 9-3 vote to h

Samsung Electronics raised prices on advanced foundry services by up to 15% amid surging AI chip demand that has left Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company fully booked. According to a Reuters report, Samsung increased prices in July on new orders for some advanced contract chipmaking services,

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse stated at the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium that the company is building a bridge between traditional finance and decentralized finance while rejecting claims that crypto is inherently anti-regulation. Garlinghouse cited Ripple's 75 licenses worldwide and a U.S. court

TradePMR by Robinhood has integrated with Artha, giving registered investment advisers a route from client account data in TradePMR's Fusion platform to scenario analysis, portfolio optimization, rebalancing, trading and tax-loss harvesting. The integration aims to shorten the distance between an ad