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French investment bank Natixis forecast on January 15 (local time) that Moody's will downgrade France's sovereign credit rating from Aa3 to A1 at a scheduled review on January 23. The forecast came from Natixis economist Adrien Camatte and rates strategist Théophile Legrand in a report released on J

The KOSPI declined to the 5,500 level one week before the October monetary policy committee meeting, prompting Seoul bond market participants to assess the impact on domestic demand outlook and future rate hike trajectory. The stock market correction occurred amid an already ongoing tightening

NVIDIA (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang shared in a podcast interview released on October 14 the difficult process of trying to contact TSMC founder Morris Chang in the early 1990s, including looking up the number in a Yellow Pages directory, leaving multiple messages without receiving a callback, and ultimately getting a response by letter. On October 15 of the same week, TSMC (TSM) announced that its third-quarter 2026 net income had increased 69% year over year to NT$763.1 billion, a record high. Jens

As of the U.S. stock market close on Oct. 15, 2026, Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL) traded at $86.97, up $7.42, or 9.33%, on the day, with trading volume of approximately 15.99 million shares, significantly above the average daily volume of 13.19 million shares. The intraday trading range was $75.27 to $87.76. The opening price of $75.27 was below the previous close of $79.55, indicating that the day’s gain mainly came from a sustained intraday rise. During after-hours trading, CRCL edged dow

Ant Group's inclusionAI released the Ling-3.1-flash model weights under the MIT License on the Hugging Face platform on Oct. 14. Ling-3.1-flash uses a 560B hybrid linear MoE architecture, with 25 billion active parameters per token and a context window of up to 1 million tokens. Ling-3.1-flash Release Schedule: Launched on Sept. 30, Two-Week Free Trial Ling-3.1-flash was first launched on Sept. 30, 2026, with a two-week free API trial. During the trial period, the service was limited to a 256,00

A Polymarket trader who bet Tesla's new Roadster would achieve flight logged an unrealized gain of approximately 900% after the company demonstrated the vehicle flipping through the air on Oct. 15. The trader's position, built with about $19,000, reached a value exceeding $190,000 following the demo

The U.S. has become a net importer of Bitcoin for the first time since 2022, according to a Chainalysis report. Institutional investors are continuing to purchase Bitcoin while retail investors have become net sellers, marking a shift in market demand dynamics. This change follows the launch of

South Korean Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lee Hyung-il attended G20 and G7 finance ministers' meetings in Bangkok on May 15 (local time), calling on G20 members to strengthen supply chain resilience and invest actively in artificial intelligence and future growth drivers. Lee

Household M2 (broad money supply) in South Korea fell 2.0% year-over-year in August, marking the largest decline since statistics began in 2003, according to Bank of Korea data released October 16. The consecutive declines from June through August represent the only periods of year-over-year

At 22:00 Beijing time on October 17, 2026, Matchweek 7 of the Premier League will feature a highly lopsided matchup at the Etihad Stadium, with defending champions Manchester City hosting Ipswich Town. According to data from the Gate event market, Manchester City have approximately an 80% chance of winning, Ipswich Town approximately an 8% chance, and the probability of a draw is approximately 13%. This probability distribution is not a subjective judgment but a price signal generated through tr

Alibaba’s workplace AI assistant QwenWork released its e-commerce version on Oct. 14 and opened it to invited users for testing. It is designed for cross-platform sellers who sell products on multiple platforms simultaneously. Its main features include a cross-platform operations dashboard, trend insights and selling-point analysis, bulk marketing content generation, and cross-platform return on investment (ROI) optimization, while retaining QwenWork’s general content generation and data analysi

Tesla officially held the Roadster launch event on October 16 at the SpaceX test site in McGregor, Texas. During the official livestream, the next-generation Tesla Roadster completed two stunt demonstrations: first, it climbed to the top of a half-pipe track and hung upside down at a 170-degree angle; second, it launched into the air and flipped over an entire row of Tesla vehicles, reaching a maximum telemetry-recorded height of 26 feet. Demo 1: Hanging upside down at a 170-degree angle at the

South Korea's Ministry of Economy and Finance announced regulatory amendments on the 13th to ease won borrowing procedures for financial institutions and corporations, following the introduction of the Renminbi Financial Institution-Korea (RFI-K) system on the 16th of last month. The changes aim to

Binance.US, Binance’s U.S.-based affiliate, is seeking to raise up to $100 million in a private placement to strengthen its U.S. business amid increasingly fierce competition for digital-asset customers. According to a Bloomberg report published on October 16, the round targets a valuation of approximately $1 billion—about 22% of the $4.5 billion valuation in its 2022 seed round. Fundraising Details: Private Placement of Up to $100 Million at a Target Valuation of Approximately $1 Billion Accord

JPMorgan appointed Andrew Frame this week as head of its critical minerals business, with responsibilities spanning the entire supply chain, from mining and refining to processing. His task is to identify investment opportunities and address supply bottlenecks. The position falls under JPMorgan’s “Security and Resilience Initiative,” a 10-year financing plan with a target of $1.5 trillion, including an additional $10 billion earmarked for direct equity investments and venture capital. JPMorgan A

Ukraine struck a Russian military airbase early morning of the 15th (local time), destroying four Su-34 fighter-bombers and damaging two more, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated. The Borisoglebsk airfield in Russia's Voronezh region was hit with Neptune cruise missiles, according to Zelensky, who s

Franklin Templeton forecasts major central banks will raise interest rates by year-end in a report published October 14 (local time), projecting the US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, and Bank of Japan will each implement 25 basis point hikes in December. The investment firm attributes the t