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Starbucks earned adjusted $0.85 per share in its fiscal third quarter this week, beating Wall Street estimates across nearly every metric as CEO Brian Niccol's turnaround strategy delivered measurable results. The coffee chain's shares jumped more than 3% Thursday to approximately $107, prompting

OpenAI cut prices on two GPT-5.6 models on July 30, slashing Luna by 80% and Terra by 20%. The cuts land three weeks after GPT-5.6's launch and reflect mounting pressure from cost-conscious enterprises. Cheaper Chinese rivals, including Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 and Z.ai's GLM-5.2, add to that pressure

K Bank's total capital ratio is declining rapidly as risk-weighted asset (RWA) growth from individual business owner (SOHO) lending outpaces profit accumulation, according to financial industry sources on July 31. The bank's Q2 RWA reached 12.5972 trillion won, up 1.0034 trillion won from the

US online brokerage Robinhood (NAS:HOOD) saw its stock price decline despite recording exceptional performance in prediction markets during Q2. Robinhood shares fell 3.61% to $86.60 on 30일 (local time) in New York trading, according to Yonhap Infomax. The Q2 results released on the afternoon

Twelve Korean bond market experts surveyed by Yonhap Infomax on July 31 forecast that August government bond yields will face limited downward pressure due to concerns about back-to-back rate hikes by the Bank of Korea and potential government fiscal expansion. The consensus projects 3-year governme

LG AI Research released K-EXAONE 2.0, a 750-billion-parameter AI foundation model, on the Hugging Face open-source platform on the 31st. The release represents the second-phase model of a government-led independent AI foundation model project. K-EXAONE 2.0 is three times larger than the first-phase

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS Criminal Investigation) issued a warning on July 31 via Bloomberg, saying scammers are impersonating the IRS by mailing crypto asset holders forged official letters containing QR codes. The letters instruct recipients to scan the QR code, log in to a fake IRS website, and register an entry called the “Digital Asset Compliance Portal” before the deadline while entering personal information; the IRS stated that this portal does not exis

Korea’s stock market surged on July 31, with the benchmark KOSPI index rising as much as 14% at one point, marking the largest intraday gain in its history. Japan’s equities were boosted in tandem, with the Nikkei 225 index up 4% in the morning session, breaking through the 64,000-point mark. Starting on the same day, Korea’s financial regulators officially raised the base margin requirement for retail investors to buy single-stock leveraged ETFs, increasing it from 10 million won to 30 million

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released on July 31 that June personal consumption expenditures (PCE) inflation rose 3.7% year over year, down from 4.1% in May, matching market expectations. Supported by cooling PCE inflation data, Bitcoin (BTC) rebounded to above $65,000, rising nearly 2% over the day. At the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting the previous day, the Federal Reserve (Fed) kept interest rates unchanged for the fifth consecutive time. U.S. June PCE data: Year-o

CNBC 'Mad Money' host Jim Cramer commented on the collapse of hedge fund Situational Awareness, calling it a demonstration of hidden leverage risks. The fund, founded by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, suffered forced liquidation Thursday after weeks of losses on its long hardware, s

Bhutan's Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) appointed Canadian digital asset manager 3iQ to manage part of its Bitcoin treasury as the special administrative region develops a digital asset investment hub. Under the partnership, 3iQ will manage an undisclosed portion of Bitcoin allocated to support Gele

Japanese stocks opened sharply higher as of 9:17 AM, with the Nikkei 225 index rising 2,485.88 points (4.02%) to 64,353.31. The rally was driven by overnight gains in US markets, where Microsoft surged over 15% on strong second-quarter earnings, lifting the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index 8.19%.

Korean financial authorities implemented stricter deposit requirements for single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix stocks on the 31st. The base deposit requirement was raised from 10 million won to 30 million won, with only cash now qualifying to

CJ CheilJedang is reviewing the sale of its starch sugar business division, triggering sale speculation across the Korean starch sugar industry. The company selected Samjung KPMG as the lead advisor and is proceeding with the sale, with a carve-out method being discussed. The timing coincides with t

KOSPI surged 11.34% to 6228.14 as of 9:09 AM on July 31, breaking through the 6000 level in a single session driven by heavy foreign buying. Foreign investors net purchased 2.547 trillion won, propelling the index upward while domestic retail investors sold 2.370 trillion won and institutions

The New Start Fund announced on the 31st that it purchased 2.6146 trillion won in long-term delinquent debt held by securitization companies including Sangnoksu, public institutions, and mutual finance organizations. This 6th round of purchases completed the acquisition of long-term delinquent debt

Apple CEO Tim Cook described the company's hybrid AI approach as a 'competitive weapon' on his last earnings call as CEO. Cook, who transitions to executive chairman on Sept. 1, emphasized that running AI workloads on iPhones and Macs provides strategic advantages over competitors relying on

Samsung Electronics faces analysis projecting 132 trillion won in additional shareholder return capacity this year, according to DS Investment & Securities research released on the 31st. The calculation stems from Samsung's 3-year shareholder return policy requiring 50% of free cash flow

International credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) upgraded Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance's credit rating from AA- to AA on the 31st. S&P stated the upgrade reflects expectations that Samsung Fire & Marine will maintain strengthened capital adequacy, supported by robust asset-liability