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Veteran Wall Street investor Jim Bianco stated on 29일 (local time) that dissenting opinions at the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will serve as the new form of forward guidance. Bianco made this assessment on his X (formerly Twitter) account following the July FOMC meeting, which voted 9-3 to

SK Hynix saw target price revisions from major Korean securities firms on the 30th, following a stock decline exceeding 53% from yearly highs. Shinhan Investment Securities analyst Kim Hyung-tae lowered the target from 4.2 million won to 2.7 million won, while Korea Investment Securities analyst

The American Arbitration Association (AAA) launched a specialist Web3 Panel on Wednesday to handle blockchain and digital-asset disputes. The panel provides companies access to arbitrators with expertise in the technical and legal complexities of crypto cases. The move reflects

InstaPay for Business in the Philippines now allows real-time payments of up to P500,000 per transaction, a tenfold increase from the previous P50,000 limit. The service is available through PNB, Wise Pilipinas, DCPay, GoTyme Bank, and RCBC, operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week for

KOSPI fluctuated around the 5600 level on the morning of July 30, rising 23.71 points (0.41%) to 5686.95 as of 9:18 AM local time. The mixed trading reflected bargain hunting following a two-day sharp decline, offset by concerns over US Federal Reserve rate policy, SK Hynix's disappointing

Doppler Finance announced on July 29 its expansion from the XRP Ledger to Base blockchain, beginning with Coinbase Wrapped XRP (cbXRP) and later extending to other tokenized financial products. The expansion enables tokenized assets to gain institutional-grade onchain utility through lending,

Microsoft reported fiscal 2026 fourth quarter revenue of $90 billion for the three months ended in June, an 18% year-over-year increase that exceeded the LSEG consensus estimate of $87.6 billion, with adjusted earnings per share totaling $4.74, up 30% from a year earlier. The results were driven

The Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority is investigating London-based investment banks and hedge funds for concentrated exposure to Asian AI stocks, the Financial Times reported on May 29. The probe targets positions in South Korea's SK Hynix, Taiwan's TSMC, and China's Cambricon

Samsung Electronics' Device Solutions (DS) division posted Q2 revenue of 127.5 trillion won and operating profit of 89.2 trillion won, both record highs. The performance surge was driven by aggressive response to AI server demand, with DRAM and NAND sales volumes reaching all-time peaks, and

Korean stock indices showed mixed trading on the 30th as bargain hunters entered following a two-day selloff. As of 9:10 AM, the KOSPI traded at 5,709.48, up 0.82% from the previous session, after opening 0.33% higher at 5,681.77 before briefly dipping into negative territory. The KOSDAQ traded at 6

Hana Financial Group announced May 30 that Hana Securities and Hana Bank will serve as financial arrangers for a 4 trillion won project financing. The financing supports the Jamsil Sports and MICE Complex Private Investment Project. Seoul City and Seoul Smart MICE Park signed an implementation

SK Hynix sold over 2 billion USD in the Korean foreign exchange market on May 28, part of 26.5 billion USD raised through its American Depositary Receipt (ADR) listing. The dollar supply pushed the USD-KRW exchange rate down to a 5-month low despite foreign investors selling Korean stocks for four c

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service is examining the expected-versus-actual claims差 for '7-year payment, 100% refund' whole life insurance products sold by life insurance companies, according to industry sources on the 30th. The regulatory review focuses on actuarial assumptions used in

SK Biopharm is forecast to report a 40% year-over-year increase in operating profit for Q2 2025, driven by sustained growth in its epilepsy treatment cenobamate. Three major domestic securities firms projected Q2 consolidated revenue of 236.5 billion KRW and operating profit of 86.6 billion KRW in f

Meta's Instagram emerged as the dominant social media platform during Gen Z-led protests in India last week that forced Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to act on protester demands. On July 23, Modi made his first selfie-style Instagram video to reach Gen Z protesters, raking in over 300 mi

Savings banks in South Korea recorded 748.1 billion won in Haetsalloan loan originations during the first half of this year, down 19.3 billion won from 767.4 billion won in the same period last year, according to financial industry data released on the 30th. The decline followed the Korea

South Korean financial regulators strengthened stock market delisting criteria in July 2026, triggering management stock designation warnings for 23 listed companies due to market capitalization shortfalls. The Financial Supervisory Service raised minimum market cap thresholds to 30 billion won for

SK Hynix stocks faced sharply divergent analyst outlooks on the 30th as Korea Investment Securities raised its price target to 4.7 million won while BNK Investment cut its forecast to 1.48 million won, following a two-day 22.85% plunge that erased over 81 trillion won in market capitalization. The s

Samsung Electronics announced on the 30th that its Q2 consolidated operating profit reached 89.4924 trillion won with revenue of 171.4995 trillion won, both record highs for the company. The figures significantly exceeded the previous quarterly records set in Q1 of 57.2328 trillion won in operating

South Korean government officials signaled potential capital gains tax relief for multi-home property owners on May 27, reversing President Lee Jae-myung's May 9 stance against tax concessions. Deputy Prime Minister Koo Yoon-chul stated the government would consider differentiated capital gains