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Intuitive Machines (LUNR) reported second-quarter earnings Thursday, with revenue quadrupling year over year to $206.2 million but falling short of Wall Street's $223.8 million estimate. The net loss of $0.29 per Class A share missed the $0.09 consensus by a wide margin. The stock fell roughly 10% t

According to Caixin, Fed Chair Hammarck reaffirmed on August 13 that interest rate hikes are necessary at the current time.

According to ChainCatcher, Federal Reserve official Hamak reiterated the need to raise interest rates, citing a stable labor market. The official emphasized the necessity of rate hikes in the current economic

According to Citrini analyst Jukan, Intel's server CPU revenue share increased 1.7 percentage points in Q2 2026 despite its unit shipment share falling 1.4 points, while AMD gained 0.9 points and ARM entered the market. The divergence suggests Intel is shifting toward higher average-selling-price (A

According to Jin10, international crude oil prices weakened overnight on August 13, with Brent crude retreating below the $85 per barrel mark during pre-market trading.

According to BlockBeats, U.S. initial jobless claims for the week ending August 8 reached 1.09 million, surpassing expectations of 1.02 million and marking the highest level since the week of July 11. The prior week's figure was revised to 1 million claims.

Following the release of U.S. July PPI data, the dollar index rose to 99.97, while spot gold fell approximately $7 to $4,383.21 per ounce. The 10-year Treasury yield climbed to 4.675%, and Nasdaq-100 index futures hovered near

OptionMetrics has made its historical options datasets available through Snowflake's private cloud marketplace, allowing institutional investors and academic researchers to access options data directly from the cloud without maintaining local databases. The move reflects a broader shift in capital m

According to Hong Kong Economic Journal (HKEJ), Hang Seng August futures traded at 25,344 points as of 8:25 PM on August 13, down 29 points or 0.11% with 2,269 contracts traded. The contract hit a low of 25,341 points and high of 25,404 points during the session. Hang Seng Index futures (HSI)

Hong Kong equities showed mixed performance today amid concerns over potential Federal Reserve rate hikes and yen strength, which triggered unwinding of carry trades. U.S. July CPI data came in line with expectations, signaling moderate inflation. While AI chipmakers and stocks that beat earnings es

U.S. producer price index rose 4.7% year-over-year in July, below economist expectations of 4.9% and down from 5.5% in the prior month.

U.S. core producer price index rose 0.2% month-over-month in July, falling short of expectations of 0.3%, according to official data. The reading matched the prior month's 0.2% increase.

For the week ending Aug 1, U.S. continuing jobless claims came in at 1.777 million, below the expected 1.794 million and down from 1.801 million the previous week.

U.S. producer price index (PPI) for July rose 0% month-over-month, missing expectations of 0.20%. The prior month was revised to -0.1% from an initially reported -0.30%.

According to Jin10 Futures, as of 8:30 PM Beijing time on August 13, WTI crude oil futures fell 1.31%, while U.S. natural gas futures declined 0.46%.

U.S. core producer price inflation came in at 0.2% month-over-month in July, falling short of the 0.30% forecast. The prior month's reading was revised upward to 0.4% from the initially reported 0.2%.

Richmond Federal Reserve President Beth M. Barkin, a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), is set to speak on the economic outlook within the next 10 minutes.

U.S. core producer price index rose 4.2% year-over-year in July, meeting market expectations and declining 0.5 percentage points from June's 4.7%.

According to Jin10, as of 8:30 PM Beijing time on August 13, New York gold futures declined 0.47%, silver futures fell 0.39%, and copper futures dropped 0.16%.

Future Fund Managing Partner Gary Black questioned Tesla's product and marketing strategy in a post on X on Thursday, as the electric vehicle maker's autonomous robotaxi fleet remains stuck at around 90 to 100 vehicles. Black argued Tesla cannot rely solely on word-of-mouth and CEO Elon Musk's