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On July 28, Japan’s Kumamoto Prefecture was hit by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake; less than 30 minutes after the quake, a massive blast occurred at Aeon Mall Kumamoto, located in Kashima-cho on the southeastern outskirts of Kumamoto City. Ironically, Aeon Mall Kumamoto had undergone major reinforcement and renovation under the banner of “a mall with stronger disaster-resilience capabilities” after the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, and completed its latest renovation and reopened on June 13 (just 45 da

Hanyang Securities is facing higher interest rates on its commercial paper (CP) and electronic short-term bonds compared to securities firms with similar credit ratings, according to market data from July 28. On that date, the firm issued 30 billion won in 3-month electronic short-term bonds at a 4.

Claude AI shared conversations became searchable through Google after Reddit users discovered that the query 'site:claude.ai/share' surfaced publicly accessible chats containing legal advice, engineering work, and personal discussions. The issue centered on Claude's optional public share links,

PayPal Holdings Inc. (PYPL) shares rose about 4% at the close during regular trading hours on July 28. Earlier, the company reported Q2 EPS and revenue that both exceeded expectations and raised its full-year guidance; after hours, the stock fell 0.18%. Morgan Stanley maintained an “Underweight” rating, saying that executing the company’s internal transition strategy could create “significant value” for shareholders, and noting that PayPal is trending toward stability rather than facing immediat

South Korean investors purchased a net $3.589 billion in US stocks from July 1-27, according to Korea Securities Depository data reported by The Fact on July 29. The buying surge—5.5 times June's $632.96 million total—occurred despite government incentives designed to redirect capital to domestic

Minister Park Hong-geun of the Budget Planning Office announced on the 29th that the future response fund will be utilized as a fiscal stabilization mechanism to respond to tax revenue shortfalls and strengthen fiscal capacity. Speaking at a National Assembly Finance and Economic Planning

IBK Industrial Bank of Korea released its 2026 Small and Medium Enterprise Financial Status Survey on the 29th, revealing that one in four domestic SMEs expects business conditions to worsen next year compared to this year. The survey found 25.7% of respondents anticipate deteriorating conditions, a

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its July report on stability assessments of Brazil’s financial system that since 2017, the use of cryptocurrencies—especially stablecoins—has been growing steadily and has now surpassed traditional channels to become the main way for cross-border funds to flow into and out of Brazil. At the same time, Argentina’s BIND Group and the Peterson Group are rolling out a peso stablecoin via subsidiaries, bypassing Argentina’s central bank ban since May 2022

Glass and electronic components maker Corning (NYSE: GLW) shares closed down about 12.10% on July 28, after the company released its second-quarter earnings report alongside a Q3 sales outlook that fell below market expectations. While Q2 adjusted earnings per share (EPS) came in at $0.78 (about 3.5% above analysts’ expectations), quarterly sales missed market forecasts. Corning Q2 2026 Earnings Breakdown The key figures from Corning’s Q2 2026 earnings are as follows: adjusted EPS was $0.78, hig

CJ CheilJedang is pursuing the sale of its starch sugar business division, according to investment banking industry sources on the 29th. The company has selected Samjong KPMG as the lead advisor for the sale process. The move follows CJ CheilJedang's organizational restructuring announced early

NH Investment & Securities analyst Kang Seung-won revealed that historical Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) dissenting votes on rate hikes took an average of 224 days to translate into actual rate increases, based on analysis of policy decisions since 1990 when the Fed transitioned from

The Federal Reserve's July FOMC meeting is drawing Wall Street's focus as markets assign a 71% probability to a rate hold, according to FedWatch data reported on the 28th (local time). Analysts are concentrating on the potential intensity of hawkish messaging from the Fed rather than the rate

SK Telecom announced its proprietary AI foundation model A.X K2 on the 29th, stating the launch will support AI transformation across daily life and industrial settings in Korea. The model demonstrates improved mathematical and scientific reasoning capabilities as well as enhanced Korean language an

NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang said in a speech at Y Combinator’s Startup School that AI will replace individual “tasks,” not entire job roles, and that it will ultimately increase demand for hiring. He directly called Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s claim that “AI may replace 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs” “total nonsense.” Jensen Huang at Y Combinator: the core distinction between tasks and jobs Based on Huang’s public remarks at Y Combinator’s Startup School, his core logic is: “t

On July 29, 2026 (Beijing time), Seagate Technology Holdings plc (NASDAQ: STX) closed down 8.53% in regular trading, at $747.30. However, the company’s 2026 fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, released after the market close, completely flipped market sentiment—both revenue and adjusted earnings per share substantially beat expectations. In after-hours trading, the stock surged by more than 10% at one point, and as of press time, the gain was still maintained above 5%. {currencycard:stock}(ST

Hanyang Securities released an analysis on the 29th showing that single-stock 2x leveraged ETFs tracking SK Hynix suffered average losses of 49.4% from May 27 to the 22nd, while the underlying SK Hynix stock declined only 18.4% during the same period. The disproportionate loss occurred due to

Zcash’s Tachyon project was announced on July 29. It completed formal verification of the Ironwood shielding pool and released a machine-verified proof containing more than 2,700 theorems written in the Lean programming language. The verification establishes a security property called “Balance Integrity,” effectively ruling out the possibility of an undetectable forgery vulnerability existing in Ironwood under its established cryptographic assumptions. Tachyon Project Formal Verification Complet

South Korea's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Koo Yun-chul announced on the 29th that the government will unveil its 2026 tax reform plan next week, designed to enhance economic vitality, tax equity, and sustainable fiscal foundations. Speaking at the National Assembly's Finance and

Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chairman Lee Eok-won and Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) Governor Lee Chan-jin announced on May 29 plans to review additional regulatory measures for single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. The