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Trump backs Kevin Warsh and pushes for U.S. to hold world's lowest interest rates

The global rate debate sharpened on Monday when President Donald Trump publicly endorsed Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh as "fantastic" while pressing for U.S. interest rates to fall to the lowest level in the world. Trump…

HONG KONG · By Grace Osei · 2 min read

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Earnings

Small-cap fund at Calamos Investments targets the beat-and-raise earnings cycle

The earnings-season beat-and-raise pattern, in which companies exceed quarterly expectations and then lift forward guidance, has become one of the more consequential signals in [small-cap…

By Freya Lindqvist · HONG KONG · 2 min

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Deals

Amazon files FCC application for global 5,105-satellite direct-to-device network, targeting 2028 deployment

The direct-to-device satellite segment is drawing its second major infrastructure bet in a single year. Amazon filed an FCC application on Saturday for a new low-earth orbit constellation that would carry voice, messaging, data,…

By Jonah Berg · HONG KONG · 2 min

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Crypto加密

Benchmark says Metaplanet's brokerage deal badly undersells its bitcoin bond ambitions

The push to move fixed-income instruments onto public blockchains has accelerated alongside institutional adoption of bitcoin as a treasury asset. Benchmark said a recent brokerage arrangem

By Mateo Fuentes · HONG KONG · 2 min

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Sarepta Therapeutics names Michael Severino CEO as rare-disease sector tests its next pipeline cycle

The rare-disease genetic medicine sector is pressing into a new commercial and pipeline cycle, with approved gene therapies requiring broader distribution reach and next-generation siRNA programs advancing toward proof-of-concept…

HONG KONG · July 27, 2026 · 2 min

Crypto加密

Brazilian police dismantle crypto-linked cocaine network suspected of laundering billions in reals

Against the backdrop of intensifying enforcement on crypto financial rails in Latin America, Brazilian police have broken up a transnational trafficking group suspected of moving roughly 6.5 metric tons of cocaine. The network…

HONG KONG · July 27, 2026 · 2 min

Macro

Kazakhstan halves daily oil output after terminal closure

A terminal closure has cut Kazakhstan's daily crude production by half, sending an abrupt supply disruption through one of Central Asia's principal producing states. The reduction in output feeds directly into [global oil…

HONG KONG · July 27, 2026 · 2 min

Markets市場

Trump targets EU digital regulation with Section 301 probe as fines on Apple, Amazon and Google mount

July 27, 2026 · 2 min

Regulatory

Coyote vs. Acme final trailer lands at SDCC as Ketchup Entertainment drives shelved Warner Bros. title toward wide release

July 27, 2026 · 2 min

World

CXMT jumps more than 500% in China's biggest mainland IPO since 2010

July 27, 2026 · 2 min

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