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Management
Global Smartphone Sales Hit 'All-Time High' in Q2… Samsung Phones Also Jump 9%
Global smartphone market revenue reached a record high for a single quarter in the second quarter of this year. SamsungElectronics(005930)maintained its second-place market position as revenue increas…
Commodities
Gold Prices Hit 7-Week High… Expectations Rise for Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz
Gold prices rose for the fourth consecutive trading day, hitting a seven-week high. Growing expectations for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz drove down oil prices and caused the U.S. dollar and …
Stocks
"We've Been Completely Overshadowed by the Korean Stock Market"... Japanese Securities Industry Expresses Frustration
The Japanese stock market is being dragged along by the Korean market. As the KOSPI’s fluctuations repeatedly cause the Nikkei Index to follow suit, complaints are emerging from Tokyo’s financial circ…
Finance
[Market In] STO Sees First-Generation Leaders Step Down and New Owners Take the Helm… The Business Landscape Is Changing
First-generation innovative financial service providers that pioneered the STO (Security Token Offering) market are successively shutting down their services or changing hands. As the market transitio…
Stocks
SpaceX's 'Surprise Earnings' Send Stock Plummeting… Here's How Wall Street Sees It
Elon Musk’s space company, SpaceX, is trading down by more than 9% on the New York Stock Exchange on the 5th (local time), despite reporting revenue that exceeded market expectations in its first quar…
IT
"Samsung INICS Corporation Tests Chinese-Made Semiconductor Equipment... Preparing for U.S. Export Controls"
Reuters reported on the 5th that SamsungElectronics(005930)and SK hynix(000660)are evaluating equipment from Chinese semiconductor equipment manufacturer AMEC for use in their factories in China in pr…
IT
The Downfall of a Genius Investor in His 20s: What Lies Behind It
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on the 4th (local time) that behind Situational Awareness (SA), an AI-focused hedge fund identified as the cause of last month’s market volatility, were major in…
Finance
[Market In] Tokenized Gold Valued by AI… Collaboration Between Byard and Credder
A system is being developed that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to assess the value and risk of tokens linked to physical gold. The system analyzes not only gold prices but also quality, storage, a…
IT
Temperatures Plunge to 15 Degrees in an Instant… Japan’s ‘Human Refrigerator’
As the glass door closes, a curtain of cool air pours over my head, neck, and shoulders, instantly cooling me down from the heat caused by the scorching heatwave that has pushed temperatures close to …
Policy
1 Million Young People from Around the World Gather in Korea… A Major Event Larger Than the World Cup Is Set to Take Place
The launch ceremony for the “2027 Seoul World Youth Day (WYD)” held at Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul on July 28, 2024. (Photo courtesy of the 2027 Seoul World Youth Day (WYD) Organizing Committee)
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