On 13 August, the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that GDP growth slowed to 0.4% quarter-on-quarter in the second quarter, down from 0.6% in the first quarter. The figure was in line with expectations, and the market reaction was relatively muted. The interest-rate backdrop has also remained broadly unchanged for several weeks. On…
Hong Kong recorded a 15 per cent drop in the number of investment scam cases in the first half of this year, but losses remained high at HK$1.65 billion (US$210 million), with police warning of fraudsters posing as representatives of legitimate overseas firms to swindle local investors. Senior Superintendent Fanny Kung Hing-fun said on Friday…
Track your investments for FREE with Simply Wall St, the portfolio command center trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. The Morning Bull – US Market Morning Update Friday, Aug, 14 2026 US stock futures edge higher this morning, with E-mini S&P 500 contracts up about 0.1%, as investors focus on fresh inflation clues…
Alex Kirkland and Sam Marsden Multiple Authors Aug 14, 2026, 04:00 AM ET Here are two reasons to be cheerful: 1) The 2026-27 season of LaLiga begins on Saturday, and 2) you can still stream every single match, in English and Spanish, all season long with ESPN. But a look through the opening round of…
Kevin Costner didn’t walk out of the corn this time, but his presence still loomed large on the MLB game. The actor narrated a stirring two-minute opening video before the third Field of Dreams game between the Minnesota Twins and Philadelphia Phillies on Netflix. The intro, which played on Thursday night at the iconic Dyersville, Iowa location, traced baseball’s emotional footprint across American history….
HD Hyundai Chairman Chung Ki-sun, right, shakes hands with TerraPower Board Chairman Bill Gates after a discussion about a partnership for TerraPower’s future small modular reactors, at a hotel in Seoul, Friday. Courtesy of HD Hyundai Major conglomerates HD Hyundai and SK are spearheading efforts to incorporate Korean industry in TerraPower’s global small modular reactor…
AeroPress coffee makers are going cheap right now, in a whole rainbow of colours, and you’ll find the complete set right here. Almost every colour is 20% off at Rave Coffee right now, except for the rare green model, which is out of stock at most retailers but available with a slightly more modest 16%…
Key Points The “Magnificent Seven” group of stocks leads the market. This group dominates the rankings of the world’s largest companies, with the smallest still ranking as the 11th-largest company. It’s made up of: Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META)…
A Hong Kong court has sentenced a former jewellery procurement manager to six years and eight months behind bars for stealing HK$11 million (US$1.4 million) worth of diamonds from suppliers to fund his gambling habit. Mui Ka-fai, 63, pleaded guilty on Monday to three counts of theft for reselling the small diamonds he misappropriated for…
KEY POINTS NTT Docomo signs Starlink Mobile V2 deal with Starlink Japan for satellite-to-smartphone service expansion Upgrade targets voice calls, high-speed internet browsing and direct IoT connectivity by fiscal 2028 Docomo Starlink Direct reaches 6.5 million cumulative users within three months of April 2026 launch NTT Docomo plans to add voice, faster internet browsing and…