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Top 4 catalysts for the FTSE 100 Index this week
The FTSE 100 Index has held steady in the past few days, reaching its highest point since July 8. It has jumped by nearly 10% from its lowest point in March this year.
EWU Wolfspeed: The Best Bet On The Return Of The AI Trade
Wolfspeed transitioned from post-bankruptcy turbulence to a period of relative calm, but recent months have brought renewed volatility. A bull case for a recently bankrupt firm with negative gross margins seems impossible — but there's a rational case for long-term upside. A growing role for silicon carbide in the AI buildout should drive a far larger market, and Wolfspeed's capacity has real value.
WOLF Accesso Technolog adds new director to board
Accesso Technology Group PLC (LSE:ACSO, OTC:LOQPF, FRA:LQG) announced it has appointed Philip Wood as a non-executive director, with immediate effect. Wood is expected to join the Audit Committee and later succeed Andy Malpass as its chair.
LOQPF Live markets: Oil bounce and lingering AI selloff pushes bitcoin under $64,000
War drives oil up, the Kimi selloff drags chips down, and bitcoin sits between them.
Michael Saylor Hints At A Possible New Bitcoin Acquisition
Is Michael Saylor preparing a new move on bitcoin? After a pause in BTC purchases, the Executive Chairman of Strategy has reignited speculation with a simple message published on X: "what is the next step?
Caledonia Mining efforts to access higher grades is "gaining traction”
Caledonia Mining Corporation PLC (AIM:CMCL, NYSE-A:CMCL, VFEX:CMCL) has maintained its 2026 production guidance after gold output from Zimbabwe's Blanket Mine rose 18% quarter on quarter to 17,360 ounces. The improvement from 14,767 ounces in the first quarter reflected better access to higher-grade mining areas.
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Dormant Bitcoin Wallet Abruptly Moves $383,000,000 After Eight Years
A Bitcoin address inactive since 2017 transferred its entire holdings worth about $383 million to a new wallet. The post Dormant Bitcoin Wallet Abruptly Moves $383,000,000 After Eight Years appeared first on The Daily Hodl.
Gold (XAUUSD) & Silver Price Forecast: Middle East Risks Support Gold Is a Breakout Coming?
Gold balances strong central bank buying against higher-for-longer Fed expectations. See the latest outlook for XAUUSD and XAGUSD.
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Pound to Dollar Weekly Forecast: GBP Hits Two-Month High After Soft US Inflation
The Pound to Dollar (GBP/USD) exchange rate climbed to a two-month high last week as softer-than-expected US inflation weakened the US Dollar while speculation over the UK's next Chancellor boosted Sterling. At the time of writing, GBP/USD was trading around $1.3443, up approximately 0.3% on the week after slipping back from a high of.
Publicis Groupe: Earnings Growth To Drive Next Leg Of Upside
Publicis Groupe remains a buy as integrated AI-powered services drive client wins, organic growth, and margin expansion. PUBGY's Intelligent Creativity and Connected Media segments, comprising 87% of net revenue, grew 6.5% organically in Q2, supporting raised FY2026 guidance. Major account wins and deeper client penetration underpin a credible path to high single-digit EPS growth and robust dividend sustainability.
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Telecom Italia's Board Backs Poste Italiane's Nearly $15 Billion Bid
The telecommunications company said Saturday that its board deemed the price to be fair.
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Hyperliquid Opens HIP-4 Prediction Markets to Anyone With 500k HYPE
Hyperliquid has announced a big update wherein the platform is letting anyone build prediction markets on its exchange, as long as they stake 500,000 HYPE first. This is the permissionless phase of HIP-4, the outcome markets upgrade that went live on mainnet on May 2.
Google is going toe-to-toe with Nvidia as AI chip war cranks up
Google is escalating its campaign to break Nvidia Corp's (NASDAQ:NVDA, XETRA:NVD) grip on artificial intelligence chips, deploying creative dealmaking to push its Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) into the wider market. The strategy, detailed in exclusive reporting by The Information's Amir Efrati, targets the "neo-clouds": specialised GPU cloud providers, many of which began life as cryptocurrency miners.
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Hyperliquid plans permissionless HIP 4 prediction market deployment
Hyperliquid has announced plans to introduce permissionless deployment for HIP-4 outcome markets, with the feature set to roll out on testnet before a later mainnet release.
Solana non-USDC/USDT stablecoin supply hits record $5B
Solana's non-USDC/USDT stablecoin supply hits a record $4.81 billion. Solana reaching $90 by July 2026 at 5% YES.
Prologis Says Segro Rejects Third $18.2 Billion Offer
Prologis said its third proposal was at a 33.8% premium to Segro stock's closing price on June 23, before the first offer was made.
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Prologis sweetens £13.5bn SEGRO bid with £2.7bn cash element as third proposal rejected
Prologis has made a third takeover proposal for SEGRO PLC (LSE:SGRO), valuing the FTSE 100 warehouse landlord at approximately £13.5 billion and introducing a partial cash alternative, only for the board to reject the approach once again. The US logistics property giant's third proposal, made on 16 July and rejected the following day, comprises 0.0890 new Prologis shares for each SEGRO share, a 6% increase on its original terms.
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XRP Ledger to Vote on Major Upgrade
A slate of long-awaited protocol amendments for the XRP Ledger (XRPL) is expected to enter validator voting in roughly two weeks.
Samsara's Data Moat Now Comes With Numbers
Samsara maintains a Buy rating after robust Q1 results and a successful Investor Day, with price targets of $52 (base) and $61 (bull). Net new ARR grew 30% YoY, large customer momentum remains strong, and margins continue expanding despite modest gross margin pressure from AI/cloud investments. IOT's proprietary data moat and scaled hardware network underpin new product launches—Tracking Label, Waste Intelligence, Ground Intelligence—unlocking fresh TAM and high-margin opportunities.
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Euro: Upside bias holds above key support against US Dollar – UOB
Euro: Upside bias holds above key support against US Dollar – UOB
UK's Segro rejects Prologis' $18.2 billion sweetened takeover proposal
Segro has rejected the second sweetened takeover proposal from Prologis , valuing the British warehouse landlord at £13.5 billion ($18.18 billion), the U.S. logistics giant said on Monday.
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Blackstone invests in South Korean robotics supplier Futronic
Blackstone has invested in Futronic, a supplier of high-precision actuators serving automotive and industrial robotics sectors, the world's largest alternative asset manager said on Monday.
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Lockheed to make cheaper Patriot interceptors as air defense demand soars
Lockheed Martin announced a lower-cost Patriot interceptor on Monday as militaries seek cheaper ways to counter drones and missiles, while defense contractors face competition from startups making low-cost weapons that can be produced at scale.
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Ryanair Holdings (cdi) Q1 Earnings Call Highlights
Ryanair Holdings cdi) (LON: 0RYA reported a sharp decline in first-quarter profit as lower fares and a spike in unhedged fuel costs offset higher passenger traffic, executives said during the company's Q1 results presentation.
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zcashd shuts down, Zcash enters Ironwood era: Is quantum-resistant privacy the future?
Zcash completes a decade-long infrastructure upgrade, paving the way for Ironwood and stronger protocol security.
Lockheed Martin Plans Bargain-Rate Patriot Missile to Replenish Low Stockpiles
The defense contractor says the new design could be fielded faster and cost less than half as much as its bestselling version.
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USD/CAD Price Forecast: Tests 1.4000 after breaking below 50-day EMA
USD/CAD Price Forecast: Tests 1.4000 after breaking below 50-day EMA
Bitcoin ETFs see new money again, but inflows remain ‘peanuts' relative to the recent exodus
Bitcoin ETFs have attracted $273 million in new inflows in two weeks, but the total is barely enough to cover a single "slow" week of recent selling.
Ryanair Profit Drops on Lower Fares, Fuel Costs
Fares decreased 6% due to consumer uncertainty and concerns about jet-fuel shortages amid the Middle East conflict.
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Alibaba Says New AI Model Is Just Second to Anthropic's Fable 5
Alibaba Group previewed its new artificial-intelligence model in the latest sign that China is fast closing the gap with the U.S. for global technological dominance.
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