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Edenor Buys MetroGAS From YPF for US$780 Million

Edenor Buys MetroGAS From YPF for US$780 Million

Argentina · Energy Key Facts Deal Value Edenor agreed to pay US$780 million for YPF’s 70% stake in MetroGAS and 5% stake in MetroENERGÍA. Share Details The sale covers 290,277,316 Class A and 108,142,529 Class B shares of MetroGAS, plus…

Barclays Sees Picky Bond Buyers Keeping Yields at Multiyear Peak

A shift in the buyer base of US Treasuries toward value-oriented mutual funds, households and other private investors has helped propel 30-year yields to multi-decade peaks, according to Barclays Plc.

OpenAI Executive Brad Lightcap Leaves to ‘Start Something New’

OpenAI executive Brad Lightcap is leaving the artificial intelligence company to start a new project, months after he stepped away from his role as chief operating officer.

Why the US government is banning Chinese robots – video explainer

The Guardian

Why the US government is banning Chinese robots – video explainer

The Federal Communications Commission on 28 July announced a ban on humanoid robots from China including the popular Unitree G1 model. The Guardian's technology journalist Nick Robins-Early explains the recent popularity of these trending…

The Guardian

Argentina Buys Back US$781 Million in Central-Bank Debt as the Peso Tests 1,500

Argentina Buys Back US$781 Million in Central-Bank Debt as the Peso Tests 1,500

Argentina · Economy Key Facts Debt buyback Argentina’s Economy Ministry authorized a US$781.5 million repurchase of two dollar-denominated, non-transferable Treasury letters held by the BCRA, settled August 10, 2026. Largest piece About…

Philippine Daily Inquirer

DA pushes higher tariffs on select meat products

Philippine Daily Inquirer

DA pushes higher tariffs on select meat products

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) aims to impose additional tariffs on certain meat products and chicken curry to protect the Philippine agriculture sector. Through Department Order No. 24, the agency requests the…

Apollo Inks $2.6 Billion Financing Deal With NY Yankees

Apollo Global Management Inc. is providing $2.6 billion of financing to the owners of the New York Yankees, the private capital giant’s largest investment to date in US sports. Bloomberg Sports Reporter Randall Williams joins to break down…

Will failure in Iran reshape how the US fights?

Financial Times

Will failure in Iran reshape how the US fights?

Veterans and voters have punished past administrations for costly wars, but these days many Americans don’t seem to care

Financial Times

BTG Pactual Posts a Record Quarter and Buys Banco Digimais

BTG Pactual Posts a Record Quarter and Buys Banco Digimais

Brazil · Banking Key Facts Record profit BTG Pactual posted adjusted net profit of R$5.142 billion (about US$945 million) in Q2 2026, up roughly 22.6% year on year. Accounting net Net profit came in at R$4.9 billion (about US$900 million)…

Private Capital Powers Big Tech’s AI Ambitions

Nvidia secured a $500 billion commitment from six Wall Street firms — including Apollo, Goldman Sachs and BlackRock — to finance AI infrastructure. Bloomberg's Silas Brown reports on Big Tech’s growing reliance on private markets to power…

Private Markets will Drive AI Value Creation Long Term, Says Anastasia Amoroso

US stocks may be sitting at a record, but anxiety about everything from geopolitics to inflation and a divided Federal Reserve is keeping animal spirits at bay. Anastasia Amoroso, Chief Investment Strategist: Private Wealth at Partners…

SEC Weighs Direct Funding for Costly Market-Tracking Database

The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering taking direct control of a controversial database that tracks trades across US equities and options markets after Citadel Securities won a lawsuit challenging its funding last year.