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The KOSPI and other indexes are displayed on an electronic board at the dealing room of Hana Bank in Jung-gu, central Seoul, on the afternoon of the 6th. The KOSPI closed at 6,296.38, down 301.88 points (4.58%) from the previous session. The KOSDAQ index ended trading at 801.67, up 2.08 points (0.26%) from the previous session, marking its fifth consecutive session of gains. Yonhap NewsForeign investors accounted for about 40% of trading in single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Financial authorities left open the possibility of additional regulations on institutional and foreign investors, depending on future trends.According to written responses submitted…

The Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP price outlook remains cautious after the U.S. Senate delayed its vote on the CLARITY Act until September. The delay has added another layer of uncertainty for the crypto market, with traders now watching both regulatory developments and key technical price levels.Senate Majority Leader John Thune confirmed that lawmakers will return to the bill after the August recess. Prediction markets now give the CLARITY Act only about a 16% chance of becoming law in 2026, down sharply from earlier expectations.Related: CLARITY Act faces September challenge as Senate support remains uncertainOur previous report looks at the key…

Many practitioners of the “gloomy science” are the object of scathing criticism these days, either for having taken their eyes off the financial ball in the run-up to the banking crisis or for retreating into mathematical byways. But Barry Moore, who has died aged 74 of a heart attack, belonged to the old school of “applied” economists – a breed always concerned with practical issues, and much in demand around the world.His early speciality lay in regional policy – a subject that almost fell into desuetude from the later years of Margaret Thatcher’s government, once Michael Heseltine had used development…

Marex Group Limited (NASDAQ:MRX), the diversified global financial services platform, has announced the completion of its acquisition of Webb Traders, a European equity derivatives market maker.Webb Traders operates from offices in Amsterdam and Paris and focuses on single stock options market making for European and US mid and large cap equities. The deal brings a technology led team of market makers, quants and developers into the Marex fold, adding depth to the firm’s electronic trading capabilities as part of its broader strategy to diversify revenue streams.According to the announcement, the acquisition strengthens Marex’s existing market making operations while also enhancing…

NorfolkCounty Register of Deeds William P. O’Donnell reported that during thefirst half of 2026, ten properties, a mix of commercial and residential,each sold for more than $20 million with an average price of $29.5million. The following prices pertain to real estate sales from January 1, 2026, to June 30, 2026. The ten properties were: 10…29& 31 Wall Street, Foxborough, known as Foxmeadow Farm, a recentlyconstructed mixed-use development consisting of 50 apartments andapproximately 4,600 square feet of commercial space in downtownFoxborough, sold in February for $20,375,000. 9….333Lee Street, Brookline, an 11-bedroom, 11-bath, 20,000-square-footmansion in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood, sold in March…

Lawsuit accuses North Korea and Lazarus Group of orchestrating the $1.5 billion theft, as court-ordered asset freeze supports recovery efforts and  Bybit expands collaboration with law enforcement and industry partners to strengthen accountability for crypto-related cybercrime DUBAI, UAE, Aug. 8, 2026 /CNW/ — Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, today announced that it has filed a civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), its Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), and the Lazarus Group, which U.S. authorities have identified as the DPRK-linked hacking group responsible for the…

For the past four years, Jing Li ’11 has been studying energy technologies that could help the world move to a low-carbon future. Her expertise is technology diffusion and adoption. Fresh out of an economics PhD program at Harvard, Li says she “loves thinking about how technological progress comes about, how technology is adopted.” She’s returning to MIT to do that and more — first as a postdoc for a year and then as an assistant professor of applied economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management.  Her research focuses on the race to introduce better batteries into the marketplace. The availability…

Quant Small Cap Fund has added SBI Funds Management, Caliber Mining and 11 other stocks in the month of July, according to the monthly portfolio disclosed by Quant Mutual Fund.The small cap fund added 22,792 shares of SBI Funds Management and 44,988 shares of Caliber Mining and Logistics in its portfolio in July. Among the other 11 stocks, the fund added the maximum number of shares of Hexaware Technologies. It added around 65.93 lakh shares of this stock in its portfolio.Also Read | Quant MF ups IT exposure as sector enters ‘neglected territory’; sees crude correctionThis was followed by the…

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