Dimon, BNY CEO issue joint warnings: “Federal Reserve independence is the bedrock of markets” Trump renews public attacks, branding Powell “incompetent and corrupt,” signals intent to press ahead with successor nomination Financial sector alarm grows as erosion of Fed independence threatens the dollar’s global standing

Extending beyond property investment into development and operations No detailed rules for converting PFVs into project REITs Deemed acquisition tax imposed upon title transfer during conversion Although the government is promoting “p

Losses deepen as core businesses stagnate All-in push to secure competitiveness at next-generation battleground ‘14A’ Sub-1.4-nanometer race ignites, reshaping the global foundry order Naga Chandrasekaran, Chief Operati

Ripple CEO Monica Long’s denial of IPO plans and large-scale whale sell-offs trigger a sharp drop in XRP prices Tron-based stablecoin settlement volume reaches $24.2 billion, surpassing Ripple’s remittance scale by more than tenfold Ripple pivots with RLUSD launch and Rail acquisition, raising concerns over XRP’s shrinking role amid a dual-track strategy

Legal Battle Intensifies Over Disclosure Obligations of U.S.-Listed Companies Key Issues Center on Knowledge and Concealment of Data Breach and Causal Link to Stock Price Distortion Company Expected to Activate U.S.

Trump Ally Myron Calls for More Than a 100-Basis-Point Rate Cut This Year Fed Officials Lean Toward Caution, Weighing Inflation and Labor Market Conditions Concerns Mount That President Trump’s Political Pressure Could Amplify Uncertainty Stephen

New Record High Reached Again Just Six Sessions After Surpassing $12,000 AI Data Centers and Power Grid Demand Underpin Prices Big Tech–Driven Demand Remains Resilient Despite Rising Prices, Rally Expected to Continue Copper prices have hit an

China’s volume-driven offensive squeezes Taiwan’s industry, with a reversal in mature-node foundry market share projected by 2027 China expands global market dominance through corporate restructuring and control of legacy supply chains An additional $69–72 billion in state support and 28nm technology localization accelerate qualitative growth

Broadening Employment Contraction Driven by AI Adoption Rising Care Employment Amid Deepening Super-Aging Trend Acceleration of Labor and Industrial Reorganization Around Age-Tech As workforce reductions spread acro

U.S., Israel Coordinated During June Preemptive Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Sites Middle East Risk Expands Amid Hamas Disarmament Debate Prolonged Ukraine War Raises Fears of Expanded Russian Strategic Leverage U.S.

Limited FX-Market Reaction Despite BOJ Policy-Rate Hike Last Week Global IB Warning of Large-Scale Liquidation Risk on Early-Year Yen Appreciation Entrenchment of Yen Carry Capital Amid Persistent Early-Year Yen Weakness Despite the Bank of Japan’s

Limits of Technology Verification Emerge Beneath Rapid Growth Design Flaws in Autonomous Driving Safety Systems Surface ‘Made in China’ Autonomous Vehicles See Trust Erode China’s goal of mass-producing

‘Deal of the Century’ Takes Another Turn Paramount Moves to Quell Financing Concerns Whoever Wins, the Decline of Movie Theaters Seen Accelerating Paramount, which had previously participated in the bid to acquire Warner

Battery market shifts from shipment race to safety-centered competition Huawei ESS verifies fire safety under the industry’s latest standards Chinese companies including WeLion move into solid-state battery development H

Japan decides on large-scale investment after judging the risks of overseas dependence Development of a trillion-parameter model to be opened to domestic companies Global race intensifies to secure sovereign AI as a future core industry

Smart TVs accused of real-time recording and unauthorized data collection Criticism over consumer consent processes that obscure key disclosures Courts continue to weigh in on Big Tech’s data collection practices Allegations that smart TVs fr

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China–Japan Tensions Spill Into the Military Domain Japan to Set Next-Year Defense Budget at a Record $60 Billion Missiles, Drones, and Expanded Force Projection Signal Strategic Shift As tensions between China and Ja

China mobilizes state-led investment and infrastructure U.S.

South Korea bets on technological edge, accelerated delivery, and whole-of-government coordination as its decisive play Germany counters with a long-horizon package tied to Norway and an industry-linked counteroffensive EU moves to harden intra-European self-sufficiency underpinned by the SAFE fund