Advanced packaging — not wafer fabrication — is the single biggest bottleneck for AI chip supply.
The International Trade Centre (ITC) published an analysis in August 2026, using April trade data, finding that the Strait of Hormuz disruption caused combined merchandise exports from seven Gulf economies t...
On July 30, 2026, Oracle and Google Cloud announced that Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Gemini 3.5 Flash will be embedded natively into Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications, Oracle NetSuite, and Oracle AI Agent Studi...
JPMorgan warned on August 2, 2026 that the U.S. Treasury's Exchange Stabilization Fund holds only about $25 billion in immediately available resources for yen intervention — less than half of what Japan spen...
Brookfield completed its full acquisition of Oaktree Capital Management on August 3, 2026, purchasing the remaining 26% stake for roughly $3 billion and valuing Oaktree at about $11.5 billion.
By early August 2026, the U.S. naval blockade of Iran and retaliatory Iranian actions have reduced Strait of Hormuz traffic to just three commodity vessels on some days — down from a pre crisis average of 138.
On August 1, 2026, the US and Japan conducted their first joint yen buying intervention since 1998 after the yen plunged to 163.99 per dollar, a 40 year low.
As of August 2026, the world is experiencing its largest ever oil supply disruption, driven by the US Israel war with Iran and Ukraine's attacks on Russian oil infrastructure.
Syria has agreed to drastically reduce imports of Russian crude oil as part of talks with the U.S.
In early August 2026, Amex GBT rolled out a suite of AI powered intelligence tools across its Egencia, Complete, and Neo platforms, including the industry's first agentic booking integration with Anthropic's...
By August 4, 2026, copper prices reached within 1% of an all time high, with LME three month copper hitting $14,000/ton and COMEX futures trading at $6.64–$6.65/lb, driven by AI and green energy demand, supp...
By early August 2026, copper prices surged to within 1% of an all time high, driven by a powerful convergence of supply disruptions, roaring demand from AI and green energy, collapsing inventories, and geopo...