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China is considering allowing the usage of yuan-backed stablecoins for the first time to boost wider adoption of its currency globally, sources familiar with the matter said, in a major reversal of its stance towards digital assets.

Lowe’s(LOW) stock rose Wednesday after the home-improvement retailer hiked its full-year guidance following quarterly earnings ahead of expectations.

Target beat Wall Street’s earnings and sales expectations and reaffirmed its outlook on Wednesday, even as the company’s sales and traffic across its stores and website declined.

 Amazon (AMZN.O), is plotting a big change to its Fire tablet lineup following years of escalating gripes from consumers and app developers over the company’s homegrown operating system.

Japan’s exports posted the biggest monthly drop in about four years in July, government data showed on Wednesday, as the impact of U.S. tariffs intensified, raising concerns about the outlook for the export-reliant economy.

The U.K.’s annual inflation rate hit a hotter-than-expected 3.8%in July, according to data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Wednesday.

Wegovy-maker Novo Nordisk (NOVOb.CO), has implemented a global hiring freeze covering job roles that are not critical for its business, the company said on Wednesday.

Hertz Global Holdings (NASDAQ:HTZ) stock surged 12% Wednesday morning while Carvana (NYSE:CVNA) shares fell 5.5% following news that Hertz will begin selling its pre-owned vehicles through Amazon’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) online auto marketplace.

Η MORGAN STANLEY με γραπτή γνωστοποίηση προς την ΕΧΑΕ στις 18.08.2025 ενημέρωσε ότι προέβη σε αγορές μετοχών αξίας €530.437 και σε πώληση μετοχών αξίας €358.422.

Στην απόκτηση 300.000 ιδίων μετοχών προχώρησε η Εθνική Τράπεζα, κατά την περίοδο από 7 έως και 14 Αυγούστου, με μέση σταθμισμένη τιμή 13,1384 ευρώ ανά μετοχή και με συνολικό κόστος 3.941.515 ευρώ.

Αλλάξει και ο κωδικός ΟΑΣΗΣ της μετοχής της Τράπεζας, ο οποίος από τον υφιστάμενο ATT θα μεταβληθεί στον νέο CREDIA.

Σε αυξητική πορεία βρίσκονταν το α΄ εξάμηνο τα ταμειακά διαθέσιμα της γενικής κυβέρνησης, έχοντας φτάσει τα 41,936 δισ. ευρώ στο τέλος Ιουνίου, έναντι 40,165 δισ. ευρώ στο τέλος του α΄ τριμήνου και 36,281 δισ. στο τέλος του 2024, σύμφωνα με το χθεσινό δελτίο δημοσίου χρέους του ΟΔΔΗΧ.

Δώδεκα νέες αιτήσεις υποβλήθηκαν στη ΡΑΑΕΥ για άδειες αποθήκευσης ενέργειας εντός του κύκλου υποβολής Αυγούστου. Πρόκειται για έργα με μπαταρίες και με συνολική εγκατεστημένη χωρητικότητα 950 MWh και μέγιστη ισχύ έγχυσης 313 MW.

Cryptocurrency firm Tether has appointed former White House crypto policy executive Bo Hines as a strategic adviser to help steer its expansion in the United States, the company said on Tuesday.

Chinese EV maker XPeng said Tuesday that it narrowed its losses as revenue more than doubled in the second quarter. XPeng said it lost 477.8 million renminbi ($66.7 million), vs. 1.28 billion renminbi in the year-earlier quarter, as revenue doubled to 18.27 billion renminbi ($2.56 billion) from 8.11 billion renminbi.

Apple clinched a major win Monday after the U.S. government announced that the U.K. had agreed to drop its demand for the company to provide a “back door” granting officials access to users’ encrypted data.

Peabody Energy is pulling out of its $3.8bn agreement to buy Anglo American’s coal mines over the unexpected closure of the deal’s flagship mine, in a major setback to Anglo’s restructuring programme. 

Nvidia(NVDA) stock was rising Tuesday following a report that it is aiming to release a new artificial-intelligence chip for the Chinese market.

Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI.BR), said on Tuesday that it would invest $15 million in its U.S. brewery, at a time when President Donald Trump is pushing to boost domestic production.

A strong forecast for future business sent Palo Alto Networks Inc. shares higher after the bell Monday, as the cybersecurity company wrapped up a fiscal year that saw its platform strategy gain traction.