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FDA Downgrades Oncology ISH Test Systems to Class II

The agency's final order shifts certain in situ hybridization devices from premarket approval to the 510(k) pathway.
Rule Changes · August 17, 2026

EPA Exempts Calcium Carbonate From Pesticide Tolerance Rule

A new rule removes the need for a maximum residue limit on all food commodities.
Rule Changes · August 17, 2026

Rates Pinch Credit as Backlogs Signal Uneven Demand

Companies across 14 industries flagged rising borrowing costs and mixed demand signals in their latest disclosures.
Economy Survey · August 17, 2026

SOL Strategies Revenue Drops as Intangible Asset Impairments Hit

The Solana-focused infrastructure company reported a nine-month operating income of 5.04 million Canadian dollars against 16.11 million Canadian dollars in impairment losses.
Earnings · August 17, 2026

Sempra's Cameron Interstate Pipeline Locks In Steady Revenue on LNG Backbone

Cameron Interstate Pipeline held rates flat and construction quiet in 2024, leaning instead on a $410 million backlog of fixed-fee contracts tied to Sempra's Cameron LNG export venture.
Utility Annual Reviews · August 16, 2026

MPLX's Twelve FERC Carriers Show Ozark Rate Win, THPP Standoff

MPLX's oil-pipeline subsidiaries closed out 2024 with a court victory on Ozark's market-based rates and an unresolved tribal-land dispute still idling part of the Tesoro High Plains system.
Utility Annual Reviews · August 15, 2026

Dominion Energy Expands Gas and Wind Capacity Across Mid-Atlantic

The holding company is balancing a massive offshore wind build-out with new combined-cycle natural gas stations to meet regional demand.
Utility Annual Reviews · August 15, 2026

New Proxy for Uniswap v3 Volatility Limits Option Pricing

A new fee-based volatility proxy provides an oracle-free activity measure but cannot fully replicate Black-Scholes implied volatility.
ArXiv Research · August 15, 2026

Net Disagreement and the Limits of Long-Term Bond Pricing

New research suggests that unbounded disagreement over growth forecasts can make long-term bonds mathematically non-existent.
ArXiv Research · August 15, 2026

Scalable Demand Transfer Modeling for Massive Retail Assortments

A new restricted logit approach allows retailers to estimate substitution effects across inventories of over one million items.
ArXiv Research · August 15, 2026

Multi-Agent AI Automates Retail Price Taxonomies

A new framework uses specialized LLM agents to maintain pricing consistency across millions of retail items.
ArXiv Research · August 15, 2026

New Bounds on Yield Curve Shape Predictability

Mathematical classification of the Hull-White model limits the possible shapes of future yield curves.
ArXiv Research · August 15, 2026

Nationwide Satellite Mapping for West African Cashew Orchards

A new remote sensing approach uses active learning to map cashew production at a national scale with 94% accuracy.
ArXiv Research · August 15, 2026

Strategic Queueing Rules Can Steal Market Share

New research shows that modifying service order can capture a majority of demand from competitors using standard first-come-first-served rules.
ArXiv Research · August 15, 2026

Simple decay beats complex signals in customer-return timing

New certification tools show that adding behavioral and geographic signals to customer-return models provides little to no predictive gain.
ArXiv Research · August 15, 2026

Crypto Markets Retain Distinct Dynamics Despite Statistical Maturity

New structural diagnostics show cryptocurrencies behave more randomly than equities during quiet periods but exhibit sharper, more irreversible spikes during volatility.
ArXiv Research · August 15, 2026

The AI Expertise Trap in Modern Newsrooms

Research on Norwegian newsrooms during the 2025 election suggests a systemic risk where AI reliance erodes the very human expertise needed to police it.
ArXiv Research · August 15, 2026

Correction to New Keynesian Policy Counterfactual Method

A new technical note identifies a calibration error in a widely used semistructural methodology for predicting policy outcomes.
ArXiv Research · August 15, 2026

New Choice Model Fixes Asymmetric Price Elasticity

A skewed multinomial probit model allows firms to better predict how consumers react differently to price hikes versus price cuts.
ArXiv Research · August 15, 2026

New Framework Translates Climate Nowcasting into Supply Chain Risk

A data-driven approach converts short-term meteorological observations into actionable risk signals for agricultural logistics.
ArXiv Research · August 15, 2026

New Framework Refines How Wage Gaps are Attributed

A generalized decomposition method shows that nonlinear controls significantly shift the perceived drivers of wage dispersion.
ArXiv Research · August 15, 2026

New metric links AI readiness to national economic output

The Effective Cognitive Population unit integrates human capital and AI infrastructure to better predict country-level productivity.
ArXiv Research · August 15, 2026

New Causal Framework Exposes Gaps in Motor Insurance Pricing

A multiscale DAG model shows that annual rating factors often mask the actual mechanisms that cause road crashes.
ArXiv Research · August 15, 2026

Simplifying Financial Models for Regulatory Approval

New research provides a framework to convert complex predictive equations into the simple scorecards and rules required by financial regulators.
ArXiv Research · August 15, 2026

LEO Satellite Demand Lags Capacity Growth

New demand estimates for Starlink suggest the mega-constellation internet market is less lucrative than forecasted.
ArXiv Research · August 15, 2026

AI Pipeline Automates Industrial Device Commissioning

A new RAG-based system eliminates manual parameter extraction from technical manuals for industrial fieldbus devices.
ArXiv Research · August 15, 2026

Toehold stakes fail to deter rivals in multi-round auctions

New computational modeling suggests that buying a preliminary stake in a target company does not frighten off competing bidders.
ArXiv Research · August 15, 2026

New framework exposes flaws in strategy capacity estimates

Research shows that standard methods for measuring how much capital a trading strategy can absorb often ignore the compounding effects of crowding.
ArXiv Research · August 15, 2026

Aviva declares 14 pence interim dividend for 2026

The diversified insurer reported total Group assets under management of £479 billion as of 30 June 2026.
Earnings · August 14, 2026

Supply Chain Disruptions Spread Beyond Tariffs Into Labor and Tech

Six U.S. companies across disparate industries report intensifying multi-modal supply chain constraints spanning tariffs, skilled labor shortages, component bottlenecks, and logistics disruptions.
Filing Trends · August 14, 2026

EcoPro reports 1.64 trillion won half-year revenue

The battery materials business contributed 1.18 trillion won to the total consolidated revenue.
Earnings · August 14, 2026

LG Chem Petrochemical Unit Returns to Profit

The chemical maker reported consolidated revenue of 26.4227 trillion won for the first half of 2026.
Earnings · August 14, 2026

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering boosts profit

Consolidated revenue for the first half of 2026 reached 17.0679 trillion won.
Earnings · August 14, 2026

EcoPro BM Expands Production Capacity for Cathode Materials

The company expects to reach a monthly production capacity of 20,300 tons by the end of 2026.
Earnings · August 14, 2026

Apr expands beauty device and cosmetic operations

The company reported that overseas sales accounted for 80% of its total revenue as of December 31, 2025.
Earnings · August 14, 2026

SK Innovation reports 5.65 trillion won operating profit

The energy company recorded consolidated revenue of 53.45 trillion won for the first half of 2026.
Earnings · August 14, 2026

NH Investment & Securities Net Profit Hits 965.1 Billion Won

The company reported consolidated net income of 965.1 billion won for the first half of 2026.
Earnings · August 14, 2026

Amorepacific Operating Profit Rises 59.3% in Q2 2026

The cosmetics maker reported second quarter consolidated revenue of 1.1759 trillion won.
Earnings · August 14, 2026

Naver revenue reaches 6.63 trillion won

The internet company reported consolidated operating revenue of 6,629,816 million won for the first half of 2026.
Earnings · August 14, 2026

KEPCO reports slight revenue increase for first half 2026

Consolidated revenue rose 0.3% compared to the same period last year.
Earnings · August 14, 2026

SK consolidated operating profit hits 8.51 trillion won

The investment firm reported a consolidated operating profit of 8.51 trillion won for the first half of 2026.
Earnings · August 14, 2026

Yuhan expands global reach through strategic contracts

The pharmaceutical company reported that its overseas business grew 12.3% year-on-year in the first half of 2026.
Earnings · August 14, 2026

LG Electronics Expands AI and Robot Solutions

The Home Appliance Solution division accounts for 29.5% of total sales.
Earnings · August 14, 2026

POSCO International expands energy and materials reach

The company maintains a network of 127 entities across major global regions.
Earnings · August 14, 2026

LG Innotek expands high-value business targets

The electronic components maker aims to increase the revenue share of high-value growth businesses by 2030.
Earnings · August 14, 2026

Alteogen reports 140.5 billion won first-half revenue

The biotech firm recorded 116.4 billion won from ALT-B4 technical services in the first half of 2026.
Earnings · August 14, 2026

LG Uplus grows second quarter service revenue

Consolidated service revenue rose 2.0% year-on-year to 3 trillion 76.5 billion won in the second quarter of 2026.
Earnings · August 14, 2026

LG Display boosts OLED investment to 2 trillion won

The display maker reported consolidated revenue of 11.1461 trillion won for the first half of 2026.
Earnings · August 14, 2026

Posco Future M Energy Materials Revenue Slips

The battery materials provider reported energy materials revenue of 761,513 million won for the first half of 2026.
Earnings · August 14, 2026

POSCO Holdings Shifts Toward Low Carbon Steel

Steel products accounted for 68.2% of the company's total sales.
Earnings · August 14, 2026