Key News
1. The Federal Reserve will announce its latest interest rate decision at 2:00 AM Beijing time on Thursday. The market generally expects the interest rate to remain between 3.5% and 3.75%.
Individual Stock News
1. Google (GOOG.O): Launches a tool that can import AI chat history from other AI providers into Gemini.
2. Starbucks (SBUX.O) reported record Q2 revenue of $9.53 billion and raised its full-year same-store sales and profit guidance.
3. Visa (V.N) reported Q2 revenue up 17% year-over-year to $11.2 billion, and net profit up 32% year-over-year to $6.021 billion.
4. Adidas reported Q1 revenue up 14% year-over-year to €6.59 billion, and operating profit up 16% year-over-year to €705 million.
5. Yum China (YUMC.N) reported double-digit growth in total revenue and operating profit in Q1 2026, with net new stores reaching a new quarterly high.
6. Silicon Motion (SIMO.US) reported record-high Q1 revenue of $342.1 million, a 105% year-over-year increase and a 23% quarter-over-quarter increase.
7. NXP Semiconductors (NXPI.US) reported Q1 revenue of $3.18 billion, a 12% year-over-year increase, exceeding market expectations of $3.15 billion; net profit more than doubled from $490 million in the same period last year to $1.12 billion.
8. Seagate Technology (STX.US) reported Q3 2026 revenue of $3.11 billion, a 44% year-over-year increase, exceeding expectations of $2.96 billion.
9. Amazon (AMZN.O) launched a desktop AI agent similar to OpenClaw and released several independent AI agent services.
