Key News
1. South Korean conglomerates have reached agreements with global tech giants, including Nvidia (NVDA.O), for a series of collaborative projects worth a total of $950 billion.
Individual Stock News
1. Rocket Lab (RKLB.O) has won a $266 million missile defense contract with the U.S. Space Force.
2. AMD (AMD.O) will build an artificial intelligence research center in South Korea and create an open AI infrastructure ecosystem.
3. Apple (AAPL.O)'s system status webpage shows that the outages affecting all services, including the App Store, have been resolved.
4. Nvidia (NVDA.O): Will form an open-source AI alliance with partners and launch the NOOA open-source project on GitHub, aiming to promote the safe development of artificial intelligence.
5. According to the Wall Street Journal: Sources say Nvidia (NVDA.O) is in talks to provide approximately $250 billion in financial guarantees for OpenAI's Ohio data center project.
6. Dutch biotech company Argenx SE (ARGX.O) has agreed to acquire clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Forte Biosciences (FBRX.O) for approximately $2.2 billion in cash to expand its immunology portfolio.
7. AstraZeneca (AZN.O): Second-quarter revenue grew 5% to $15.38 billion at constant currency, exceeding market expectations of $15.39 billion; adjusted earnings per share rose 18% to $2.63, better than market expectations of $2.48.
