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Duke Energy (DUK.N): Additional contracts could add another $5 billion to $10 billion to its record five-year capital plan.

U.S. refined product futures fell to intraday lows; gasoline futures fell 5.2% and diesel futures fell 5%.

August 4 - According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, a 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, at around 11 p.m. local time on August 4. The maximum intensity of the tremor was 3, and the focal depth was 40 kilometers.

U.S. factory orders excluding defense fell 0.4% month-on-month in June, compared with a previous reading of -1.2%.

U.S. factory orders excluding transportation fell 0.4% month-on-month in June, with the previous figure revised from 1.90% to 2%.

U.S. durable goods orders rose 0.5% month-on-month in June, compared with 0.30% in the previous month.

Snap (SNAP.N) rose 10% after reporting second-quarter revenue that exceeded expectations.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened 804.75 points higher, or 1.51%, at 53,983.16 on Tuesday, August 4; the S&P 500 opened 37.92 points higher, or 0.50%, at 7,638.41; and the Nasdaq Composite opened 229.10 points higher, or 0.88%, at 26,143.

August 4th - Reports indicate that Samsung Electronics' chip foundry business may be operating at near full capacity in the second half of 2026, marking a potential turning point for the company after a long period of underutilization impacting profitability. However, yield rates for its 2nm process remain a major challenge.

On August 4th, Canva, a global visual communication and collaboration platform, officially launched its MCP (Model Context Protocol) capability in the Chinese market, initially completing ecosystem integration with local AI agent applications such as Kimi, WorkBuddy, and QoderWorkCN. Wang Kexin, General Manager of Canva China, stated, “AI is making content generation easier, but creation is not just about generation. For users, what truly matters is the ability to continue editing, collaborating, and refining after generation, ultimately creating a usable work.”

IBM (IBM.N) and Red Hat will provide Lightwell free of charge to more than 185 research universities and 100 major NGOs and think tanks.

August 4th - It has been reported that Japan has officially released its 2026 Defense White Paper, falsely claiming that China's military movements pose an "unprecedented and greatest strategic challenge," and asserting that China's military activities around Taiwan are becoming increasingly frequent, placing Japan's surrounding security environment at its most severe and complex level since World War II. What is your comment on this? Ministry of National Defense spokesperson Chen Xi stated that Japan's new Defense White Paper is filled with false narratives, exaggerating the "surrounding security crisis," and hyping up the so-called "China threat." This is a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black, an excuse to loosen its own military constraints. We strongly disapprove of and resolutely oppose this. The Japanese ruling authorities continue to use the guise of "exclusively defense-oriented" to accelerate the revision of the "Three Security Documents," continuously increase defense spending, vigorously develop long-range offensive capabilities, promote the weaponization and battlefieldization of space, and even package the expansion of the military industry as an economic growth point, attempting to deeply embed military buildup into the national system, economy, industry, and public opinion. Japan's "new type of militarism" is gaining momentum and has become a serious challenge to the post-war international order and a real threat to regional peace and stability. The Taiwan question concerns China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as the political foundation of China-Japan relations; it is an inviolable red line. We urge Japan to deeply reflect on its history of aggression, cease interfering in China's internal affairs, stop misleading the Japanese people and the international community, and refrain from going further down the wrong path of "remilitarization."

Webull launches ChatGPT, Claude and Grok connectors, a command-line interface, and an enhanced MCP to expand its AI-driven investment tools.