Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index unchanged

24 July 2026 Eurosystem has started onboarding process of non-euro area central banks to enhanced repo facility (EUREP), with drawings possible as of Q4 2026 EUREP to be implemented by five national central banks and coordinated by the ECB The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) today decided on the operational features and…

Kevin O’Leary says he could have done a better job selling his plan for a hyperscale data center to the people of Utah. In an interview with MS NOW, released on Thursday, the “Shark Tank” investor talked about how he and his team did not properly communicate plans for the Stratos data center project in…

The London Stock Exchange recently celebrated 25 years of its FTSE4Good range of indices, designed to assess and boost corporate “sustainability”. Strictly excluded were firms involved in areas such as tobacco and weapons that were considered controversial. The restrictions quickly expanded to exclude the defence industry, fossil fuels and gambling. The subsequent rush to ESG…

YouTube is changing the way it counts views on long-form videos and live streams from August 24, 2026. Under the new system, a public view can be counted as soon as playback begins, removing the minimum watch-time requirement for the public view counter. YouTube New View Count Rule From 24 August, 2026: Public Views Will…

Financial giants in Japan partner with AI firms to build zero-trust cybersecurity defenses. This article appears in the July/August issue of Global Finance Magazine. Japan’s banking sector is becoming a high-stakes proving ground for AI-driven cybersecurity.  As autonomous “frontier AI” models rapidly increase the speed and scale of cyberthreats by identifying zero-day vulnerabilities, the country’s…