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Investors tracking dividend-paying stocks have a busy week ahead, with nearly 90 companies scheduled to turn ex-dividend between August 10 and August 14, 2026. The corporate action calendar features a mix of large-cap stocks, PSUs, banks, financial companies and mid-sized firms, giving investors several names to watch as the new trading week begins. Among the…

Mortgage underwriting runs on documents. Payslips, bank statements and tax returns are the evidence that lenders verify before approving a loan. Generative artificial intelligence can now produce all three in formats that pass standard checks. Australia’s mortgage market may be facing up to $4 billion Australian dollars (about $2.8 billion) in suspected fraud, with organized…

Capital One’s Discover integration dominated discussion during the second-quarter earnings call, alongside new initiatives, with the bank testing Capital One credit cards on the Discover network while continuing to spend on technology and artificial intelligence (AI). The company’s results on Tuesday (July 21) indicated that credit card purchase volume totaled $253.8 billion, increasing 15% sequentially and…

OpenAI and Anthropic have made incredible advances in the capabilities and implementation of artificial intelligence over the last few years. Now, they’re turning their attention to the hardware used to train and run their large language models. Both companies are reportedly developing custom AI accelerators, which can offer better performance per dollar for specific processes…

K-pop idols are often decked out in luxury clothes from brand deals, but the reality of their careers may look pretty grim. Hyebin, the leader of the six-member girl group Momoland, took to Instagram this week to dispel the illusion that every K-pop idol is rolling in cash. “It has already been more than 10…

Favorable shifts in loan loss reserves helped fuel a jump in Freddie Mac’s net income to a high not seen in years as it nearly matched its opponent in efforts to purchase home mortgages from private companies. Processing Content Freddie generated $3.8 billion worth of earnings that were up 60% from the same period a…