Two slicks appear in Gulf as huge oil spill off Oman threatens disaster

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…

Key insight: Fintech entrepreneur Darragh Buckley has re-launched the community bank he bought last year under the name Increase Bank. Supporting data: The underlying bank’s asset size grew by 48% in the fiscal year after Buckley acquired it for his enterprise payments fintech. Expert quote: “The value [for Buckley] comes from obtaining the institutional status…

The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted rate of housing starts came in at 238,971 units in June compared with 253,083 in May. The six-month moving average of the seasonally adjusted annual rate was 248,123 units for June, down 2.8% from May. The results came as CMHC says the number of units under construction…

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Abu Dhabi Global Market has granted Coinbase a Financial Services Permission to arrange investment deals and provide custody services for tokenized securities. Coinbase has also pursued regulatory approval in the United States for tokenized equities. In 2025, the company asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to allow it to…

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