Spain records 61 heatwave days in 2026, highest on record

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…

Yogurt giant Chobani is investing $1.2B in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley region over the next five years as the company adjusts its relationship with a major investor. The Upper Macungie Township warehouse Chobani bought for $125M The company announced Tuesday it is making the $1.2B investment in a 1.5M SF manufacturing and warehouse campus in Allentown,…

Statistical Notice  The Bank of England is pleased to announce the availability of a BEEDS User Acceptance Testing (UAT) environment for statistical reporting firms and software houses to test Bank of England Statistical Taxonomy v1.3.1 FINAL. The UAT environment will be open from 02 June to 12 June 2026 and will run in parallel with…

Russia’s largest trading venue, Moscow Exchange (MOEX), announced the upcoming launch of 20 new perpetual futures contracts linked to major U.S.-listed companies. The underlying assets for the new derivatives are MOEX-calculated price fixings for foreign securities, including Tesla, Amazon, Netflix, Apple, AMD, Robinhood and Coinbase. While the fixings are denominated in U.S. dollars, all settlements…

A $995K Midcentury Home Near Lake George Comes with 60 Acres and a Silo Tower An eye-catching midcentury residence nestled on 60.86 tree-lined acres in Hague, NY has just hit the market for $995,000. Built in 1965 and originally designed by architect Mike Foil of Foil Wyatt Architects & Planners, the stunning three-bedroom residence features 2,292 square…

Okta plans to add identity threat detection and response capabilities to its identity management platform by acquiring Permiso Security. The acquisition will add Permiso’s identity risk signals, behavioral analytics and threat detections to Okta’s platform, Okta said in a Thursday (July 30) press release. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of…