UPDATED AUGUST 17, 2026 · 1126 STORIES ON THE WIRE

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01DEALS

Olympus chief Bob White adopts private equity methods to deflect buyout interest

A company can sometimes make itself too expensive to acquire by doing what an acquirer would eventually do to it. Private equity tactics, in their core form, mean a fund buys a company and runs it more intensively to surface value the…

AUGUST 17, 20261 MIN

02TECH

Clients armed with AI chatbots are testing what wealth managers actually sell

AI chatbots built on large language models are appearing in wealth management conversations, and industry leaders are framing t

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03REGULATORY

Mark Walter's insurer strategy draws regulatory scrutiny as Wall Street copies the model

Using an insurer as the financial engine of a broader empire, not merely as one holding among many, has become a much-copied playbook on Wall Street. That approach, called leveraging insurers, works by directing the cash reserves that an…

AUGUST 17, 20261 MIN

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04WORLD

Champagne's earliest harvest on record puts the famous taste under pressure

The earliest harvest on record for France's Champagne region is now underway, driven by extreme heat. Taste profile, the specific balance of acidity, effervescence, and fruit character that makes the wine recognizable from vintage to…

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05CRYPTO

Gemini logged a $108M loss in Q2 even as revenue grew 37%

A net loss, which is the amount by which a company's total expenses exceeded its total revenue in a given period, hit $108 million at crypto exchange Gemini in the second quarter. Revenue grew 37% over the year-earlier period. The growth…

AUGUST 16, 20262 MIN

06WORLD

Ferrexpo fundraising effort caught in oligarch standoff with Kyiv

A political dispute over ownership is complicating a miner's effort to raise money. Sanctions, government-imposed restrictions that freeze a target's assets and cut off access to international financial markets, are central to what makes…

AUGUST 16, 20261 MIN

07WORLD

US weighs sanctions on Brazilian judge as Lula launches re-election bid

Relations between the United States and Brazil are facing a new test, as Washington weighs imposing a sanction against a sitting judge in the country. A sanction, in this context, is a targeted restriction placed on a named individual…

AUGUST 16, 20262 MIN

08REGULATORY

reAlpha trims its loss and cuts staff as second-quarter revenue slips

Cutting a loss is different from turning a profit. A narrowing loss means the company still burns cash, just less of it than before. That is where reAlpha Tech Corp. (Nasdaq: AIRE) stood at the end of the second quarter of 2026: a net loss…

AUGUST 16, 20262 MIN

09CRYPTO

Bitcoin and ethereum slide as inflation relief fails to lift crypto prices

Crypto prices are slipping again, and the inflation report that moved gold and silver higher this week is not doing the same for digital assets. ETF outflows

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