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(Kitco News) – China’s total gold consumption rose 1.23% in the first half of 2026, according to the latest data from the China Gold Association (CGA).

Signifyd has released its 2026 State of Fraud Report on eCommerce fraud trends, showing that fraud pressure rose 33% year on year in the first four months of 2026.

US manufacturing sector labour productivity increased 1.9 per cent in the second quarter (Q2) of 2026, as output rose 4.6 per cent and hours worked increased 2.6 per cent, preliminary data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed.

Agentic AI software names are moving together this Friday afternoon, and the leaderboard looks like a mirror image of Monday’s session. Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR | PLTR Price Prediction) stock is surging 10% to $170.76 midday, while UiPath (NYSE:PATH) shares are climbing 7% to $14.93 and C3.ai (NYSE:AI) shares are rallying 5% to $10.43.

Visa (NYSE:V), the world’s largest electronic-payment processor, rose approximately 1% in Monday’s regular-session trading after agreeing to acquire fraud-intelligence provider BioCatch for $2.4 billion in cash. Visa is buying the business from private-equity firm Permira and other investors. The transaction is intended to expand Visa’s cybersecurity, fraud-prevention, risk-management and security services as financial institutions face…

WASHINGTON (Aug 6): US worker productivity grew faster than expected in the second quarter and further gains are likely as businesses invest in artificial intelligence, which is expected to keep wage inflation contained.

Tekcapital PLC (LSE:TEK) shares rose 8.9% to 4.3p after the technology investment group reported record net assets and profit, driven largely by a non-cash uplift in the value of Vesari.