Bitcoin and ethereum prices today, Tuesday, August 4, 2026: Investors closely monitoring Clarity Act progress
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Bitcoin and ethereum prices today, Tuesday, August 4, 2026: Investors closely monitoring Clarity Act progress

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) opened at $63,463.72 on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, flat compared to Monday’s opening price. As of 9:02 a.m. ET this morning, the price of bitcoin moved up to $63,818.70. Ethereum (ETH-USD) opened at $1,858.53 on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, down 1.3% from Monday’s opening price. The price of ethereum moved higher this morning…

CoreWeave expands into Indonesia, announces first data center in Asia-Pacific
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CoreWeave expands into Indonesia, announces first data center in Asia-Pacific

Aug 4 (Reuters) – AI cloud computing company CoreWeave said on Tuesday it is expanding into Indonesia and adding three ā€Œnew facilities in the country, marking the firm’s first ā€Œdata-center presence in the Asia Pacific region. CoreWeave has benefited from a surge in demand ​for AI cloud infrastructure globally, as tech companies rush to secure…

AG Barr expects sales growth despite distribution problems
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AG Barr expects sales growth despite distribution problems

AG Barr has reaffirmed its full-year profit guidance despite supply chain disruptions that weighed on a strong revenue performance in the UK soft-drinks group’s first half. In a trading update today (4 August), the Irn-Bru maker said its revenue for the 26 weeks ended 1 August is expected to be around Ā£246m ($330.8m), up 8%…

Toyota Q1 2027 earnings: profit surges 76%, stock falls
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Toyota Q1 2027 earnings: profit surges 76%, stock falls

Toyota reported first-quarter net profit of 1.48 trillion yen ($9.4 billion) for the three months ended June 30, up 76% from 841 billion yen in the same period a year earlier, as a weak yen and gains in financial income lifted results even as vehicle sales dipped. First-quarter revenue came in at 13.5 trillion yen…

Caterpillar lifts 2026 sales growth forecast as AI buildout powers on
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Caterpillar lifts 2026 sales growth forecast as AI buildout powers on

By Nandan Mandayam Aug 4 (Reuters) – Caterpillar raised its annual revenue growth forecast after beating second-quarter profit estimates on Tuesday, benefiting from a buildout ā€Œof AI data centers that has spurred demand for its power-generation ā€Œand construction equipment. Shares of the company jumped 11% in premarket trading, sending Dow futures up 0.6%, ​after it…

Gold prices today, Tuesday, August 4, 2026: Gold remains above ,100 with Iran threats looming
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Gold prices today, Tuesday, August 4, 2026: Gold remains above $4,100 with Iran threats looming

Gold (GC=F) December futures opened at $4,109.60 per troy ounce on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, up 0.5% from Monday’s closing price. The price of gold moved higher this morning to $4,136.30 per troy ounce as of 8:03 a.m. ET. The opening price of gold continues to hold above $4,100 this week, and the precious metal…

Pfizer beats quarterly profit estimates on strong demand for blood thinner Eliquis
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Pfizer beats quarterly profit estimates on strong demand for blood thinner Eliquis

Aug 4 (Reuters) – Pfizer on Tuesday slightly raised the lower end of ā€Œits full-year revenue forecast after ā€Œbeating Wall Street estimates for second-quarter profit, driven ​by strong demand for blood thinner Eliquis. Shares rose 1.8% to $25.5 in premarket trading. Pfizer is banking on newer medicines to offset ā€Œfading COVID revenue ⁠and reduce reliance…

India paves way for return of merchant fees on digital payments
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India paves way for return of merchant fees on digital payments

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, Aug 4 (Reuters) – India has moved a step closer to reintroducing merchant fees on transactions made through its popular Unified Payments Interface (UPI) after proposed changes to the ā€Œcountry’s payments laws were introduced in parliament on Tuesday. UPI, one of the world’s largest real-time ā€Œpayments networks, processed 23.6 billion transactions worth 29.9…

Morning Bid: Earnings overload
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Morning Bid: Earnings overload

August 4 (Reuters) – What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets World markets turned quieter on Tuesday after yesterday’s equity rally and oil price decline, with Asian stock markets steady and Wall Street futures pointing up slightly. Well over halfway ā€Œthrough the booming U.S. corporate earnings season,…

Merck posts better-than-expected second-quarter results on Keytruda strength
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Merck posts better-than-expected second-quarter results on Keytruda strength

Aug 4 (Reuters) – Merck reported higher-than-expected second-quarter sales on Tuesday and raised its full-year revenue forecast on the strength of its top-selling cancer treatment Keytruda. The ā€ŒU.S. drugmaker reported quarterly revenue of $16.61 billion, up 5% from a year ā€Œearlier and above analysts’ average estimate of $16.36 billion, according to LSEG data. Merck reported…

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