Feng Huang Wang Cai Jing·2025-07-28 13:39Group 1 - US stock indices opened slightly higher, with the Dow Jones up 0.03%, Nasdaq up 0.31%, and S&P 500 up 0.15% [1] - AEye, a lidar company, saw its stock rise over 20%, following a previous trading day increase of over 50% [1] - Chinese stocks Alibaba and NIO both increased by over 1% [1] Group 2 - Samsung announced a $16.5 billion chip supply agreement with a "large multinational company," later revealed to be Tesla by CEO Elon Musk [2] - The new factory in Texas will be dedicated to producing Tesla's next-generation AI6 chips, highlighting its strategic importance [2] - Following the announcement, Tesla's stock rose over 1%, while Samsung Electronics' shares in South Korea increased by 6.83% [2] Group 3 - JPMorgan Chase plans to charge fintech startups for access to bank customer data starting in September, with a specific pricing structure [3] - This move has sparked outrage among smaller fintech companies, many of which claim the fees exceed their revenues [3] - Several fintech companies have filed lawsuits to restore previous regulations that prohibited data access fees [3] Group 4 - Bavarian Nordic A/S, a manufacturer of monkeypox vaccines, has agreed to be acquired and privatized by a European consortium for approximately 19 billion Danish kroner (about $3 billion) [4] - The company's stock surged by 27.97% in the week leading up to the acquisition announcement [4]