This is Guru Focus first look, your morning market brief for Friday, August 21. Here are the stories driving markets today. Walmart shares tumbled 9% in pre-market trading after the retail giant reported slowing sales growth and issued a weaker than expected outlook despite announcing price cuts following a $2.9% billion tariff refund.The company's disappointing guidance raised fresh concerns about consumer spending and the broader retail sector. Turning now to the US national debt, the Treasury Department ...

The UK government is funding some promising chip startups to participate in the AI boom https://t.co/Ej0DohnsMf ...

VONNIE: IT IS 5:00 A. M. IN NEW YORK CITY, 10:00 A.M. IN LONDON. GOOD MORNING.I AM VONNIE QUINN WITH YOUR "BLOOMBERG BRIEF." LET'S GET YOU SET UP FOR THE DAY. THE DOLLAR UNDER PRESSURE AS INVESTORS ASSESS THE POTENTIAL FOR A BIGGER DEBT BUYBACKS AND THAT PLAN FOR FISCAL CONSOLIDATION. AI EXUBERANCE RIPPLING ACROSS MARKETS WITH SAMSUNG'S CHUNKY RETURN TO SHAREHOLDERS AND BROADCOM'S LATEST DEBT DEAL.BRENT POISED FOR A WEEKLY SURGE AS MARKETS AWAIT SECRETARY BESSENT'S ADDRESS TWO MARKETS NEXT WEEK. LET'S START ...

Korean memory giants Samsung and SK Hynix face intensifying pressure to share windfall profits from the AI boom: Here is your Evening Briefing. https://t.co/B88dVpwd57 ...

Japan’s government is allocating an additional ¥150 billion ($944 million) for chip startup Rapidus, ramping up spending in a long-shot bid to compete against the likes of TSMC https://t.co/0CmsB42Nxb ...

After ripping through the first half of the year, memory stocks are struggling to regain momentum as growing concerns about the state of the AI trade overshadow their strong fundamental backdrop https://t.co/rs02tfhnKE ...

Fujifilm Expands Key Chip Material Output to Capture AI Demand https://t.co/ZoYjtEl0oZ ...

Nvidia Corp. is in early discussions with the Korean AI chip designer Rebellions about possible collaborations, including a technical partnership, an investment or perhaps even an acquisition, according to people familiar with the matter. https://t.co/ex3ePzg9ap ...

>> A VERY GOOD FRIDAY MORNING TO YOU. THIS IS "BLOOMBERG DAYBREAK EUROPE. " I AM CHAD THOMAS AND HERE ARE YOUR TOP STORIES. GLOBAL BONDS UNDER PRESSURE AS A PROMISED NEW FISCAL PLAN FROM SCOTT BESSENT FAILS TO STAMP RISING U.S. BORROWING COSTS. AIMING FOR THE SKY. BLOOMBERG LEARNS THAT ANTHROPIC EXPECTS TO MATCH OR BEAT SPACEX'S RECORD IPO SIZE AS IT PREPARES ITS OWN BLOCKBUSTER LISTING FOR TAKEOFF. GERMANY'S INDUSTRIAL MACHINE STALLS UNDER PRESSURE FROM RISING ENERGY PRICES AND CHINESE COMPETITION. WE'LL T ...

Unprecedented shareholder-return plans by South Korea’s two chipmaking giants are emerging as a key swing factor for the won, potentially extending its recent rally if the firms tap local currency markets to fund the payouts https://t.co/GafGUut2SV ...