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On 13 Aug 2026, President Trump invoked Section 232 to impose a 100 % import duty—effective 3 Sep—on drones over 25 kg or with thermal cameras, while levying 25 % on smaller models and capping allies at 10-15 %.
SEC 13F and 13G disclosures show Google-parent Alphabet’s original $900 million 2015 investment in SpaceX has ballooned to a $94 billion holding after the company’s June 2026 IPO, establishing Alphabet as SpaceX’s largest outside shareholder.
On 13 Aug 2026 Washington alleged that India is a top hub helping China dodge U.S. Section 301 duties, grouping it with Mexico and Vietnam in a $67 billion ‘shadow transshipment network’ and signaling imminent, stricter rules-of-origin checks on Indian exports.
On 13 Aug 2026, President Trump signed a Section 232 proclamation that will levy 100 % tariffs on large or thermal-equipped drones and 25 % on most smaller models, with duties taking effect 3 Sep 2026.
On 13 August 2026 a wave of April–June 2026 disclosures showed India’s auto giant Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles suffering an 80 % year-on-year profit collapse even as several mid-cap manufacturers and consumer firms reported double- to triple-digit profit growth.
On 13 Aug 2026, authorities began a controlled shutdown of Cernavodă’s 700-MW Unit 2—the plant’s last active reactor—after the Danube dropped to –230 cm, removing roughly 20 % of Romania’s generation from the grid.
On 12 Aug 2026, Chairman N. Chandrasekaran said he will step down on 20 Feb 2027 after a single dissenting Tata Trusts nominee, wielding affirmative rights, blocked his third-term re-appointment despite majority board support.
On 13 Aug 2026 crude benchmarks slipped below $89 Brent and $83 WTI after an unexpected 17.4 million-barrel build in U.S. inventories and fresh OPEC/IEA demand downgrades out-weighed lingering but opaque Strait of Hormuz supply risks.
U.S. consumer prices ticked up only 0.1 % in July, pulling headline inflation down to 3.4 % and core to 2.5 %, prompting a swift 0.5 % jump in S&P 500 futures and lifting the odds of the Fed holding rates in September above 55 %.
On 11 Aug 2026 President Donald Trump inserted a demand that Tehran pay multi-decade “damages,” derailing nascent U.S.–Iran cease-fire diplomacy and immediately jolting oil and tanker markets.
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