Shein to pay nearly $40 million fees to expanded roster of Hong Kong IPO banks

Visa, Mastercard and Ant International are working on common standards for AI-agent payments — including ways to verify and monitor their transactions.

With the Labor Day holiday — and summer in the US — now officially over, the traditional push to the end of the year in the market for initial public offerings is on.

Copper climbed to a fresh record in London and New York as traders weighed persistent tariff fears and supply shortages against escalating hostilities in the Middle East that clouded demand outlook.

GLOBAL-MARKETS:Wall Street dips as $100 oil, inflation worries weigh on investors

GLOBAL-FOREX:Dollar trades near 7-month low against yen as oil settles above $100

US stocks fell on Wednesday as Brent crude climbed above $100 a barrel, raising fresh inflation concerns and weighing on investor sentiment. The S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow declined as Treasury yields rose ahead of key US inflation data.…