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Here’s what you might have missed last week: South Korea’s market sheds over $1 trillion, shopping AIs stay quiet on fake “Made in USA” labels, and more.
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In today’s issue:
Korean market plunges 40%. 📉
Amazon & Walmart AI ignore scams. 💻
UEFA votes to boycott FIFA. 🌍
ECONOMY
📉 South Korea’s Stock Market Plunges 40%, Erasing Over $1 Trillion
South Korea’s stock market plunged about 40% over the past month from its June peak, erasing more than $2 trillion and rattling markets from Tokyo to Wall Street.
The sell-off began after chip giant SK Hynix posted strong but weaker-than-expected earnings, spooking investors already nervous about inflated AI valuations. Heavy panic-selling by retail investors deepened the slide.
The bigger question: Some analysts call it an overdue correction after an AI-fueled run-up; others see a warning about betting everything on AI. A few firms dominate Korea’s economy, so one stumble hits hard. Samsung’s record profit offered some relief.
BUSINESS
💻 Amazon and Walmart Spot Fake ‘Made in USA’ Listings but Stay Silent
A new Columbia Law School study says Amazon’s and Walmart’s AI shopping assistants can easily spot deceptive “Made in USA” listings, where bold labels claim domestic origin but fine print admits the item was imported, yet the companies don’t flag them.
When researchers pressed the bots, Amazon’s reportedly said doing nothing is easier until the issue costs Amazon money or draws regulators. Walmart’s noted the FTC usually targets sellers, not retailers. FTC rules require “Made in USA” goods to be all or virtually all domestic.
The response: Amazon says it’s working to make origin data clearer. The study leans on what the chatbots said, so take it with caution, but it raises a new question: can a company be liable for its AI’s claims?
WORLD NEWS
🌍 UEFA's Boycott Threat Forces FIFA to Scrap Its $20 Billion World Cup Sale
European soccer’s governing body, UEFA, voted unanimously to boycott all FIFA competitions, including the World Cup, over a plan to sell part of the tournament’s commercial rights to private investors. All 55 UEFA members backed the stand.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino reportedly pitched spinning off World Cup commercial rights into a $20 billion subsidiary, selling a 20% stake to private equity, including a firm led by Joshua Kushner. He offered each of FIFA’s 211 members $20 million to sign on by September.
The stakes: UEFA warned investors would put shareholder returns over the game, and a boycott could have meant World Cups without France, Spain, England, or Germany. CONCACAF also rejected the plan, and on July 31, Infantino scrapped it entirely, saying the proposal "will not proceed."
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