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Market news: American actor Leonardo DiCaprio has urged Chilean authorities to protect a critically endangered frog from a proposed power transmission project, thus involving the Hollywood star in an environmental controversy.

According to Nikkei, Japan plans to relax lending rules to facilitate financing for startups. The Financial Services Agency is expected to discuss related legislative amendments as early as this month at a plenary meeting of the Financial System Committee.

Market news: Lambda, an AI cloud computing service provider backed by Nvidia, is selling a leveraged loan to finance chip deals. The company is issuing a $917 million leveraged loan for GPU procurement.

The contract negotiations between General Motors Canada will cover approximately 4,600 hourly workers.

According to Al Jazeera, Iranian President Peshizian stated that the United States and Israel used artificial intelligence data to attack Iran.

Disney+ (DIS.N), Hulu, and iHeartMedia announced a video podcast partnership agreement.

Mexico's main stock index fell 1%.

The Texas state government: Meta Platforms (META.O) has pledged to comply with data center standards.

Eurozone government bond yields continued to rise, with the yield on German 2-year government bonds increasing by 5.13 basis points to 2.7835%.

The U.S. Conference Board Employment Trends Index for July was 107.71, compared to 106.69 in July.

According to Interfax news agency, as of August 10, Russia's wheat harvest exceeded 60 million tons.

The Bank of England's £600 million auction of 7-20 year government bonds had a bid-to-cover ratio of 1.81.

U.S. Geological Survey: A magnitude 5 earthquake struck 16 kilometers west of San José del Palma, Colombia.

TASS quoted a Russian diplomat as saying that Moscow would view any military provocation in the Dniester region as an attack on Russia.

Archer Aviation shares rose 14% on news of its acquisition of Boeing’s subsidiaries Wisk Aero, Insitu, and Skygrid.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened down 17.50 points, or 0.03%, at 54,019.43 on Monday, August 10; the S&P 500 opened down 1.00 point, or 0.01%, at 7,756.46; and the Nasdaq Composite opened down 19.93 points, or 0.08%, at 26,670.69.

Microsoft (MSFT.O) rose 1.4% after announcing a significant increase in AI chip production. Meta Platforms (META.O) rose 1.16% after launching the lightweight AI model Muse Glimmer.

At the open, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1%, the S&P 500 fell 0.06%, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.06%. Apple (AAPL.O) fell 2.1% after Jefferies downgraded the company's rating; Intel (INTC.O) fell 4% after announcing a proposed $15 billion common stock offering.

According to the Russian news agency, citing official sources, nine of the 13 victims in the Nizhny Kamsk drone attack in Russia died inside a hotel.

Microsoft (MSFT.O) rose 0.93% in pre-market trading.