Kiwi Triathlete Has a Large Crash at Olympics

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Kiwi Ainsley Thorpe has crashed! She came down in a group of about four riders by the looks,Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran, The death toll from the massive landslides that have hit the southern Indian state of Kerala has now crossed 158, with officials saying 187 people are still missing and Police have arrested and charged a 45-year-old woman after an alleged racist rant on an Auckland bus.

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Before The Bell

Earnings and Data

• HSBC shares rise 3% after profit beat, $3 billion buyback announcement (CNBC)

• Revenue for the quarter was 74.07 trillion Korean won, a 23.42% increase from a year earlier, while operating profit jumped 1,458.2%. (CNBC)

News Summary

• Kiwi Ainsley Thorpe has crashed! She came down in a group of about four riders by the looks. (Stuff)

• The whānau of a 13-year-old girl is preparing to turn her life support off after she suffered an unsurvivable head injury. (Stuff)

• Polkinghorne, a 71-year-old eye doctor, has admitted charges of possessing methamphetamine (Stuff)

• Authorities now believe he fatally strangled Hanna then staged the scene to look like a suicide. (Herald)

• Police have arrested and charged a 45-year-old woman after an alleged racist rant on an Auckland bus. (Herald)

• Charter schools are a recipe for disaster that will loot resources from state schools, MPs have heard. (RNZ)

• Reborn Simone Biles leads way as USA reassert team gymnastics domination (Guardian)

• Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran (BBC)

• Dozens of staff at the Singapore office of TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, have been hospitalised in an apparent food poisoning outbreak. (BBC)

• The death toll from the massive landslides that have hit the southern Indian state of Kerala has now crossed 158, with officials saying 187 people are still missing. (BBC)

Deal Flow

Investments / M&A

• Scentre, Barrenjoey pin down another Adelaide shopping mall bargain (AFR)

• Brightstar Resources, Alto Metals agree to merge; kick off $20m raise (AFR)

• Houlihan Lokey set to be appointed at Rex, PAG tips in new capital (AFR)

• Alceon PE secures 70pc stake in defence contractor Shadbolt (AFR)

Equity Raises

• Ola down round will worry India's IPO hopefuls (RT)

• Ackman's Pershing Square fund sets $2 bln target for US IPO (RT)

• 99 Speed Mart eyes Sept market debut as Malaysia's biggest IPO in 7 years, sources say. (RT)

Debt

• India's Vedanta gets secured creditors' nod for demerger (RT)

• Britain's Ocado moves to extend its debt maturities (RT)

Daily Picks

• Removing all UPFs from our diets is a big ask, but some convenience foods are far less harmful than others. (Guardian)

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