• ☝️ The coin collection of Danish butter magnate Lars Emil Bruun will soon be auctioned off; auction house Stack’s Bowers describes it as the most valuable collection of world coins to ever come to market (insurance values it at $72.5 million).

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 💰 US markets closed mixed (S&P: -0.3%; Dow: +0.2%; Nasdaq: -0.9%); Nvidia, which reports earnings tomorrow, dropped 2.3%.
• ⚖️🤝 The Kroger-Albertsons merger trial began yesterday; the FTC is alleging a tie-up between the two grocery chains will hurt consumers and workers.
• 🍏 Apple announced it’ll be hosting an event September 9; the company is expected to unveil the iPhone 16.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• 🏈 The Dallas Cowboys agreed to a four-year, $136 million contract extension with star WR CeeDee Lamb, making him the NFL’s second-highest paid wide receiver.
• 🎭 TV castings: Kate Winslet will star in The Spot, a new Hulu series from writer Ed Solomon and production company A24; Emilia Clarke is set to star in Ponies, a Cold War espionage thriller greenlit by an animal kingdom friend (Peacock).
• ⚾ Catcher Danny Jansen made MLB history yesterday when he played for two teams in the same game; Jansen took the field for Boston in the resumption of a rain-delayed game he started for Toronto back in June (prior to being traded to the Red Sox).

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• 🩸 Stelo, the first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor in America, became available for purchase from manufacturer Dexcom yesterday. | 🫀 People with constipation are far more likely to suffer a major cardiac event compared to others, according to a new study from Monash University in Australia.
• 🚀 SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission – which will attempt the first-ever private spacewalk – saw its launch postponed from today until later this week following a helium leak.
• ❄️ Europeans used coca leaves – the source of modern cocaine – as a stimulant as early as the 17th century, per a new study based on the preserved brains of two people buried in a Milanese crypt. | 🌿 Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main active ingredient in cannabis, was shown to reverse conventional signs of brain aging in mice in a new study.

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MISCELLANEOUS

• 🦟🦠 Ten Massachusetts counties are at high or critical risk from eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), a rare but potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus without a cure, state health officials warn; Plymouth, MA, has closed its parks at night after EEE was detected in a horse in the area.
• 🇨🇦🇨🇳 Canada announced plans to impose a 100% tariff on all imports of EVs from China, joining the US and EU; Canada also unveiled a 25% tariff on imported steel and aluminum from China.
• 🚌🗽 Fare evasion has surged in recent years on New York City buses, where 48% of riders fail to pay.

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