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A Portland federal jury found on 22 July 2026 that Nike paid former process engineer Heather Hender less than male colleagues and promoted her more slowly because of her sex, awarding $19,739.52 plus $7.5 million in punitive damages under each of federal and Oregon law.

Samsung introduced the Galaxy Watch9 from US$379 and the Galaxy Watch Ultra2 at Galaxy Unpacked on 22 July 2026, the first Galaxy Watches on Qualcomm's Snapdragon Wear Elite platform.

The Department of Energy announced on 22 July 2026 about 40 Phase I awards from a $10 million pool on four AI-for-science topics, with a pitch-first process and a deadline of 2 p.m. Eastern on 10 September.

The House of Representatives passed H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, by 216 votes to 212, with seven Republicans voting against and six Democrats in favour amid the Iran war.

Alo moved into eyewear with six genderless Japanese-made sunglasses styles priced $250 to $375, launched with a Miami-shot campaign starring Lila Moss and Amelia Gray.

By 215 votes to 214, the House added Rep. Wesley Hunt's amendment to the 2027 defense bill, authorizing the Defense Secretary to acquire easements, including by condemnation, along Sable Offshore's Santa Ynez Pipeline System through state land and Gaviota State Park.

China's aviation regulator CAAC published a proposed first batch of compliant companies for passenger eVTOL airworthiness certification that includes XPeng's flying-car unit Aridge, which He Xiaopeng confirmed on 22 July 2026.

Comcast's second-quarter 2026 results, reported on 23 July, showed revenue of US$29.9 billion, adjusted EPS of US$1.04, a first-ever quarterly profit for Peacock (EBITDA US$189 million) and 448,000 new wireless lines.

On 23 July 2026 Nasdaq reported second-quarter net revenue of US$1.5 billion, up 15%, with Solutions revenue up 17%, non-GAAP EPS of US$1.07 and Index ETP assets passing US$1 trillion.

Nestlé's first-half organic growth reached 3.6% and volumes (RIG) improved to 1.8% in the second quarter, but net profit fell 31.4% to CHF 3.5 billion on restructuring and a CHF 1.3 billion write-down of businesses it is selling. It kept its 3% to 4% growth guidance for 2026.

Deckers Brands' net sales rose 5.7% to $1.02 billion in its fiscal first quarter, topping $1 billion for the first time, as Hoka grew 7.7% to $703.5 million and UGG grew 4.9% to $278.0 million.

Chuya Koyama's astronaut manga Space Brothers, running in Kodansha's Morning since 2007, published its final chapter in spring 2026 and ends with its 46th volume on 23 July 2026, a run of about 18 years.

Nestlé will put S.Pellegrino, Perrier, Acqua Panna, Nestlé Pure Life and its other waters and premium beverages into Peranel, a 50:50 joint venture with Platinum Equity valued at EUR 4.9 billion. Nestlé expects about EUR 3.0 billion in cash at closing, due in the first half of 2027.

Lynk & Co launched its first station wagon, the 07 GT plug-in hybrid, in China on 23 July 2026 at RMB 157,800-177,800 after 35,000 pre-orders in 24 days of pre-sales, with up to 523 hp and 1,422 km combined range.

Hut 8 Corp. proposes the 500 MW Logan Prairie AI/cloud data center near Latham in Logan County, Illinois, at more than 5B USD; the Latham village vote was cancelled in July 2026 after trustees signalled it would fail, and county applications are stalled.

Anthropic releases Claude Opus 5, a step-change improvement for the Opus tier for long-running agents, with gains in coding and professional work.

The 38th Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, held at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront on 24 July 2026, gave DC's Absolute Martian Manhunter Best Limited Series and Best Penciller/Inker, and Absolute Batman Best Continuing Series; DC took 10 wins.

Scotch and other UK whisky entered the US tariff-free from 24 July 2026, ending the 10% duty imposed in April 2025 on a market worth about £1 billion a year to UK distillers.