

The major stock indexes edge lower on Wednesday in light trading.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Perfect Corp. (NYSE: PERF) (“Perfect” or the “Company”), a leading artificial intelligence (“AI”) company offering AI and augmented reality (“AR”) powered solutions to beauty, fashion, photo and video creative industries, today announced that it has called an extraordinary general meeting (the “EGM”) to be held on October 19, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. (Taiwan time) at the principal office of the Company located at 14F, No. 98, Minquan Road, Xindian District, New Taipei City.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Perfect Corp. (NYSE: PERF), the leading AI and AR beauty and fashion technology company, today announced the return of its 8th Global Beauty & Fashion Tech Forum, taking place Monday, September 28th, 2026, at the Haft Theater at FIT's School of Graduate Studies in New York City. The event will bring together beauty and fashion executives, entrepreneurs, technology innovators, investors, students, and creative professionals for a full day of programming, including.

NVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) reports fiscal second-quarter results next Wednesday after the market close, and the print arrives as the chipmaker's remarkable AI-driven rally faces a stagnant stretch.

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BOCA RATON, Fla., Aug. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Xeriant, Inc. (OTCQB: XERI), a company dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of transformative technologies, today announced that its NEXBOARD™ composite construction panel has achieved a perfect score of 10 — the highest possible rating — on the ASTM D3273 mold resistance test, with no mold growth observed after 28 days of exposure.

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Perfect Moment Ltd. (OTC: PMNT) (“Perfect Moment” or the “Company”), the high-performance, luxury lifestyle brand that fuses technical excellence with fashion-led designs, reported results for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, 2026. Fiscal Q1 2027 Financial Highlights Fiscal Q1 is the Company's seasonally lowest quarter, representing approximately 6% of fiscal 2026 annual revenue, with sales in the period driven by swimwear and activewear. Revenue declined 21.9% t.

Memory chips continue to be a damper on the AI build-out. Wall Street expects huge growth for both companies over the next year.