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Toll Brothers is launching its Lady Bird model home in the Headwaters community in Dripping Springs, Texas, on July 26, 2025. The development features luxury single-family homes from the upper $400,000s, ranging from 1,913 to 3,555 sq ft, with 3-5 bedrooms. Residents can enjoy amenities like a resort-style clubhouse, pool, fitness center, and over 1,000 acres of open space. Located in the Dripping Springs Independent School District, buyers can personalize homes at the Toll Brothers Design Studio. Move-in ready options are available.

JD.com launched Seven Fresh Kitchen in Beijing, a new approach to food delivery amid intense market competition. It licenses signature dishes from established restaurants, handling ingredient sourcing, preparation, and delivery. This aims to address consumer concerns over “ghost kitchens” by providing transparent kitchens and focusing on quality. By partnering with restaurants and ensuring their profitability, JD.com leverages its supply chain and brand reputation to offer reliable, high-quality takeout, potentially changing the dynamics of the online food market. Initial response indicates strong consumer demand.

Meituan’s Pinhão delivery platform launches the “Million Kitchen Showcase” to enhance food safety and transparency. The initiative partners with 200,000 merchants, providing consumers real-time kitchen access via images, texts, and live streams. Meituan aims to encourage one million merchants to adopt “open kitchen” setups, offering support and subsidies for live streaming. Pinhão now features storefront, dining area, and kitchen images alongside menus. Nearly 300,000 merchants already uploaded these visuals. Pinhão, with over one million merchants and 35 million daily orders, features more than 5,000 established restaurant brands.

Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM) will release its Q2 2025 earnings before market open on Thursday, August 7, 2025. A conference call will follow at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, accessible via live webcast on the company’s investor relations website. Martin Marietta operates in 28 states, Canada, and The Bahamas, producing aggregates, cement, ready-mixed concrete, and asphalt. Their Magnesia Specialties division also manufactures magnesia and dolomitic lime products.

Belgravia Hartford Capital Inc. (BLGV) has announced its largest single-day Bitcoin purchase, acquiring 25.03 BTC funded entirely by a recent CAD $4,022,955.55 private placement. This increases Belgravia’s total BTC holdings to 40.7719114, yielding a 13% return since June 5, 2025. The purchases were executed via Coinsquare’s OTC desk. Belgravia plans further BTC acquisitions, deploying an additional USD $5M upon closing an agreement with Round13.

Tickets for Jackson Yee’s Shanghai concert sold out instantly on Damai, a Chinese ticketing platform, triggering frustration among fans. Demand was astronomical, with over 3.3 million users vying for only around 7,000 tickets, a 463:1 ratio. Damai cited high traffic for website slowdowns, attributing successful ticket acquisition to “pure luck.” The event highlights the challenges of managing high demand, combatting scalping, and ensuring positive fan experiences in China’s live entertainment market.

Fuyao University, founded by Fuyao Group’s Cao Dewang, successfully completed its 2025 undergraduate admissions, admitting 50 students with impressive scores, exceeding some established universities in certain provinces. Headed by Professor Wang Shuguo, the university’s high admission scores have sparked debate among netizens questioning the choice of a new institution over prestigious, well-established universities. One admitted student defended his decision, citing the unique educational approach and the reputation of the faculty, despite online criticism and falling short of his initial top choice, Zhejiang University.

DEFSEC Technologies Inc. (DFSC) announced the pricing of a CAD$6.8 million public offering consisting of units with common shares (or pre-funded warrants) and warrants. Each unit, priced at CAD$8.955, includes one share/warrant, with warrants exercisable at CAD$10.52 within five years. H.C. Wainwright & Co. is the placement agent. Closing is expected around July 25, 2025. Net proceeds will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes. The offering, while injecting capital, introduces potential dilution for existing shareholders.

Cotton Secret, founded by Xinba and with $465M in sales, faces allegations of health risks. Reports link its sanitary napkins to thyroid cancer in over 30 women, with thiourea, a Group 3 carcinogen, found in samples. Cotton Secret insists its products meet national standards and that internal assessments show no health risks under normal use. Independent testing by regulatory bodies support the company’s claims of adherence to safety standards.

Huawei’s MatePad Pro 12.2-inch, powered by HarmonyOS 5, introduces desktop-grade video editing with a full port of CapCut Pro. This advancement moves beyond feature-stripped mobile versions, offering professionals a powerful, portable editing experience. HarmonyOS enhances workflows with drag-and-drop functionality and AI-powered tools for subtitle generation, intelligent color grading, and AI sticker creation. This signifies a leap in tablet capabilities and a growing ecosystem synergy for HarmonyOS.