ICYMI: SoftBank unveiled a $23 billion quarterly net loss, its biggest ever, as a market sell-off upended tech stocks and shredded valuations at its sprawling Vision Fund unit reut.rs/3byoPSI
America’s Pacific Northwest was largely built on timber. Now, a struggling old industry is pinning its hopes on a more sustainable use of the material econ.st/3SOcXMQ
ICYMI: U.S. productivity posted its biggest ever annual drop in the second quarter, the Labor Department said. It was the second straight quarterly decline and came as growth in unit labor costs accelerated in the second quarter reut.rs/3JG4abM
WATCH: ‘I witnessed a wedding here and I just thought it was so rich and so special:' Mexican-American Melissa Guerrero had a traditional Bosniak wedding in Kosovo reut.rs/3AaB0yz
ICYMI: From elaborate headgear studded with jewels to rubbish, British artist Daniel Lismore's monumental pieces of ‘wearable art’ took center stage at London's Victoria and Albert Museum reut.rs/3bAPBcT
📸 WATCH - Moments captured by@reuterspicturess photographers from the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, including performances from Ozzy Osbourne, Talulah Eve and othersreut.rs/3JIiVe3PR
The Forbes Cloud 100 Rising Stars list highlights the top 20 cloud startups that promise to be listed among the best private cloud companies in the future. This year’s list spots a number of startups looking to handle how businesses manage employees. trib.al/hGopNzl
WATCH: London's Horniman Museum says it will return brass plaques known as the Benin Bronzes, looted by British soldiers in 1897, to Nigeria reut.rs/3bLPVWe
ICYMI: Inflatable models of the Sun, Earth, the Moon and Mars glow at night at the Brno observatory in Czech Republic. The models will be on display until August 11
The seventh annual Forbes #Cloud100 list of the world’s top private cloud companies, produced in partnership with Bessemer Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures, recognizes standouts in tech’s hottest category. trib.al/bqSJJDM
ICYMI: SoftBank posted a $23.1 billion loss at its Vision Fund unit in the April-June quarter as the value of its tech portfolio slid. CEO Masayoshi Son has pledged to reel back on investments and preserve cash to weather the downturn reut.rs/3byoPSI