(FILES) A man walks out of the building where the headquarters of Kioxia, the world's third largest manufacturer of NAND flash memory chips, is located in central Tokyo on August 23, 2024. Ferocious AI-driven demand delivered quarterly net profit more than 45 times higher than last year's figure for Japanese chipmaker Kioxia, the company said on July 31, 2026. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) This photo taken in October 2023 shows the logo of Kioxia, the world's third largest manufacturer of NAND flash memory chips, at one of their sites in the city of Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture, south of Tokyo. Ferocious AI-driven demand delivered quarterly net profit more than 45 times higher than last year's figure for Japanese chipmaker Kioxia, the company said on July 31, 2026. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP via Getty Images) / Japan OUT

(FILES) A handout picture taken on March 9, 2018, released by BP and received in London on November 22, 2018, shows an oil platform in the Clair Ridge oilfield in the North Sea, 45 miles off the coast of Scotland. British oil and gas giant BP said on July 31, 2026 it had launched a process to sell its North Sea business as it looks to focus on its "highest value opportunities". (Photo by Stuart Conway / BP / AFP via Getty Images) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / BP / STUART CONWAY" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

(FILES) This photo taken on January 30, 2026 shows the logo of multinational oil and gas company BP, at a petrol station in London. British oil and gas giant BP said on July 31, 2026 it had launched a process to sell its North Sea business as it looks to focus on its "highest value opportunities". (Photo by CARLOS JASSO / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) Customers stand in an aisle of the zero waste supermarket "Le Super tout nu" (The naked super) in Labege, southwestern France, on June 1, 2024. Consumer prices rose by 2.1% year-on-year in July 2026, up from 1.8% in June, driven by increases in service and energy pricesparticularly gas and oilInsee reported on July 31, 2026. (Photo by Valentine CHAPUIS / AFP via Getty Images)

A staff member examines electric tricycles before shipment in Linyi city, China's eastern Shandong province on July 30, 2026. (Photo by CN-STR / AFP via Getty Images) / China OUT

This photo shows electric tricycles being prepared for shipment in Linyi, China's eastern Shandong province on July 30, 2026. (Photo by CN-STR / AFP via Getty Images) / China OUT

(FILES) This picture taken on April 27, 2026 shows an employee resting in a clothing sewing workshop in an urban village in Guangzhou, in southern China's Guangdong province. China's factory activity slumped in July, official data showed on July 31, 2026 as leaders in the world's second-largest economy struggle to reignite domestic demand. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP via Getty Images)