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The acquisition would expand the French bank’s presence in Germany and support its broader European growth strategy.

The West Carina contract covers an estimated firm duration of 880 days with an undisclosed offshore operator.

The French government plans to raise its stake in the nickel, manganese and lithium producer later this year.

FormFactor announced a collaboration with Teradyne to accelerate semiconductor testing and boost innovation across the semiconductor test ecosystem.

Revenue rose 8,420.3% from a year earlier and exceeded estimates by $193.58 million. Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities totaled $1.1 billion as of Aug. 31, 2026.

Adjusted operating revenue rose 16% to $17.6 billion in the September quarter, while passenger revenue increased 15% and capacity remained essentially flat.

The dividends were announced Sept. 14, with Sept. 25 set as the record date and Oct. 5 as the scheduled payment date.

Third-quarter revenue reached €18.50 billion, narrowly above the €18.46 billion consensus estimate, while growth slowed from 3% in the second quarter.

The network will place market-implied probabilities alongside polls, results and race analysis as prediction markets gain visibility despite limited participation across many congressional contracts.

The consensus estimate calls for earnings per share of $0.33 and revenue of $18.86 billion for the fiscal second quarter.

The exchange is consolidating supported issuer tokens into recognizable, share-equivalent units under a unified ticker.

The Crest Fund and Liberty Bitcoin Accumulation Fund use Hadron for issuance, compliance and lifecycle management, with subscriptions scheduled through Oct. 29, 2026.

The platform initially offers 12 securities tied to U.S. stocks, with transactions settling in USDC and access limited to eligible investors in permitted jurisdictions.

The Nasdaq-listed company added approximately 22,070 SOL and SOL equivalents during the week before Oct. 12, citing purchases and organic accumulation.

Continued artificial intelligence spending is expected to benefit the semiconductor and storage sectors as the companies approach quarterly reports.

SuperNVDA and SuperTSLA are available immediately and are scheduled to mature April 8, 2027.

The expansion will include an Applied AI Lab at OpenAI’s Dublin headquarters, with the company expecting to move into the Tropical Fruit Warehouse in late 2026.

Higher war-risk coverage costs could raise delivered crude costs and pressure Bulgarian fuel prices, while Bulgaria has supplies contracted through the beginning of December.

Strategy bought 250 Bitcoin for $21.5 million and repurchased about $192 million of preferred stock during the week ended Oct. 11.

The company expects to complete the process by year-end after creditors agreed to reduce debt obligations and extend maturities.

The bank said users may eventually rely on AI assistants instead of traditional software interfaces and viewed Microsoft, Salesforce and ServiceNow as positioned to adapt.

The service will let customers pay foreign invoices in Tether (USDT) while recipients receive funds through SWIFT in their requested currency.

The electric-vehicle maker’s first French sites are in late-stage planning and are scheduled to open during the first quarter.

The investment-management platform unveiled AI features at its fifth annual Base Camp conference in California, attended by nearly 400 industry leaders.

The proposal builds on Derive’s plan to replace Derive Chain with V3, an Ethereum-settled options exchange for other crypto applications.

The company also repurchased $192.4 million of its STRC preferred stock and now holds 848,250 BTC.

Jason Thomas warned concentrated lending could repeat software-sector overexposure and produce similar losses as AI infrastructure financing expands.

The potential acquisition of Mumbai-based Aeries Technology, Inc. remains at an early stage, with the structure, funding and timeline unsettled.

The pre-seed round supports a platform for campaign planning, journalist research, pitching and coverage tracking, alongside an Early Access waitlist.

A separate $62 million Shell agreement expands Transocean’s contracted work in the North Sea.

The company raised an estimated $55 million during the week of Oct. 5. An expected 8-K filing will clarify whether the funds were converted into Bitcoin.

The offering gives eligible users in the European Economic Area access to tokenized U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds through the Crypto.com app.

Second-quarter earnings per share rose 51% to $2.03, while the logistics company authorized up to $3 billion in additional share repurchases.

The company trades under XRPN and holds about 473 million XRP valued at approximately $657 million.

Mastercard’s BVNK acquisition is valued at up to $1.8 billion, while Stripe and Circle did not disclose prices for their transactions.

The company plans to buy up to 95% of its shares and certain warrants at $3 each while rejecting Forward Industries’ latest nonbinding acquisition proposal.

Harneys and droppRWA aim to launch the Bermuda bond by the first quarter of 2027, subject to regulatory approval and licensing requirements.

Pivotal Research lifted its 12-month target from $220 after SpaceX agreed to acquire nationwide 800 MHz spectrum for Starlink Mobile.

The Nasdaq-listed company plans to expand into digital-asset infrastructure, sustainability initiatives, carbon credits and green certificates. Financial terms and a closing date were not disclosed.

The unit will develop AI-agent solutions, while HCLSoftware integrates Claude into cybersecurity, automation and application-development products.