August 2026 — page 9
Idexx Raises Outlook as Margins Widen
Second-quarter revenue reached $1.217 billion as stronger profitability supported a higher full-year forecast.
Caterpillar hits record quarterly revenue as construction demand accelerates
The industrial manufacturer generated $20.5 billion in sales during the second quarter, the first time the company has exceeded $20 billion in a single period.
Archer-Daniels-Midland Raises Outlook as Oilseed Profit Rebounds
Revenue increased 7% to $22.68 billion as the oilseed business returned to growth.
Z Squared to Finalize Paradox Data Buy in Up-to-$25 Million Deal
The definitive agreement ties 80% of the consideration to power-delivery milestones at Z Squared's Union County Campus, extending the milestone-gated acquisition structure that has defined its Phase 1 buildout.
Tanger to Buy Levis Commons Town Center in $60 Million Cash Deal
The acquisition is part of a disciplined external growth strategy to enhance the company's portfolio of open-air and lifestyle centers.
Revvity to Divest China Immunodiagnostics Business
The divestiture removes a segment that accounted for approximately 6% of the company's total 2025 revenue.
Resideo Completes ADI Global Distribution Stock Spinoff
The separation positioned Resideo as a pure-play building-technologies company focused on profitable growth and innovation.
Lumen Technologies Completes Acquisition of Alkira
The deal integrates a cloud-native Network-as-a-Service control plane to accelerate Lumen's programmable networking capabilities for AI workloads.
IREN to Acquire Mirantis in Mixed-Consideration Deal
The acquisition adds a software orchestration layer to IREN's vertically integrated AI Cloud platform to better serve hyperscalers and enterprises.
Hinge Health to Buy Cylinder Health in $105 Million Cash Deal
The acquisition would extend Hinge Health’s AI-powered care platform into chronic digestive care through a single app.
Hillman Solutions to Buy Kanebridge Corporation in $315 Million Deal
The acquisition provides Hillman Solutions with an immediate industrial master distribution presence and a foothold in the industrial channel.
Consortium to Buy Electronic Arts in $55 Billion All-Cash Deal
The acquisition by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners aims to accelerate innovation at the intersection of creativity and technology.
BIS July Papers Trace How Financial Risk Travels
Six new BIS working papers this month examine how stress moves between sovereigns, banks, non-banks, currencies and firms.
IEEPA Refunds Split Importers After Ruling
The Supreme Court’s IEEPA tariff ruling created refunds for some importers, delayed recoveries for others and a new tariff layer as Section 301 duties took effect.
Cost Inflation and Pricing Power Dominate a 117-Company Week
Forty-two of the 117 companies reporting on the domestic economy this week, spanning ten industries, centered their commentary on pricing and costs.
Elevated Rates and Tariff Costs Frame a Split Demand Picture
Elevated borrowing costs, tariff-driven inflation, and uneven demand dominated what 89 companies across 13 industries told investors about the economy this week.
Demand Splits Across Industrials, Software and Retail This Week
Demand was this week's dominant theme across 44 companies in 12 industries, but the signal splits between industrial, software and chip firms gaining ground and housing, restaurant and consumer names absorbing a pullback.
Vertex Raises Revenue Guidance as New Therapies Gain Traction
The biotechnology company raised its full-year revenue outlook to a range of $13.1 billion to $13.2 billion.
TG Therapeutics Raises Outlook as BRIUMVI Sales Climb
The company lifted its 2026 global revenue target to approximately $950 million.
EchoStar’s Hughes Units File for Bankruptcy
The restructuring followed about $23 billion of spectrum sales to AT&T.
Marriott Raises Annual Outlook as North American Demand Accelerates
Adjusted diluted earnings per share rose 20% to $3.19 in the second quarter.
Loews Profit Rises 14% as Hotels Offset CNA Underwriting Strain
Loews Corp posted second-quarter net income of $444 million, or $2.16 a share, even as its CNA insurance unit's underlying combined ratio held near 94% for a second straight quarter.
GameStop Moves to Cut Debt Through Stock Exchange
The transaction would leave roughly $1.1 billion of 2030 notes outstanding after closing.
CNH Profit Slides 35% Even as Margins Recover From Q1 Trough
CNH Industrial reported second-quarter net income of $141 million, down from $217 million a year earlier, though sharply improved from the $10 million it earned in the first quarter.
CNA Profit Rebounds as Investment Income Offsets Underwriting Pressure
Net written-premium growth accelerated to 4% despite softer renewal pricing.
Teleflex to Sell OEM Business in $1.5 Billion Cash Deal
The asset sale would sharpen Teleflex’s focus on higher-growth medical technologies while supporting debt reduction and shareholder returns.
Supernus Pharmaceuticals to Merge With Indivior Pharmaceuticals in All-Stock Deal
The combination aims to create a diversified central nervous system biopharmaceutical leader with $2.2 billion in combined annual revenues.
Intuitive Machines to Acquire Goonhilly and COMSAT to Expand Space Network
The acquisition adds a network of ground stations to enhance deep space communications and position, navigation, and timing capabilities.
Curium to Buy Lantheus in $8 Billion Cash-and-CVR Deal
Curium US Holdings agreed to acquire Lantheus Holdings for up to $114.50 a share, pairing its theranostics manufacturing base with Lantheus' U.S. radiodiagnostics franchise to build a company spanning diagnostics and therapy across more than 70 countries.
Liberty Global Buys Vodafone’s VodafoneZiggo Stake for €1 Billion, Equity
The transaction gave Liberty Global full control of VodafoneZiggo and advanced plans to form and list a broader Benelux telecommunications group.
KKR to Buy Integer Holdings in $5.7 Billion Take-Private Deal
KKR agreed to take medical-device manufacturer Integer Holdings private for $127 a share, capping a board-led strategic review with a premium of roughly 52% to the stock's price before the review began.
Indivior to Buy Supernus in All-Stock Merger
The combination aims to create a diversified central nervous system biopharmaceutical leader with $2.2 billion in combined annual revenues.
Indivior and Supernus to Combine in All-Stock Merger of Equals
The combination would create a scaled central-nervous-system drugmaker with $2.2 billion in annual revenue and $125 million in expected cost savings.
Esquire Completes Signature Bancorporation Merger
The combination added a Chicago commercial-banking franchise to Esquire’s national litigation and payments businesses.
Dorchester Minerals to Acquire Williston Basin Royalty Interests in Unit Deal
Dorchester Minerals expanded its Williston Basin footprint through a non-cash exchange of common units for roughly 3,100 net royalty acres, adding to a wave of unit- and cash-funded mineral bolt-ons across the basin.
American Family to Buy Bowhead Specialty for $1.2 Billion in Cash
American Family's move to take full ownership of its longtime reinsurance partner Bowhead reunites an insurer with the specialty underwriter it helped launch six years ago.
Brookfield Completes Oaktree Acquisition in $3 Billion Cash-and-Stock Deal
The acquisition broadens Brookfield’s global credit platform and brings Oaktree’s underwriting capabilities fully inside the asset manager.
Prysmian to Buy Atkore in $3.8 Billion All-Cash Deal
The acquisition would broaden Prysmian’s electrical-products portfolio as infrastructure investment accelerates.
ING Lending Growth Anchors Full-Year Banking Results
Commercial net interest income totaled €4.060 billion as the commercial margin stood at 2.26%.
HSBC Interest Income Rises as Margin Compression Reverses
Full-year net interest income rose $2.1 billion to $34.8 billion as the margin expanded 3 bps.
Capital One Net Interest Income Rises 37% to $42.9 Billion
The credit-card-focused bank expanded its net interest margin by 96 bps to 7.84% for the full year.
Citigroup Investment Banking Fees Jump 20% as Full-Year Profit Climbs
Citigroup's full-year 2025 net income rose to $14.3 billion on revenue of $85.2 billion, up from $12.7 billion on $80.7 billion in 2024, as Banking and Markets carried the result.
Santander Brasil’s Credit Costs Reverse as Loan Growth Slows
Loan-loss allowances worsened 8.9% to R$25.88 billion in 2025 as household and corporate stress increased.
Groupe BPCE Reports €2.8 Billion in Net Interest Income
Retail-network margin recovery supported €2.8 billion of net interest income in the first quarter of 2026.
BNP Paribas Revenues Rise 4.9% on CIB and IPS Growth
Full-year revenues reached €51,223 million as the integration of AXA IM boosted investment and financial services results.
Barclays UK NIM Expansion Drives Net Interest Income Toward 2026 Goal
Group net interest income outside the investment bank and head office climbed 12% to £3.4 billion, with management pointing to guidance of more than £13.5 billion for the year.
BBVA Lending Lifted Net Interest Income 13.9%
Full-year net interest income reached €26.28 billion as lending activity supported currency-adjusted growth.
Bank of America NII Rises 10% to $15.8 Billion
The largest U.S. bank by assets returned $8.4 billion to shareholders in the final period of 2025.
Amex Card Fee Revenue Hits 30th Straight Quarter of Double-Digit Growth
American Express said net card fee revenue climbed 14% to $117 per card in 2025, anchoring a 10% rise in total revenue to $72.2 billion.
Crédit Agricole Accelerates Retail Lending as French Margins Recover
French and Italian retail-banking loans rose 1.7% to €895 billion as funding costs eased.