August 2026 — page 9
Schwab's Funding Costs Fall, Driving Record Revenue and Margin
Charles Schwab's net interest margin expanded 62 basis points to 2.74% in 2025 as funding costs fell to 0.88%, powering record net revenues of $23,921 million.
Santander NII Rises 3.7% as Falling Deposit Costs Offset Lower Interest Income
The Spanish lender's net interest income reached €11.0 billion in Q1 2026, up 3.7% year-over-year, as a 6.9% drop in interest expense more than countered a decline in interest income.
NatWest Widens Margin as Lending Accelerates
Net interest margin expanded 21 basis points to 2.34% as customer lending increased.
KB Financial Group Boosts Fee Income as Loan Base Expands
Net fee and commission income rose to W 1,359,329 million for the period ended March 31, 2026.
Itaú's Client Margin Growth Outpaces Guidance as Capital Ratio Slips
Itaú Unibanco's financial margin with clients grew 12.1% in 2025 to R$121.1 billion, beating the top of its own guided range even as the CET1 ratio fell 140 basis points to 12.3%.
CIBC Posts 17% Adjusted Earnings Growth in Fiscal 2025
Canada's fifth-largest bank reported adjusted earnings of $8.5 billion for fiscal 2025, a 17% increase over the prior year.
Scotiabank Expects CAD $77 Million Q2 Contribution From KeyCorp Stake
The Canadian lender's roughly 14.9% ownership in KeyCorp is projected to contribute approximately CAD $85 million on an adjusted basis in the second quarter of 2026.
Bradesco Capitalizes R$6.67 Billion Legal Reserve, Strengthens Equity Base
Brazil's largest private-sector bank allocated R$14.5 billion to interest on shareholders' equity for fiscal 2025 while boosting share capital to R$93.77 billion.
Oneok Maintains Steady Footprint via Coronado Midstream Operations
The company reported a period of operational stability with no major rate adjustments or system extensions across its New Mexico and Texas transmission assets.
Toyota FY2026 operating profit falls 21.5% as costs rise
Tariff effects and higher overheads weighed on earnings, partly offset by commercial measures and stronger financial-segment profit.
Group Revenue and Profit Rise in Fiscal Year Ended March 20, 2026
The consolidated group recorded higher revenue, operating profit, ordinary profit and profit attributable to owners of the parent during the fiscal year.
Sony posts higher annual profit as music expands
Higher attributable profit, expanding music sales and broadly steady film earnings marked Sony’s fiscal 2024 results.
Kinder Morgan Manages Regulatory Contingencies Across Diversified Pipeline Fleet
The energy infrastructure giant navigated a complex web of commitments and contingencies across five key operating subsidiaries in 2024.
CenterPoint Energy Secures Recovery for Storm Costs and Rate Adjustments
The Houston-based utility moves to amortize winter storm bad debt and securitize $1.1 billion in Hurricane Beryl restoration expenses.
Open Information Framework for Carbon Pricing
A new conceptual category for web-sourced data suggests that social media and portals create a distinct information class for pricing EU carbon allowances.
Deep Learning Cuts Noise in Global Wind Farm Tracking
New benchmarking of SAR data models improves the accuracy of tracking offshore wind turbine deployment timelines across global regions.
The Structural Flaw Driving Leveraged ETF Volatility
New research identifies a feedback loop where arbitrageurs exploit the closing rebalance of leveraged ETFs to manufacture volatility.
AI Framework Turns Fragmented Chemical Data Into Upcycling Guides
A new physics-calibrated learning model allows chemical engineers to design plastic upcycling processes using incomplete historical data.
The Technical Hurdle to 5G Spectrum Sharing
New research outlines the critical radar-detection requirements needed to keep commercial 5G networks from interfering with government systems.
Visual AI now predicts real estate pricing and liquidity
A new open-source metric extracts objective quality scores from images to forecast housing prices and time-on-market.
Conformal Prediction Intervals for Portfolio Sizing
New research integrates conformal prediction with fractional Kelly sizing to dynamically scale positions based on forecast uncertainty.
New Hyperspectral Model Boosts Fruit Ripeness Accuracy
Fruit-HSNet improves ripeness prediction by 12% using a specialized spatio-spectral feature extraction architecture.
Position Disclosures Filed for Schroders Plc
Multiple entities, including Barclays Capital Securities Ltd and Societe Generale SA, have disclosed interests in the securities of Schroders Plc.
Isotope Bidco Limited Identified as Party to Intertek Group Plc Offer
Barclays Capital Securities Ltd discloses positions and dealings in Intertek Group Plc securities.
Braveheart Bio prices IPO at $18 a share
The offering is expected to deliver $351.2 million in net proceeds.
Attovia Therapeutics Prices IPO at $17 a Share
The offering gives the company an estimated $265.1 million in net proceeds.
Insiders Buy Into Boston Scientific Restructuring
Three Boston Scientific executives added $9.3 million in shares as the company accelerates cost reduction initiatives.
EPA Exempts Syngenta Corn Protein From Pesticide Tolerance
The Environmental Protection Agency has removed the requirement to establish maximum residue levels for a specific plant-incorporated protectant in corn.
Ziff Davis Posts EPS Rebound as Revenue Declines
Free cash flow doubled from a year earlier to $54.0 million.
Wendy’s Withdraws Outlook as U.S. Sales Slide
Second-quarter revenue rose 1.7% to $570.6 million even as restaurant traffic remained under pressure.
Vistra Reaffirms 2026 Outlook After Helix and Cogentrix
Ongoing Operations Adjusted EBITDA reached $1,767 million, up more than 30% from a year earlier, as the company locked in 2026 volumes and kept its $6.8 billion to $7.6 billion range.
Take-Two Bookings Slip as Mobile Revenue Retreats
The videogame publisher recorded a $43.4 million impairment charge after halting an unannounced title.
Treace Lifts 2026 Sales Floor After Narrower Revenue Drop
Second-quarter sales were $45.4 million, a 4% year-over-year decline that improved from the first quarter’s 10% drop.
Interface Lifts Outlook as Margins Widen
Second-quarter net sales rose 5.4% to $395.7 million.
Tredegar Extrusions Profit Recovers After a First-Quarter Dip
Aluminum Extrusions EBITDA from ongoing operations reached $14.5 million in the second quarter, and the company said a $4.9 million FIFO aluminum benefit that lifted the year-over-year comparison is expected to be substantially neutralized in the third quarter.
Spectrum Brands Swings to Loss on HPC Impairment Despite Sales Surge
Spectrum Brands Holdings posted a $20.3 million net loss in its fiscal third quarter even as net sales rose 7.7% and adjusted EBITDA more than doubled.
Fluor Awards Jump as Revenue Returns to Growth
Adjusted EBITDA rose to $149 million, more than doubling from the first quarter.
Embecta Raises Profit Outlook After Rebound From March Slump
Embecta raised its adjusted earnings forecast to $1.80 to $1.90 a share for fiscal 2026 while holding its reported revenue guidance steady.
Ellington Financial's Profit Slides as Litigation Gain Fades
Ellington Financial reported net income of $54.4 million, or $0.43 a share, for the second quarter of 2026, down from $95.5 million a year earlier as one-time gains rolled off.
Artesian's Wastewater Mix Widens as Water Growth Cools
Second-quarter revenue reached $30.7 million as other utility operating revenue rose 16.0% and water sales rose 5.8%.
Yum China to Buy Pizza Hut Mainland China Brand for $1.2 Billion
Owning the Pizza Hut brand outright in China frees Yum China from license fees to Yum! Brands, a step the company says will push Pizza Hut's margins toward KFC's and speed up store openings.
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals to Acquire Alkeus Pharmaceuticals to Expand Retina Pipeline
The acquisition adds a Phase 3 clinical program for Stargardt disease as Tarsus seeks to increase its presence in the high-growth retina specialty.
Nuvei to Acquire Payoneer in $2.75 Billion Cash Deal
The acquisition combines Nuvei's payment acceptance with Payoneer's cross-border payouts to create a global financial infrastructure leader.
Stratasys to Buy MarkForged in $42.5 Million Cash Deal
The acquisition is intended to reduce annualized cash burn by approximately $15 million and enhance financial flexibility.
Karman Holdings to Buy Walker Precision Engineering in $94 Million Deal
The acquisition is intended to expand Karman's footprint within the European defense market.
iRhythm to Buy Vital Connect in $287.5 Million Cardiac-Monitoring Deal
iRhythm said the acquisition would immediately widen its addressable market and push the company beyond ambulatory cardiac monitoring into a broader cardiac monitoring and intelligence platform.
Harrow to Buy TYRVAYA Assets in Deal Worth Up to $100 Million
The asset purchase would add a second mechanism of action to Harrow’s dry-eye portfolio alongside VEVYE.
Guardian Pharmacy Services to Acquire Wellness Concepts
The acquisition expands Guardian's geographic footprint in the Shenandoah Valley through the addition of a Virginia-based long-term care pharmacy.
Nielsen to Buy DoubleVerify in Merger Deal
DoubleVerify withdrew its outlook and suspended investor calls while the Nielsen transaction remained pending.
Dream Finders to Buy Beazer Homes in $2.2 Billion All-Cash Deal
The agreement caps a three-month public campaign by Dream Finders and creates the nation's sixth-largest homebuilder with more than $100 million in expected annual cost synergies.