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Cybersecurity Incidents: Named Events, Wider Legal Exposure
Companies cited midyear cybersecurity incidents and broadened litigation warnings as reporting obligations remained a source of uncertainty.
Integer Stockholders Approve KKR Take-Private Merger
KKR affiliates will take the medical-device maker private after a Goldman-led process that drew 17 financial sponsors and three strategics.
Grant Thornton to Buy CBIZ in $5.0 Billion Cash Deal
The accounting firm agreed to pay $55.00 a share for the middle-market professional-services advisor, with a close expected in the fourth quarter of 2026.
Thrive Holdings to Buy ADT in $15.3 Billion Transaction
The security-services company would pair ADT’s more than 150 years of security experience with Thrive’s long-term capital and engineering.
SL Green Lifts 2026 FFO Outlook After Hospitality JV Sale
The Manhattan office REIT raised full-year FFO guidance to $6.50–$6.70 a share after projecting $1.10 a share of incremental income from a 20% hospitality joint-venture interest sold in October.
Phillips Edison Raises 2026 Guidance After NOI Growth Accelerates
Same-center NOI rose 5.3% in the third quarter, and the company lifted full-year Core FFO guidance to $2.75–$2.79 a share.
Kilroy Realty's Leasing Volume Rebounds After a Slow Quarter
The office REIT signed about 815,000 square feet in the third quarter, lifting leased occupancy to 83.0% and widening the signed-but-uncommenced pipeline to 610 basis points.
Alaska Air's Unit Revenue Growth Accelerates
Operating revenue rose 14% to $4.3 billion as RASM growth picked up to 11.7% and GAAP pretax margin reached 0.4%.
Bank of Hawaii Extends Net Interest Margin Expansion
The margin reached 2.82% in the third quarter as net interest income rose 1.6% to $156.1 million and the board later added $200 million of buyback authority.
Worthington Steel Signs Kloeckner Domination Pact
The metals processor signed a German DPLTA that would give it full legal control of Kloeckner after a June takeover offer.
UFP Industries to Buy Acme Skid Assets for $27 Million
The asset purchase expands UFP Packaging's pallet manufacturing and Gulf Coast customer coverage.
Construction Partners Completes Acquisition of S.E. Cline Construction
The Florida asphalt-paving platform adds site development and underground utility work along Interstate 95.
RadNet to Buy ONRAD in Mixed Cash-and-Stock Deal
The imaging operator said combining outpatient imaging, DeepHealth AI tools and ONRAD’s radiology professional services would put the full diagnostic stack in one company.
Maximus to Buy Agile Defense for $660 Million in Cash Plus Potential Contingent Consideration
The government-services firm said the purchase is expected to accelerate expansion into defense and national security markets.
Centrus Energy Acquires Westerman Holdings in $116 Million Deal
The uranium enrichment company said the mixed-structure purchase secures a centrifuge component supplier and opens adjacent non-nuclear manufacturing work.
Dime Commercial Bancshares to Buy ES Bancshares for $58 Million
The mixed cash-and-stock combination is meant to deepen Dime’s Staten Island and Brooklyn franchise with a granular, low-cost core deposit base.
Zymeworks Partners ZW209 With Roche for $55 Million Upfront
The collaboration pairs Zymeworks’ multispecific antibody work with Roche’s cancer-medicine capabilities and adds up to $718 million in later milestones.
MarketAxess Withdraws 2026 Guidance After ICE Deal
Third-quarter revenue was $210.4 million, up 1% from a year earlier, as merger costs with Intercontinental Exchange cut GAAP earnings to $1.53 a share.
LKQ Withdraws 2026 Guidance After Europe Miss
The auto-parts distributor expects a third-quarter net loss of $16 million to $32 million and Europe EBITDA margin of 4.1% to 5.1%.
Gorman-Rupp Sales Growth Accelerates After a Slower Second Quarter
Third-quarter net sales reached a record $193.3 million, up 11.8% from a year earlier, and earnings were $0.86 a share.
First Hawaiian CRE Charge-Off Lifts Provision
The Hawaii bank booked a $20.3 million credit-loss provision, including a $12.5 million partial charge-off on a single commercial real estate loan, as net interest income reached $174.1 million.
Balchem Sets Consolidated Records, Grows All Segments
Net sales reached $290.7 million in the third quarter, with Animal Nutrition and Health operating earnings up 82.8% from a year earlier.
MarketAxess deal gets early end to HSR waiting period
The acquisition by Intercontinental Exchange satisfied its HSR condition, with shareholder and other regulatory approvals still outstanding.
This Week in Energy — October 22, 2026
U.S. crude inventories declined as distillate and natural gas stocks increased. Valero reported a completed refinery project, and Kinder Morgan said a gathering expansion serving the Haynesville Basin was nearing completion.
Banner Completes $186.8 Million Pacific Financial Stock Merger
The all-stock deal lifts Banner into a combined franchise of about $18 billion in assets and densifies its Western Washington and Western Oregon footprint.
Earnings Roundup for Week of Oct. 12, 2026
BlackRock’s as-adjusted operating margin reached 47.8%, UnitedHealth’s earnings from operations rose to $6.6 billion, and Albertsons’ identical sales fell 0.8%.
Deals Roundup for Week of Oct. 12, 2026
CCC and Varonis signed cash acquisition agreements, Humana announced BlackRock’s planned purchase of WCAS’s roughly $2.8 billion stake in CenterWell clinic ventures, and Fermi signed a 15-year lease with about $6.5 billion in contracted revenue.
WaFd’s Net Interest Income Growth Slowed Again
WaFd’s fourth-quarter net interest income edged up to $182.4 million, while credit charges and merger spending weighed on earnings despite a residential loan-sale gain.
International Seaways to Buy Bruton in $370 Million Stock Deal
The tanker operator will fold Bruton’s four VLCCs, including newbuildings, into a fleet of about 70 vessels spanning crude and product.
Plug Power Cuts Cash Usage to a Record $28 Million
The hydrogen company said preliminary third-quarter net cash usage was about $28 million, down from about $61 million in the second quarter, with cash of about $134 million and no new equity or debt raised.