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Prosus Reports Just Eat Takeaway Order Growth After 55-Month Decline
Prosus said on October 8, 2026, that orders at Just Eat Takeaway.com returned to year-on-year growth in September 2026, the first month of growth after 55 months of decline, disclosing the milestone in a group announcement and an accompanying letter…
FOMC Minutes Show Most Participants Saw Year-End Hike as Likely
The Federal Reserve on October 7, 2026, released the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee’s September 15–16, 2026 meeting, which record a unanimous 12–0 vote to raise the target range for the federal funds rate by 1/4 percentage point…
Papua New Guinea Reaches IMF Staff-Level Deal for Up to $189 Million
The Papua New Guinea authorities and International Monetary Fund staff reached a staff-level agreement on economic policies needed to complete the seventh reviews under the Extended Credit Facility and the Extended Fund Facility and the fourth review under the Resilience…
Freshworks to Replace BioLife Solutions in S&P SmallCap 600
S&P Dow Jones Indices announced on October 5, 2026 that Freshworks Inc. will replace BioLife Solutions Inc. in the S&P SmallCap 600, effective prior to the open of trading on October 8, 2026. S&P MidCap 400 constituent Repligen Corp. is…
Sri Lanka Reaches Staff-Level Deal With IMF on Seventh EFF Review
The International Monetary Fund said its staff and the Sri Lankan authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on economic policies to conclude the Seventh Review of Sri Lanka’s reform program supported by the Extended Fund Facility, according to an end-of-mission…
NYSE Suspends ESS Tech Stock Trading and Starts Delisting Proceedings
The New York Stock Exchange announced on October 2, 2026 that staff of NYSE Regulation had determined to commence proceedings to delist the common stock of ESS Tech, Inc. from the NYSE and that trading in the shares would be…
U.S. Payrolls Rise 29,000 in September With Unemployment at 4.2%
U.S. nonfarm payroll employment rose by 29,000 in September 2026 and the unemployment rate was 4.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on October 2, 2026, results the agency characterized as changing little over the month. The September…
CME Group Sets September and Third-Quarter Volume Records
CME Group said its average daily volume (ADV) reached a record 31.8 million contracts in September 2026, up 22% year-over-year, and a record 29.4 million contracts for the third quarter, up 16% year-over-year. The derivatives marketplace reported the records on…
Moderna Joins Nasdaq-100 Index Replacing Warner Bros. Discovery
Nasdaq announced on October 1, 2026 that Moderna, Inc. will become a component of the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX), replacing Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. prior to market open on Friday, October 9, 2026. The announcement directed market participants to indexes.nasdaq.com for…
Bank of Japan Releases Comprehensive September Tankan Data Set
The Bank of Japan on October 2, 2026 released the Comprehensive Data Set of the September 2026 Tankan, the Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan, publishing statistical tables that run to 244 pages across six Excel workbooks. The central…
IMF Completes Two El Salvador Program Reviews and Clears $138 Million
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund completed the Second and Third Reviews under El Salvador’s Extended Fund Facility arrangement, allowing an immediate disbursement of SDR 101.96 million (about US$138 million), the Fund said in Press Release No. 26/316…
Vylor Replaces Corteva in S&P 500 After Completed Spin-Off
S&P Dow Jones Indices announced on October 1, 2026 that Vylor Inc. was added to the S&P 500 that day, replacing Corteva Inc after Corteva completed the spin-off of Vylor, and it set eleven further additions and deletions across the…
Pentair Closes $1.4 Billion Taco Group Holdings Acquisition
Pentair plc said on October 1, 2026 that it has completed its acquisition of Taco Group Holdings for $1.4 billion, subject to customary adjustments. Taco is described in the announcement as a leader in hydronic and water-based solutions. Pentair said…
Thomson Reuters Closes KKR Print Venture as Westbridge Print Debuts
Thomson Reuters has closed the sale of a majority stake in its Global Print business to capital accounts advised by KKR, according to the company’s closing announcement dated October 1, 2026. The transaction completes a joint venture the companies first…
SNB Sets Profit Distributions of Up to CHF 6 Billion Through 2030
The Federal Department of Finance (FDF) and the Swiss National Bank have signed an agreement covering the SNB’s profit distributions for the financial years 2026 to 2030, the central bank announced in an ad hoc announcement dated 1 October 2026.…
