Daily business news: funding, M&A, launches
25 stories: 8 earnings reports, 4 expansions and 3 product launches. Newest first, times in UTC.
Earnings & Results ·
Ball reports Q3 results before market open, with analysts expecting 11.3% revenue growth after last quarter's $4.00 billion, up 19.7% year on year.
Earnings & Results ·
Assurant reports Q3 results after Tuesday's close, with analysts expecting 7.1% revenue growth after last quarter's $3.46 billion beat.
Expansion ·
Samsung Display is expected to produce about 700,000 privacy-enabled OLED panels for the Galaxy S27 Pro in November.
Product Launches ·
Total Hydrogen Solutions launched its FCBG-H60 60kW hydrogen generator at RE+Texas, built on a Honda fuel cell module and eligible for California CORE subsidies.
Earnings & Results ·
Angi reports earnings after a $248 million quarter that fell 10.9% year on year, with analysts expecting revenue to decline 8.6% this quarter.
Earnings & Results ·
Alight Solutions reports Q3 results after the close on Tuesday, with analysts expecting revenue to fall 11.1% year on year.
Earnings & Results ·
Huron Consulting Group reports earnings after market hours on Tuesday, following a $475 million quarter that beat revenue expectations and grew 15.4% year on year.
Expansion ·
Infinix opened its first global flagship concept store in Bali on October 31, 2026, blending phones, coffee and creative spaces.
Product Launches ·
Tiger Brokers now lets Tiger Trade clients trade US options on 24 stocks before the open and after the close, routing orders directly to US exchanges.
Expansion ·
Kansas City Current's $1.4 billion CPKC Stadium expansion includes $235 million in public bonds requested by Mayor Quinton Lucas, drawing fan scrutiny.
Partnerships ·
Coda's TikTok Gaming partnership lets creators in five Southeast Asian countries link to Codashop, drawing 1 billion views since June 2026.
Business ·
Trendsetter Homes won the HIA Perth Housing Awards custom built home $1.2 million to $1.8 million category for The Grosvenor.
Earnings & Results ·
Udaan's FY26 revenue rose 12% to Rs 5,100 crore and its net loss narrowed to Rs 850 crore, with CEO Vaibhav Gupta saying all 11 clusters are profitable this quarter.
Partnerships ·
MicroVision expanded its collaboration with FieldAI, which purchased MOVIA sensors for development and evaluation across government and industrial robotics programs.
Expansion ·
Profound made Singapore its Asia Pacific headquarters, opening a Central Business District office in Q4 2026 and hiring more than 15 roles.
Partnerships ·
Thunes and UnionPay International launched instant cross-border payouts to cards at 79 Chinese banks, with a daily limit of $10,000 per recipient.
Earnings & Results ·
Allied Bank reported a profit after tax of Rs23,052 million for the nine months to September 30, 2026, down 11%.
Leadership ·
Atos appoints Judith Stewart, formerly of WA Health, to lead its Healthcare & Life Sciences business across Asia Pacific.
Research & Clinical Trials ·
Chalice Mining's first-pass drilling at Warrego North returned 15m at 8.6g/t gold and 0.54% copper at Kestrel.
Regulation & Approvals ·
Karandaaz Pakistan gains Green Climate Fund accreditation, opening direct access to international climate finance for the country's green investment goals.
Leadership ·
Eurasia Group appointed Takashi Okabe as head of its Japan office and Soichiro Shibata as analytical director.
Earnings & Results ·
Haldane McCall's net profit rose 30.2% to N540.87m for the nine months to September 2026 as revenue climbed 59.4% and total assets reached N32.73bn.
Regulation & Approvals ·
HUTCHMED and AstraZeneca's ORPATHYS plus TAGRISSO filings were accepted for review in Europe and Japan.
Business ·
Orangeburg City Council votes on selling the Old City Gym and meets privately on a Ferrara agreement tied to a $675 million plant with 1,000 jobs.
Product Launches ·
Safari Hypermarket launched its 10, 20, 30 Promotion on November 2, pricing thousands of products at QR10, QR20 and QR30 across all outlets in Qatar.