Aliso Viejo, Calif. and Moncalieri, Italy – September 09, 2026 -- UST has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Italdesign from the Audi Group, combining the Italian design house's nearly six-decade automotive legacy with UST's AI and digital engineering capabilities.

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. – September 09, 2026 -- UST has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Italdesign from Audi Group, combining nearly six decades of automotive design and engineering heritage with UST's artificial intelligence and software-defined vehicle capabilities.

Stockholm and Oslo – September 09, 2026 -- Multiconsult ASA and Rejlers AB have agreed to merge into a combined pan-Nordic consultancy group with close to 8,000 employees and a market capitalisation of nearly SEK 8 billion.

Hong Kong – September 09, 2026 -- Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (HKEX: 2318; SSE: 601318) has been upgraded from A to A+ in the 2026 Hang Seng Sustainability Rating, marking the third consecutive annual improvement for the insurer. The upgrade places Ping An's A-shares in the top 10% of both the broader A-share universe and financial-sector peers, while its H-shares rank in the top 20% of Hong Kong-listed companies and top 10% of financials.

Stockholm – September 09, 2026 -- Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson repurchased Class B shares between August 31 and September 4, 2026, lifting its treasury stock holding to 105,668,676 Class B shares.

Wiesbaden – September 09, 2026 -- Germany's industrial production dropped 1.1% month-on-month in July 2026 on a seasonally and calendar-adjusted basis, according to preliminary data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Output was 1.6% lower than in July 2025 on a calendar-adjusted basis. June 2026 figures were revised down to flat growth (0.0%) from a preliminary +0.2%, leaving output 0.5% below the prior-year month.

Broomfield, Colo. – September 09, 2026 -- Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) will release fourth-quarter and full fiscal year 2026 financial results after market close on Monday, September 28, 2026, the company announced.

Vail Resorts schedules earnings call for 5:00 p.m. Eastern on September 28

Company executives will host a conference call at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time that same day to review the results for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2026. The call will be broadcast live at investors.vailresorts.com.

London – September 09, 2026 -- A&S Resources Limited has secured $6 billion in financing from the Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) to build a 1,350-kilometer railway linking its iron ore deposits in the Central African Republic (CAR) to the deep-water port of Kribi in Cameroon, unlocking access to a resource base valued at approximately $2.5 trillion.

Frankfurt am Main – September 09, 2026 -- Thirty percent of German small and mid-sized companies (Mittelstand) with foreign business expect their cross-border revenues to decline over the next three years, according to a new KfW Research study, with 6 percent forecasting a sharp drop. Roughly 24 percent anticipate growth, while 47 percent expect no change.

The findings stem from a January 2026 survey conducted before the outbreak of the Iran conflict, meaning sentiment may have since deteriorated further.

LONDON – September 09, 2026 -- A&S Resources Limited has secured $6 billion in financing from the Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) to build a 1,350-km railway linking its mineral assets in the Central African Republic (CAR) to international export markets via Cameroon.