New York – October 02, 2026 -- Corporate dealmaking accelerated this week as Peoples Bancorp Inc. and Capital Bancorp, Inc. agreed to merge into a $14 billion-asset bank, and AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon launched a joint venture aimed at eliminating mobile dead zones, underscoring consolidation pressure across financial services and telecommunications infrastructure.

Costa Mesa, Calif. – October 02, 2026 -- Nearly 40% of women with postpartum depression showed a hyperfrontal/anterior cingulate cortex brain-activity pattern, more than double the 19.4% rate found in patients with major depression, according to new research from Dr. Daniel Amen and colleagues at Amen Clinics.

Stockholm – October 02, 2026 -- Skanska has signed an additional USD 60 million (SEK 560 million) contract with Lee Health for the construction of a new hospital and medical office building in Fort Myers, Florida. The sum will be booked in Skanska's US order intake for the third quarter of 2026.

Los Angeles – October 02, 2026 -- FF EAI Robotics Ecosystem Inc. (NASDAQ: FFR) showcased the EAI Robotics business of Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (NASDAQ: FFAI) at IROS 2026 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, held September 28-30, 2026, as the two companies advance a non-binding term sheet that values the robotics unit at approximately $200 million.

Stockholm – October 02, 2026 -- Skanska has signed a USD 271 million (approximately SEK 2.5 billion) contract with NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic to construct a new homeport pier at Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island. The deal will be booked in Skanska's U.S. order intake for the third quarter of 2026.

San Francisco -- October 1, 2026 -- MontoHealth is developing an AI-driven action layer designed to execute routine healthcare tasks—not just discuss them—across existing hospital and clinic software systems.

Miami – October 01, 2026 -- Nuix used Sibos 2026 to position its Nuix Neo platform as a tool for financial institutions to convert unstructured data into usable financial crime intelligence, citing that up to 90% of enterprise data remains unreadable by conventional systems.

Los Angeles – October 01, 2026 -- Dunn-Edwards Corporation has designated French Press Coffee (DEBN07), a deep brown with a subtle plum undertone, as its 2027 Color of the Year, signaling a commercial shift away from the cool grays and flat beiges that dominated paint specifications in recent years.

Chicago – October 01, 2026 -- Ballard Power Systems has launched Fleet360, a fuel cell lifecycle program that guarantees power output performance for up to 250,000 miles of operation, unveiled at APTA TRANSform & EXPO 2026 in Chicago.

Toronto – October 01, 2026 -- Manulife Financial Corporation has closed a reinsurance transaction transferring biometric risk on a block of long-term care policies carrying $3.2 billion in reserves to Munich American Reassurance Company, a US subsidiary of Munich Re Group.