Greensburg, Pa. – September 19, 2026 -- FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Company (FE PA), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., has launched an exchange offer covering $850 million in outstanding senior notes, swapping unregistered debt for SEC-registered equivalents with identical terms.

Boston – September 19, 2026 -- Ara Partners, a global private markets firm with roughly $8.2 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2026, has acquired a majority interest in Bryden Wood, a London-headquartered strategy and integrated design consultancy employing 300 people across four European offices.

South San Francisco, Calif. – September 19, 2026 -- Dualitas Therapeutics has secured a research collaboration and license agreement with Roche worth up to $1 billion, including a $36.5 million upfront payment, to develop bispecific antibody therapeutics for immunology and inflammation diseases.

Guadalajara, Mexico – September 19, 2026 -- Luca Mining Corp. has agreed to acquire the El Barqueño gold-silver-copper property in Jalisco, Mexico from a subsidiary of Agnico Eagle in a deal that could total up to $60 million in cash and shares plus royalty consideration.

Beijing – September 19, 2026 -- Investors in China's A-share market turned more cautious in the third quarter of 2026 even as corporate earnings began to recover, according to the latest CKGSB Investor Sentiment Survey covering the May-to-September 2026 period.

London – September 19, 2026 -- Confidence in alternative data budgets has reached its highest level in three years, with 97% of data buyers expecting spend to increase or hold steady over the next 12 months, according to Neudata's new report, The Future of Alternative and Market Data 2026.

LONDON – September 19, 2026 -- ECARX, the Nasdaq-listed automotive intelligence company, has surpassed 12 million vehicle deployments worldwide, spanning 18 OEMs, 28 brands and 159 markets.

Shanghai – September 19, 2026 -- WuXi XDC Cayman Inc. (2268.HK) has out-licensed its proprietary WuXiTecan-2 payload-linker technology platform to Ona Therapeutics under an exclusive global agreement targeting a single antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) candidate.

Shanghai – September 19, 2026 -- 111, Inc. (NASDAQ: YI) reported a net loss of RMB31.7 million (US$4.7 million) for the second quarter of 2026, more than four times the RMB7.3 million loss posted a year earlier, as the Shanghai-based healthcare platform accelerated its shift away from an asset-heavy distribution model.

London – September 19, 2026 -- ACG Metals Limited (LSE: ACG) has more than quadrupled the post-tax net present value of its Gediktepe mine to approximately $1.2 billion, up from $265 million in 2024, following an updated Competent Person's Report prepared by SRK Consulting.