Hong Kong – October 08, 2026 -- Sisram Medical Ltd (1696.HK) has announced a share repurchase plan to buy back up to 1% of its total issued shares on the open market, citing confidence in its long-term growth trajectory.

Buyback plan allows cancellation or treasury retention of shares

Under the existing share repurchase mandate, repurchased shares may either be cancelled or held as treasury shares depending on future capital management needs. The plan will be executed subject to market conditions, with the Board stating it will balance business development priorities, strategic investment needs and financial flexibility.

First-half 2026 revenue climbs 3.6% to US$171.4 million

Sisram reported H1 2026 revenue of US$171.4 million, up 3.6% year-on-year. International markets excluding North America drove growth, rising 16.7% YoY to US$127.0 million, with APAC generating US$78.4 million, a 19.1% YoY increase.

Mumbai – October 08, 2026 -- The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts has extended its three-year partnership with Ara Lumière to Milan Fashion Week, bringing The Phoenix Circle initiative and artist Raghava KK's PASSPORT project to a global luxury audience.

The Leela ties its luxury brand to a three-year social impact campaign

The hospitality group, India's largest institutionally owned pure-play luxury brand with 15 operating properties backed by Brookfield, used the Milan platform to position its "True Indian Luxury" positioning around cultural and social initiatives rather than hospitality services alone.

The Phoenix Circle centers women survivors of acid and burn attacks in creative livelihood

Founded by philanthropist Kulsum Shadab Wahab, the initiative channels fashion and art into economic opportunity and creative expression for the women it supports, reframing their public narrative around agency rather than adversity.

Shenzhen – October 08, 2026 -- SmallRig hosted its 3rd Visionary Storytellers Industry Forum in Shenzhen, releasing the "2025-2026 Top 12 Global Imaging Scenarios Report" that projects peripheral equipment growth will reach 9.2% annually over the next five years, outpacing host device sales.

Report identifies 12 core imaging scenarios reshaping creator markets

The report, based on user research and market analysis, maps 12 scenarios including everyday life content, unscripted livestreaming, extreme sports, micro-dramas, wildlife photography, and specialized imaging. It flags four structural trends: mobile cinematography, decentralization of professional resources, democratization of creators, and AI-powered video generation.

Sitges – October 08, 2026 -- MGI Tech Co., Ltd. unveiled its Stereo-seq OMNI Large Chip Design for formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue samples at the third Conference of the European Society for Spatial Biology (ESSB), held September 28 to October 1 at Hotel Meliá Sitges near Barcelona.

New chip format expands capture area to 2 cm by 3 cm for FFPE research

The design builds on MGI's existing Stereo-seq OMNI V1.1 platform and is built for chip formats up to 2 cm by 3 cm, enabling researchers to profile larger tissues, multiple sections, or tissue microarray layouts within a single spatial experiment. Standard capture areas have limited researchers' ability to view larger or structurally diverse FFPE sections, a constraint the new format is engineered to address.

Guangzhou, China – October 08, 2026 -- XPENG has unveiled "XPENG YOYO" as the official brand name for its Robotaxi unit, opening public online registration in China via invitation codes and launching a dedicated page on its corporate website.

XPENG becomes China's first automaker to mass-produce a fully in-house Robotaxi with pre-loaded hardware

Each vehicle carries four in-house Turing AI chips delivering a combined 3,000 TOPS of compute, which the company states is the highest in-vehicle processing power currently available. The system runs on XPENG's VLA2.0 large model and operates without HD maps or LiDAR, a design intended to allow rapid redeployment across different cities.

Shenzhen, China – – October 08, 2026 -- The High People's Court of Guangdong Province has issued a final, legally binding judgment in favor of Shenzhen Leqi Innovation Co., Ltd., the company behind imaging accessories brand SmallRig, in a design patent infringement case against Shenzhen Neewer Technology Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen Xing Ying Da Industry Co., Ltd.

Court dismisses Neewer's appeal and upholds full damages award

The court ruled that the accused side handle products fall within the scope of protection of Leqi Innovation's design patent, dismissing Neewer Technology's appeal and affirming the trial court's judgment in its entirety. The two defendants were ordered to cease manufacturing and selling the infringing side handles, destroy remaining inventory and related promotional materials, bear all court costs, and pay damages to Leqi Innovation. The damages have been paid in full.

Beijing – October 08, 2026 -- New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. (NYSE: EDU; SEHK: 9901) will convene its annual general meeting on November 13, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. local time at No. 6 Hai Dian Zhong Street, Haidian District, Beijing.

No shareholder vote is scheduled for the 2026 annual meeting

The company confirmed no proposals will be submitted for approval at the gathering. Instead, the meeting will function as an open forum allowing shareholders of record and beneficial owners of American depositary shares to raise questions directly with management on company affairs.

New York – October 08, 2026 -- Corel has rolled out a Text-to-vector AI workflow in its September 2026 Update to CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2026, letting designers convert written prompts into editable, scalable vector graphics directly inside the application. The update was reviewed by Consumer365, which flagged the feature as the centerpiece of the release alongside a reworked PowerTRACE engine and expanded CorelDRAW Web tools.

Text-to-vector tool turns prompts into editable vector objects

The new capability sits inside CorelDRAW's AI Generate docker, letting users start either from a text prompt or existing artwork. Output arrives as editable vector objects with manual node control, rather than locked raster images, and supports styles including Line art, Comic book, and Icon. Color handling follows the active document's color mode, aligning generated assets with existing production files.

Gwacheon, South Korea – – October 08, 2026 -- Park Systems Corp. captured 23.8% of global atomic force microscopy (AFM) revenue in 2025, retaining the top industry ranking for a fourth consecutive year from 2022 through 2025, according to QY Research's Global Atomic Force Microscopy Market Report.

Park Systems leads both revenue and unit shipments in 2025

The South Korea-based company sold 340 AFM systems during the year, the highest unit volume among manufacturers tracked in the study, while also topping the market on revenue share.

London – – October 08, 2026 -- Hilton Worldwide Holdings has displaced DHL Group atop Fortune's 100 Best Companies To Work For - Europe 2026 ranking, with AbbVie, DHL Group, Cisco Systems and Specsavers rounding out the top five.

Technology dominates the 100-company list with 26 entrants

The ranking spans companies headquartered in 25 countries, with roughly half privately held and women leading six of the 100 firms. Just over a third of the listed companies are European operations of large U.S. businesses. Technology leads sector representation with 26 companies, followed by health care at 17 and financial services at 15.

Allianz, Stryker, Aviva, Siemens Healthineers and Salesforce fill out the top 10

Siemens Healthineers and Salesforce newly entered the top 10 this year, joining Allianz, Stryker and Aviva in positions six through nine.