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Saros Therapeutics Lands Second $2M NCI Award for Cancer Immunotherapy

North Chicago, Ill. – October 02, 2026 -- Saros Therapeutics has received its second Phase II award from the National Cancer Institute, worth approximately $2 million, to advance a nanoparticle-based cancer immunotherapy toward human clinical testing.

NCI funds second two-year award for nanoparticle immunotherapy

The two-year grant will support studies needed to move Saros' experimental therapy toward an Investigational New Drug (IND) application, the company said. Saros operates within Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science's (RFU) Helix 51 biomedical incubator in North Chicago, Illinois, which it joined earlier this year.

GoodLeap Closes $434M Home Improvement Loan Securitization

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GoodLeap Closes $434M Home Improvement Loan Securitization

San Francisco – – October 02, 2026 -- GoodLeap, LLC has closed a $434 million securitization backed solely by home improvement loans it originated, marking the sixth such issuance for the fintech lender.

GoodLeap Home Improvement Solutions Trust 2026-2 secures $434 million in principal balance

The transaction, GoodLeap Home Improvement Solutions Trust 2026-2, was sponsored by Bank of America, N.A., with BofA Securities, Inc. acting as sole structuring agent. Kroll Bond Rating Agency and Fitch Ratings both rated the securitization. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, CIBC World Markets Corp., and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. served as joint bookrunners.

Valmet Corrects Dividend Payment Date to October 8, 2026

Espoo – October 02, 2026 -- Valmet Oyj has corrected the payment date for the second instalment of its 2025 dividend, confirming shareholders will receive EUR 0.67 per share on October 8, 2026, not October 7 as stated in a prior release.

Valmet fixes payment date error from September 29 announcement

The correction, issued via a stock exchange release on October 2, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. EEST, amends a release published on September 29, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. EEST. All other details in the original announcement remain unchanged, the company said.

Dividend record date set at October 1, 2026

The payout applies to shareholders registered in Valmet's shareholders' register held by Euroclear Finland Oy as of the October 1, 2026 record date.

Delaware, Florida, Nemours Strike $950M Child Health Pact

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Delaware, Florida, Nemours Strike $950M Child Health Pact

Wilmington, Delaware – October 02, 2026 -- The Alfred I. duPont Charitable Trust, the State of Delaware, the State of Florida, and The Nemours Foundation have finalized a $950 million agreement spanning 11 years to fund children's health programs in Delaware, under a new entity called the Alfred I. duPont Charitable Fund for Delaware's Children.

New grantmaking fund will direct capital to nonprofit child-health programs statewide

The fund will operate as a separate grantmaking arm, financing nonprofit initiatives focused on children's health and well-being in Delaware. Grantmaking will extend beyond the $950 million, 11-year commitment, and will include at least $237.5 million earmarked specifically for Nemours' Delaware initiatives.

Southwire Invests $256M to Expand Starkville Plant, Add 130 Jobs

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Southwire Invests $256M to Expand Starkville Plant, Add 130 Jobs

Starkville, Miss. – October 02, 2026 -- Southwire has broken ground on a $256 million expansion of its Starkville manufacturing plant, adding approximately 380,000 square feet and creating about 130 new jobs.

Southwire commits over $256 million to Mississippi facility growth

Company and community representatives gathered on October 1 to mark the start of construction on the project, which will expand the Starkville location's footprint by roughly 380,000 square feet. The investment reinforces Southwire's manufacturing presence in the region after years of operations at the site.

Flow Engineering Secures $50M to Scale Agentic Hardware Platform

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Flow Engineering Secures $50M to Scale Agentic Hardware Platform

New York – – October 02, 2026 -- Flow Engineering has raised $50 million in fresh funding to expand what it calls the de facto platform for agentic hardware, with founder and CEO Pari Singh detailing deployment plans on NYSE Live.

Flow Engineering targets hardware automation with new capital

The company says the $50 million round will accelerate its goal of bringing AI-style automation to hardware development, a sector it argues has lagged software in adopting agentic systems. Singh appeared on the NYSE Trading Floor to outline how the capital will be deployed across the platform's expansion.

September jobs report lands ahead of market open

Economists had forecast the U.S. economy added 90,000 jobs in September, with the unemployment rate expected to hold at 4.1%. The report was released this morning prior to the start of trading.

CPKC Sets September and Q3 Grain Volume Records in Canada, US

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CPKC Sets September and Q3 Grain Volume Records in Canada, US

Calgary – October 02, 2026 -- Canadian Pacific Kansas City (TSX: CP) (NYSE: CP) moved 5.45 million metric tonnes (MMT) and 56,560 combined carloads of grain and grain products across Canada and the United States in September 2026, setting new monthly and third-quarter records that surpass marks previously set in 2020.

Canadian grain volumes hit 2.94 MMT in September, a second consecutive monthly record

CPKC moved 2.94 MMT and 30,324 carloads of grain and grain products in Canada in September 2026, marking the second record month in a row to open the 2026-2027 crop year. The July-September 2026 quarter also set a third-quarter record for both carloads and metric tonnes in Canadian grain.

Oracle to Absorb $300M in Costs to Keep Wisconsin Nuclear Plant Affordable

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Oracle to Absorb $300M in Costs to Keep Wisconsin Nuclear Plant Affordable

Austin – October 02, 2026 -- Oracle has committed to subscribing to a portion of electricity generated by the Point Beach Nuclear Plant in Wisconsin, a move expected to save utility customers approximately $300 million in fuel costs. The commitment is designed to shield more than 1 million Wisconsin utility customers from the plant's rising operating costs while preserving carbon-free baseload power for the state grid.

Oracle absorbs rising nuclear fuel costs to protect household electricity bills

Point Beach has supplied dependable, carbon-free power to Wisconsin for more than 50 years. By subscribing to a share of the plant's output, Oracle intends to cover increases in fuel costs that would otherwise be passed on to ratepayers, according to Mahesh Thiagarajan, executive vice president of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Supabase Raises $150M, Acquires Turso to Scale Agentic Databases

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Supabase Raises $150M, Acquires Turso to Scale Agentic Databases

San Francisco – October 02, 2026 -- Supabase has raised $150 million in new funding led by GIC, with Alphabet's independent growth fund CapitalG, IronArc, and SquarePeg also participating, just four months after closing a $500 million Series F round. Alongside the raise, the open source Postgres development platform announced it is acquiring Turso, a database platform built to handle high-volume provisioning for agentic workloads.

Supabase now adds 1 million users and 4 million databases every month

Seventy percent of those new databases are created by agents or AI-driven tools rather than human developers, the company said. The figure follows a 600% year-over-year increase in database creation reported in June, when agent-driven deployments had already become the majority on the platform.

6K Additive Secures $27.4M EXIM Loan for Pennsylvania Metal Powder Expansion

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6K Additive Secures $27.4M EXIM Loan for Pennsylvania Metal Powder Expansion

Burgettstown, Pa. – October 02, 2026 -- 6K Additive Inc. (ASX: 6KA) has executed a final US$27.4 million loan agreement with the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) to fund expansion of its critical materials manufacturing plant in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania.

EXIM finalizes largest Make More in America loan for advanced materials

The facility, approved by EXIM's board on December 4, 2025, is the first deal structured in coordination with the U.S. Department of War's Defense Production Act Title III initiative and the largest loan issued under EXIM's Make More in America Initiative (MMIA) for advanced materials and manufacturing to date.