Bend, Oregon – – October 14, 2026 -- Worldwide Fistula Fund and Terrewode Women's Fund have merged into Maternal Dignity Project, a U.S.-based nonprofit that will fund African-led organizations treating and preventing obstetric fistula in five countries.

Edmonton – October 14, 2026 -- Aurora Cannabis' board unanimously recommended that shareholders reject Curaleaf Holdings' revised hostile offer, which remains open until December 4, 2026, and said its special committee is actively exploring alternatives, including a deal with one or more third parties.

Austin – October 14, 2026 -- Flex (NASDAQ: FLEX) has completed its acquisition of EPC Power, adding a power conversion provider with more than 15 GW deployed to its Cloud and Power Infrastructure segment weeks before shareholders weigh the planned spin-off of that unit.

Los Angeles – October 14, 2026 -- FF EAI Robotics Ecosystem Inc. (NASDAQ: FFR) signed definitive agreements to acquire the full robotics business of Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (NASDAQ: FFAI) in an all-stock transaction. The deal values the FFAI robotics unit at about $200 million and FFR at about $60 million on a fully diluted basis.

New York – October 13, 2026 -- Ensorcia Group Holdings, LLC has signed a binding letter of intent to acquire Argentina Wildcats, LLC (AW), a deal that would add roughly 50,000 hectares of lithium ground in Argentina and take the company's combined holdings to approximately 67,000 hectares.

Dallas – October 13, 2026 -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) has agreed to sell AT&T Mexico to Grupo Televisa and Fintech Holdings for $2 billion in cash at closing, subject to certain adjustments, plus additional contractual and contingent benefits.

Columbus, Ohio – October 12, 2026 -- Vertiv Holdings Co (NYSE: VRT) has agreed to acquire King Environmental Services Ltd. (KES), a Europe-based provider of fluid management, commissioning and load-testing services for high-density, liquid-cooled data centers, with closing expected in the fourth quarter of 2026.

Vertiv did not disclose financial terms. The company said the deal is not expected to be material to its financial results.

Paris – October 12, 2026 -- Asterion Industrial Partners has entered an exclusive agreement on the contemplated acquisition of Fraikin, a pan-European commercial vehicle lessor with about €1 billion in revenue and a fleet gross book value of roughly €3 billion. The sellers are affiliates of Fraikin's ultimate majority shareholders: Benefit Street Partners, Värde Partners and Canyon Partners. The announcement does not state a purchase price.

Toronto – October 12, 2026 -- Highlander Silver Corp. (TSX: HSLV) has completed its plan of arrangement to acquire all shares of Bear Creek Mining Corporation (TSXV: BCM), issuing 36,225,457 of its own common shares and making Bear Creek a wholly owned subsidiary.

Cleveland – October 12, 2026 -- Peak Nanosystems has closed a $25mm investment from Squadron Capital to fund its acquisition of Cleveland-based PolymerPlus, giving the nanotechnology group entry into the capacitor market.

Peak Nanosystems is the parent company of Peak Nano Optics and Peak Nano Films. It will also use proceeds to expand in-house optical product development.