MENLO PARK – October 27, 2026 -- Meta Platforms raised the size of its Class A common stock offering to $25.0 billion from $22.5 billion and priced a parallel offering of 6.50% mandatory convertible preferred stock expected to net about $12.5 billion.

United States – October 24, 2026 -- The direct-to-consumer cash-pay market in biopharma could reach $26 billion at its peak, according to Morgan Stanley healthcare services analyst Erin Wright, as U.S. patients take more control over how they access and pay for care.

Shenzhen – October 18, 2026 -- More than half of cloud data center capital expenditure is expected to go to memory and storage, excluding HBM, by 2027, according to a projection by Morgan Stanley's Daniel Yen presented at the 5th GMIF Innovation Summit. The forum, themed "The Future Built on AI Memory and Storage," was co-hosted by the Shenzhen Memory Industry Association (SMIA) and Peking University's School of Integrated Circuits at the Renaissance Shenzhen Bay Hotel.

Eagan, Minn. – October 12, 2026 -- Solventum (NYSE: SOLV) said it intends to separate its Health Information Systems business, a healthcare software unit with $1.4 billion in annual sales, and is targeting completion within 12 to 18 months.

The move is the latest step in the company's three-phase transformation strategy. Solventum's Board of Directors and management expect the separation to leave a dedicated MedTech company focused on its MedSurg and Dental Solutions businesses.

Dallas – October 12, 2026 -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) Chief Financial Officer Tom Doxey will take part in a fireside chat at the Morgan Stanley 14th Annual Laguna Conference on September 16 at 12:20 p.m. PST.

Morgan Stanley will webcast the Doxey session live in audio format

The audio-only webcast will be hosted by Morgan Stanley. Investors who cannot attend live can access a replay afterward.

Columbus – October 12, 2026 -- American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) has launched a registered underwritten offering of $2.6 billion of common stock, structured around forward sale agreements with three banks.

BofA, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley lead the underwriting

BofA Securities, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Morgan Stanley are acting as joint book-running managers. Subject to certain conditions, the forward counterparties or their affiliates are expected to borrow all shares from third parties and sell them to the underwriters.

Prague – October 07, 2026 -- The Open Source Enterprise Resiliency Alliance (OSERA), backed by Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, NatWest and Royal Bank of Canada, is now fully operational just 100 days after its intent-to-form announcement, delivering patches for more than 50 widely used open source projects in the Spring and Java ecosystems. The Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS), the financial services arm of the Linux Foundation, disclosed the milestone at Open Source Summit Europe.

Singapore – – October 05, 2026 -- DayOne Data Centers Limited has filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of American Depositary Shares representing its ordinary shares.

DayOne targets Nasdaq listing under ticker DODC

The Singapore-headquartered digital infrastructure operator has applied to list its ADSs on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, BofA Securities, and Citigroup have been named as underwriters for the offering.

Boston – September 30, 2026 -- ArcLight Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of a 50% stake in IATP, a 5.4 GW power portfolio spanning 11 infrastructure assets across North America, with Invenergy retaining the remaining 50% ownership and continuing to operate the platform.

San Diego – September 28, 2026 -- Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: VKTX) has closed concurrent upsized public offerings totaling approximately $575.0 million in gross proceeds, funding to accelerate its late-stage obesity drug pipeline.