Delray Beach – October 19, 2026 -- The global Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) market will grow from USD 9.28 billion in 2026 to USD 13.97 billion by 2032, a 7.0% compound annual growth rate, according to MarketsandMarkets. The market stood at USD 8.62 billion in 2025.

Chicago – October 19, 2026 -- Cboe Global Markets launched pre- and post-market trading in options on 24 single stocks and 5 ETFs on its Cboe Options Exchange (C1). Options on these names accounted for roughly 53% of average daily U.S.-listed options volume in 2026 through September.

Global – October 19, 2026 -- High Lander has completed a funding round backed by EDGE Group, STEP, Protego and Kinetica, with proceeds earmarked for expansion in the United States and other international markets and a push into defense and homeland security. The source does not disclose the size of the round.

Boston – October 19, 2026 -- VIA Science, Inc. has created the post of Chief Mission Officer and appointed Joe Babiec, previously its Chief Commercial Officer, to fill it as the software provider scales globally.

Babiec moves from commercial chief to a mission-focused mandate

Babiec joined VIA in 2018. VIA supplies software to defense, law enforcement and humanitarian organizations. In the new role he will lead efforts to expand the company's mission impact with customers and the communities it serves.

Chicago – October 19, 2026 -- Twenty-nine percent of U.S. consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers say AI is embedded end to end in core operations, more than double the 13% global figure, according to new Schneider Electric data released at PACK EXPO International 2026.

New York – October 19, 2026 -- Global MedTech M&A value rose 160% in the first half of 2026 versus the same period of 2025, with total disclosed deal value reaching roughly US$130 billion, the highest level in more than a decade, according to the 20th edition of EY US's Pulse of the MedTech Industry report.

The recovery is narrow. EY found it was driven by a limited number of blockbuster transactions rather than broad-based dealmaking.

San Diego – October 19, 2026 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared Protego Biopharma's Investigational New Drug application for PROT-001, allowing the company to start SHIELD-AL, a global pivotal Phase 2/3 study in newly diagnosed light chain (AL) amyloidosis patients.

PROT-001 is an oral, investigational, first-in-class lambda light chain stabilizer. Protego will test it as an add-on to standard-of-care plasma cell-directed therapy, which reduces light chain production.

Delray Beach – October 19, 2026 -- The global electric vehicle market will grow from USD 794.59 billion in 2026 to USD 1,312.73 billion in 2035, a 5.7% CAGR, according to MarketsandMarkets. The forecast rests on falling battery costs, faster charging and rising fuel prices that improve EV running economics.

Delray Beach – October 19, 2026 -- The global fuel gas system market for combined-cycle power plants will grow from USD 1,410.2 million in 2026 to USD 1,837.7 million by 2031, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.4%, according to MarketsandMarkets. The market stood at USD 1,350.0 million in 2025.

Global – – October 19, 2026 -- Salesforce has disabled all Klue integrations after the threat group Icarus claimed on 19 June 2026 to have exfiltrated customer data through the market intelligence platform's Salesforce connection. Matching data points give high confidence that Icarus is behind the supply chain attack, according to the source analysis.