MINNEAPOLIS – – November 03, 2026 -- Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) will pay a quarterly dividend of $0.08 per share only if its pending transaction with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany has not closed by the close of business on November 13, 2026.

Austin – November 03, 2026 -- Summit Hotel Properties (NYSE: INN) raised its full-year 2026 guidance after third-quarter operating income rose 90.3% to $16.3 million and Adjusted EBITDAre gained 11.8% to $43.9 million, driven by a 7.2% jump in pro forma RevPAR.

SAN JOSE – – November 03, 2026 -- Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) will report first-quarter fiscal 2027 results on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, after the market close, covering the period ended Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026.

Cisco schedules a 1:30 PM PT management call for Nov. 12

The conference call begins at 1:30 PM Pacific (4:30 PM Eastern). The company will distribute the earnings release via PR Newswire through its US National and European Financial services. It will also post the release on its newsroom site.

Sunbury – November 03, 2026 -- Weis Markets, Inc. (NYSE: WMK) reported third-quarter net income of $22.21 million, up 31.4% from $16.90 million a year earlier, as a wider gross margin offset softer grocery-category sales. Earnings per share rose to $0.90 from $0.69 for the 13-week period ended September 26, 2026.

Saint Paul – November 03, 2026 -- The 3M Board of Directors (NYSE: MMM) authorized the repurchase of up to $6.0 billion of the company's outstanding common stock, bringing total capacity under its repurchase program to $7.5 billion.

3M adds $6.0 billion to $1.5 billion left under its 2025 authorization

The new authorization comes on top of the $1.5 billion remaining under 3M's existing 2025 repurchase authorization. The combined $7.5 billion has no pre-established closing date, so the company sets no deadline for deploying the capital.

DENVER – November 03, 2026 -- Ovintiv Inc. reported third-quarter net earnings of $549 million ($1.99 per diluted share) and Non-GAAP Free Cash Flow of $680 million, while agreeing to acquire Logan Energy Corp. for C$1.40 per share in cash. The Logan deal carries a total transaction value of about $890 million (C$1.26 billion), including the assumption of Net Debt.

New York – November 03, 2026 -- WhiteFiber (Nasdaq: WYFI) has completed a $60 million all-cash acquisition of two industrial properties in Yadkin County, North Carolina, adding sites with a potential path to roughly 200 MW of AI data center capacity. The deal closed through its wholly owned subsidiary Enovum Data Centers Corp.

CHICAGO – November 03, 2026 -- First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: FR) declared a common stock dividend of $0.50 per share/unit for the quarter ending December 31, 2026, payable on January 19, 2027.

Board sets December 31 record date for the fourth-quarter payout

The company's board of directors approved the dividend. Stockholders of record on December 31, 2026 are eligible, and payment follows on January 19, 2027.

Philadelphia – November 03, 2026 -- Verismo Therapeutics' SynKIR-110 achieved the fastest tumor control among three CAR T designs in preclinical mesothelioma models while producing roughly 10-fold less IFNγ and 30-fold less TNFα and IL-2 than a CD28-based single-chain CAR T.

The company will present the data at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 41st Annual Meeting in Phoenix (Abstract 253). The study compared SynKIR-110 with CD28- and 4-1BB-based single-chain CAR T cells in mesothelioma xenograft models.

Washington – November 03, 2026 -- The United States and the Democratic Republic of Congo have launched joint governance of Grand Inga, a Congo River hydropower complex with an estimated 42,000 megawatts of potential capacity, according to a statement distributed on behalf of the Congolese government. The inaugural Grand Inga Coordination and Governance Committee met at the World Bank offices in Paris.