Columbus – October 12, 2026 -- Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) named 11 channel partners as 2025 North America Partner Award recipients, with World Wide Technology (WWT) taking the top Partner of the Year honor for year-over-year growth and continued investment in joint AI strategy. Winners were selected on 2025 results, growth trajectory and customer impact.

Mexico City – October 12, 2026 -- NEXT Properties (Trust 2401) has amended its exchange offers for four series of outstanding notes, making each offer conditional on the issuance of at least US$450,000,000 in new notes, following feedback from large institutional holders.

Las Vegas – October 12, 2026 -- Red Rock Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ: RRR) will release its third-quarter 2026 financial results on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, and host a conference call the same day at 4:30 p.m. ET (1:30 p.m. PT).

Shanghai – October 12, 2026 -- Shanghai Ark Biopharmaceutical (ArkBio) has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance of its investigational new drug application for AK0406, allowing a phase II trial of the long-acting antiviral drug-Fc conjugate for influenza prevention in the general U.S. population.

Austin, Texas – October 12, 2026 -- Aeon Industrial has placed more than 10,000 of its MERC high-voltage electronic safe-and-arm devices into production, one of several milestones behind its selection to the inaugural 2026 Austin Deep Tech 50.

Aeon wins eight-figure defense contract and Army interceptor selection

The vertically integrated defense manufacturer secured a key eight-figure defense contract in recent weeks. It was also selected for the U.S. Army's interceptor challenge with its layered air and missile defense architecture.

Kansas City – October 12, 2026 -- Rosnet, the restaurant data and operations platform serving 84 franchise brands across more than 6,000 locations, has moved into a new purpose-built headquarters in Kansas City's Northland after years in an underground business park in Parkville, Missouri.

Chicago – October 12, 2026 -- CME Group's Corn futures traded a record 1,206,376 contracts on Oct. 9, topping the previous daily high of 1,128,597 contracts set on March 29, 2019, by 77,779 contracts.

Milwaukee – October 12, 2026 -- A. O. Smith Corporation (NYSE: AOS) raised its quarterly cash dividend rate 6% to $0.38 per share, extending a record of more than 30 consecutive years of dividend increases.

Board approves increase for both Common and Class A Common Stock

The board of directors approved the higher rate, which applies to the company's Common Stock and Class A Common Stock.

Lehi – October 12, 2026 -- Gargle, Inc., a dental-focused digital marketing company, is extending its search measurement to cover how dental practices appear in AI-generated answers on ChatGPT, Gemini and Google's AI search experiences, alongside traditional Google rankings.

The company delivers the analysis through its AI Search & Marketing Visibility Report and ongoing search optimization services. Both are designed to show practices where they stand across traditional and AI-driven discovery channels.

CHICAGO – October 12, 2026 -- CME Group has completed initial performance testing for CME Globex in the cloud and reports faster round-trip times for trading, along with an accelerated build of its Aurora Cloud Region and co-location facility.