Charlotte – October 29, 2026 -- Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway (ACWR) has been awarded a $19.9 million federal grant through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program to rebuild track laid in the early to mid 1900s.

Oakland – October 29, 2026 -- Kaiser Permanente has awarded a $15 million charitable grant to UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland to build 20 private inpatient behavioral health rooms, adding capacity to treat approximately 700 children and adolescents a year.

Grant funds a 21,300-square-foot behavioral health wing

The money will pay for construction of the wing as part of the hospital's modernization project. The plan includes an outdoor therapy space and a therapeutic roof garden. The wing is expected to open in 2031.

NAPA – October 29, 2026 -- AM Best has raised The Doctors Company's financial strength rating (FSR) to A+ (Superior) from A (Excellent), and its long-term issuer credit rating (ICR) to "aa-" (Superior) from "a+" (Excellent), with a stable outlook.

AM Best affirms A+ ratings across six TDC Group entities

The agency affirmed the A+ FSR, "aa-" ICR and stable outlook for The Doctors Company, an Interinsurance Exchange, and these subsidiaries of The Doctors Company Insurance Group (TDC Group):

NEW YORK – October 28, 2026 -- Experience commerce platform Easol has raised a $30 million Series A extension, bringing its total funding to $60 million. The round combines $20 million in equity with a $10 million debt facility from Viola Credit.

The equity investors are Y Combinator, Tiger Global, Foundation Capital, FMZ Ventures, Notion Capital and Eight Roads.

New York – October 28, 2026 -- Formation Bio, an AI-native pharmaceutical company, has launched the Formation Bio Drug Development Accelerator Fund with $600 million in capital commitments to expand its portfolio of clinical-stage medicines. The company aims to acquire 10-15 drug programs over the next 3-5 years and advance them through key clinical milestones.

San Francisco – October 28, 2026 -- Plato, a startup that builds simulated workplaces for training AI models, raised a $16 million Series A round led by Nava Ventures, lifting its total funding to $19 million.

Gradient Ventures, Transpose Platform and Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman also participated. Gradient Ventures had led the company's earlier seed round. Nava Ventures founder Freddie Martignetti joins Plato's board.

GOLDEN – October 28, 2026 -- Rendezvous Robotics has raised $20 million in an oversubscribed seed round to build spacecraft that assemble themselves in orbit. MaC Venture Capital and Toyota Ventures led the financing, the company's first priced round.

DENVER – October 28, 2026 -- Frontier Group Holdings (Nasdaq: ULCC) reported record third-quarter 2026 revenue of approximately $1.4 billion, up 53 percent year-over-year, and returned to an adjusted profit of $40 million despite a 56 percent jump in per-gallon fuel costs.

DUBLIN – October 28, 2026 -- AerCap Holdings N.V. (NYSE: AER) reported record adjusted net income of $1,009 million, or $6.56 per share, for the third quarter of 2026 and raised full-year adjusted earnings per share guidance to approximately $20.70, before any fourth-quarter gains on sale.

GAAP net income was $949 million, or $6.17 per share. GAAP return on equity reached 20%, while adjusted return on equity hit a record 22%. Operating cash flow totaled $1.8 billion.

BOSTON – October 28, 2026 -- Dechra, a global veterinary specialty care company, reported a 27% cut in Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions since its baseline year and R&D spending equal to 9.6% of global revenue in fiscal 2026. The figures come from its 2026 Sustainability Report.