Shanghai – November 03, 2026 -- Yum China Holdings (NYSE: YUMC; HKEX: 9987) grew third-quarter operating profit 13% year over year to $451 million on revenue up 8% to $3.5 billion, and raised its 2026 net new store target to more than 2,400. Revenue growth was 2% excluding foreign currency translation. Diluted EPS rose 20% to $0.91, or 12% excluding F/X and 8% when mark-to-market equity investment effects are also stripped out.

Wiesbaden – November 03, 2026 -- German producers made 7.42 billion liters of sugary soft drinks in 2025, 4.1% less than the almost 7.74 billion liters of 2024, according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Output of calorie-reduced light drinks and mineral water rose over the same period, as the federal government plans to introduce a levy on sugary beverages.

WIESBADEN – November 03, 2026 -- German dietary supplement production reached a record 241,000 tonnes in 2025, up 48.4% from 162,000 tonnes in 2019, according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).

Output rose 1.6% from roughly 237,000 tonnes in 2024.

Stockholm – November 03, 2026 -- Truecaller reported third-quarter net sales of SEK 464.0 million, up 18% sequentially from Q2 and up about 3% year on year in constant currencies. Reported sales slipped 1% from SEK 467.9 million, and a SEK 92 million transfer pricing provision in India pushed the company to a quarterly loss.

OSLO – – November 03, 2026 -- Multiconsult's third-quarter EBITA fell to NOK 6.3 million from NOK 62.1 million a year earlier, cutting the margin to 0.5 per cent from 5.2 per cent as weak summer activity and merger-related costs weighed on earnings.

Net operating revenues rose 2.0 per cent to NOK 1,219.7 million (NOK 1,196.4 million). Organic growth, adjusted for calendar effects and acquisitions, was 0.1 per cent. The net loss was NOK 20.9 million against a profit of NOK 38.9 million, and earnings per share were NOK -0.74 (NOK 1.41).

Berlin – November 03, 2026 -- Germany's planned 80 percent cut to independent asylum procedure counselling (AVB) risks costing the state more than it saves, according to a new analysis that puts the program's net economic benefit for 2025 at EUR 71.8 million.

Austin, Texas – November 03, 2026 -- Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) priced concurrent public offerings of common stock and senior notes that are expected to generate net proceeds of about $9.9 billion and $10.0 billion respectively, or roughly $19.9 billion combined.

Oracle sells 86.2 million shares at $116.00 each

The common stock offering covers 86,206,897 shares with a par value of $0.01, priced at $116.00 per share. Net proceeds come to approximately $9.9 billion after underwriting discounts and Oracle's estimated offering expenses.

DALLAS – November 03, 2026 -- The Highland Opportunities and Income Fund (NYSE: HFRO) declared a regular monthly distribution of $0.0385 per common share, payable on November 30, 2026.

HFRO sets November 23 record date for shareholders

Shareholders of record at the close of business on November 23, 2026, will receive the payment. The closed-end fund declares and pays distributions monthly.

Toronto – November 02, 2026 -- Orvana Minerals Corp.'s Bolivian subsidiary Empresa Minera Paitití (EMIPA) was outside the financial covenant thresholds on its Bolivian bonds at September 30, 2026, and is now in a cure period running through December 8, 2026. At the same time, the Don Mario plant is lifting oxide throughput, with a target of about 1,400 tonnes per day in November.

SEOUL – November 02, 2026 -- LG Energy Solution posted third-quarter 2026 consolidated revenue of KRW 9.6 trillion, up 27.6% quarter-on-quarter, with operating profit of KRW 756 billion and an operating margin of 7.8%. Revenue includes a North America production incentive of KRW 416.9 billion, reflecting volume growth led by higher ESS shipments in the region.