New York – November 02, 2026 -- Loews Corporation reported third-quarter 2026 net income of $306 million, or $1.50 per share, down from $504 million, or $2.43 per share, a year earlier. A $125 million after-tax long-term care reserve charge at CNA Financial, weaker Property and Casualty underwriting and higher catastrophe losses drove the decline.

Houston – November 02, 2026 -- National Energy Services Reunited Corp. (Nasdaq: NESR) will publish its third-quarter 2026 financial results on Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, followed by a conference call at 8:00 AM ET the same day.

NESR opens 8:00 AM ET call to investors, analysts and media on Nov. 9

Participants are asked to dial in about 10 minutes before the call starts, using the U.S. toll-free line 1-877-407-0890 or the international line 1-201-389-0918.

JOHANNESBURG – November 02, 2026 -- EASE Holdings BV has secured US$9.5 million in additional equity from AAFC Group Inc, lifting its total equity to US$24 million. The medical equipment-as-a-service provider will use the funds to scale operations in South Africa and Ghana.

AAFC Group is a U.S.-based investor in emerging-market asset-backed finance. EASE will combine the new equity with its debt facilities to grow its installed base of advanced, increasingly AI-enhanced medical devices.

Guangzhou – November 02, 2026 -- XPeng Inc. (NYSE: XPEV, HKEX: 9868) will report unaudited third quarter 2026 financial results on Monday, November 16, 2026, before the open of U.S. markets.

XPENG management hosts earnings call at 7:00 a.m. ET on November 16

The call starts at 7:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time, which is 8:00 p.m. Beijing/Hong Kong Time on the same day. The timing lets investors in both of the company's dual-primary listing venues, New York and Hong Kong, follow management's commentary on the day of release.

WIESBADEN – November 02, 2026 -- German retail sales fell 2.0% in real terms in September 2026 from August on a calendar- and seasonally adjusted basis, according to preliminary data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Nominal sales declined 1.5% over the same period.

Year on year, real sales dropped 2.3% against September 2025, while nominal sales rose 1.2%. The gap between real and nominal figures points to price effects in the sector.

Unterföhring – November 02, 2026 -- ProSieben's quiz show "Wer stiehlt mir die Show?" opened its twelfth season with a 16.5 percent overnight market share in the channel's 14-49 target group, winning Sunday prime time.

Winterscheidt beats Knossalla in the season-opening final

Original host Joko Winterscheidt won the final against entertainer Jens "Knossi" Knossalla. He keeps his own show and hosting job for now.

STOCKHOLM – – November 02, 2026 -- Ericsson's treasury holding stands at 130,915,894 Class B shares after the company repurchased more of its own stock between October 26 and October 30, 2026.

Buyback program runs to March 2027 with a SEK 15 billion ceiling

The purchases are part of a program of up to SEK 15,000,000,000 that Ericsson announced on April 16, 2026. The program runs from April 23, 2026, and ends no later than March 31, 2027.

Bexar County, Texas – November 02, 2026 -- Community First Health Plans (CFHP) generated a 2.2X return on investment in the first year of its Third-Party Payment (TPP) program, and the net profit far exceeded implementation and service fees.

Sponsored members accounted for 87% of CFHP's 2022 enrollments

The Texas-based health plan piloted the hospital-sponsorship model, also called Payvider, in 2022. Sponsored members made up 87% of CFHP's enrollments that year.

Stockholm – November 02, 2026 -- Skanska is investing CZK 2.2 billion (about SEK 1 billion) in the fourth phase of its Emil Kolben District residential project in Prague, Czech Republic. The construction contract is worth CZK 1.3 billion (about SEK 590M) and will be booked in Europe's order bookings for the fourth quarter of 2026.

Tel Aviv – November 02, 2026 -- Harel Insurance Investments and Financial Services (TASE: HARL), Israel's largest insurer by the company's own description, will publish its third-quarter 2026 financial statements on Monday, November 23, 2026. The group reports about NIS 630 billion (USD 218.5 billion) in assets under management and annual premiums and deposit inflows of NIS 45.7 billion (USD 15.2 billion).