•The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission estimated the combined company's enterprise value at about $15.4 billion, serving about 2.1 million customers across 8 states.
•NorthWestern shareholders will receive 0.98 Black Hills shares for each share they own at closing, under a fixed exchange ratio.
•The merger proxy statement projected that Black Hills shareholders would own about 56% and NorthWestern shareholders about 44% of the combined company's common stock.
•Ottawa gave Cleveland-Cliffs 15 days to address alleged breaches of its Stelco takeover commitments.
•The company's plan includes laying off up to 500 workers at its Hamilton and Lake Erie facilities in Ontario.
•The employment commitments require an annual average of at least 1,766 unionized employees and 603 salaried employees on a full-time-equivalent basis.
•Sallie Mae posted a loss attributable to common stock of $35.904 million in the third quarter of 2026, compared with earnings of $131.856 million a year earlier.
•The company cut its 2026 diluted earnings per share outlook to $1.95–$2.05 from $3.10–$3.20.
•Provisions for credit losses rose to $214 million, compared with $126 million in the previous quarter and $179 million a year earlier.
•SL Green raised its 2026 funds from operations guidance to $6.50–$6.70 a share from $5.60–$5.90.
•Guidance includes additional income of $1.10 a share from the sale of a 20% stake in the hospitality business, offset by a negative interest impact of $0.25.
•Manhattan same-store office occupancy reached 95.0% at the end of the third quarter, compared with 92.9% at the end of the previous year, including signed leases that have yet to commence.
•SK Hynix's board approved share repurchases worth 40 trillion won on August 19, 2026, with all repurchased shares to be canceled.
•A September 2026 filing addressed reports of about 5 trillion won in pre-IPO funding for Solidigm, while stressing that no decisions had been finalized.
•SK Hynix's revenue grew 257% and operating profit rose 557% year on year in the second quarter of 2026.
•Commodity and equity perpetuals accounted for 51% of Hyperliquid trading in July 2026, up from 0.2% in October 2025.
•Trading across XYZ markets collectively exceeded $100 billion since October 2025, with an annualized pace of more than $600 billion at the time of the statement.
•Perpetual contracts are cash-settled and margined in stablecoins, without giving holders a claim on the underlying asset.
•EL7 coverage dated October 22 reported $418 million in cryptocurrency long liquidations as the market declined.
•U.S. spot Bitcoin funds attracted $1.1 billion during the week through the October 22 report, following outflows of $909.6 million over the previous two weeks.
•Cryptocurrency market capitalization fell 2.82% from $2.84 trillion to $2.76 trillion during the period from October 12 to 19.
