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Icelandic Salmon and Bakkafrost each disclosed a higher North America sales share for Q2 2026 - 16% and 31% - while holding full-year harvest guidance flat.

Tabcorp retained venues representing 97% of historical turnover, while The Lottery Corporation is negotiating retailer terms around customer registration.

DPC Dash's platform delivery rose 81% while its own-channel delivery fell 11.8%, showing how aggregator ordering may outlast subsidies.

Huaneng's solar output rose 40% as profit fell 35.84%, while JinkoSolar said China's 2026 demand was down 30%-40%, mainly in utility projects.

Cisco sees AI scale-across traffic at 14 times traditional DCI, while Dycom reports over $1 billion of contracted fiber work connecting data centers.

Southern California Edison targets 20%-30% faster design cycles and about 20% faster permit cycles, but has not quantified savings.

TELA, Humacyte and Ambu show how hospital committees, bundled contracts and ASC pricing increasingly determine device access and revenue quality.

Similarweb reports recurring AI data contracts, while CuriosityStream, Zhihu and Nine show how archives and grounding content can produce different revenue patterns.

State statutes cut one revenue leg each at Lifestyle Communities and Ingenia, leaving both operators able to reprice only when a home changes hands.

Nutanix and Ooma each told investors on 26 August 2026 that their own AI now runs in-house on open-weight models, ending the per-token bill.

Neuren pays out 70-100% of its DAYBUE royalty after just USD3m of half-year admin cost; BioArctic paid a SEK177m dividend in June and still held about SEK2bn of cash.

DNO ASA and Gulf Keystone Petroleum disclosed that Iraq now settles much of the Kurdish oil price in physical cargoes, leaving an $80 million receivable.

ZTO's return parcels rose about 80% to 9.8 million a day against 4.2% industry volume growth, while Vipshop's fulfilment expense hit 8.7% of net revenues.

Hays cut permanent placement volumes 14% as average fees rose 2%; SelectQuote ties over $30m of annual savings to AI and keeps licensed agents on the call.

SCHMID's order intake hit EUR 52.3m in eight weeks while Canatu's reactor waits two years for acceptance: fully loaded fabs defer change and buy new plants.

PRC authorities denied the 5% mainland-Hong Kong treaty withholding rate to intermediate holdcos; Vipshop's non-GAAP net margin fell to 1.6% from 8.0%.

Gorilla and QumulusAI say rented AI compute prices are rising; recent Blackwell contracts run $18-20 million per megawatt versus $16 million blended.

HNI says its merged Steelcase dealer network began cross-selling on its own, yet every disclosed synergy dollar is a cost dollar and the 2027 EPS bridge assumes minimal volume.

Mauritania and Senegal have contracted GTA gas for two power plants, giving Kosmos Energy a buyer for FPSO throughput it says needs no new capital.