Economy
South Korean companies improve profitability as sales growth slows
The central bank’s 2025 analysis shows the operating margin rising to 5.2% while sales growth eased to 2.4%.
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Environment
Northern Ireland material footprint fell to 38.5 million tonnes in 2023
The consumption-based measure fell 0.9% year on year, while the footprint was 20.1 tonnes per person.
Technology
Altera launches QuartusIQ assistant for FPGA design work
The AI companion for Quartus Prime Pro can use project context to help engineers create, debug and validate FPGA designs.
Technology
Telenor AI Factory selects F5 for sovereign AI service controls
The planned service layer will manage AI traffic, tenant isolation, policy and telemetry on NVIDIA-powered infrastructure in Norway.
Technology
JFrog adds workstation detection and BYOK scanning to AI security
The company says the additions cover AI assets on developer devices and scanning with customers’ own language-model accounts.
Energy
Minesto joins Swedish-backed partnership to develop tidal energy opportunities in Indonesia
The company will work with Business Sweden on commercial opportunities and project development.
Business
AT&T third-quarter revenue rose 5.3%
AT&T reported US$32.3 billion in third-quarter 2026 revenue, up 5.3% year over year; expenses included an impairment tied to its Mexico wireless business.
Business
Danaher third-quarter revenue increased 8.5%
Danaher reported US$6.6 billion in third-quarter 2026 revenue; adjusted diluted EPS increased 11.5% to US$2.11.
Business
Andrada reports higher first-half revenue and tin output
Andrada Mining, which operates the Uis mine in Namibia, said revenue rose 80% to £20.6 million and contained tin production increased 13% to 576 tonnes in the six months to 31 August.
Economy
Euro area government debt rises to 88.8% of GDP in second quarter
The euro area’s general government gross debt reached 88.8% of GDP at the end of the second quarter of 2026, up from 88.4% in the first quarter, Eurostat reported on 21 October. The EU ratio also rose, from 82.5% to 82.9%.
Business
German imports from Russia fall 96.4% in first half of 2026
Germany imported 96.4% less goods from Russia in the first half of 2026 than in the same period of 2021, according to foreign trade figures released by Destatis on 21 October. The import value was slightly above half a billion euros.
Finance
England and Wales local government pension funds reach £438 billion
Fund market value rose 8.8%, while scheme membership reached 6.93 million and annual retirements exceeded 116,000.