Jon Cuthbert

White Energy (ASX:WEC) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Binderless Coal Briquetting, has entered an exclusive worldwide agency agreement with Illinois-based briquette machine manufacturer K.R. Komarek.

Elsight (ASX:ELS), a global provider of resilient connectivity solutions for unmanned systems, has secured a US$460,000 purchase order from a US-based public safety customer, marking its first announced commercial deal for 2026.

Australian-Singaporean regenerative medicine company Osteopore (ASX: OSX) has secured an exclusive licensing agreement with Accelerate for a pioneering Heparan Sulphate bioactive technology platform.

Black Cat Syndicate (ASX:BC8) has reported a strong December 2025 quarter, achieving a milestone 100,000ozpa gold production run rate.

Ansell (ASX:ANN) has announced that Managing Director and CEO Neil Salmon will retire after 13 years with the company, including five years as CEO since September 2021.

UniFirst Corporation (NYSE:UNF) reported its fiscal first quarter 2026 results for the period ended November 29, 2025, with revenues increasing 2.7% year-over-year to $621.3 million.

Merck & Co. (NYSE:MRK) completed its acquisition of Cidara Therapeutics on Wednesday, following a successful tender offer that values the biotechnology firm at approximately $9 billion.

Apogee Enterprises (NASDAQ:APOG), a leading provider of architectural building products and services as well as high-performance coated materials, today announced its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2026, ended November 29, 2025.

National Bank Holdings Corp. (NYSE:NBHC) completed its acquisition of Vista Bancshares and its subsidiary Vista Bank on Wednesday, creating a regional banking powerhouse with approximately $12.6 billion in pro forma assets.

Franklin Resources (NYSE:BEN), the global investment giant operating as Franklin Templeton, reported a slight uptick in preliminary assets under management (AUM) to $1.68 trillion as of December 31, 2025.

The results cap a complex quarter defined by robust organic growth in equity and alternatives, even as its Western Asset Management unit continued to grapple with institutional fixed-income outflows.