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GenusPlus Group (ASX:GNP) has secured an electricity contract valued at approximately $55 million with Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO).

ASML lifted its annual sales forecast for the second time this year as a surge in artificial intelligence spending drives demand for the company's chip-making machines. Europe's most valuable company expects net sales to grow to between 43 billion ($49.2 billion) and 45 billion this year. Bloomberg's Charlotte Hughes-Morgan reports.

Dexus (ASX:DXS) has secured a three-day appeal hearing beginning Oct. 20 regarding its ongoing APAC infrastructure dispute.

Macmahon (ASX:MAH) secured a three-year, $355 million underground mining contract at the Mt Marion lithium operation.

Cyclopharm (ASX:CYC) executed an agreement with University Hospitals to install its Technegas system across 11 clinical locations.

Peace between US & Iran has faltered after American forces reimposed a naval blockade and launched airstrikes. Meanwhile Tehran attacked oil tankers sailing through the Strait of Hormuz. Megan Sutcliffe, Middle East Principal Analyst, at Sibylline spoke to Bloomberg's Abeer Abu Omar on Horizons Middle East and Africa on the situation in the region.

Global Lithium Resources (ASX:GL1) executed an agreement to acquire the Nova Nickel-Copper-Cobalt Project from IGO (ASX:IGO).

Bob Sternfels, global managing partner at McKinsey & Co., says the firm is on the edge of a possible "golden age" as companies seek help with issues such as artificial intelligence. McKinsey has cut staff from its support teams on the back of the AI wave but is hiring more consultants "in record numbers" and is set to grow headcount overall, Sternfels tells Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua.

Kingsgate Consolidated (ASX:KCN) restarted its Plant 1 circuit, lifting total capacity over 4 million tonnes per annum.

Deloitte APAC Sports Business Group Leader James Walton explores how the 2026 FIFA World Cup has evolved into a global commercial ecosystem. The tournament has reportedly generated a record-breaking $2.8 billion in sponsorship revenue. He speaks with Haidi Stroud-Watts on "Insight with Haslinda Amin."

Great Bear Exploration (ASX:GBL) secured multiple contractor agreements to imminently commence field activities at its Great Bear Lake Project.

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) approved the construction of a gallium plant at its Wagerup alumina refinery in Western Australia.