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Tabcorp (ASX:TAH) will acquire BetMakers (ASX:BET) for $0.24 per share, valuing the enterprise at $267 million.

Dexus Convenience Retail REIT (ASX:DXC) reported its FY26 results, confirming a full-year distribution of 20.9 cents per security.

CAR Group (ASX:CAR) recorded a 12% rise in constant currency pro forma revenue to $1.25 billion for FY26.

Percheron Therapeutics (ASX:PER) appointed Dr Michael Baker as CEO effective Oct. 5 to guide future trials.

HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) will expand its Australian corporate banking division after selling a $36 billion retail mortgage portfolio.

Contact Energy (ASX:CEN) reported a NZ$423 million full-year profit following its recent Manawa Energy acquisition.

South Australia has signed a memorandum of understanding with OpenAI to develop artificial intelligence skills and research.

Westpac (ASX:WBC) announced an unaudited statutory net profit of $1.8 billion for the third fiscal quarter.

Qantas (ASX:QAN) subsidiary Jetstar and a Qatar Airways aircraft halted on the tarmac to prevent a two-plane collision.

More than 120 employees walked off the job at BHP (ASX:BHP) port facilities during a collective agreement dispute.

$20 concert tickets, hoodies bulk, 'adversarial clothing,' ticks affecting Martha's Vineyard tourist season: Lisa Mateo joins David Gura and Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg This Weekend to share headlines you may have missed from over the week.

Abdul El-Sayed's narrow Michigan Senate primary victory intensifies the debate over whether Democrats are shifting left and whether progressive candidates can translate primary enthusiasm into general election wins. On Bloomberg This Weekend, Bloomberg Opinion Columnist Gautam Mukunda says the result matters but does not signal an outright takeover of the Democrat party's establishment wing, while Puck News Writer Abby Livingston says Michigan may be too unusual to serve as a national template.