The 4.91 million-share sale is expected to close Sept. 11; the $200 million BioCircuit purchase is targeted for the fourth quarter and is not subject to a financing condition.

Record market-price gains and a weaker Canadian dollar drove most of the second-quarter increase, while Canada’s net position with the U.S. rose to C$1.67 trillion.

Debenhams Group received £76.5 million at completion and will collect another £13.5 million after giving vacant possession, while Primark takes over the lease and plans to use the highly automated Sheffield site for future home delivery across Great Britain.

Norway’s headline inflation rate rose as a childcare-related base effect lifted the annual CPI reading, while a narrower measure excluding administered prices, energy and tax changes held at 3.0%.

NEXTDC priced 1.75% subordinated convertible notes due 2031, adding committed funding for its Australian data-centre development pipeline and lifting pro forma liquidity.

ESR will remain invested and manage the 334,000-square-meter development, which is under construction along the Gyeongbu Expressway and due in 2028.

Domestic development and supplied-housing businesses lifted profitability even as a sharp drop in overseas revenue pulled first-half sales lower.

The all-stock merger would create a 44,354-unit apartment REIT, with IRT stockholders owning about 78% and Centerspace shareholders about 22% after closing.

The all-cash acquisition adds Alif’s low-power AI microcontrollers and fusion processors to ADI’s portfolio, with up to $200 million in additional contingent consideration.

Thursday’s 10- to 20-year liquidity-support operation comes in above the Treasury’s new $4 billion minimum for longer-dated buybacks.