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Finance · Third quarterAutoliv narrows its 2026 margin outlook to the low end, around 10.5 percent, as third-quarter sales slip to $2.69bn
Autoliv's third-quarter net sales fell 0.5 percent to $2,693m and diluted earnings dropped 6.8 percent to $2.13 a share. The airbag and seatbelt maker now expects an adjusted operating margin of around 10.5 percent for 2026.
Autoliv has given up on the upper half of its profitability range for the year. The Stockholm-based maker of airbags and seatbelts said on Friday that it now expects an adjusted operating margin of around 10.5 percent in 2026, the bottom of the 10.5 to 11 percent range it had been guiding to, according to its third-quarter report filed with the SEC.
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Naples, Fort Myers, Cape Coral and the rest of Collier and Lee
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Lee County unemployment fell to 4.8 percent and Collier to 4.7 percent in September, and both counties now have more residents working than a year ago
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Estero
Estero board puts off a decision on 355 Coconut Point apartments until November 17 after the developer asks for more time
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Immokalee
Immokalee Road blocked in all directions at Camp Keais Road after an injury crash, FHP board shows
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Fort Myers
FGCU closes parking around Alico Arena from 5 p.m. Thursday and warns of intermittent closures on Ben Hill Griffin Parkway for Friday's Trump rally
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Sallie Mae swings to a third-quarter loss and cuts its 2026 earnings guidance to $1.95 to $2.05 a share
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Bloom Energy revenue more than doubles to $1.24bn and the onsite power maker raises its 2026 outlook a third time
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Deckers books $46m of IEEPA tariff refunds and lifts its full-year earnings guidance to $7.80 to $7.95 a share
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Valero earns $6.8bn in the third quarter as its refining margin nearly triples to $39.24 a barrel
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Lee County took 3,712 property tax appeals. A hearing granted 78.
Most Florida property tax appeals in Lee and Collier never reach a hearing, and the ones that do can still be thrown out in April for an unpaid bill. The county records show where petitions go, what filing now costs, and the payment rule that outlives the September deadline.
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Technology
Virginia's data center tax break costs $1.9bn a year, or $1.6bn, or less than nothing
Virginia's own documents put three different prices on the same sales tax exemption. The gap between them is the argument lawmakers are now having.
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Accounting
The non-cash expense that came with an $18.4bn cash bill
Stock-based compensation is added back to operating cash flow because no cash leaves to pay it. Meta's and Alphabet's 2025 filings show where the cash goes instead.
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IRS waives Form 720 filing and recordkeeping for dyed diesel used on highways through December 31
The IRS will not challenge missed Form 720 filings or records tied only to section 4041(a) tax on taxable uses of dyed diesel from October 1 through December 31, and will not require catch-up reporting afterwards.
What it changes →Treasury and the IRS withdraw the 2016 per se device test for tax-free spin-offs
Flutter plans up to 1,400 UK and Ireland job cuts after Britain raised gambling duties
Vietnam tells tax offices to weigh back VAT refunds, Seoul says
ECB lets banks choose between IAS 1 and IFRS 18 during reporting transition
Banks can use either accounting format for regulatory profit-and-loss reporting from January until revised European rules apply. Smaller banks can choose only where their national supervisor permits it.
What it changes →GlobalTech says its 2025 loss was $11.55m, not $3.15m
GEE Group says its audit committee is examining an undisclosed employment agreement with the CEO's daughter
England and Wales double charity accruals-account threshold to £500,000
Newmont earns $2.20 a share on an adjusted basis and cuts its full-year cost guidance to $1,520 an ounce
Newmont's third-quarter adjusted net income rose to $2.3bn, or $2.20 a share, from $1.72 a year earlier, and the gold miner lowered its full-year all-in sustaining cost guidance to $1,520 an ounce.
What it changes →Dow earns 71 cents a share on an operating basis as local prices rise 14 percent
Comcast loses 144,000 broadband customers in the third quarter as Peacock posts a second straight profit
Lockheed Martin raises its 2026 outlook as third-quarter sales rise 11 percent and backlog reaches $292bn
The Bank of Korea held its base rate at 3 percent and said growth this year and next will run considerably above its August forecasts
The Monetary Policy Board kept the Base Rate at 3.00 percent on Thursday, unanimously, after hikes in July and August. It expects growth considerably above its August forecasts and spoke of further increases.
What it changes →South Korean companies widened their operating margin to 5.2 percent in 2025, yet 42.9 percent earned less than their interest bill
UK net debt passes £3 trillion for the first time as September borrowing reaches £24.5bn
UK inflation rises to 3.5 percent in September as petrol and diesel climb
South Korea's procurement agency will demand bid bonds from suspected paper companies from November 16
South Korea's Public Procurement Service will require bid bonds from suspected paper companies in goods tenders from November 16. In a pilot since August, the average number of bidders per tender fell from 355 to 57.
What it changes →South Korea extends trade aid to companies hurt by foreign tariffs, export controls and carbon charges
Mexico ends all Trudy coastal warnings as hurricane moves offshore
South Korea adds urgent welfare referrals for illegal-lending victims
Western Digital revenue rises 55 percent to $4.38bn and the storage maker guides to about $5.1bn next quarter
Western Digital's fiscal first-quarter revenue rose 55 percent to $4.38bn, non-GAAP earnings reached $4.64 a share against $1.78, and the storage maker raised its quarterly dividend 17 percent to 17.5 cents.
What it changes →eBay will cut about 9 percent of its workforce and says third-quarter results beat its own guidance
Nokia lifts its comparable operating margin to 11.7 percent as sales to AI and cloud customers more than double
South Korea's competition regulator drafts advertising rules against AI washing, with comments due November 11
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Florida proposes letting condo boards merge reserve balances into one pool without an owner vote
A proposed change to Florida's condo reserve rule would let boards move straight-line reserve balances into a single pooled account without a unit-owner vote, so long as total reserves do not fall.
What it changes →The 30-year mortgage rate holds at 7.40 percent
U.S. median family net worth rose 2 percent as under-35 wealth fell 23 percent
Florida says a milestone inspection with no repair recommendations cannot pause condo reserves
CBP gives postal importers until January 20 to file formal entry on dutiable and regulated mail
Customs and Border Protection moved the formal-entry compliance date for some low-value mail from October 22 to January 20, 2027, covering packages that owe Chapter 98 or 99 duties or need partner agency data.
What it changes →South Korea doubles the transaction period covered by its supplier survey
Small business expansion sentiment falls as loan costs rise
FTC and USDA ask farmers about equipment sales, service and retaliation
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The Mint has set prices for three 2026 products, and the price of the gold one is to be determined
A United States Mint notice sets retail prices effective 14 August. The 25 coin roll works out at $2.44 a coin and the 100 coin bag at $1.545. The gold proof coin is listed as TBD.
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