Apple (AAPL.O) launches 14-inch MacBook Pro and iMac powered by the M6 chip.

Oct 27, 2026 — The Chengdu Intermediate People’s Court publicly delivered a first‑instance verdict finding Wang Huimin, former member of the Party Committee of the China Securities Regulatory Commission and former head of the CCDI‑NSC disciplinary inspection team at the CSRC, guilty of accepting bribes totaling more than 436 million yuan. He was sentenced to death with a two‑year reprieve, deprived of political rights for life and ordered to forfeit all personal property; after the two‑year reprieve the sentence will be commuted to life imprisonment with no reduction or parole. Confiscated illicit gains and accrued income will be turned over to the state treasury, and any shortfall will continue to be pursued.

Meta's expanded $25bn common-stock offering drew roughly five times demand for available shares. The company is targeting up to $98bn to fund AI spending. More than half of the allotment went to long-term investors and existing shareholders; the top 15 subscribers received about 70% of the offering. The deal priced at $625 per share, a 2.7% discount to the close the Friday before the announcement. Meta shares fell as much as 1.4% to $621.47 in New York on Tuesday. The equity sale is part of a broader financing package that includes $12.5bn of mandatory convertible preferred and expected at‑market share placements; if the full $98bn is raised it would be among the largest equity financings on record.