Including suspended operations for Villa Vie Residences, new retatrutide data from Lilly and Campbell's fifth annual State of the Sides Report.

NEW YORK, Oct. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists and consumers stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a recap of some major stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.

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1. Villa Vie Residences Suspends Operations in Cambodia as It Pursues Restructuring and Recapitalization
   On an equivalent per-cabin basis, monthly fuel expense that historically averaged approximately $1,800 has recently reached an estimated $6,000 to $8,000 in parts of Asia. The company cannot simply pass increases of that scale on to residents, and the resulting shortfall has placed its current operating model under unsustainable financial pressure.
2. Lilly's retatrutide delivered greater A1C reduction and more than double the weight loss of Ozempic's highest approved dose in head-to-head trial
   In adults with type 2 diabetes, retatrutide lowered A1C by an average of 2.2% vs. 1.8% with Ozempic 2 mg at 80 weeks.
3. Invesco Announces Work with Anthropic to Bring its Custom Portfolio and Practice Management Capabilities to Claude
   " We believe this will be a major advancement toward helping advisors turn efficient access to Invesco expertise into more meaningful client conversations, stronger practices for their business, and deeper relationships that help the advisor and client grow together," said John McDonough, Head of Americas Distribution, Invesco.
4. Campbell's® Marks Five Years of Sides Season™ with Its Annual State of the Sides Report
   Five years in, America's love for sides is only getting stronger. In fact, this year's milestone report confirms that sides continue to be the favorite part of Thanksgiving tables, and they're taking even more of the spotlight.
5. Elementl Power, DS Investment Partners and Samsung C&T to Advance New U.S. Nuclear Development
   The proposed nuclear development partnership is intended to provide a portion of the capital necessary for up to three of Elementl's advanced nuclear projects to achieve final investment decision (FID), supporting pre-construction activities, including permitting, interconnection and long-lead item procurement. 
6. SWI Compute Emerges from Stealth to Turn Gigawatts of Power Into NVIDIA AI Factories, Starting in Europe
   "Energy availability represents the primary bottleneck facing European AI infrastructure. Having spent six years acquiring grid access, SWI Group is now deploying these power resources into dedicated NVIDIA AI factories through SWI Compute … The market continues to surpass available capacity, and we are rapidly expanding our footprint to fulfill this requirement," said Halil Mirakhmedov, CEO, SWI Compute.
7. Come Back to Firefox: Mozilla launches its most ambitious campaign yet to bring people back to the independent alternative to big tech browsers
   Come Back to Firefox brings together some of the world's most memorable internet icons: Numa Numa Guy, Bad Luck Brian, Overly Attached Girlfriend, Kelly of "Shoes" fame, Where the Hell Is Matt?, Annoying Orange, Apparently Kid, Tay Zonday, Chuck Testa, Success Kid, and Evolution of Dance.
8. Disruptive Announces $10 billion Flagship Fund
   Disruptive's investment approach remains unchanged and the firm plans to back approximately 10 exceptional growth and late-stage companies, investing up to $1 billion per company. 
9. S&P Dow Jones Indices and Kalshi Announce Collaboration to Bring the World's Most Trusted Benchmarks to Prediction Markets
   Under the agreement, Kalshi becomes a preferred prediction market platform licensed for event contracts tied to S&P DJI indices. In addition, S&P DJI becomes a preferred provider for constructing indices from Kalshi event contract data.
10. Read/Write Labs™ Debuts to Build Industry-First AI Platform That Writes Code for the Brain
    Formerly known as Dandelion Science, the company's new identity reflects its focus on creating the intelligence layer that can read and write information to the brain through various neural interfaces to treat a wide range of disorders and improve cognition.
11. US Consumer Confidence Increased in October
    "The recovery was in line with retail gasoline prices easing from September to October. Yet, despite the increase in October, consumer confidence remained on the long-term downward trend that's persisted over the past few years," said Fergus McCormick, Senior Economist, Global Indicators, The Conference Board.
12. Pop-Tarts® and Liquid Death Want You to Make It a Bad Morning with New Squeezed to Death Frosted Orange Toaster Pastry
    The limited-time toaster pastry serves up bright citrus filling, a golden-orange crust and orange sprinkles, with full permission to have a baaaaad morning; available at participating retailers in November 2026.
13. Formation Bio Announces $600 Million Debut Fund to Expand Drug Development Capacity
    Combining dedicated capital with Formation Bio's AI-native development platform and clinical operating infrastructure, the Fund will support the company's ambition to acquire 10–15 drug programs over the next 3–5 years and advance them through key clinical milestones.
14. The Wendy's Company Confirms Receipt of Unsolicited Proposal from Trian Partners
    In response to the Schedule 13D/A filed by Trian Partners on February 18, 2026, the Wendy's Board of Directors formed a committee of independent directors not affiliated with the Investor Group to evaluate any proposal from Trian Partners. 

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