CHICAGO – October 13, 2026 -- Ozinga has opened a slag cement mill in East Chicago, Indiana, with capacity of 1 million tons per year. The company calls it the largest of its kind in North America. Its blends are designed to cut embodied carbon by up to 80% compared with traditional Portland cement mixes.

Mill targets 700,000 metric tons of annual CO2 offsets

At full operation, the plant is projected to offset more than 700,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions a year. Ozinga equates that to taking more than 150,000 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles off the road for a year.

The facility will produce ASTM C989-compliant slag cement. It will also make proprietary blends under the CarbonSenseTM brand that meet ASTM C1157 performance standards. The process recycles slag, a by-product of steelmaking. Traditional Portland cement accounts for nearly 7% of global CO2 emissions.

Oakland – October 13, 2026 -- The Vietnamese American Business Association (VABA) reports a network of more than 2,200 professionals and 720 businesses across 12 U.S. states and eight countries as it marks 15 years since its 2011 founding, and says its VABA Venture Capital arm is backed by $50 million from the Duong family office.

Founder and chairman David Duong built the group after launching a California recycling business and investing in Vietnam. His family arrived in the Bay Area in 1979 as refugees and started by collecting and selling cardboard and other recyclables. That work led to California Waste Solutions, founded in 1992, which expanded into municipal recycling services in Oakland and San Jose.

Singapore – October 13, 2026 -- YYForce Inc. (NASDAQ: YFOR) projects approximately 10% lower monthly operating costs from a planned service-robot rollout across Novotel Singapore on Stevens and Mercure Singapore on Stevens, a 772-room precinct. The figure comes from a pre-deployment comparison; deployment has not yet begun, and actual costs, productivity and guest-service outcomes will be assessed after rollout.

Cost model covers housekeeping, concierge and F&B, including robot costs

The 10% estimate applies only to selected housekeeping, concierge and food and beverage operations, and the model includes the cost of the robots themselves. A separate planning assumption estimates a potential 5% cut in rooms-department overtime costs. The two estimates use different bases and do not add up to a combined saving. Both depend on the model's cost scope, operating coverage and service assumptions.

Plano, Texas – October 13, 2026 -- Ribbon Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: RBBN) will release its third-quarter 2026 financial results after the market close on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.

Ribbon schedules 4:30 p.m. ET call with financial community

Management will host a conference call at 4:30 p.m. ET on the day of the release to discuss the quarter's results with the financial community.

Participants in the U.S. can join via the domestic dial-in number 877-407-2991, while international callers can use 201-389-0925. The company also offers Instant Telephone Access through its Call meTM service.

Listen-only webcast available through investor relations site

A live, listen-only webcast will be available on the company's Investor Relations website.

The source material contains no preliminary financial figures, guidance or other quantitative details ahead of the October 27 release.

Dallas – October 13, 2026 -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) has agreed to sell AT&T Mexico to Grupo Televisa and Fintech Holdings for $2 billion in cash at closing, subject to certain adjustments, plus additional contractual and contingent benefits.

AT&T redirects capital to U.S. fiber and 5G networks

The divestiture concentrates AT&T's capital allocation on its U.S. fiber and wireless networks. Chairman and CEO John Stankey said the company believes the AI future will run on converged networks with dense fiber assets, and that the sale fits its strategy of focusing capital on growth opportunities in the U.S. market.

AT&T said its effort to consolidate and modernize what it describes as Mexico's second scaled wireless network has prepared the unit for its next growth phase. The company argues that a local operator is best placed to pursue that phase and improve the overall customer value proposition.

Dublin, Calif. – October 13, 2026 -- TriNet (NYSE: TNET) is rolling out four platform upgrades for small and medium-size businesses (SMBs), adding leave management, applicant tracking and expense control, plus expanded AI assistance, to its HR platform in phases.

TriNet Leave, built on the Cocoon acquisition, is rolling out in phases

TriNet Leave, powered by Cocoon, follows TriNet's acquisition of Cocoon earlier this year. It combines Cocoon's technology with TriNet's leave administration expertise in one experience connected to the TriNet platform. Employers can manage leave requests, compliance obligations, claims tracking and return-to-work processes in a single workflow.

Boise, Idaho – October 13, 2026 -- Clean Form Nutrition has become the first brand to earn NSF Certified for Sport® certification for a finished product containing NNB Nutrition's Pürest CreatineTM, adding a finished-product check to an ingredient already certified by Informed Choice and tested by two independent laboratories.

Eurofins tests find no quantifiable impurities in three Pürest Creatine lots

In comparative testing by Eurofins, three separate production lots of Pürest CreatineTM were evaluated alongside a premium creatine described as an industry purity benchmark. In all three lots, dicyandiamide (DCD), dihydrotriazine (DHT) and creatinine fell below the laboratory's limits of quantification.

The benchmark sample contained measurable levels of both DCD and creatinine. DHT stayed below the quantification limit in both products. Mérieux NutriSciences has also tested Pürest CreatineTM for creatine manufacturing impurities.

Brentwood – October 13, 2026 -- Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) agreed to buy the real estate of 30 communities it leases from Welltower for $290 million. The deal would cut 2027 annual cash rent by approximately $17.8 million and lift Brookdale's owned share of consolidated units to nearly 80%.

Brookdale closes $157M purchase of 17 formerly leased communities

Brookdale completed the previously announced acquisition on September 30 for approximately $157 million. The portfolio holds 735 assisted living and memory care units in Colorado, Kansas, Ohio and Texas.

The purchase eliminates approximately $11 million of annual cash rent in 2027 and raises Brookdale's owned share of consolidated units to approximately 77%.

Rochester, Mich. – October 13, 2026 -- Par Health is recalling 22 lots of Argatroban Injection 250 mg/2.5 mL (100 mg/mL) to the hospital/user level after detecting particulate matter in certain lots.

Particulates include cellulose, plastics and stopper material

The company identified the contaminants as cellulose, polystyrene, polyethylene terephthalate, stopper material, and possibly stainless steel. Par Health states that administering product containing particulate matter has a reasonable probability of causing life-threatening adverse health consequences.

The listed risks are pulmonary emboli, occlusions of other blood vessels that can lead to tissue death and possible organ damage, and inflammation of vein walls that may lead to clotting. To date, Par Health has received no reports of adverse events related to the recall.

Olathe, Kansas – October 13, 2026 -- Avcon Industries, a subsidiary of Butler National Corporation (OTCQX: BUKS), has received FAA Supplemental Type Certificate No. ST12439CH to replace Honeywell Aerospace Mark V EGPWS computers with the MKV-A unit across nine Learjet and Bombardier models.

STC covers Learjet 40/45 and 60 and seven Bombardier variants

The Approved Models List STC applies to the Learjet Models 40/45 and 60. It also covers the Bombardier CL-600-1A11 (600), CL-600-2A12 (601), three CL-600-2B16 variants (601-3A, 601-3R and 604), BD-700-1A10 and BD-700-1A11.

The installation uses existing avionics racks and is designed to minimize installation effort. Honeywell is phasing out the Mark V, and the MKV-A is offered as a drop-in replacement with options to upgrade capabilities later.