Berkeley – October 16, 2026 -- Employee recognition platform Recognize ran 72 billboard plays in 24 hours on Oct. 15, 2026, across Times Square in New York and downtown Los Angeles, in its first coast-to-coast out-of-home campaign.

Campaign asks commuters "What's the point?" and answers with a rewards pitch

The 15-second spot opened with the text "Going to work? What's the point?" and closed with "Let's give you a point," plus a QR code linking to the campaign landing page. The Times Square spot ran once an hour. In downtown Los Angeles it played twice back to back across 24 thirty-second slots.

The pun refers to Recognize's product mechanics. Employees earn points when colleagues or managers recognize their work, then redeem them for gift cards, company swag and live-event tickets.

Belleville – October 16, 2026 -- Payroll and annual revenue are the first figures insurers review when pricing business coverage, according to a HelloNation article featuring Jerry and Luke Yaekel of Yaekel & Associates Insurance Services Inc. The article states that industry classification matters, but carriers weigh many additional factors before setting premiums.

Payroll and revenue set the baseline for exposure

Payroll indicates workforce size and potential workers' compensation exposure, while revenue reflects business activity and operational scale. As both figures rise, risk may shift, which can change quotes.

Pleasanton – October 16, 2026 -- n6 Tec, Inc. has received ISO 13485:2016 certification from Intertek for its quality management system, covering the manufacture and service of genetic research instrumentation at its Pleasanton, California headquarters.

Certificate 0259003 runs through October 2029

Intertek issued the initial certificate on October 12, 2026. It is valid through October 11, 2029, subject to ongoing surveillance by the certification body.

ISO 13485:2016 is the international quality management standard for organizations that design, manufacture and service medical devices. An independent auditor must verify that documented processes for design controls, supplier management, manufacturing, traceability, corrective and preventive action, and customer feedback exist and are followed.

New York – October 16, 2026 -- Corporate travel manager ALTOUR has unveiled ALTOUR iQ, an in-house conversational AI platform that lets travel managers query program data in plain language, with broader market availability planned for Q1 2027.

The platform is in a phased commercial rollout following its debut at Business Travel Show America 2026. ALTOUR iQ was an Innovation Faceoff finalist at the show. Haley Rossow, ALTOUR's Senior Director of Global Business Intelligence, presented it on October 14 in New York.

ALTOUR iQ replaces dashboards with predictive and scenario analysis

ALTOUR says the tool moves beyond conventional dashboards and historical reporting. It delivers predictive insights, scenario analysis and actionable intelligence in seconds. Users no longer have to work through complex reports or fragmented data.

The platform is built around four functions:

Orlando – October 16, 2026 -- Newsweek's America's Best Nursing Homes 2027 list ranked Solaris Healthcare East Orlando #19 and Solaris Healthcare Apopka #33 among facilities with 100-149 beds.

Newsweek and Statista screened 14,693 nursing homes to select 1,325

Newsweek compiles the ranking each year with research firm Statista. The 2027 edition highlights 1,325 of the 14,693 U.S. nursing homes analyzed, or about 9% of the field.

The evaluation draws on performance data, peer recommendations, accreditations and satisfaction metrics, and uses data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Solaris places two Florida facilities in the 100-149 bed category

The East Orlando facility sits in Orlando, while the second ranked site is in Apopka, Florida. Both were listed in the same bed-size bracket, 100-149 beds.

San Francisco – October 16, 2026 -- Novogradac will convene attorneys, developers, investors, lenders, tax insurance providers and advisors at the Fairmont Washington, D.C. Georgetown on Nov. 5-6 for its 2026 Fall Renewable Energy Tax Credits Conference, held immediately after the 2026 mid-term elections.

Federal policy changes drive the agenda

Sessions will cover recent federal developments affecting clean energy tax incentives, technical tax considerations in deal execution, and the evolving clean energy development landscape. Further topics include what is driving investor interest in certain properties and tax equity structures.

Conference chair Tony Grappone, a partner in Novogradac's North Andover, Massachusetts, office, said the renewable energy tax credit (RETC) sector has been shaped this year by "major changes in federal policy and guidance."

New York – October 16, 2026 -- Fox Corporation-owned sports platform OutKick closed Q3 2026 with 12.2 million average monthly desktop and mobile unique visitors, up 149% from the prior-year quarter and 40% from Q2, according to Comscore.

OutKick's Q3 views and minutes nearly triple year on year

Total multiplatform views reached 190 million, up 56% quarter on quarter and 187% year on year. Total multiplatform minutes hit 201 million, up 29% versus the prior quarter and 196% versus the prior-year quarter.

September unique visitors rise 188% to 12.8 million

In September alone, OutKick recorded 12.8 million total desktop and mobile unique visitors, up 188% year on year. Multiplatform views totaled 64 million, up 192%, while multiplatform minutes reached 62 million, up 213%, per Comscore.

Monett, Mo. – – October 16, 2026 -- Jack Henry (Nasdaq: JKHY) will become the first core banking technology provider to integrate with Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL), giving banks and credit unions a route to offer tokenized deposits.

GCUL is a fully managed, distributed ledger service. Financial institutions use it to tokenize and transfer money and assets on a shared, real-time record with programmable, 24/7 settlement.

Community lenders face growing pressure from large banks and fintechs

Jack Henry says consumer and business expectations are shifting toward real-time, programmable financial experiences. Community and regional institutions face growing competition from large banks and fintech providers. The company says tokenized deposit infrastructure inside its ecosystem lets these institutions explore new transactional use cases and enhance digital experiences.

Santa Clara, Calif. – October 16, 2026 -- DPR Construction moved up one place to No. 3 on Engineering News-Record's 2026 Top Green Contractors list, from No. 4 in 2025, as green contracting revenue across the sector's top 100 firms rose 5.9% to $101.9 billion in 2025.

ENR ranks contractors by revenue from certified green projects

ENR's annual list ranks firms on revenue from construction services for projects registered with or certified by third-party organizations. Those organizations set standards for environmental impact, energy efficiency or carbon footprint.

DPR's water strategies saved more than 48 million gallons in 2025

According to DPR's 2025 Global Social Responsibility Annual Report, water strategies on major projects saved more than 48 million gallons of freshwater in 2025 alone. The report also details expanded use of lower-carbon concrete, cleaner equipment and lower-emission fuels.

Orlando – October 16, 2026 -- Florida's existing single-family home sales fell 3.5% year-over-year in September to 20,537 closings, the second straight month of annual declines, as higher mortgage rates halted the modest growth of the past 12 to 14 months, according to Florida Realtors.

Third-quarter sales hold flat for houses and rise for condos

Statewide existing single-family sales totaled 65,904 in the third quarter of 2026, up 0.2% from the same period a year earlier. Existing condo-townhouse sales reached 22,664, up 3.1%.

September condo-townhouse closings totaled 7,179, about level with September 2025 (-0.1%). Closed sales can occur 30 to 90-plus days after contracts are written, so the figures lag buyer activity.