New York – October 16, 2026 -- The inaugural Lumara Film Festival, presented by MoonPay and Venice, has named six finalists for a Grand Prize worth $32,000 and 3.2 million Venice AI credits, after receiving more than 700 submissions from filmmakers worldwide.

The Jury Selection award carries $20,000 and 2 million Venice AI credits. Winners will be announced live on October 26 at the Roxy Hotel Cinema in New York City. The festival has also named 16 nominees across five category awards.

Submissions drew 700+ films in a seven-week free-entry window

Submissions ran from July 24 to September 15. Entry was free and open worldwide, and filmmakers could use any AI filmmaking platform. Judging criteria were the strength of the idea, the quality of the storytelling and how well the filmmaker used AI.

Irvine – October 16, 2026 -- MFour Data Research named Sean Miller Vice President, First-Party Data Engineering, with a mandate to bring its entire engineering stack in-house, from data collection through the company's own AI model. Miller reports to Chief Technology Officer Aaron Wepler.

Miller takes charge of all first-party data engineering at MFour

Miller will lead engineering for all of MFour's first-party data, which consumers share through transparent consent. The data covers purchases and receipts, app usage, web browsing, location and store visits, desktop activity and LLM conversations. Each stream is connected to the same consumer's own survey answers.

MFour says AI now makes the in-housing work possible in days, not months. The foundation stays the same: behavioral and survey data collected with transparent consent and combined on one platform.

London – October 16, 2026 -- The global ADHD drugs market will grow from USD 14.11 billion in 2025 to USD 22.79 billion by 2035, a compound annual growth rate of 4.91%, according to Credence Research Inc. The figures are the research firm's proprietary estimates, not audited sales totals.

North America holds 60% of value while Asia Pacific grows fastest at 6.34%

North America accounted for 60.0% of 2025 market value. Europe followed with 20.0%, Asia Pacific with 13.0%, Latin America with 4.0% and the Middle East and Africa with 3.0%.

Credence attributes Asia Pacific's 6.34% annual growth to better recognition and access in Japan, Australia and, increasingly, China, from a comparatively small revenue base. In Europe, reimbursement systems and lower net medicine prices restrain value per patient.

Delray Beach – October 16, 2026 -- The global Causal AI market is projected to grow from USD 158.7 million in 2026 to USD 761.4 million by 2031, a 36.8% CAGR, according to MarketsandMarkets. The 2026 estimate is up from USD 110.7 million in 2025.

Software holds 77.8% of 2026 revenue as buyers abandon one-off modeling projects

Software is estimated to account for 77.8% of the market in 2026. Enterprises are moving from isolated causal modeling projects to platforms and point solutions that connect to existing data estates and serve multiple decision workflows. MarketsandMarkets says this shift strengthens recurring revenue and increases deployment scale.

Broad platforms are adding counterfactual simulation, intervention analysis, optimization and agentic execution. Point solutions are gaining traction in life sciences, marketing measurement, IT operations and industrial analytics.

Nashville – October 16, 2026 -- Doussan Music Group (DMG Presents) has opened a second office in Nashville's Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood and appointed three executives, as the independent concert promoter prepares a 16-date fall tour with Jon Pardi and 10 November dates with Aaron Lewis.

Nashville office joins Covington headquarters to deepen industry ties

The Nashville site complements DMG's headquarters in Covington, Louisiana. The company says it will strengthen connections with artists, agents, venues and industry partners nationwide. President and CEO Russell Doussan called the move "a natural next step" in the company's evolution.

Salt Lake City – October 16, 2026 -- BorboletaPro has acquired Dulce Lash Artistry and been named preferred lash and brow education partner of Paul Mitchell Advanced Education (PMAE), giving it a route into the Paul Mitchell Schools network nationwide.

Under the arrangement, BorboletaPro will supply its professional products, specialized curriculum and hands-on training across the school network. The company said the initiative is designed to link traditional cosmetology and esthetics education with specialized lash and brow skills. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Luxembourg – October 16, 2026 -- Beretta Holding S.A. received 3,589,647 validly tendered shares of Sturm, Ruger & Company (NYSE: RGR) in its cash tender offer, exceeding the 2,400,184 shares it sought and forcing a preliminary proration factor of approximately 38.45%.

Offer priced at $44.80 per share closes oversubscribed

Beretta Holding offered $44.80 per share in cash for up to 2,400,184 shares of Ruger common stock, par value $1.00. The offer expired one minute after 11:59 p.m. New York City time on Thursday, October 15, 2026.

The preliminary count by the depositary excludes a further 2,652,256 shares tendered by notice of guaranteed delivery. Because demand exceeded the cap, Beretta Holding will purchase shares from each tendering stockholder pro rata.

Santa Barbara – October 16, 2026 -- Artera, a healthcare patient-communications provider, ranked No. 3,000 on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private U.S. companies, reporting 102 percent three-year revenue growth and marking its seventh consecutive appearance.

Artera joins TIME's 2026 HealthTech list with a 'Very High Performance' score

TIME named Artera to its World's Top HealthTech Companies of 2026 in the "Health Information and Management" category. TIME worked with data firm Statista, which evaluated companies on financial performance, reputation and online engagement.

New York – October 16, 2026 -- The NHP Foundation (NHPF) has created a new Vice President of Fundraising and Communications position and filled it with Megan Carras, who raised more than $25 million in revenue at her previous employer, the Washington Area Community Investment Fund (WACIF).

Carras joins NHPF's New York office with more than a decade of experience in community development finance, nonprofit fundraising, communications and research. NHPF, a national not-for-profit developer of affordable housing, will rely on her to build funding partnerships and direct strategic communications.

Aurora, Ohio – October 16, 2026 -- RoviSys Building Technologies has promoted Devin Worley, Will Hughes and Chris Smaldino to Regional Director, as the company responds to expanding demand for building automation, mission critical infrastructure and data center solutions.

The company said the appointments are meant to strengthen its regional presence and customer engagement. Two of the three have been with the company since 2013, and the third joined in 2015.

Worley built European team to more than 50 staff and opened Virginia operation

Worley joined RoviSys in 2015 as an engineer specializing in Building Management Systems and validated pharmaceutical process control systems. He relocated to Europe in 2017 to help establish the company's Nederland operation.