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Miami – – September 18, 2026 -- Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL) will host a conference call with analysts on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, at 10 a.m. EDT to discuss third-quarter financial results.

Carnival confirms earnings release date ahead of investor call

The world's largest cruise operator confirmed the third-quarter results are expected to be released the morning of the call. A simulcast will be available through the company's website for analysts and investors tracking performance across its eight cruise-line brands, including Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises, Cunard, P&O Cruises, and Seabourn.

Beverly Hills – September 18, 2026 -- Luxury Estates has launched a single website, www.luxuryestates.net, combining bookings for its two distinct California properties for the first time: Mirabella Estate, a 10-acre overnight compound in Indio, and Marmar Estate, a 1.5-acre Beverly Hills venue restricted to exterior events and production work.

New site separates overnight stays from event and film bookings

The two properties, roughly 100 miles apart, serve different markets and the new platform is structured to prevent confusion between them. Each estate has its own gallery, section and inquiry form, with a side-by-side comparison covering location, acreage, overnight capacity, event capacity and availability.

Miami – September 18, 2026 -- Boats Group has rolled out a major redesign of its ProSeller Platform on BoatWizard, reporting that total engagement actions on the new Boat Detail Page rose 55% and Share Link usage climbed 86% between July and August.

Boats Group redesigns search, saved search and listing pages for professional sellers

The refresh introduces a redesigned Search Results Page, an enhanced Saved Search experience, and a rebuilt Boat Detail Page, aimed at helping professional sellers find, compare, manage and share inventory more efficiently. The updates are available immediately to all Boats Group customers.

New York – September 18, 2026 -- Genpact (NYSE: G) has won the Best Services Eating Software category at the inaugural 2026 HFS Services-as-Software Awards, beating out more than 250 global submissions for its Agentic Operations model now running mission-critical workflows across finance, procurement, insurance, and banking for Fortune 100 clients.

HFS Research scored entries on five criteria before naming Genpact the winner

HFS Research analysts evaluated submissions on AI-driven delivery, agentic adaptability, outcome orientation, scalable architecture, and proven enterprise success. Genpact's Agentic Operations model pairs AI agents handling transaction volume with human staff validating outcomes, a structure the company says is already deployed in production, not pilot, environments.

St. Michaels, Md. – September 18, 2026 -- Inn at Perry Cabin, the 78-room waterfront resort on Maryland's Eastern Shore, has appointed Kurt Berman as General Manager, bringing nearly three decades of luxury hospitality leadership across four continents to the property.

Berman brings resort leadership from Iceland, Thailand, the Maldives and beyond

Berman joins from Eleven Deplar Farm in Iceland, an exclusive adventure lodge, and previously held roles as Vice President of Hospitality at Sundance Mountain Resort in Utah and Chief Executive Officer of Ropeswing Hospitality Group in Bentonville, Arkansas. His career also includes leadership positions at Samujana in Thailand, Six Senses in the Maldives, Frégate Island Private in the Seychelles, and Rosewood properties in the Caribbean.

Atlanta – September 18, 2026 -- E-cigarette directory laws in Alabama, Oklahoma and Louisiana produced no sustained reduction in flavored e-cigarette sales, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open by researchers from the CDC Foundation. The research, using retail scanner data from January 2021 through April 2025, marks the first rigorous evaluation of how these state registries affect nicotine sales and product availability.

Alabama and Oklahoma directories showed no measurable effect on sales

Researchers found no significant change in per-capita nicotine sales or product availability in Alabama or Oklahoma after directory implementation, using comparison states without such laws as controls.

Goleta, Calif. – September 18, 2026 -- Vitamin Angels has launched a five-year strategy targeting 477 million at-risk women and children across 57 countries by 2030, projecting it will save 360,000 children's lives and protect 10 million women and children from malnutrition.

Vitamin Angels sets numeric targets tied to global malnutrition data

The nonprofit estimates its new initiative, Vitamin Angels 2030: Science. Systems. Scale., will reduce infectious disease risk for 300,000 children ages 0-5, alongside the malnutrition protection and lives-saved figures. The launch responds to 2024 data showing 150.2 million children under five affected by stunting and 42.8 million by wasting, plus 2023 figures indicating nearly one in three women ages 15-49 experienced anemia.

Easton, Pa. – September 18, 2026 -- David Wolff of Kressler Wolff & Miller has laid out a benefits strategy for small businesses competing against larger employers with bigger budgets, in a feature published by HelloNation titled "Creating a Competitive Benefits Package for Small Businesses."

The article argues that a competitive employee benefits package does not depend on matching corporate spending levels but on aligning offerings with what workers actually value, including health insurance, retirement savings, and wellness support.

Wolff recommends tiered health plans to balance cost and coverage

The feature outlines tiered health insurance plans, high-deductible options paired with health savings accounts, and network structures designed to contain premium costs while preserving reliable access to care. Transparency about how a plan functions is presented as equally important to employees as the generosity of the coverage itself.

Beverly Hills -- A peer-reviewed narrative review published September 11, 2026, in Aesthetic Surgery Journal Open Forum identifies nutritional deficiencies as an overlooked factor in skin changes among patients using GLP-1 receptor agonists such as semaglutide and tirzepatide for rapid weight loss.

Claims data show one in five patients develops a nutrient deficiency within a year

A large claims analysis cited in the review found that 22.4% of patients received at least one nutritional-deficiency diagnosis within 12 months of starting GLP-1 therapy, including 13.6% diagnosed with vitamin D deficiency. The broader literature reviewed also flags inadequate protein intake and shortfalls in iron, vitamin B12, folate, zinc, and copper as recurring concerns, nutrients tied to collagen synthesis and tissue repair.

Overland Park, Kansas – September 18, 2026 -- Searles Valley Minerals Inc. has agreed to sell substantially all of its operating assets to 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq: FEAM) in a court-supervised Section 363 transaction combining cash, equity and debt, following a competitive bidding process involving multiple parties.

5E secures Westend and Argus plants alongside 9,000 acres of brine resources

The deal transfers Searles Valley Minerals' Westend and Argus production facilities, approximately 9,000 acres of Searles Lake brine resources, the Trona Railway short-line railroad, and potable water production and distribution infrastructure located in San Bernardino, Kern and Inyo Counties, California. The assets carry permits, licenses and operating rights tied to more than 150 years of continuous mining activity at the site.

Albuquerque, N.M. – – September 18, 2026 -- TXNM Energy and Blackstone Infrastructure have filed a motion with the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) seeking to submit a revised merger application that raises total customer and community benefits to $300 million, more than doubling direct rate credits from the original proposal.

Direct customer rate credits jump to $220 million

The draft revised application increases direct customer rate credits to $220 million, over double the commitment in the initial filing. It also allocates $40 million for workforce and economic development, including job training, scholarships and apprenticeships coordinated with state and local stakeholders.

Cincinnati – September 18, 2026 -- Advantage Technical, a Staffmark Group company, announced that Evan Nedwick, a contract professional placed with Ford Motor Company, has been named a 2027 National Staffing Employee of the Year All-Star for the Engineering, Information Technology, and Scientific sector by the American Staffing Association (ASA).

A decade-long placement outlasted a 2021 restructuring

Nedwick joined Advantage Technical in 2015, initially supporting Ford's Interior/Exterior Prior Approval team after starting his career as a technician at a Ford dealership. When his role was eliminated during a 2021 restructuring, Advantage Technical redeployed him into Ford's mobile service operations, where he has since expanded his responsibilities.

McLean, Va. – September 18, 2026 -- ID.me and Plaid have launched a partnership allowing government agencies to verify a benefits claimant's identity and confirm their linked bank account belongs to them before disbursing funds, addressing a gap that contributed to $5.6 billion in unemployment insurance improper payments in fiscal year 2025.

Improper payment rate hit 14.9% for the fourth straight year

According to the Government Accountability Office, the 14.9 percent improper payment rate for unemployment insurance exceeded the federal standard for four consecutive years. Agencies have strengthened identity verification but lacked equivalent controls over where payments land, allowing claimants to pass identity checks and then enter a bank account that is not theirs.

Bloomington – September 18, 2026 -- R3 Continuum, a provider of workplace behavioral health and organizational resilience solutions, has appointed Brett Hart, Ph.D., as Chief Clinical Officer, tasking him with leading clinical strategy, innovation and outcomes measurement as the company scales its workforce behavioral health offerings.

Hart brings 27 years of executive experience across major health insurers

Hart's background spans clinical and executive leadership roles at Humana, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Centene and Optum. During his career he directed enterprise behavioral health strategies, integrated behavioral and physical care models, and worked to expand access and quality outcomes across large health systems.

Palo Alto – September 18, 2026 -- Delos Data has raised more than $100 million from Matrix, Playground, Socratic Partners, Capricorn's Technology Impact Fund, Matter Venture Partners and IAG to fund its Delos Nonstop AI infrastructure line, the company said, alongside the launch of two new products aimed at agentic AI workloads.

Delos Data adds Data Interface and Reference Architecture to close out its AI infrastructure stack

The company expanded its Delos Nonstop AI portfolio with the Delos Nonstop AI Data Interface and Delos Nonstop AI Reference Architecture, joining previously announced Nonstop AI Clusters and Nonstop AI Server. The additions target low-latency, high-bandwidth, resilient infrastructure for agentic AI systems that run continuously rather than in discrete batches.

Cleveland – September 18, 2026 -- Tiger Pistol has been badged as a TikTok Channel Sales Partner within the Marketing Technology category of the TikTok Marketing Partners Program, extending its automated local advertising platform to short-form video on the platform.

Tiger Pistol Adds TikTok to Its Design-Once, Deploy-Everywhere Model

The badge builds directly on Tiger Pistol's AI-driven Creative Automation Studio (CA-Studio), which already lets franchise and multi-location brands design a single ad and automatically generate location-specific image and video variations. The system inserts store names, local promotions, and regional visuals within brand-approved guardrails, cutting production timelines and creative costs for clients. With the new badge, that engine now extends specifically to TikTok's short-form vertical format, alongside existing capabilities on Instagram and Facebook Reels.

Tulsa, Okla. – September 18, 2026 -- Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: ARLP) has named the winners of its 2026 Alliance Coal Scholars Program, bringing cumulative awards under the initiative to $627,000 distributed to 283 college-bound students and teachers since 1997.

Top three seniors secure $2,000 renewable scholarships

Emalee Barton of Frankfort Community High School, daughter of Hamilton County Coal, LLC employee Tony Barton, will attend John A. Logan College. Paige Mullis of F.J. Reitz High School, daughter of Matrix Design Group, LLC employee Brett Mullis, will enroll at the University of Southern Indiana. Addy Sutton, a Sutton Homeschool graduate and daughter of CR Services, LLC employee George Sutton, will attend Southeastern Illinois College.

Crystal Springs, Mississippi – September 18, 2026 -- Hitachi Energy will build a $528 million transformer manufacturing facility in Gallman, Mississippi, marking the company's largest single U.S. investment to date and pushing its total American manufacturing commitment to roughly $1.5 billion.

New Gallman plant will more than double transformer output

The facility, located about 6.5 miles from Hitachi Energy's existing Crystal Springs plant, will be more than twice the size of the current site and create over 700 jobs, more than double the area's existing workforce. Construction is set to begin in late 2026, with transformer production scheduled to start in 2029. Once operational, production will shift from Crystal Springs to Gallman, with the older facility repurposed for warehousing and training.

Brooklyn, N.Y. – September 18, 2026 -- First Student and Con Edison have completed the first phase of an electric school bus infrastructure project in New York City, cutting charging infrastructure construction costs by 13% through a trenchless deployment method.

Trenchless charging technology avoids underground trenching costs in dense boroughs

The project's core innovation, First Student's First ChargeTM system, is a trenchless, modular charging infrastructure solution that bypasses traditional underground trenching. The approach reduced construction costs by 13% while minimizing disruption in Brooklyn and Queens, two of the most logistically complex urban environments in the United States for utility work.

San Diego – September 18, 2026 -- Lytx Inc. has launched the Lytx 360 Hub Kit, a hub and auxiliary camera system that adds up to eight HD camera views around a vehicle's sides, rear, cargo area, and blind zones, extending its fleet video platform beyond forward-facing monitoring.

Lytx expands camera coverage to eight HD views per vehicle

The 360 Hub Kit integrates up to four HD auxiliary camera views out of the box, expandable to eight, covering sides, rear, cargo, and blind-zone perspectives. Footage is automatically surfaced in Lytx Video Search and synchronized with the company's existing DriveCam recordings, giving safety teams a single vehicle timeline instead of separate video streams.