Events

Durham – September 15, 2026 -- Seismic Pharmaceuticals has enrolled the first patient in RESCUE HF-CS, a global Phase 3 trial testing istaroxime as a potential first-ever approved drug for heart-failure-related cardiogenic shock, a condition with no FDA-approved treatment.

Trial to enroll 600 patients across four continents

The study will recruit approximately 600 patients at clinical sites in the United States, Europe, China and South America. It builds on four completed Phase 2 trials that enrolled more than 350 patients.

Cardiogenic shock carries high mortality despite critical care advances

The condition occurs when the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body's needs, cutting oxygen delivery to vital organs. It often complicates acute heart failure or other serious cardiac events, and no pharmacologic therapy has been developed specifically to treat it.

Mexico City – September 15, 2026 -- Rocío Olea Salgado, a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig's Mexico City office, has been named Co-lead of the Corporate & M&A Commission of the Mexico Chapter of Women in a Legal World (WLW) 2026.

Olea Salgado will drive initiatives to elevate women in corporate and M&A decision-making roles

WLW is an international organization focused on advancing the leadership and participation of women in the legal sector, connecting practitioners across specialties for collaboration, training, and mentorship. In her new role, Olea Salgado will lead efforts to highlight female talent in corporate and M&A practice and expand women's presence in senior legal decision-making within the sector.

Hollywood, Fla. – September 15, 2026 -- Memorial Healthcare System has appointed Atif M. Hussein, M.D., as chief of Memorial Cancer Institute, capping more than 25 years of physician leadership at the South Florida cancer program.

Hussein built the institute from a handful of oncologists into a comprehensive cancer network

Recruited from Duke University more than two decades ago, Dr. Hussein joined Memorial when its oncology staff was minimal. He since expanded multidisciplinary care, clinical research and graduate medical education, while recruiting nationally recognized physicians to the program.

Concord, Mass. – September 15, 2026 -- OnPoint Surgical's augmented reality navigation system placed pedicle screws with a positional error of 1.1 mm and an angular error of 1.3°, figures 2 to 5 times smaller than those reported for competing navigation and robotic platforms, according to a peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Spine Surgery.

London – September 15, 2026 -- KraftPal Holdings Ltd has completed construction of the KP25039, a new semi-automatic paper pallet production machine capable of producing up to 100 pallets per hour, as the company accelerates its licensing-based manufacturing network.

KraftPal cuts entry costs to speed licensing partner adoption

The KP25039 is designed as a lower-cost, entry-level alternative to KraftPal's existing production lines, aimed at lowering the barrier for businesses to become licensing partners and manufacture lightweight corrugated pallets locally. The machine requires greater manual labor to operate than KraftPal's fully automated systems, but its faster engineering build cycle allows the company to produce more units and enable quicker in-country production start-ups.

Cincinnati – September 15, 2026 -- Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) has launched Anatool, a digital clinical support tool designed to standardize anaphylaxis recognition and treatment at the point of care for emergency physicians, paramedics, nurses and allergists.

Tool translates international consensus report into bedside guidance

Developed with Tim Dribin, MD, of the Division of Emergency Medicine at Cincinnati Children's, Anatool is built on recommendations from a landmark international consensus report on anaphylaxis published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Dribin co-chaired that report with Hugh Sampson, MD, of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Antonella Muraro, PhD, of the University of Padua.

Irvine, Calif. – – September 15, 2026 -- Performance Brokerage Services has brokered the sale of Mansfield Motor Group, a three-rooftop Nissan, Honda and Volvo dealership group in Mansfield, Ohio, from Dirk Schulter and Brett Schulter to Penuel "Raj" Clement of Clement Auto Group.

Family-owned dealership group founded in 1947 changes hands after four generations

Mansfield Motor Group traces its roots to Whitey's Auto Mall, established by Frank "Whitey" Schluter and recognized as one of the early pioneers of the multi-franchise auto mall model. Brothers Dirk and Brett Schluter took ownership in 2001 and led the 79-year-old business until this sale.

New York – September 15, 2026 -- Global Communication Works (GCW) has opened its proprietary AI Signaling practice, SignlLabs, for license to public relations firms, advertising agencies, web development shops and in-house communications teams, giving them a ready-built methodology for tracking how ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Copilot and Perplexity describe and recommend client brands.

GCW turns a year-long internal framework into a licensable product

The license package includes the Maturity Method, GCW's proprietary scoring framework, along with the Intent Category Framework, query protocols, reporting templates and team training. The methodology was calibrated over one year across five industries before being tested internally on GCW's own client campaigns, according to the company.

Zurich – September 15, 2026 -- ABB and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) have released a joint report concluding that 800-volt direct current (DC) distribution is emerging as the reference architecture for next-generation artificial intelligence data centers, as surging computing loads push conventional AC power infrastructure to its practical limits.

The report, titled "The Strategic Case for Hybrid AC/DC Power: Shaping the Transition to the Next Electrical Architecture," argues that decisions made by business leaders and policymakers over the next two to three years will determine which players shape the shift toward hybrid AC/DC grids and which merely inherit it.

Chicago – September 15, 2026 -- Prevent Blindness will present its 2027 Person of Vision Award to Reade Fahs, Executive Chairman of National Vision Holdings, Inc., the nation's leading eye-health advocacy organization announced.

Gala set for March 10, 2027, at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas during Vision Expo

The award ceremony will coincide with Vision Expo, with all proceeds directed toward Prevent Blindness's sight-saving programs.

Fahs led National Vision for 23 years, building one of the largest U.S. optical retail chains

Fahs took the helm of National Vision in 2002 and served as CEO through 2025 before moving into the Executive Chairman role. Under his leadership, the company's portfolio expanded to include America's Best, Eyeglass World, Vista Optical and DiscountContacts.com.

Sheridan, Wyo. – – September 15, 2026 -- The global ready-to-drink (RTD) tea market is forecast to expand from $45.0 billion in 2026 to $66.7 billion by 2031, a compound annual growth rate of 8.2%, according to a new study by Wissen Research.

Sugar-tax rules in the UK and India are forcing rapid reformulation

The UK confirmed in November 2025 it will lower the Soft Drinks Industry Levy threshold from 5g to 4.5g of sugar per 100ml, extending the tax to more pre-packaged beverages, with a January 2028 compliance deadline. In India, the GST Council raised tax on carbonated and caffeinated non-alcoholic drinks from 28% to 40% in September 2025, directly hitting sweetened, caffeinated RTD tea pricing in one of the category's largest consumption markets. More than 116 countries have now implemented sugar-sweetened beverage taxes aligned with WHO recommendations.

Southern Pines, N.C. – September 15, 2026 -- DisposeRx, Inc. has launched a new monthly editorial series, the DisposeRx Medication Stewardship Center, aimed at reshaping how healthcare providers, pharmacists and caregivers manage the end stage of a prescription's life cycle.

DisposeRx CEO frames disposal as a patient safety issue, not just an environmental one

"This is not simply a conversation about medication disposal. It is a conversation about Medication Safety and completing the prescription journey," said William Simpson, CEO of DisposeRx. He said the starting point for the discussion is the household medicine cabinet, where unused prescriptions commonly accumulate.

Seattle – September 15, 2026 -- Nine in 10 children in low-income countries reach age 10 unable to read a simple text, even as global education aid is projected to fall from roughly $12-13 billion annually to $9.2 billion by 2027, according to a new sector report from nonprofit The Life You Can Save.

Financing gap reaches $97 billion annually across low- and lower-middle-income countries

The report puts the annual financing gap needed to meet global education goals at $97 billion, including $70 billion in Sub-Saharan Africa alone. Private philanthropy currently contributes approximately $1 billion annually to education globally -- less than 1% of that gap. In low-income countries, aid accounts for more than 12% of total education spending, while governments spend an average of just $55 per school-aged child annually; the report warns that in some countries, recent aid cuts could cut education budgets by as much as half.

Washington – September 15, 2026 -- The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released new research identifying which telematics metrics deliver the greatest value to motor carriers, exposing a gap between what fleets currently measure and what actually drives safety and operational gains.

Cost-per-mile ranks as top operations metric despite limited adoption

The report, titled "From Telematics Data to Decisions: High-Value Performance Metrics for Trucking Operations," found that managing cost-per-mile scored highest for importance among operations KPIs, yet only 73 percent of surveyed carriers currently track it.

Four safety metrics dominate current fleet adoption

Critical events, speeding, risky driving behavior and hard braking emerged as the four most widely used safety-related KPIs among motor carriers surveyed for the study.

Scottsdale, Ariz. – September 15, 2026 -- Sparkle Grooming Co. has raised $6 million in strategic growth financing led by Companion Fund, the venture capital vehicle managed by Digitalis Ventures in partnership with Mars Petcare, as the dog grooming franchise surpasses 600 licenses awarded to multi-unit partners in just 24 months.

Franchise pipeline expands to 600 licenses in two years

The Scottsdale-based company, which created what it calls the Quick-Service Pet Care (QSPC) category, currently operates 10 salons and plans to have at least 20 open by the end of 2026. More than 30 additional salon openings are planned for 2027, with the company continuing to court select multi-unit franchise partners in priority markets.

Norwalk, Connecticut – September 15, 2026 -- Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR) reported total crypto, cash and moonshot holdings of $15.7 billion as of September 7, 2026, driven by 5,929,198 ETH tokens valued at $2,495 apiece.

Bitmine holds 4.9% of Ethereum's total supply, nearing its 5% accumulation target

The company's ETH position represents 4.9% of Ethereum's 122 million token supply, putting Bitmine 97% of the way toward what Chairman Thomas Lee calls the '5% Alchemy' goal, reached in 15 months since the treasury strategy launched on June 30, 2025. The portfolio also includes 211 bitcoin, a $180 million stake in Beast Industries, a $91 million stake in Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS), and $593 million in cash and marketable securities.

Denver – – September 15, 2026 -- Kaiser Permanente is committing more than $5 million over the next three years to Colorado school districts, targeting rising student chronic absence and staff burnout that have strained education budgets statewide.

Kaiser Permanente Targets Chronic Absence Tied to Health Conditions

The multiyear investment addresses chronic absence rates in Colorado schools that run higher than the national average, a trend the insurer links to underlying health conditions. Districts currently lack granular data to identify why students are missing class, limiting their ability to intervene before absences compound into long-term health and academic setbacks.

Miami – – September 15, 2026 -- WLRN Public Media has named Carlton Gillespie, a 2026 National Edward R. Murrow Award winner, as the new permanent host of The Florida Roundup, its flagship weekly public affairs program, as the show enters its second decade on air.

Gillespie rises from newsroom intern to lead statewide weekly program

Gillespie began his WLRN career as an intern before becoming the station's Broward County Bureau Reporter, covering government, elections, education, housing, public safety and culture. He had already served as a recurring contributor, guest and fill-in host on The Florida Roundup before taking the permanent host role.

Newark, NJ – September 15, 2026 -- New Jersey Community Capital (NJCC) has listed two rehabilitated single-family homes on Cortland Street in Newark's Ironbound at $384,900 each, roughly $50,000 below an estimated market value of $435,000, under a $2.625 million state appropriation sponsored by Legislative District 29.

State funding totals $2.625 million across two fiscal years

Senate Majority Leader M. Teresa Ruiz and Assemblywoman Eliana Pintor Marin sponsored the resolution restoring $1,125,000 for the program in the FY27 State Budget, building on a $1,500,000 allocation secured in FY26. Assemblywoman Shanique Speight joined the two in directing the combined funds to Newark housing stability efforts.

Los Angeles – September 15, 2026 -- Twenty-five of 38 organizations that filed Supreme Court briefs supporting ExxonMobil and Suncor in a pending climate-liability case have documented financial ties to fossil fuel defendants, the broader oil industry, or dark-money networks, according to a new investigation from Consumer Watchdog.

Consumer Watchdog Ties 66% of Amicus Filers to Fossil Fuel Funding Networks

The report, "A Field Guide to Fossil Fuel Front Groups: Coordinating a Supreme Court Campaign to Shield Big Oil," maps funding overlaps among groups backing Exxon and Suncor ahead of oral arguments set for October 5 in Suncor Energy Inc. v. Board of County Commissioners of Boulder County. The case will determine whether U.S. communities can use state law to hold fossil fuel companies liable for allegedly misleading the public on climate change and shifting climate-related costs onto taxpayers.