Events

Taipei – – September 11, 2026 -- Acer Inc. (TWSE: 2353) posted consolidated revenue of NT$30.18 billion in August, up 38.4% year-on-year, marking the company's strongest August performance in 13 years.

Year-to-date revenue climbs 25.1% to NT$214.81 billion

Cumulative revenue through August reached NT$214.81 billion, a 25.1% increase over the same period last year and also a 13-year high for the January-to-August window.

PC segment growth accelerates on desktop and Chromebook demand

PC revenue rose 40.5% YoY in August and 22.6% YoY year-to-date. Desktop PC sales grew 14.5% YoY in August and 33.4% YoY year-to-date, a gain Acer attributed to increased AI usage. Chromebook revenue surged 166.3% YoY in August, bringing the year-to-date increase to 11.7%. Commercial-line revenue expanded 60.6% YoY in August and 38.9% YoY over eight months.

San Francisco and Nashville – September 11, 2026 -- Parakeet Health and Qualderm have launched an AI-driven scheduling collaboration to reconnect dermatology patients across a network of nearly 160 practices in 17 states, as appointment wait times climb nationwide.

Dermatology wait times rise 6% since 2022, hitting 36.5 days on average

A recent study cited by the companies found patients in 15 major U.S. metropolitan areas now wait an average of 36.5 days for a dermatology appointment, up 6% since 2022. Qualderm, a management services organization supporting medical, surgical and cosmetic dermatology, skin cancer care, and plastic surgery practices, cited this access gap as the driver behind the partnership.

Tampa, Fla. – September 11, 2026 -- GOBEL has launched Gratify, a grateful patient intelligence platform that fuses electronic medical record (EMR) and constituent relationship management (CRM) data to help hospitals and health system foundations identify and prioritize donor prospects.

Gratify merges clinical and philanthropic data into a single Prospect Intelligence Profile

The platform combines clinical signals from EMR systems with giving history and engagement data from CRM systems, using GOBEL's proprietary AI-powered predictive models. Unlike general nonprofit benchmarking tools, these models were trained specifically on combined clinical and philanthropic records for healthcare philanthropy applications.

Pittsburgh – September 11, 2026 -- PNC Bank has launched PNC Workplace Advantage, a workplace banking program targeting employers with 100 or more employees that seeks to boost benefits offerings without adding administrative burden.

PNC ties premium banking tier to workplace direct deposit enrollment

Employees who open a qualifying PNC checking account and set up a qualifying direct deposit method through their employer will be invited to enroll in PNC TotalRewards Silver Tier, a benefit level typically reserved for customers holding at least $25,000 in deposits and investments. The program provides banking rewards, personalized guidance from dedicated financial wellness professionals, virtual or onsite banking access, and financial education through live seminars and on-demand digital resources.

Missouri City, Texas – September 11, 2026 -- Tiger Group will open online bidding Sept. 10 on a complete vinyl window, patio door and insulating-glass manufacturing operation from Showcase Window and Door Company, offering buyers an intact, production-ready plant rather than piecemeal equipment.

Bidding runs one week on a 180,000-square-foot Houston-area facility

The timed auction opens Thursday, Sept. 10, at 10 a.m. CT and closes Sept. 17 at 10 a.m. CT via SoldTiger.com. Assets sit inside a more than 180,000-square-foot manufacturing and inventory facility in Missouri City, Texas, in the Greater Houston market.

Calgary – September 11, 2026 -- Enbridge Inc. (TSX: ENB) (NYSE: ENB) announced that Michele Harradence will become President and CEO effective January 1, 2027, succeeding Greg Ebel, who will retire December 31, 2026.

Board appoints Harradence to CEO role and Board of Directors

Harradence, currently Executive Vice-President and President of Gas Distribution and Storage, will also join Enbridge's Board of Directors upon taking over as CEO. Ebel will remain a Board member through his retirement date and serve as an advisor to the Board and Harradence from January through May 2027.

Los Angeles – September 11, 2026 -- Green Water & Power (GWP) has installed more than 10,000 Autel Energy EV chargers across twelve U.S. states since 2023, making GWP the largest buyer of Autel Energy hardware nationwide.

Network delivers 16.6 million kWh at 99.72% uptime

The combined charging network has delivered 16.6 million kWh to date while maintaining an average uptime of 99.72%. GWP states that energy output is equivalent to avoiding approximately 23,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions.

Deployment spans hotels, apartments, schools and fleet operations

GWP and Autel Energy deployed the chargers across commercial verticals including hotels, apartments, retail centers, schools, medical facilities and fleet operations. Danny Gold, President of Green Water & Power, said uptime matters more to property owners and drivers than installation counts, noting reliability let GWP scale into sectors such as hospitals and schools.

Hangzhou – September 11, 2026 -- HEVI Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Greenland Technologies Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: GTEC), has secured approval from the New York Vehicle Inspection Program (NYVIP) for two of its heavy electric industrial vehicles, opening access to state purchase incentives.

New York adds two HEVI loaders to its eligible equipment list

The H55L, a 5-ton electric loader, and the H65L, a 6.5-ton electric loader, are now listed under NYVIP's incentive-eligible equipment. Buyers who replace old equipment with these units can claim 35% of the base equipment cost, plus up to a $100,000 Disadvantaged Communities (DAC) bonus per unit.

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – September 11, 2026 -- Intersignal has demonstrated cross-device context sharing through its Braid protocol, showing a local large language model on a MacBook Air incorporate a 500-credit spending limit transmitted from a connected system into its response.

Braid moves beyond message delivery to actual context use by receiving models

The demonstration confirmed that a shared parameter -- the 500-credit limit -- was not just received but applied by the target model in its output. Intersignal calls this dynamic "machine osmosis," describing how information introduced in one part of a connected setup becomes usable context elsewhere without manual re-entry of instructions or constraints.

San Francisco – September 11, 2026 -- Fimo, an AI content management platform built by the team behind open-source CMS Strapi, launched today, converting AI-generated code from tools like Claude Code and Codex into self-optimizing websites that run 24/7 without full human intervention.

Fimo deploys autonomous agents to handle SEO, translation and content refresh tasks

The platform's native and custom agents publish SEO content, build internal links, fix schema errors, translate copy, and refresh aging pages on an ongoing basis. Every agent action is routed through a pull request, executed in an isolated environment, and subject to the same role-based permissions applied to human editors, meaning no update reaches production without review.

New York – September 11, 2026 -- PulsePoint has expanded its Audience Manager platform to YouTube, enabling pharma and healthcare marketers to activate and measure verified, NPI-level physician audiences on the video platform for the first time.

Early campaigns show 1.9x higher click-through rates using verified targeting

In early activations, campaigns using Audience Manager target lists on YouTube generated a 1.9x higher click-through rate compared to broad demographic targeting, according to PulsePoint. The company's DirectMatch technology deterministically matches verified NPI audiences directly onto YouTube campaigns, addressing a gap where video platforms previously lacked prescriber-level precision for media buyers.

Scottsdale, Ariz. – September 11, 2026 -- Performance marketing agency Brilliant climbed to No. 1,847 on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list, up more than 1,700 spots from No. 3,562 in 2022, on 188% three-year revenue growth.

Revenue growth outpaces the Inc. 5000 median by 58 points

Brilliant's 188% three-year revenue growth (2022-2025) exceeds the 130% median posted by companies on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list, which ranks U.S. private companies by three-year revenue expansion.

Agency signs new consumer brands including Haakaa, Baby Brezza and Sera Prognostics

New business wins over the past 12 months include Haakaa, Baby Brezza, Veer, b.bot, Sera Prognostics, Mira and Napa Cellars, expanding Brilliant's existing client roster with marquee consumer accounts.

Herzliya, Israel – September 11, 2026 -- Cye, a cyber exposure management provider, has launched a Center of Excellence for Private Equity (PE) designed to give PE firms a consistent, portfolio-wide view of cybersecurity exposure from due diligence through exit.

Cye combines AI-native platform with expert services to standardize portfolio cybersecurity execution

The new operating model merges Cye's expert-led agentic services with its AI-native exposure management platform, targeting a gap where PE firms currently rely on point-in-time assessments at individual portfolio companies rather than continuous, group-level oversight.

United States – September 11, 2026 -- Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) has opened the Property Lab, a hands-on training facility at its Claims University that uses full-scale, two-story homes to prepare claim adjusters for real-world residential damage scenarios.

Property Lab Uses Full-Scale Homes to Simulate Residential Damage

The facility features full-size, two-story homes built with a range of construction materials and finishes, from standard-grade components to higher-end materials. Claim adjusters inspect both exterior and interior damage, gaining exposure to the variety of home types and repair considerations they encounter in the field.

New York – September 11, 2026 -- The McBride Rewind, a celebrity interview podcast hosted by television personality Josh McBride, has signed with talent agency WME for representation in all areas and entered an exclusive distribution and monetization partnership with Nasdaq Stockholm-listed Acast.

Podcast secures dual representation to scale advertising and distribution

Acast will handle global distribution, advertising sales and monetization for the show, while WME will represent it across digital media, branded content, live events and other entertainment ventures. The moves come as Acast, which describes itself as the world's largest pure-play podcast company, connects more than 140,000 creators with over 4,000 advertisers globally.

Burlington, N.C. – September 11, 2026 -- Labcorp (NYSE: LH) has acquired MLM Medical Labs, a central and specialty laboratory provider with operations in the United States, Germany and South Africa, financial terms undisclosed.

Labcorp becomes the only central lab provider with wholly owned facilities on four continents

The deal extends Labcorp's laboratory footprint across North America, Europe, Asia and Africa, combining its global scale with MLM's regional laboratory network and biomarker testing capabilities. The transaction strengthens Labcorp's position as an independent central laboratory services provider for clinical trial sponsors.

Sugar Land, Texas – September 11, 2026 -- QuVa Pharma, Inc. has acquired a portfolio of essential sterile compounded medications from Central Admixture Pharmacy Services, Inc. (CAPS) after CAPS decided to exit the 503B sterile compounding business, the companies announced.

QuVa to phase in acquired products starting later in 2026

QuVa expects to begin introducing selected products from the acquired portfolio in phases later in 2026, with plans to expand offerings over the following six months. The deal covers critical medication categories including Cardioplegia, Total Parenteral Nutrition and Heparin.

Katy, Texas – September 11, 2026 -- Academy Sports + Outdoors (Nasdaq: ASO) will send Chief Executive Officer Steve Lawrence and Chief Financial Officer Carl Ford to the Goldman Sachs 33rd Annual Global Retailing Conference, running September 14 to September 15, 2026.

Executives will hold a fireside chat webcast on September 15

The session is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time on September 15 and will be webcast live for investors and analysts. A replay will remain available on the company's investor relations site for 30 days following the event.

Academy operates more than 300 stores across 21 states

The Katy, Texas-based sporting goods and outdoor recreation retailer traces its roots to 1938 as a Texas family business. Its product assortment spans outdoor gear, apparel, sports and recreation equipment, and footwear, combining national brands with a portfolio of private label lines.

Osnabrück – September 11, 2026 -- German second-division football club VfL Osnabrück and children's rights organization Terre des Hommes will stage a joint fundraising action day around the September 13 home match against Hertha BSC at the Bremer Brücke stadium, tying the event to World Children's Day on September 20.

Fans Asked to Donate Stadium Deposit Cups or Give Online

The campaign centers on a deposit-cup collection scheme, where match attendees can donate their returnable stadium cups or contribute funds through an online channel. Terre des Hommes will also operate an information stand at the venue throughout the match day.

Beachwood, Ohio – September 11, 2026 -- Referna, a referral network for independent professionals, has been accepted into the Google for Startups Cloud Program, gaining Google Cloud credits and technical resources to scale its AI-driven matching and live-meeting infrastructure.

Referna organizes independent professionals into structured referral circles of 8 to 12 peers

The platform groups fractional CFOs, consultants, recruiters, and other client-service experts into small circles of non-competing peers serving the same type of client. Members meet regularly and refer business to one another, replacing informal networking with a structured system for warm introductions.