Events

Miami – September 11, 2026 -- Innovative Eyewear, Inc. (NASDAQ: LUCY; LUCYW) has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Directed Electronics to bring its Lucyd and Reebok smart eyewear lines to Australia and New Zealand.

Directed secures exclusive rights across two markets

Under the deal, Directed will be the sole distributor of Lucyd and Reebok smart eyewear products throughout Australia and New Zealand. Directed brings more than 20 years of experience commercializing consumer electronics and international brands in the region, operating across OEM, Telematics and Retail divisions with a primary distribution center at Melbourne Airport, Victoria, and additional operations in New Zealand.

OFFENBACH, Germany – September 11, 2026 -- Hyundai Motor Company has signed a multi-year agreement to become the Official Automotive Partner of the UEFA Champions League, a deal running from the 2026/27 season through the end of 2030/31. The partnership was concluded through UC3, UEFA's joint venture with European football clubs.

Hyundai extends nearly 30 years of football sponsorship to Europe's top club competition

The agreement follows Hyundai's engagement at this summer's World Cup and adds the 36-club UEFA Champions League to a sponsorship portfolio the company says spans international tournaments, clubs and associations worldwide. UEFA describes the competition as the world's most-watched annual club football event, with roughly one in three people globally expressing interest in it.

Newark, N.J. – September 11, 2026 -- Agilis, a digital and AI platform provider for the chemical industry, has formed an Advisory Board staffed with former senior executives from Dow, BASF, Brenntag, allnex and Boston Consulting Group to guide its enterprise scaling and international expansion.

Agilis has digitized more than one million SKUs across 50-plus countries

The company says it has run AI features in production with customers since 2024, a stage many chemical industry peers have yet to reach as they remain in pilot testing. The new board is tasked with advising on strategy, product direction, enterprise adoption, commercial execution and international growth.

New York – September 11, 2026 -- Copper Intelligence Inc. (CUAI) reported that all 13 diamond drill holes completed at its Butembo Copper Project in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo intersected copper mineralization, with the strongest interval returning 7.55 metres at 5.39% Cu from surface in hole BCDD001.

Amsterdam – September 11, 2026 -- DJI will stage the international premiere of its SDR Transmission 2 wireless video system at IBC 2026, running September 11-14 at RAI Amsterdam, booth 12.G75.

SDR Transmission 2 targets multi-camera production teams with switchable transceiver design

The new wireless video transmission system features a design that can switch between transmitter and receiver roles, a feature DJI says suits small to mid-sized film and video teams producing commercials, documentaries, short films, feature films or livestreams with multiple cameras. DJI states the system delivers improved stability, interference resistance and signal penetration over its earlier SDR technology. Full specifications will follow the product launch on September 17.

Sarasota, Fla. – September 11, 2026 -- Lakewood-Amedex Biotherapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: LABT) will present at the H.C. Wainwright 28th Annual Global Investment Conference in New York City from September 14-16, 2026.

CEO Kelvin Cooper to hold one-on-one investor meetings during three-day conference

Kelvin Cooper, Ph.D., chief executive officer of the clinical-stage biotechnology company, will deliver a virtual presentation and conduct one-on-one meetings with registered investors and potential partners. The sessions will cover Lakewood-Amedex's business and clinical development strategy, recent corporate achievements, and anticipated milestones.

Enschede -- Bizzdesign GovCloud achieved FedRAMP Certification on September 1, 2026, clearing the way for U.S. federal agencies to adopt the enterprise transformation SaaS provider's dedicated government offering.

Bizzdesign GovCloud enters the FedRAMP Marketplace with Alfabet as its first product

Bizzdesign GovCloud is now listed in the FedRAMP Marketplace, with Bizzdesign Alfabet as the initial product available through the certified environment. Alfabet provides strategic portfolio management, application portfolio management, and enterprise architecture capabilities aimed at managing complex federal IT estates.

Centreville, Va. – September 11, 2026 -- ID Dataweb has been named a "High Performer" and "Easiest To Do Business With" in G2's Fall 2026 Reports, based on verified customer reviews of its identity threat detection and risk mitigation platform.

ID Dataweb holds a 4.9 out of 5 rating on G2, with customers scoring the company 10 out of 10 as a business partner

The company also expanded its presence across G2 report categories compared with the previous quarter, reflecting broader market recognition of its platform among identity and fraud prevention buyers.

G2's Fall 2026 Reports cover more than 28,000 individual market reports released in August

Rankings are compiled from authentic customer reviews and G2's proprietary scoring methodology, evaluating providers on both product performance and market presence.

Atlanta – September 11, 2026 -- MaxPreps and iFlag will stage the inaugural MaxPreps Flag Football Showdown Sept. 11-12, 2026, bringing 18 top-ranked girls' flag football programs and more than 350 student-athletes to the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center in California.

Field pulls elite programs from California, Alabama and Montana

Teams were selected using national rankings, season performance and competitive resumes, with the roster including Central of Phenix City, Ala., JSerra Catholic, Huntington Beach and Newport Harbor. Four nationally ranked individual players are set to compete: No. 1 Makena Cook and No. 2 Ava Irwin of Sierra Canyon, No. 6 Tessa Russell of JSerra Catholic and No. 8 Savannah Sevier of Central of Alabama.

Miami – September 11, 2026 -- Bespoke wheel manufacturer ANRKY Wheels has recorded a roughly 40% increase in organic search traffic following a website relaunch by digital agency Digital Silk, according to Ahrefs data cited by the companies.

The new site, which went live May 27, 2026, also drove a more than 15-fold increase in keywords ranking in Google's top three positions. Domain authority grew approximately 20%, referring domains tripled, and pages with organic visibility increased roughly 3.5 times compared with the pre-launch baseline.

Cheyenne, Wyoming – September 11, 2026 -- U.S. Gold Corp. (Nasdaq: USAU) will present its fully permitted CK Gold Project in Wyoming to investors at four separate conferences throughout September 2026, as the company seeks to build market awareness around a recently completed Feasibility Study.

Management targets four investor conferences across three U.S. cities

The company confirmed attendance at the Moody Capital Solutions Disruptive Growth & Life Sciences Conference in New York on September 9-10, followed by the H.C. Wainwright 28th Annual Global Investment Conference in New York from September 14-16. U.S. Gold will then travel to Colorado for the 2026 Precious Metals Summit in Beaver Creek, September 22-25, and Mining Forum Americas 2026 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, September 27-30.

Secaucus – September 11, 2026 -- The Vitamin Shoppe has appointed Kimberley Gardiner as Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing and Growth Officer, effective immediately, tasking the former Tractor Supply marketing chief with digitizing the 640-store wellness retailer ahead of its 50th anniversary next year.

Gardiner exits Tractor Supply after growing loyalty program to 40 million members

Gardiner joins from Tractor Supply Company, where she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer since 2022, directing marketing across more than 2,400 stores. During her tenure, the retailer's Neighbor's Club loyalty program expanded to over 40 million members, while she advanced the company's "Life Out Here" brand positioning and omnichannel data strategy.

Shanghai – September 11, 2026 -- Alebund Pharmaceuticals (Jiangsu) Limited (HKEX: 09637) has received U.S. FDA clearance of its Investigational New Drug application for AP308, a first-in-class engineered recombinant IgA protease targeting IgA Nephropathy (IgAN), moving the candidate from preclinical research into clinical development.

AP308 targets a disease affecting 9.5 million people worldwide

IgAN is the most common primary glomerulonephritis globally, with an estimated 9.5 million patients in 2025, including 5.1 million in China, more than half of the global total, according to China Insights Consultancy. Under current treatment strategies, median kidney survival is approximately 11 to 12 years, and roughly 60% of patients in a Chinese cohort progressed to end-stage renal disease within 15 years of diagnosis, per long-term studies in China and the UK.

Berlin – September 11, 2026 -- German digital media outlet NIUS drew more than 1.3 million viewers for its special broadcast covering the Saxony-Anhalt state election, marking one of the largest audiences recorded for live digital political coverage in Germany.

YouTube live audience peaks at 135,000 concurrent viewers

At the broadcast's peak, over 135,000 viewers watched simultaneously on YouTube alone. NIUS' YouTube channel logged more than 5.2 million total viewers in July, according to the company.

NIUS Live becomes Germany's largest daily livestream

Over the past seven days, NIUS Live averaged 32,357 concurrent viewers per episode, positioning it as the largest livestream in Germany by the company's account. The program airs daily starting at 6 a.m.

Beijing – September 11, 2026 -- Waterdrop Inc. (NYSE: WDH) reported second-quarter 2026 operating revenue of RMB1,448.2 million, up 72.8% year-over-year, with net profit attributable to ordinary shareholders reaching RMB125.8 million, marking the company's 18th consecutive profitable quarter.

The Beijing-based insurance and healthcare technology firm has cumulatively repurchased approximately 62.9 million American Depositary Shares from the open market as of August 31, 2026.

Insurance revenue climbs 80.5% as AI tools drive premium growth

Insurance-related revenue rose 80.5% year-over-year, with operating profit for the segment reaching RMB183.6 million, up 20% quarter-over-quarter. Premiums facilitated through the company's 'AI Medical Insurance Expert' tool increased 25.6% quarter-over-quarter, while first-year premiums for long-term insurance products grew 33.4% quarter-over-quarter.

United States – September 11, 2026 -- Observe.AI has launched Performance Agents, an AI system that cuts contact center coaching preparation time to under five minutes in applicable workflows, the company announced.

Performance Agents Cut Coaching Prep Time to Under Five Minutes

Supervisors currently spend significant time interpreting reports, locating relevant conversations, documenting examples, and preparing coaching plans manually. Performance Agents automate this process, freeing supervisors to focus on judgment, context, and employee development rather than administrative preparation.

San Antonio – September 11, 2026 -- Safehold Inc. (NYSE: SAFE) has closed on a ground lease to develop a 336-unit Low-Income Housing Tax Credit community in San Antonio, Texas, marking its third Affordable Housing transaction in the state this year.

Safehold marks first San Antonio Affordable Housing deal with 336-unit LIHTC project

The development, slated for delivery in 2028, will be located in southeast San Antonio within what the company describes as a growing residential core driven by population and job growth. It is Safehold's inaugural Affordable Housing transaction in the San Antonio market.

The NRP Group returns as developer, backed by Wells Fargo tax credit equity

The project will be built by The NRP Group, a repeat Safehold customer and one of the most active Affordable Housing developers in the United States. Tax credit equity for the deal is being provided by Wells Fargo.

Tonopah, Nevada – September 11, 2026 -- A2Gold Corp. (TSXV: AUAU) (OTCQX: AUXXF) (FRA: RR7) has completed 15 reverse-circulation drill holes totaling approximately 4,400 metres at its Taylor Gold-Silver Project in White Pine County, Nevada, marking the company's first drill campaign at the site since acquiring it earlier in 2026.

Taylor samples now await lab assay results

Drill core samples from the 4,400-metre program have been submitted for laboratory analysis, with results pending. The targets were selected using historical drilling data, geological mapping and geophysical surveys, and the program is intended to refine A2Gold's understanding of Taylor's broader mineralized system ahead of future exploration planning.

Washington – September 11, 2026 -- Quantinuum has finalized a $100 million funding agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce's CHIPS Research and Development Office, marking the first CHIPS for R&D award granted to a trapped-ion quantum computing architecture company.

Federal grant follows May letter of intent to fund quantum semiconductor manufacturing

The award, managed through the CHIPS and Science Act, finalizes a letter of intent announced in May 2026. The funding targets research, development and manufacturing capabilities for quantum semiconductors required to deploy fault-tolerant, large-scale trapped-ion quantum computers in the United States.

Phoenix – September 11, 2026 -- NEXA Lending has named Geri Farr as Chief Executive Officer, transitioning founder Mike Kortas into the company's newly formalized Executive Partner role, its highest internal leadership designation.

Farr takes operational control after joining NEXA in 2025

Farr joined NEXA in 2025 following a career spanning wholesale and distributed retail mortgage operations. She previously managed Kortas nearly two decades ago at NOVA Home Loans, a relationship that now places her at the top of the leadership structure he built.

Kortas shifts focus to growth and the Executive Partner network

Kortas will step back from day-to-day operations to concentrate on new business development, acquisitions and partnerships alongside fellow Executive Partner Anthony Casa. "The best thing I can do for our loan officers is put the right person in the CEO seat and go spend my time creating what comes next," Kortas said.