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Indianapolis – September 13, 2026 -- Corteva (NYSE: CTVA) and Belgium-based Globachem N.V. have signed a definitive agreement to launch a 50/50 joint venture aimed at developing and delivering new crop protection solutions for farmers in Europe and the Americas, with the deal expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026.

Joint venture will pool late-stage pipeline technology from both parent companies

The independently operated JV will draw on late-pipeline to commercial-stage technology from Corteva and Globachem to develop, register and market new products. Resulting solutions may be commercialized independently by one or both parent companies once ready.

New products targeted for launch in the early 2030s

The venture builds on an existing multi-year partnership between the two companies. New solutions are expected to reach the market in the early 2030s through established commercial channels.

Ft. Lauderdale – September 13, 2026 -- Z Squared Inc. (Nasdaq: ZSQR) closed its all-stock acquisition of Paradox Data, LLC, gaining an energized computing campus in El Dorado, Arkansas, with an existing 8.0 MW electric service arrangement and a phased target of 150+ MW of AI-ready capacity.

Deal closes with zero cash and no debt financing

Z Squared paid entirely in stock for Paradox Data, LLC, acquired from Paradox Infrastructure LLC, incurring no cash outlay or debt at closing. The transaction hands the company its first owned, energized computing site, the Union County Campus, as it builds out an AI colocation business.

Seoul – September 13, 2026 -- SK keyfoundry has signed a long-term wafer supply agreement with Elmos Semiconductor SE that guarantees production capacity through 2037, extending an 18-year partnership between the Korean 8-inch foundry and the German automotive chipmaker.

The deal, signed during a ceremony in Frankfurt am Main, shifts the two companies' collaboration from 350nm to 130nm process technology, marking the first major node transition in nearly two decades of cooperation.

New 130nm platform enables deep-trench isolation for high-voltage automotive chips

SK keyfoundry's 130nm technology incorporates deep-trench isolation (DTI), which provides electrical separation and supports highly integrated, high-voltage circuit designs with low substrate current. The foundry positions this capability as the technical basis for a broader range of automotive semiconductor products developed with Elmos going forward.

Chicago – September 13, 2026 -- Alliant Credit Union, a $20 billion-asset institution with nearly 1 million members, has partnered with Blend Labs Inc. (NYSE: BLND) to launch a fully digital mortgage and home equity lending platform.

Members can move from instant prequalification to full application in minutes

The new system lets borrowers complete mortgage applications independently or with support from Alliant Loan Specialists. Dan Bauer, head of residential lending at Alliant, said the platform is designed to help members move quickly in a competitive housing market and deliver market-leading turn times from application to closing.

London and New York – September 13, 2026 -- Coinbase has selected ION's XTP for Event Contracts platform to handle clearing for Kalshi, the world's largest prediction market, as trading volumes in event-based contracts accelerate.

Platform processed one million Kalshi trades over Super Bowl weekend

ION and Coinbase began partnering in December 2025 to support Kalshi's event contract listings, with the three parties collaborating to expedite analysis, development and rollout. During the initial deployment phase, XTP demonstrated capacity to absorb a spike in activity, processing Kalshi's first one million trades during Super Bowl weekend.

Boulder, Colo. – September 13, 2026 -- Integral Consulting Inc. has acquired Heritage Environmental Consultants, a Western U.S.-based environmental planning, permitting, and scientific services firm, expanding its footprint in the Mountain West region.

Heritage adds ecological and permitting expertise to Integral's service portfolio

Heritage Environmental Consultants, founded in 2008, brings capabilities in wildlife biology, terrestrial and aquatic ecology, soil science, hydrology, water and air quality, and geographic information systems. The combined firms will offer clients integrated solutions spanning environmental planning, permitting, ecological science, and regulatory compliance from early project development through long-term implementation.

Vancouver – September 13, 2026 -- OceanaGold Corporation (TSX: OGC, NYSE: OGC) has lodged an application under New Zealand's Fast-track Approvals Act 2024 to extend the operating life of its Macraes gold mine from the current 2032 reserve horizon into the late 2030s.

OceanaGold targets late-2030s mine life through Phase 4 permitting

The Macraes Phase 4 Project (MP4) application, filed September 9, 2026, covers permitting for the existing reserve mine plan, development of the Southern Pit Innes Mills (SPIM) extension, extensions to the Golden Point Underground (GPUG), and flexibility to add further Mineral Resources to future production. Under New Zealand's 'one-stop shop' fast-track process, OceanaGold expects full permitting by mid-2027, subject to appeals. The company previously used the same mechanism to secure approval for its Waihi North Project in 2025.

Tucson – September 13, 2026 -- Delta Development Team (DDT) has launched BloodCOMM®, a cloud-based blood management platform designed to digitize and automate blood supply chain tracking for hospitals, blood centers, EMS agencies, and air medical providers.

Platform creates digital identity for every blood unit from collection to disposition

BloodCOMM® uses barcode scanning, AI-powered label recognition, and automated event tracking to monitor blood unit location, temperature, expiration status, inspections, transfers, and excursions throughout the product lifecycle. The system builds a digital cold chain of custody record, capturing patient identifiers, product details, and deviation history as events occur rather than reconstructing them from paper logs or spreadsheets after the fact.

Dallas – September 13, 2026 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted and filed the Biologics License Application for MOGENRY, an optogenetic gene therapy from Nanoscope Therapeutics designed to restore vision in retinitis pigmentosa patients with severe vision loss. If approved, MOGENRY would become the first gene-agnostic treatment available for this patient population, which currently has no approved therapy.

RESTORE trial data anchors the regulatory filing

The BLA is supported by the Phase 2b/3 RESTORE trial (NCT04945772), a multicenter, randomized, double-masked, sham-controlled study that met its primary and key secondary endpoints, showing improvements in visual acuity at weeks 52 and 76. No treatment-related serious adverse events were reported. Additional efficacy and safety data come from the earlier Phase 1/2a trial (NCT04919473).

Toronto – September 13, 2026 -- The Sales Factory has ranked #2 globally in the Outsourced Sales category of G2's Summer 2026 Grid Reports, marking the third consecutive quarter the outsourced sales and lead generation firm has held a top position on the review platform. The company also earned Leader status in the Lead Generation category, based entirely on verified customer reviews and market presence data compiled by G2.

G2 rankings rely solely on verified buyer reviews, not marketing spend

G2, described as the world's largest software and services marketplace, builds its quarterly Grid Reports from authenticated user reviews combined with market presence metrics. Leader status requires companies to sustain high customer satisfaction scores alongside demonstrated market traction, a methodology G2 says filters out purchased visibility.

Jacksonville, Fla. – September 13, 2026 -- Alan Alwakeel, a recent graduate of Stanton College Preparatory School, received a $3,000 Humane Science Award from the National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) for an AI-powered cancer therapy simulation platform that eliminates the need for animal testing.

Platform simulates cancer treatment efficacy without animal trials

Alwakeel's project, "The Virtual Cell 2.0: Expanding Precision and Personalized Cancer Therapy Through AI-Powered Simulation," applies computational frameworks to evaluate potential cancer treatment outcomes. The tool aims to accelerate how new therapies are developed, tested and deployed by replacing traditional animal-based testing methods with data-driven simulation.

North Billerica, Mass. – September 13, 2026 -- Mass-Vac, Inc. has launched the MV Multi-Trap® Vacuum Inlet Trap, a high-capacity filtration unit for plastic extrusion lines that is field-proven to extend vacuum pump life by more than 12 years.

Extrusion byproducts threaten pump reliability across manufacturing lines

Volatile materials released during extruded plastic and composite processing can degrade vacuum pumps over time, driving unplanned downtime and maintenance costs for manufacturers. The new trap is designed to intercept these byproducts before they reach the pump, using a two-stage filtration system built from 304 stainless steel.

Two-stage filtration combines knockdown baffle with gauze filters

The device features a full first-stage knockdown baffle followed by a second stage of stainless steel gauze filters, with an optional bottom cooling feature. Mass-Vac offers the trap in 10

San Francisco – September 13, 2026 -- Cionic reported that the first 60 participants in its TRANSFORM study showed an average 26% improvement in health-related quality of life after one month, using the standardized EQ-5D-5L instrument across all five measured dimensions.

Cionic launches 12-month study tracking 1,000 adults with upper motor neuron conditions

The TRANSFORM study follows 1,000 adults with multiple sclerosis, stroke, spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, and related conditions over 12 months, collecting quality-of-life data through six surveys administered via the Cionic mobile app at onboarding and at one, three, six, nine, and 12 months. The primary endpoint, EQ-5D-5L, measures mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain, and anxiety/depression, while secondary measures track spasticity, urinary incontinence, and fatigue.

Singapore – September 13, 2026 -- TÜV SÜD has opened its new Global Decarbonisation Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Singapore, backed by an investment exceeding $24 million with support from the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB).

Investment builds on SustainCERT acquisition to scale digital carbon verification

The Munich-based testing and certification group launched the CoE following its recent acquisition of Luxembourg-based SustainCERT, an accredited validation and verification body specializing in digital measurement, reporting and verification (dMRV). The combined capabilities target carbon data integrity, carbon markets and independent assessment services as governments prepare to implement Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

Vienna – September 13, 2026 -- Elizaveta Rîmscaia of Moldova was crowned Overall Champion at the Julius Meinl International Barista Cup 2026 Grand Finale, held September 4 in Vienna's MuseumsQuartier, beating 14 other national champions across three brewing disciplines.

Austrian barista Mario Benetseder claims cappuccino title on home turf

Benetseder secured the win in the Cappuccino discipline, judged on the interplay of espresso and milk plus latte art execution. Stefan Kot of Poland took the Espresso category, evaluated on taste, balance and crema, while Luka Darispanashvili of Georgia won Signature Drink for creativity and flavor cohesion.

Competition drew over 350 applicants across 15 countries

National qualifying rounds ran in 15 markets including Austria, Italy, Germany, China, Georgia and Croatia, narrowing more than 350 barista applicants down to 15 national champions who advanced to the Vienna final.

Bohemia, N.Y. – September 13, 2026 -- Carrier pay per mile for U.S. car shipping rose 22.8% year over year in the first half of 2026, while the prices consumers paid climbed only 14.6% over the same period, according to a new data report from SGT Auto Transport covering 30 months of shipment records.

The report, The State of Auto Transport 2026, draws on organically acquired shipment data from January 2024 through June 2026, spanning all 49 U.S. states and 1,581 distinct state-to-state lanes in the most recent 12 months. Rate figures are mix-adjusted to a fixed distance profile.

Carrier pay accelerated sharply from March, the month the Strait of Hormuz closed

Carrier pay ran 9.2% above the prior year in January and 11.7% in February, then jumped to 14.9% in March, 32.8% in May and 34.7% in June -- a trajectory the report ties to the Strait of Hormuz closure that same month.

Denver – September 13, 2026 -- AidKit, a Certified B Corp providing technology infrastructure for government and nonprofit aid programs, has been named to Fast Company's 2026 list of the 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators, selected from more than 1,200 applications reviewed by Fast Company editors.

AidKit's Community Advisory Council brings aid recipients into system design

The recognition centers on AidKit's Community Advisory Council (CAC), an employee-originated program that embeds people with lived experience of receiving aid directly into the design of benefit systems. The initiative grew from concerns raised by staff in product, operations and impact teams that public benefit systems are typically built for recipients rather than with them, often collecting feedback too late to improve outcomes.

Eaton, Ohio – September 13, 2026 -- Bullen Ultrasonics' Miller Williams Facility in Eaton, Ohio, has been named a 2026 IndustryWeek Best Plants Award winner, one of four North American manufacturers recognized this year for quality, automation and continuous-improvement performance.

Facility posts final customer yields above 98% with cycle times cut 14%

The plant maintains final customer yield levels exceeding 98%, with first-pass yield regularly topping 97%. Targeted continuous-improvement efforts reduced production cycle times by approximately 14% in key areas.

Riyadh – September 13, 2026 -- NourNet, a Saudi digital services provider, closed its participation at LEAP 2026 by unveiling a beta AI Agent Platform and expanding its flagship data center to 10 MW and up to 750 racks.

NourNet's new platform keeps AI workloads inside the Kingdom

The AI Agent Platform combines Agentic AI with Inference-as-a-Service, letting organizations build, deploy and operate intelligent agents that automate operational tasks, execute multi-step workflows and interact with enterprise data. Hosted entirely within NourNet's Saudi data centers, the platform offers Arabic-tuned and multilingual models while ensuring customer data and AI workloads do not leave the Kingdom.

Stuart, Fla. – September 13, 2026 -- Health In Tech, Inc. (Nasdaq: HIT) has been named one of Newsweek's America's Greatest Mid-Market Companies 2026, ranking among the 100 highest-scoring U.S. public mid-market firms selected from an initial pool of approximately 4,300 companies.

Newsweek ranking screens nearly 4,300 firms on financial and workforce data

The list, compiled by Newsweek in partnership with Plant-A Insights Group, evaluated companies using financial strength, market performance, workforce data, employee feedback, innovation and patent metrics, independent sustainability assessments, and public records review. A proprietary scoring model narrowed the field to the final 100 honorees for 2026.