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Provo, Utah – September 11, 2026 -- Aptive Environmental, the fifth-largest pest control company in the United States, has appointed Shane Hansen as Chief Financial Officer, Ivona Adkins as Chief People Officer and Viviana Harrington as Deputy General Counsel, Compliance, strengthening its finance, people and legal functions.

Hansen brings two decades of tech and consumer finance leadership to Aptive

Hansen will oversee Aptive's finance, technology and data functions. He most recently served as CFO and Executive Vice President at Transformco, where he managed financial and operational strategy across five business units. He previously held senior finance and strategy roles at Planful, Vivint Smart Home and Symantec.

Perth, Australia – September 11, 2026 -- Hot Chili Limited has reported a fresh round of high-grade drill results from its La Verde copper-gold porphyry discovery in Chile, with hole DKP063 returning 398 metres grading 0.45% copper equivalent (CuEq) from surface, including a standout 62-metre interval at 0.91% CuEq from just 20 metres depth.

DKP063 Delivers 398 Metres of Copper-Gold Mineralisation From Surface

Within the broader intersection, DKP063 recorded 12 metres grading 1.00% CuEq (0.66% Cu, 0.49 g/t Au) from 20 metres, and a further 34 metres at 1.00% CuEq (0.80% Cu, 0.27 g/t Au) from 42 metres. Hot Chili said the shallow high-grade continuity strengthens the case for a high-grade starter pit feeding into the Costa Fuego mine plan, located 30 km north of La Verde in Chile's coastal Atacama region.

Vancouver – September 11, 2026 -- Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy says Graphite One Inc.'s Graphite Creek Project could supply enough graphite to meet all of America's needs for 100 years, as the U.S. remains 100% net import reliant for natural graphite, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's 2026 Mineral Commodity Summaries.

Governor Dunleavy calls Graphite Creek a century-long domestic graphite solution

In an August 31, 2026 Fox News op-ed titled "China is holding critical minerals hostage. Alaska can help end the threat," Dunleavy said new estimates suggest the single reserve north of Nome, Alaska could meet the entire nation's graphite needs for a century. He noted Alaska hosts known resources of 57 of the 60 U.S. government-designated critical minerals.

Beijing and Tel Aviv – September 11, 2026 -- Hirain Technologies and Arbe Robotics (NASDAQ: ARBE) (TASE: ARBE) have secured a Level 3 automated driving radar program with one of the world's largest automotive groups, with series-production deliveries set to begin in Q4 2027 ahead of vehicle start of production.

Deal spans multiple brands under a top global automotive group

The imaging radar, built on Arbe's ultra-high-resolution radar chipset, will be manufactured, supplied and integrated by Hirain for a passenger vehicle program in China covering multiple brands within the customer group. Hirain will lead system development, manufacturing, integration, validation and quality using its existing automotive manufacturing infrastructure.

Tel Aviv – – September 11, 2026 -- The Israel National Biotech Innovation Center (INBI) officially launched operations, uniting 15 of Israel's top universities, research institutions and healthcare organizations under a single translational platform for the first time.

Anat Cohen-Dayag Takes Helm of INBI Core

Anat Cohen-Dayag, PhD, Executive Chairperson of Compugen and formerly its President and CEO for 15 years, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of INBI Core Ltd., the wholly owned operational subsidiary of INBI. Samuel Moed, former Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Bristol Myers Squibb, will chair both INBI and INBI Core.

New York – September 11, 2026 -- Sembly AI launched Sembly 3.0 today, an agentic AI platform that converts an organization's documents, meetings and CRM content into finished, branded presentations, proposals, case studies and reports within minutes across more than 45 languages.

Sembly 3.0 marks the company's biggest product shift since its 2019 founding

The platform repositions Sembly as what the company calls an "AI execution layer," turning internal business knowledge directly into materials used for sales, delivery and client communication. Users state a goal, such as "Sell my services," along with a client's website, and the system pulls data from company materials, applies branding automatically, researches the target customer, and generates a bespoke pitch deck.

Houston – September 11, 2026 -- McDermott has secured a subsea contract worth between $500 million and $750 million from Eni Cyprus Limited to develop the Cronos gas field offshore Cyprus, marking the company's first subsea award from Eni and its expansion into the Eastern Mediterranean.

McDermott to handle full subsea scope for Cronos field

Under the contract, McDermott will deliver project management, engineering, procurement and installation support for the Cronos gas field development. The company classifies the deal as "substantial," placing its value in the $500 million to $750 million range.

Execution spans four global engineering hubs

The project will be run by McDermott's Subsea and Floating Facilities team, drawing on resources from Houston, Perth, London and Kuala Lumpur. Work will be backed by the company's marine construction fleet, including its deepwater asset the Amazon.

Seoul – – September 11, 2026 -- Meritz Securities has integrated Benzinga's Stock News API and Bulls Say Bears Say API into MOUM, its AI-driven investment platform, giving South Korean investors real-time U.S. market news and analyst sentiment within a single trading interface.

Meritz embeds real-time U.S. equity news directly into its trading platform

The Stock News API streams live headlines on earnings, analyst actions, mergers and acquisitions, and regulatory developments across U.S. equities. Meritz users can now access this coverage without switching between external sources while executing trades on MOUM.

Panama City – September 11, 2026 -- Bladex, Inc. (NYSE: BLX) placed MXN 5.0 billion in long-term Mexican notes (Cebures) in Mexico's public debt market, drawing orders of MXN 7.779 billion, 1.56 times the amount offered, and allowing the bank to fill its full authorized issuance.

Three-year floating-rate notes price at TIIE de Fondeo plus 58 basis points

The notes carry a three-year maturity and float against Mexico's one-business-day Interbank Equilibrium Interest Rate (TIIE de Fondeo), plus a spread of 58 basis points.

S&P and Fitch assign top local ratings ahead of pricing

S&P Global Ratings, S.A. de C.V. assigned the issuance a local rating of "mxAAA," while Fitch México, S.A. de C.V. rated it "AAA(mex)," the highest local scores available in the market.

Denver – September 11, 2026 -- Demand AI has appointed John P O'Malley, a former IDG Communications Chief Operating Officer, as Non-Executive Chairman of its Board as the AI-native B2B marketing technology company enters its next growth phase.

O'Malley brings three decades of IDG leadership experience to the Board

O'Malley spent more than 30 years across technology, data, media and B2B marketing, including tenure as CEO of IDG's demand-generation business and international sales and operations divisions before becoming COO of IDG Communications, overseeing data, technology, engineering, finance and global operations. He was closely involved in developing IDG's Pipeline Activator, an early platform for identifying companies showing active buying signals, and carries extensive M&A, due diligence and post-merger integration experience.

Scottsdale, Ariz. – September 11, 2026 -- ChainIT has released "Provable Compliance: A Protocol for Runtime Compliance Evidence and Transaction-Specific Decisioning," a technical white paper designed to stop AI agents from executing financial transactions based on outdated compliance checks.

ChainIT targets a gap in agentic commerce where old approvals become permanent authority to move money

The protocol addresses scenarios where an AI agent holds valid authorization to pay an approved vendor but must be halted mid-transaction because underlying conditions have changed. A sanctions record may have been updated, a destination account may be new, a license may no longer meet policy, or an institution-generated alert may require review, according to the company.

Grand Rapids – – September 11, 2026 -- Grand Rapids Community College will formally invest Dr. Kathryn A. Rogalski as its 12th president on Sept. 18, making her the first permanent female president in the institution's history since its 1914 founding.

Investiture ceremony to draw national and regional leaders on Sept. 18

The 3 p.m. ceremony at Fountain Street Church will feature Dr. DeRionne Pollard, president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges, which represents more than 1,000 community colleges nationwide. Guillermo Cisneros, president and CEO of the West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, will emcee the event.

Mountain View, Calif. – September 11, 2026 -- Cyngn Inc. (Nasdaq: CYN) has flattened a layer of management and consolidated its product and engineering teams as part of a broader restructuring aimed at accelerating enterprise sales of its DriveMod autonomous vehicle technology.

Cyngn cuts management layers to speed product decisions

CEO Lior Tal said the company streamlined its organizational structure, consolidating responsibilities around its highest-priority product, customer and commercial initiatives. Cyngn is expanding AI-assisted tools across engineering and business operations, from software development and simulation to sales operations and customer support, a move it says will improve its cost structure and extend its cash runway.

Rockville, Maryland – September 11, 2026 -- REGENXBIO Inc. (Nasdaq: RGNX) will hold fireside chats at two major investor healthcare conferences in New York this month.

REGENXBIO confirms back-to-back fireside chats on September 15 and 16

The gene therapy company will participate in the Baird 2026 Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, September 15 at 8:30 a.m. ET, followed by the Morgan Stanley 24th Annual Global Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, September 16 at 8:30 a.m. ET. Both sessions will take place in New York, NY.

Tamarac, Fla. – September 11, 2026 -- A PuroClean Franchise Owner has surpassed $20 million in gross sales from a single location for the first time in the restoration franchise's history, according to figures disclosed in the company's Franchise Disclosure Document. The milestone underscores accelerating reinvestment across the system, with 20% of PuroClean's 2026 unit growth coming from existing Franchise Owners adding territories.

Multi-unit ownership climbs to 44% of the franchise base

Nearly half of all PuroClean Franchise Owners, 44%, now operate multiple units. The company frames this reinvestment rate as evidence of confidence in its unit-level economics and scalability.

Berlin – September 11, 2026 -- The OECD's PISA 2025 study released today shows Germany's reading and math scores continuing to decline, prompting the SPD parliamentary group to push for expanded funding of its Startchancen-Programm and a new early-childhood quality law.

PISA 2025 shows Germany's core competencies eroding further

Saskia Esken, the SPD's rapporteur for school education, said Germany's school system delivers only middling results in international comparison, with performance in reading and math continuing to drop. She noted that social background determines educational success in Germany more strongly than in almost any other industrialized country, and that disadvantaged children are the ones falling furthest behind.

Hong Kong – September 11, 2026 -- Ascletis Pharma Inc. (HKEX: 1672) has initiated a U.S. Phase I trial of ASC36, an oral amylin receptor peptide agonist for obesity, after securing Investigational New Drug clearance from the FDA.

Trial enrolls 86 participants to test safety and dosing

The study will evaluate safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of ASC36 across single and multiple ascending oral doses in 86 participants with obesity (BMI ≥ 30.0 kg/m2) or overweight status (BMI ≥ 27.0 kg/m2). This marks the fourth Phase I peptide study Ascletis has launched in 2026.

Englewood Cliffs, N.J. – September 11, 2026 -- Modern Micro Endodontics has opened its ninth New Jersey location at 617 E. Palisades Ave, Suite 3 in Englewood Cliffs, acquiring the practice of longtime local endodontist Dr. Anthony Fasciano, DMD.

Ownership transition adds Bergen County to a nine-office New Jersey network

The deal extends Modern Micro Endodontics' specialty footprint into Bergen County, adding root canal therapy, surgical endodontics, and same-day emergency treatment for area patients and referring dentists. Dr. Fasciano, who led the Englewood Cliffs practice for many years, selected Modern Micro Endodontics as his successor and will remain with the office temporarily to support the handoff; longtime staff will continue in their roles.

Singapore – September 11, 2026 -- Appier's AI Research team has found that large language model accuracy falls by 30% to 50% when the correct response is that no valid answer exists, a gap the company says undermines trust in enterprise Agentic AI deployments.

Rockville, Md. – September 11, 2026 -- Expert.ai has been named one of five Coolest Vendors in Gartner's Coolest Vendor Innovations in Agentic AI for Banking, Part 1 report, published August 26, 2026.

Bank customers report 90% reduction in AML false positives

Expert.ai's AI suite is already deployed at 10 top banks in Italy and by global anti-money-laundering (AML) organizations, which report more than 90% screening accuracy. Customers cite a 90% reduction in AML false positives, up to 70% time savings per alert in KYC screening, and a 40% improvement in customer satisfaction.