Tokyo – September 25, 2026 -- LEIFRAS Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: LFS) has secured new contracts with five Japanese municipalities to manage the regional transition of school club activities, expanding its footprint in an estimated JPY500 billion domestic market as the country's teacher work-style reform enters what officials call the "Reform Implementation Period" in fiscal 2026.
Jeollanam-do – September 25, 2026 -- Researchers at Chonnam National University have demonstrated that dichloromethane, a widely used industrial solvent, can directly drive amide bond formation between carboxylic acids and amines, offering manufacturers a cheaper and less hazardous alternative to conventional coupling reagents. The findings, led by Professor Sunwoo Lee of the Department of Chemistry, were published online on July 6, 2026, and appeared in Volume 148, Issue 27 of the Journal of the American Chemical Society on July 15, 2026.
Washington – September 25, 2026 -- The Association of Financial Counseling, Planning, and Education (AFCPE) has received a 2026 ASAE Power of Associations Summit Award for its FINRA Foundation Military Spouse Fellowship, a program that has certified 743 Accredited Financial Counselors since 2006 and supported more than 288,000 military families through their required experience hours.
The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) presented the Summit Award to AFCPE for the Fellowship's dual impact: expanding workforce mobility for military spouses and strengthening financial readiness in military communities. The award was celebrated during ASAE's Summit Awards Dinner on September 22, 2026, at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC.
Washington – – September 25, 2026 -- The American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL) has released "Quiet Leadership in Medicine: An Early-Career Clinician's Guide to Building Programs That Change Care," a book by Kardie Tobb, DO, MS, CPE, FACC, FASPC, FACOI, aimed at closing the gap between clinical training and organizational leadership skills for junior physicians.
AAPL positions the title as the first framework of its kind written explicitly for early-career clinicians rather than seasoned executives. The guide covers building stakeholder coalitions, framing clinical initiatives for hospital administrators, sustaining programs post-launch, and using routine interactions — rounds, follow-up emails, hallway conversations — as tools for institutional change.
San Francisco – September 25, 2026 -- COCOLAB®, the oral wellness brand behind Cocofloss®, has appointed Gayle Tait as Chief Executive Officer, effective Aug. 31, 2026, following three-year revenue growth of nearly 200%.
The company secured a spot on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies and expanded distribution through Target and Walmart.com. Cocofloss® has won four Allure Best of Beauty Awards, including Best Floss in 2026, which the company states makes it the most-awarded dental floss on the market.
Tokyo – September 25, 2026 -- Cellid Inc. has entered a business partnership with Megane Top Co., Ltd. to jointly develop and commercialize augmented reality (AR) glasses under Megane Top's own brand, the companies announced.
The two firms will begin accepting preorders for the jointly developed AR glasses through the GREEN FUNDING crowdfunding platform starting October 23, 2026. Following the campaign, the product will be distributed through Megane Top's nationwide retail network, including its "Megane Ichiba" chain.
Washington – September 25, 2026 -- Gamblers scored 3.93 out of five on a standard financial literacy index versus 3.72 for non-gamblers, according to new research commissioned by the American Gaming Association (AGA), with 41% of gamblers classified as highly financially literate compared with 27% of non-gamblers.
Sports bettors demonstrated the highest combination of mathematical confidence and objectively tested capability among all gambling segments surveyed. Prediction market users reported nearly equivalent confidence levels but performed on objective math tests at levels closer to non-gamblers, exposing a gap between self-assessed skill and actual ability.
New York City – September 25, 2026 -- Babylist opened a 20,000-square-foot showroom in New York City, featuring dedicated stroller test tracks, a Volvo vehicle for hands-on car seat installation practice, and a 600-square-foot model apartment where parents can test how baby gear fits into real living spaces.
The company said the showroom was built to let expecting and new parents interact with products across the entire early parenting journey rather than browse static displays. Chief Marketing and Experience Officer Jill Cress discussed the New York City site selection during an appearance on NYSE Live.
New York – September 25, 2026 -- Texture has released CommonGrid, an open, Wikipedia-style database that maps every U.S. electric utility, grid operator, power plant, and major grid asset into a single searchable model.
CommonGrid aggregates U.S. investor-owned utilities, cooperatives, municipal utilities, and federal power agencies alongside ISOs, RTOs, and balancing authorities into one connected graph. The dataset covers solar, wind, nuclear, gas, and hydro plants above 1 MW, transmission lines from 69 kV to 765 kV, every public EV charging station with network and plug-standard details, wholesale pricing nodes across seven ISOs/RTOs, substations normalized from OpenStreetMap at 69 kV and above, and utility programs, rebates, and tariff structures.
New York – September 25, 2026 -- Sixty-nine percent of enterprise technology decision-makers now weigh energy more heavily in AI and data infrastructure decisions than a year ago, according to new research from EnterpriseDB (EDB) presented at the United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit this week. The survey of 300 respondents, conducted in September 2026, found reliability of supply cited by 49% of respondents as a leading energy factor, with cost and energy efficiency each cited by 48%.
Cambridge, Mass. – September 25, 2026 -- Zifo has been named runner-up in the 2026 CDISC AI Innovation Challenge for TLFGenix, its AI-driven pipeline for generating clinical trial tables, figures, and listings, marking the company's second consecutive year of recognition in the competition.
TLFGenix was recognized under Use Case 3: AI-Driven Tables, Figures, and Listings Generation, one of three use cases in the global competition. The system uses six specialized agents to digitize Statistical Analysis Plans into a structured logical model, profile ADaM datasets, generate an ARS-aligned analysis specification, produce R driver scripts, execute them in a network-isolated sandbox, and check schema and output consistency. Statisticians approve the analysis specification before code generation and sign off on each individual output.
London – – September 25, 2026 -- Nscale Limited has closed a $3.36 billion convertible loan note financing led by Third Point, with NVIDIA committing an additional $1 billion tranche expected to fund in mid-November 2026.
The financing structure splits into two tranches: a $2.36 billion initial close and a subsequent $1 billion commitment from NVIDIA. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC acted as placement agent for the round.
Seattle – September 25, 2026 -- McGee Air Services has elected Ben Reed as President, effective Oct. 1, formalizing a role he has held on an interim basis for six months. Reed will oversee more than 3,200 employees managing ground services for Alaska Airlines' subsidiary across six airports.
Reed was named interim President in March 2026 following his prior stint as managing director of operations at McGee's Seattle station, a post he held from November 2025 until his interim appointment. The board's decision converts that interim mandate into a full presidency starting Oct. 1, 2026.
San Antonio – September 25, 2026 -- Alta Home Lending has been selected by DRB Group, one of the nation's largest homebuilders, as its mortgage joint venture partner for the West, following a competitive search and extensive due diligence. The new venture, DRB Home Loans, will serve DRB homebuyers in Texas, Colorado and Arizona. DRB Group announced the partnership on September 23, 2026.
Matt Wolf, VP of Financial Services at DRB Group, said the company vetted Alta through a rigorous process, including calls to references across the builder community. He said Alta's performance history held up and that the firm structured the venture around how DRB actually runs its business rather than applying a standard model.
Oulu, Finland – September 25, 2026 -- iLOQ, the Finnish smart access technology company that reported €150 million in turnover in 2025, has launched a new global brand campaign featuring Formula 1 World Champion Kimi Räikkönen and his son Robin Räikkönen.
Titled "The Next Generation Is Coming," the campaign builds on iLOQ's longstanding partnership with Kimi Räikkönen, now extended to Robin as he develops his own career in karting. Kimi Räikkönen retired from Formula 1 in 2021 after a career spanning more than two decades and now supports Robin as a mechanic, describing his role as offering options rather than instructions during Robin's development on the track.
Hollywood, Fla. – September 25, 2026 -- The South Broward Hospital District Board of Commissioners has unanimously voted to maintain its millage rate at 0.0805, the lowest level in the district's recorded history, even as Memorial Healthcare System expands facilities and services across South Florida.
The 0.0805 rate was first set in 2025 following 15 consecutive years of millage rate reductions. The decision to hold the rate steady comes despite rising healthcare costs and broader industry cost pressures facing hospital systems.
"Maintaining the lowest tax rate in the district's history reflects our commitment to being responsible with taxpayer dollars," said Elizabeth Justen, chair of the South Broward Hospital District Board of Commissioners.
Bad Homburg, Germany – September 25, 2026 -- Fresenius Medical Care will exit its peritoneal dialysis business in China and discontinue local production and sales of its 4008A hemodialysis system, triggering one-time costs of approximately €110 million in the third quarter of 2026.
The charge, tied to impairment, scrappage and termination costs, will be treated as a special item and is not expected to meaningfully affect the future revenue outlook for the China business within the Company's Care Enablement segment.
Fresenius Medical Care has operated in China for more than two decades, a market the Company says offers long-term growth tied to rising chronic kidney disease prevalence and expanding dialysis care.
Uppsala – September 25, 2026 -- Nanexa AB has signed a global exclusive license and collaboration agreement with Novo Nordisk worth up to EUR 1.165 billion, granting the Danish pharmaceutical giant rights to the Swedish company's PharmaShell atomic layer deposition (ALD) drug delivery platform for peptide-based treatments in obesity, type 2 diabetes and other cardiometabolic diseases.
The agreement covers formulations targeting monthly and quarterly administration frequencies, reducing dosing burden for chronic metabolic and cardiovascular disease patients. Novo Nordisk will lead global development and commercialization across all programs, while Nanexa retains eligibility for milestone-based payments tied to development, regulatory and sales achievements.
Johannesburg – September 25, 2026 -- Sasol Limited confirmed that non-executive director Rhidwaan Gasant has resigned from the Board for personal reasons, effective immediately upon acceptance on 25 September 2026.
The change was disclosed in compliance with paragraph 6.71 of the JSE Listings Requirements and paragraph 6.42 of the JSE Debt and Specialist Securities Listings Requirements, which mandate shareholder and noteholder notification of director departures.
Alongside his board resignation, Gasant steps down from his positions on Sasol's Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee, effective the same date.
Board Chairman Ms Dube thanked Gasant for his service and contribution during his tenure, citing the insights and experience he brought to board deliberations.
Hamburg – September 25, 2026 -- Envision Energy has secured an IEC 62443-3-3 Security Level 2 (SL2) certificate from TÜV SÜD for its wind farm control system, covering SCADA, PPC, PLC and industrial network devices. The certification was announced during WindEnergy Hamburg 2026 and extends independently validated cybersecurity capabilities from individual control components to the full wind farm system level.
IEC 62443-3-3 is a globally recognized standard focused on system-level security requirements, assessing how components, networks and security mechanisms function together within an overall control system. The TÜV SÜD certificate provides third-party validation that Envision Energy's wind farm control architecture meets these system-level requirements.