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Mexico City – October 01, 2026 -- Genomma Lab Internacional, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: LABB) will release its Third Quarter 2026 earnings results on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, after the close of the Mexican Stock Exchange.

Executive team to brief investors on October 22 call

The company will hold a conference call on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. Mexico City Time to discuss the quarterly financial results. Chief Executive Officer Marco Sparvieri, Chief Financial Officer Antonio Zamora, and Investor Relations Officer Christianne Ibanez will present on the call.

Webcast registration required for access

Investors seeking to join the call must register via a direct webcast link, after which they will receive an email confirmation with an invitation. Genomma Lab shares trade on the Mexican Stock Exchange under the ticker LAB B, with the Bloomberg code LABB:MM.

Conshohocken, Pa. – October 01, 2026 -- Quaker Houghton (NYSE: KWR) has closed a new 7-year, $550 million Term Loan B facility, refinancing its existing U.S. Term Loans and pushing debt maturity out to October 2033.

New facility carries SOFR plus 175 basis points pricing

The Term Loan B amends the company's existing Credit Agreement, with proceeds used to repay in full the U.S. Term Loans previously outstanding. Quarterly amortization payments will equal 0.25% of the initial $550 million principal, with the remaining balance due at the October 2033 maturity date.

Racine, Wis. – October 01, 2026 -- Modine (NYSE: MOD) has completed the spin-off of its Performance Technologies business and its combination with Gentherm (NASDAQ: THRM) through a Reverse Morris Trust transaction, closing a deal that valued the unit at approximately $946.4 million.

Modine receives $156 million cash distribution to cut debt

Modine received a cash distribution of approximately $156 million from Platinum SpinCo Inc., the entity that held the Performance Technologies business, with the proceeds used to repay outstanding indebtedness. The valuation of $946.4 million was calculated based on Gentherm's closing stock price on September 30, 2026.

Huntington, W.Va. – October 01, 2026 -- Energy Services of America Corporation (Nasdaq: ESOA) will acquire substantially all operating assets of FAMCO, Inc., a West Virginia water and sewer infrastructure contractor, for a base purchase price of $6.95 million.

Energy Services structures deal with mixed cash-and-stock payment

Under the Asset Purchase Agreement, three-eighths of the purchase price will be paid in cash at closing, while one-half will be issued in Energy Services common stock shortly after the transaction closes. The remaining one-eighth will be withheld pending a post-closing true-up.

Austin, Texas – October 01, 2026 -- SerpApi, a provider of structured search data APIs, has achieved ISO/IEC 27701:2019 certification, an internationally recognized standard for Privacy Information Management Systems (PIMS).

SerpApi adds privacy certification to existing security compliance stack

The ISO/IEC 27701 certification follows SerpApi's completion of a SOC 2 Type 2 examination, issuance of a SOC 3 report, and prior achievement of ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification. The standard requires organizations to meet strict requirements for managing risks tied to personally identifiable information (PII).

Bristol, R.I. – – October 01, 2026 -- Vatn Systems has won the Department of War Innovation Unit's (DIU) Mine Counter Measure Modernization Prize Challenge, with its SIGURD system ranking among the top performers in the Near Surface and Volume Mine Engage Test and Evaluation segment.

SIGURD neutralized mine threats under real mission conditions during DIU evaluation

The system, built on Vatn's Skelmir S6 platform, autonomously detected, reacquired and neutralized mine threats in scenarios designed to replicate field conditions. DIU opened the challenge in May 2026 to identify modular, communication-resilient, and rapidly fieldable technology for underwater mine threat reacquisition and neutralization.

Palo Alto – October 01, 2026 -- PaleBlueDot AI has closed a $200 million Series C financing round led by ComputeCore, valuing the Silicon Valley-based AI infrastructure provider at $3.2 billion.

Funding round follows January's $150 million Series B

The new round builds on a $150 million Series B announced in January 2026. Existing shareholder B Capital participated again alongside other global investors.

Company has signed more than $5 billion in customer contracts

As of the end of September 2026, PaleBlueDot AI had accumulated over $5 billion in customer contracts. Customers in the U.S. and Japan together generated more than half of the company's monthly revenue.

Phoenix – October 01, 2026 -- Companies rolling out AI tools risk failed adoption if leaders ignore the informal trust networks that determine whether employees actually change how they work, according to organizational psychologist Dr. Deborah Peck.

Gallup data shows manager support drives 78% AI usage rate

A 2026 Gallup survey found that among employees at organizations implementing AI, 78% of those who strongly agreed their manager supports its use reported using the technology frequently. Peck said this gap shows that communicating the purpose of AI tools is as critical as deploying them, since employees who feel competitive about AI may withhold knowledge from colleagues, straining team trust and risking deadline or budget impacts.

Dallas – October 01, 2026 -- Highland Global Allocation Fund (NYSE: HGLB) has declared monthly distributions of $0.085 per share for October, November and December 2026, under an annual distribution rate reset to 8.5% of the fund's average net asset value.

Fund locks annual rate to 8.5% of year-end NAV average

The 8.5% rate was calculated using the average NAV per share reported over the final five trading days of the 2025 calendar year, per the fund's Level Distribution Policy. NexPoint Asset Management, L.P., the SEC-registered adviser managing the closed-end fund, confirmed the Q3 2026 Distribution Amount was reset based on this calculation and may be adjusted again in future periods.

Rochester, N.Y. – October 01, 2026 -- Multifocal contact lenses ranked as the fourth most selected anti-aging product category among U.S. consumers aged 38 and older, tying with fitness memberships and aesthetic dental care and outranking cosmetic procedures, according to new CooperVision research.

Survey of 752 U.S. adults exposes a wide awareness gap in presbyopia care

The report, "Unmet Opportunities: Multifocal Contact Lenses and the Anti-Aging Movement (U.S.)," surveyed 752 American adults aged 38 and up, combining the findings with market data on healthy-aging attitudes. Despite ranking high among 10 anti-aging categories once consumers were introduced to the product, more than half of respondents reported little to no familiarity with multifocal contact lenses or did not recognize the term.

Kalispell, Mont. – October 01, 2026 -- Vero Broadband, LLC, operating as Vero Fiber, has completed its merger with Montana Sky Networks Incorporated, known as MontanaSky, combining two broadband providers active in Northwest Montana.

Merger unites a 30-year-old local provider with a national fiber network operator

MontanaSky, founded in 1993 and operating offices in Kalispell and Libby, Montana, has spent more than three decades serving the Flathead Valley region. Vero Fiber, a subsidiary of VFN Holdings, Inc., specializes in fiber-to-the-premises networks and has expanded through acquisitions and investment in rural and underserved U.S. markets.

Atlanta – October 01, 2026 -- RCX Sports, the official operator of NFL FLAG, and U.S. Bank have signed a new sponsorship covering 10 NFL FLAG Regional Tournaments running from fall 2026 through spring 2027.

Deal expands U.S. Bank's existing NFL sponsorship into grassroots flag football

The agreement builds on U.S. Bank's role as an Official Bank and Wealth Management sponsor of the NFL, extending the relationship down to the regional tournament level operated through RCX Sports. U.S. Bank separately committed $250,000 to national nonprofit GENYOUth, in collaboration with the NFL, to distribute NFL FLAG-In-School kits to 400 schools nationwide.

Chicago – October 01, 2026 -- Forty IT workers employed by TEK Systems at Rush University Medical Center will hold a press conference on Friday to press their employer to resume contract negotiations, two years after voting to unionize with Teamsters Local 743.

Union members demand bargaining after two-year wait for first contract

The workers, who provide round-the-clock IT support for networks and systems critical to patient care at Rush University Medical Center, joined Local 743 two years ago but have yet to secure an initial collective bargaining agreement. TEK Systems, the staffing contractor that employs the workers, is being called on to negotiate in good faith.

Workers seek wage guarantees and formal union protections

The Teamsters are demanding a contract covering fair wages, workplace respect, and established union protections. The press conference is scheduled for 12 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 2.

Chicago – October 01, 2026 -- Ziegler, a specialty investment bank, has closed a $32,453,000 Series 2026 financing for Lourdes Senior Community, a single-site not-for-profit senior living provider in Waterford, Michigan.

Bond structure splits refunding and new construction debt

The financing comprises $14,453,000 in Series 2026A Refunding Revenue Bonds and $18,000,000 in Series 2026B Bank Draw Down Bonds. Proceeds will refinance Lourdes' outstanding Series 2019 Bonds and fund construction of a new 60-unit independent living building.

WesBanco takes direct placement with full interest-rate swap

The Series 2026 Bonds were structured as a tax-exempt direct placement with WesBanco, including a 100% swap. The deal carries a 10-year bank credit commitment period through September 1, 2026, with final maturity set for September 1, 2046. Ziegler served as both placement agent and swap advisor on the transaction.

New York – October 01, 2026 -- The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and America Makes have launched a searchable online database of additive manufacturing (AM) standards alongside a September 2026 Gaps Progress Report, giving manufacturers and regulators a clearer map of which safety and performance standards exist, which are in development, and where coverage is still missing.

Both tools originate from the Additive Manufacturing Standardization Collaborative (AMSC), a cross-sector body jointly led by ANSI and America Makes, as AM adoption expands into aerospace, medical devices, automotive, and defense applications where parts from different machines and manufacturers must perform consistently.

Redwood City, Calif. – October 01, 2026 -- Spacelift, an infrastructure orchestration company, has been named a finalist in SiliconANGLE's 2026 TechForward Awards in the AI-Driven Cloud Infrastructure category.

Spacelift applies policy-as-code controls to AI-assisted infrastructure changes

The company extends the same governance used in traditional infrastructure-as-code pipelines to AI-driven provisioning, including policy-as-code enforcement through Open Policy Agent, role-based access control, approval gates, drift detection, and a complete audit history of system changes and operators. The platform covers Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi, CloudFormation, Ansible and Kubernetes.

Metro Chicago – October 01, 2026 -- Calamos Investments has declared monthly distributions paid in October 2026 across seven of its closed-end funds, accompanied by mandatory source-of-distribution disclosures required under Section 19 of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Seven closed-end funds confirm October payouts under distribution plans

The affected funds trade on Nasdaq under tickers CHI, CHY, CSQ, CGO, CHW, CCD and CPZ. Calamos Global Total Return Fund, Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund, Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund, Calamos Convertible Opportunities and Income Fund, and Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund are reporting estimated distribution sources based on year-to-date cumulative experience, with the firm attributing these estimates equally across each regular distribution for the year.

Englewood, Colo. – October 01, 2026 -- WideOpenWest, Inc. (WOW!) has been named Cablefax's 2026 Top Ops Market Mover, recognizing a year in which the broadband provider expanded fiber passings by more than 50% across its expansion markets and over 20% across legacy markets.

WOW! extends network to nearly 50,000 additional homes and businesses

The company's network growth over the past year reached new premises across Central Florida, South Carolina and Michigan, adding fiber capacity to its footprint that already passes nearly two million residential, business and wholesale customers across 20 markets.

Gastonia, N.C. – October 01, 2026 -- Parkdale, Incorporated's subsidiary, Parkdale Advanced Materials, Inc., has acquired full ownership of CiCLO® technology, a patented biodegradable textile ingredient aimed at reducing microplastic fiber persistence in the environment.

Parkdale expands CiCLO beyond apparel into nonwovens, geotextiles and filtration

CiCLO technology has an established presence in apparel, home and hospitality textiles, sold through brands including Target, Walmart, Costco, Black Diamond, Stella McCartney, IHG Hotels, Billabong, Hanes and McDonald's. Parkdale now plans to push adoption into adjacent synthetic-fiber markets, including nonwovens for industrial and hygiene products, geotextiles, filtration, insulation and furnishings.

Concord, N.C. – October 01, 2026 -- Heintz Performance Inc. has acquired Woodward Machine Corporation, the exclusive steering supplier to the NASCAR Cup Series since 1995, in a deal brokered by Viking Mergers & Acquisitions.

Deal caps a 30-year supplier relationship between the two motorsports companies

Heintz Performance, a motorsports and performance retailer based in Concord, North Carolina, had worked with Woodward Machine for three decades before the acquisition. Jeff Edge, a senior advisor in Viking M&A's Charlotte office, represented the seller, Tony Woodward, in the transaction.