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Winnemucca, Nev. – September 21, 2026 -- Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: HYMC) is finalizing technical assessments for underground development at its high-grade Brimstone and Vortex systems while evaluating a restart of heap leach operations at its Nevada mine. The Company paired the update with a rebranded corporate identity and redesigned website as it evaluates multiple pathways to unlock shareholder value in the second half of 2026.

Austin, Texas – September 21, 2026 -- 360training.com, Inc. has acquired select assets from Atlantic Training, adding 305 workplace safety, OSHA, HR compliance and soft-skills courses to its commercial training portfolio.

Deal adds two decades of workforce compliance expertise

Atlantic Training, founded in 2005, has served more than 10,000 clients and delivered over 5 million courses to organizations ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies. The acquired assets include the company's course catalog across dozens of industries and its WAVE EHS management software.

Denver – September 21, 2026 -- EverPeak Insurance has launched a direct-to-customer workers' compensation insurance offering in Georgia, with policies starting at $18 a month and instant certificates of insurance issued upon purchase.

Georgia marks EverPeak's first state expansion of its direct digital insurance model

The move extends a channel built on EverPeak's Colorado-based partnership with Pinnacol Assurance, bringing an online quote-and-purchase process to Georgia small businesses without phone calls or paperwork delays. EverPeak said it plans to launch the direct channel in additional states.

Franklin Lakes, N.J. – September 21, 2026 -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), listed on the NYSE under BDX, has appointed Arthur (Art) Hu as executive vice president and chief information and digital officer, effective September 30.

Hu Joins BD From Lenovo's Solutions and Services Group

Hu departs Lenovo Group, where he served as senior vice president, global chief information officer and chief technology and delivery officer for the Solutions and Services Group. He brings more than 25 years of experience in global technology, digital and business transformation. Prior to Lenovo, Hu spent over a decade at McKinsey & Company advising organizations on technology, operations and strategy.

Appointment Follows Retirement of Longtime BD Technology Chief

Hu succeeds Denise Russell Fleming, who will retire from BD at the end of 2026.

Atlanta – September 21, 2026 -- Corgi, an AI-native insurance carrier, has appointed Stuart Wilkinson as its new Vice President of State Government Affairs, bringing more than 15 years of legislative and regulatory experience to the company as it expands its insurance platform across multiple U.S. states.

Wilkinson joins from PrizePicks, where he led government affairs during a period of rapid company growth

Before that role, Wilkinson served as Deputy Director of External Affairs in the Office of Georgia Governor Brian P. Kemp and as Deputy Director of Transition for the Georgians First Committee. He also worked as a Vice President at McGuireWoods Consulting, representing corporate and nonprofit clients on legislative and regulatory matters.

Atlanta – September 21, 2026 -- Georgia Power and Google have filed a new agreement with the Georgia Public Service Commission that ties Google's subscription to nuclear capacity uprates at Plants Hatch and Vogtle, a move projected to deliver approximately $900 million in customer benefits over the life of the units.

Google subscription funds 96 megawatts of new nuclear capacity

The filings, submitted under Docket 44280 and Docket 56002, detail how Google's support for extended power uprates (EPUs) at Georgia Power's owned nuclear units will add roughly 96 megawatts of capacity to the state grid. The agreement requires PSC approval and introduces a new Nuclear Uprate (NU-1) tariff structure.

Gloucester, Va. – September 21, 2026 -- Flexent, a national provider of invoice factoring and asset-based lending, grew total client funding by more than $14 million in the second quarter, backing businesses in transportation and logistics, precision manufacturing, IT consulting, healthcare transportation, and wholesale distribution.

New client deals ranged from $200,000 to $1.5 million across five sectors

A transportation and logistics company specializing in interstate freight hauling received $1.5 million to expand its fleet and cover operating capital as it adds routes and customers. A precision manufacturer serving embedded computing, aerospace, automotive, biotechnology, and medical markets received $750,000 to raise production capacity in machining, sheet metal fabrication, and engineered metal components.

Goshen, Indiana – September 21, 2026 -- Keystone RV Company recorded its strongest retail sales performance at America's Largest RV Show in Hershey, Pennsylvania since before the pandemic, driven by coordinated preparation between the manufacturer and its dealer network.

Keystone breaks multiple fifth-wheel sales records at Hershey show

The Goshen, Indiana-based manufacturer, part of THOR Industries (NYSE: THO), said it set several fifth-wheel sales records at the event, a result company President Troy James attributed to strong product-market fit and high-level dealer execution.

Pittsburgh – September 21, 2026 -- Allegheny Health Network (AHN) will pay up to $110,000 toward student loans for nurse anesthesia students who commit to joining the health system as Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs), under a new national recruitment program launched in partnership with Boston-based fintech Clasp.

AHN structures payments across three years to lock in early-career commitments

Under the program, AHN will pay up to $20,000 toward eligible loans after 12 months of full-time employment, up to $30,000 after 24 months, and up to $60,000 after 36 months, with payments made directly to loan servicers through the Clasp platform. Employees retain every dollar contributed toward principal, with no claw-back provisions if they leave after milestones are met.

New York – September 21, 2026 -- NYU Langone Health's Perlmutter Cancer Center has appointed Rutika Mehta, MD, MPH, as director of upper GI medical oncology, expanding its clinical and research programs for esophageal and stomach cancers.

Mehta brings a clinical trials portfolio built at two prior academic centers

Mehta joins from Weill Cornell Medicine, where she established an Upper GI Working Group to advance clinical and research collaboration. She previously helped build the Upper GI Malignancies Program at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, developing a clinical trials portfolio that gave patients access to new treatment options.