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London – September 20, 2026 -- oneworld has secured the title of 'World's Best Airline Alliance' at the 2026 Skytrax World Airline Awards, marking its fifth win in the industry's most closely watched customer satisfaction survey.

Skytrax survey draws millions of traveller responses to rank global airline performance

The award, presented in London on September 18, 2026, is based on a large-scale customer satisfaction survey that gathers ratings from millions of travellers on airlines and airports worldwide. oneworld's fifth win cements its position at the top of an award category widely referred to as the 'Oscars of the aviation industry.'

Delray Beach, Fla. – September 20, 2026 -- The global underfloor heating market will grow from USD 6.13 billion in 2026 to USD 9.26 billion by 2032, a 7.1% compound annual growth rate, according to MarketsandMarkets.

Building decarbonization mandates push operators toward low-temperature radiant systems

Building operators and homeowners are replacing convective radiators and forced-air heating with hydronic heat pump integrations, low-profile dry retrofit panels, and IoT-enabled multi-zone thermostats as thermal efficiency requirements tighten. Demand is expanding across zero-emission housing, smart home climate automation, commercial office retrofits, and healthcare facilities.

Fort Worth, Texas – – September 20, 2026 -- IWP Capital, LLC said it will vote FOR Proposal 6 at FedEx Corporation's (NYSE: FDX) annual meeting on September 28, 2026, pressing the board to disclose how it manages legal exposure tied to shipping mail-order abortion drugs.

IWP Capital co-filed the proposal with the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth

The measure, titled "Report on Risks Related to Distributing Abortion Drugs," appears in the Stockholder Proposals section of FedEx's 2026 proxy statement beginning on page 104. It is precatory, asking FedEx's board to issue a report within one year, at reasonable cost, detailing how it oversees legal, regulatory, and reputational risk linked to transporting drugs such as mifepristone. The proposal does not seek to halt shipments of any lawful product or mandate package inspections.

Milwaukee – September 20, 2026 -- The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) formally inaugurated Shekar N. Kurpad, MD, PhD, as its seventh President and Chief Executive Officer on September 17 at the Marcus Performing Arts Center in downtown Milwaukee, marking a leadership transition at the nation's third-largest private medical school.

Kurpad succeeds a 16-year CEO tenure at one of the country's top-performing academic medical centers

Dr. Kurpad, a neurosurgeon with more than two decades of service at MCW, takes over from John R. Raymond, Sr., MD, who led the institution as President and CEO for 16 years.

Cheyenne, Wyo. – September 20, 2026 -- Wuffes, the dog supplement brand that has served more than 1.3 million dog parents, has launched a Dental Powder range built on SuperYolkTM IgY Technology, a proprietary ingredient the company says is the first of its kind in the US canine dental supplement market.

Washington – September 20, 2026 -- More than half of U.S. women, 51%, report at least one negative healthcare experience in the past five years, compared with 39% of men, according to a new Gallup-Pivotal survey released Sept. 18, 2026.

The research, conducted by Gallup in partnership with Pivotal, the organization founded by Melinda French Gates, finds that 42% of women say their health has prevented them from doing everything they wanted to do in life over the past five years. Fifty-four percent report at least one health-related impact on family life or relationships, 42% on work or career, and 32% on community participation.

Knoxville, Tenn. – September 20, 2026 -- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville's Haslam College of Business rose four places to No. 15 among U.S. public business schools in the Bloomberg Businessweek Best Business Schools Rankings 2026-27. Nationally, Haslam climbed to No. 39, also up four spots from 2025.

Haslam's learning experience score jumps 38 places nationally

Among public institutions, Haslam ranked No. 4 for learning and networking, No. 6 for entrepreneurship and No. 17 for compensation. Nationally, the school placed No. 5 for learning experience, a 38-spot leap from 2025, and No. 10 for networking, up 11 places. Entrepreneurship rose to No. 17 nationally, a 15-spot gain, while compensation improved three spots to No. 43.

New York – September 20, 2026 -- Isla Porter LLC's Board of Managers has appointed co-founder and Chief Creative Officer Emily Arthur as Chief Executive Officer, effective August 18, 2026.

Arthur takes CEO title while retaining creative leadership role

Arthur will continue as Chief Creative Officer while assuming CEO duties, consolidating oversight of the custom cabinetry company's product design, manufacturing operations and business strategy under one executive.

Board cites Arthur's cross-functional command of sales, design and manufacturing

Independent board member Nancy Tsuei said the appointment recognizes what Arthur built the company around: making customizable cabinetry directly accessible to homeowners and designers without traditional industry friction. Tsuei said Arthur's grasp of sales, design, manufacturing and customer demand made her the clear choice to lead the company forward.

Las Vegas – – September 20, 2026 -- Allegiant Travel Company (NASDAQ: ALGT) has been named 2026's Best Low-Cost Airline in North America by Skytrax, marking the third consecutive year the carrier has won the title. The airline received the award during Skytrax's World Airline Awards ceremony in London, an event widely regarded as the industry's top honor for customer service.

Skytrax survey counted 24.8 million eligible entries from over 100 nationalities

The rating organization conducted the world's largest airline passenger satisfaction survey to determine the winners, running from September 2025 through August 2026. "We congratulate Allegiant on this fabulous achievement by winning this third successive award as North America's Best Low-Cost Airline," said Edward Plaisted, Chief Executive Officer of Skytrax, citing strong customer recognition of the airline's service standards.

Shanghai – September 20, 2026 -- Huawei unveiled a new immersive telepresence system at HUAWEI CONNECT 2026, targeting enterprise remote collaboration with upgraded audiovisual hardware and an expanded open developer ecosystem.

New CloudLink Camera 610 eliminates visual seams in panoramic conferencing

The HUAWEI CloudLink Camera 610 AI panoramic fusion camera uses a multimodal optical flow splicing algorithm to produce distortion-free, seamless digital panoramic imagery and 1:1 lifelike representations of meeting participants. The system pairs this with an omnidirectional independent stereo sound pickup unit featuring AI-based noise separation and a multi-channel stereo speaker array for high-fidelity playback with sound localization.