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Tempe, Arizona – September 19, 2026 -- Lawrence Semiconductor Research Laboratory has appointed Don Garrison, a 25-year semiconductor manufacturing veteran, to lead operations as the company moves to scale capacity at its Tempe, Arizona epitaxy foundry.

Garrison joins from Littelfuse, where he ran manufacturing across eight global sites

Garrison most recently served as Vice President of Global Operations for the Semiconductor Business Unit at Littelfuse, directing manufacturing, engineering and supply chain across eight fabrication, assembly and test sites and an organization exceeding 2,500 employees. He previously held the Director of Fab Operations role at NXP Semiconductors in Chandler, Arizona, led manufacturing excellence initiatives during a high-growth factory startup at GlobalFoundries, and spent more than a decade at Intel Corporation in technical and manufacturing positions.

Dubai – September 19, 2026 -- Crypto derivatives trading is undergoing a structural shift toward options, with notional open interest in options rising from roughly 25% to nearly 50% of the crypto-native Bitcoin derivatives market, according to a new report from digital assets data provider Glassnode, produced in partnership with Bybit.

Options gain share across four of five market regimes since 2019

The State of Crypto Derivatives report found options growth was fastest during the prolonged bear market, indicating the trend is not simply a function of rising prices or speculative activity. Dated futures volume has fallen roughly 97% below 2021 levels, while options volume now runs more than three times higher than it did in 2021, as leverage moved into perpetual contracts and risk pricing moved into options.

Petaluma, Calif. – September 19, 2026 -- American Ratings Corporation is expanding its Diamond Certified Resource rating system into Colorado, targeting roofing contractors in Denver, Arapahoe, Boulder and Jefferson Counties as the initial trade category for the new market.

Colorado roofers face a September 23 application deadline for early market entry

Roofing companies in the four Colorado counties can apply for Diamond Certified status until September 23, with a limited number of "Founder" positions available per county on a first-applied basis. Founders receive five years of free top placement, a locked-in rate, and a money-back guarantee tied to the certification.

Fort Wayne, Ind. – September 19, 2026 -- Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ/GS: STLD) guided third-quarter 2026 earnings to a range of $5.34 to $5.38 per diluted share, nearly double the $2.74 per diluted share reported in the prior-year third quarter and up from $3.69 per diluted share in the sequential second quarter.

Steel margins widen as shipments hit record levels

Profitability from steel operations is expected to rise significantly from the second quarter, driven by metal margin expansion and record shipments. The company cited higher average realized steel selling values combined with lower scrap costs, alongside strong customer order activity and persistently low customer inventories. Demand remains solid across non-residential construction, energy, automotive, and industrial end markets.

Amsterdam – September 19, 2026 -- ABOSS, the Amsterdam-based operating system for live music, said roughly $1 billion in deal value is moving through its platform this year, while artist-owned records account for just 4% of that volume.

Booking agencies still run deals through email and spreadsheets, ABOSS founder says

"After all those years, deals are still made on relationships, and they're still being executed in chaos," said Arvid Silos, founder of ABOSS. "If your data lives in inboxes and spreadsheets, you're leaving margins on the table."

ABOSS has spent a decade building infrastructure to connect booking agencies, artists, managers and crews on a single structured record, covering contracts, financial tracking, planning and pre-production.

San Francisco – – September 19, 2026 -- Arcjet has launched agent runtime security, a new product designed to give engineering and security teams visibility and control over AI agents operating inside production systems. The platform targets agents that read and write to databases, process refunds, call APIs, and take autonomous actions across multiple systems on behalf of users.

Arcjet builds its product around three functions: observe, enforce, and audit

The observe layer lets teams ingest agent activity without changing application code, using existing OpenTelemetry tooling or, for Claude users, the Claude Compliance API. Arcjet connects actions across sessions into a single workflow view, capturing prompts, tool call parameters, session metadata, identity, and security decisions, and maintains an inventory of agents and applications running in a given environment.

St. Paul – September 19, 2026 -- Rasmussen University, part of American Public University System, will confer credentials on nearly 6,200 graduates during its 2026 Minnesota Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 19, at Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul, marking the institution's third and final commencement of the year.

Graduates span 32 states and eight academic disciplines

Attendees registered for the in-person ceremony represent 32 states and Washington, D.C., underscoring the university's national student base despite operating 20 physical campuses. The Class of 2025-2026 completed programs across nursing, health sciences, business, education, human services, justice studies, design and technology. Nearly 20% of graduates are earning a second or additional degree from Rasmussen, pointing to sustained demand for repeat credentialing among working adults.

Englewood, Colo. – September 19, 2026 -- Mission Telecom has become an approved vendor on The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS), eliminating the need for schools, libraries, higher education institutions, and nonprofits to run separate bidding processes before purchasing its wireless broadband services.

Formal bidding requirements can delay school and library connectivity by months

Public sector entities are typically required to complete a multi-step competitive bidding process before procuring new telecom services, a requirement that strains districts with limited administrative staff and can take months to complete. Mission Telecom's addition to the TIPS vendor list means it has already cleared this vetting process, giving institutions direct purchasing access without initiating their own bid.

Charlotte – September 19, 2026 -- Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) forecast third-quarter 2026 earnings of $5.55 to $5.65 per diluted share, more than doubling the $2.63 per share it posted in the same period of 2025.

The guidance, covering the quarter ending October 3, 2026, compares against second-quarter 2026 net earnings of $5.04 per diluted share and adjusted net earnings of $4.84 per diluted share once a one-time gain is stripped out.

Findlay, Ohio – September 19, 2026 -- Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: MPC) will report its third-quarter 2026 financial results via a conference call on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, at 11 a.m. EST.

Marathon Petroleum sets November 3 call to detail Q3 2026 earnings

The Findlay, Ohio-based company will host the call for investors and analysts, with access available through MPC's corporate website. A replay of the webcast will remain available for one month following the event.