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Los Angeles – September 19, 2026 -- Anheuser-Busch [NYSE: BUD] is investing $21 million in its Los Angeles and Mira Loma, California facilities to expand production of Michelob ULTRA and Cutwater Spirits, the company announced.

Investment targets canning, bottling and rail capacity upgrades

The funding will upgrade canning and bottling operations, boost output of Cutwater, the top-selling spirits-based cocktail brand in the U.S., and Phorm Energy, and increase rail capacity to strengthen transportation and route-to-market logistics.

Miami – – September 19, 2026 -- Denarius Holding Group Inc., a Florida-headquartered, U.S.-incorporated energy holding company, disclosed on September 16 a long-term investment to develop the CEMA Oil Field in Anzoátegui State, Venezuela, formerly known as the Petrokariña Oil Field.

Denarius structures the deal through a Venezuelan production-sharing contract

The investment flows through Denarius's principal partnership in Minerosol Group C.A., which has executed a Hydrocarbons Production Participation Contract (CPPH) with state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA). The company clarified that this agreement covers the CEMA field in eastern Venezuela and is separate from an existing Petrokariña Joint Venture operating in the west of the country.

Vancouver, BC – September 17, 2026 -- Silver has run its sixth consecutive annual structural deficit, with spot prices assessed at $66.41 an ounce on August 31 after trading around $65 through mid-August. One layer beneath that price move, polymetallic deposits carrying zinc, lead and copper alongside silver are showing all-in sustaining costs that fall below zero once base metal by-product credits are subtracted, reshaping which projects get financed first.

Beijing – September 19, 2026 -- WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. (NASDAQ: WiMi) has developed a reinforcement learning-based framework to automate the design of quantum encoding circuits, aiming to cut the resource costs and inefficiencies that have limited quantum machine learning (QML) model performance.

WiMi replaces manual circuit design with automated search architecture

The new scheme uses reinforcement learning to generate task-specific encoding circuit architectures automatically, moving away from the heuristic, manually designed approaches that have dominated QML development. WiMi states the framework targets three persistent industry problems: poor task adaptability, low search efficiency, and insufficient handling of multiple design objectives simultaneously.

Quincy, Mass. – September 19, 2026 -- Granite Telecommunications has been named the No. 3 corporate philanthropist in Massachusetts on the Boston Business Journal's 2026 Top Charitable Contributors List, marking its 18th consecutive year on the ranking and its 10th straight year in the top three.

Granite's Charitable Spend Tops $60 Million Combined in 2025

The company contributed more than $30 million in cash and in-kind donations to Massachusetts-based charities in 2025 and over $30.2 million nationwide, according to the announcement. The BBJ list requires companies to report at least $100,000 in cash contributions to Massachusetts charities during the prior calendar year.

Nashville, Tenn. – September 19, 2026 -- Finch Claims Inc. has launched what it calls the property insurance industry's first full-claim intelligence platform, designed to connect scattered claim records and surface costs insurers may have omitted from estimates.

Finch found nearly $6 million in repair costs missing from carrier estimates

Analyzing 315,000 documents across more than 15,000 property claims, Finch identified an average difference of nearly 50% between carrier estimates and those prepared by public adjusters, representing over $6 million in repair costs left out of insurer calculations. Among claims where insurers made no payment in the first six months, final settlements came in 43% higher on average than the insurer's initial estimate.

Highland Hills, Ohio – September 19, 2026 -- AML RightSource has been named a winner of the 2026 Crypto & Digital Assets Growth Partner Award in the Licensing & Compliance category by industry research firm CobraSight, following an evaluation of more than 350 vendors.

CobraSight screened over 350 vendors before selecting AML RightSource for its digital asset compliance expertise

The award recognizes firms demonstrating specialized experience helping organizations operate within the digital asset ecosystem. CobraSight based its selection on specialization, industry expertise, client experience, and support for entities operating in regulated markets.

Pittsburgh – September 19, 2026 -- An independent inventor from McDonough, Georgia, has developed a wearable device called the AUXILIARY VEST, designed to replace the traditional mechanic's creeper used for repairs under vehicles and equipment.

Inventor targets discomfort of rolling under vehicles for repairs

The inventor said the goal was to create "a quick and easy way to roll under a vehicle or other item when making repairs" without the physical strain of positioning the body on a standard creeper. The device uses a low-profile design intended to improve mobility for users working beneath cars, trucks, equipment, or in tight spaces such as attics.

Pompano Beach, Fla. – – September 19, 2026 -- The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to a range of 3.75% to 4.00%, its first increase since 2023, defying President Trump's calls for lower rates.

Fed policymakers unanimously approve rate hike, signal more to come

The move came in response to inflation that picked up again last month. Fed officials also hinted at an additional rate increase before year-end.

Baby boomers control 42% of home purchases and 55% of home sales

Buyers aged 61 to 79 now represent the largest single demographic in both buying and selling activity nationwide. Because many boomers hold large or full equity in their current homes, they frequently pay cash for new purchases.

Tonopah, Nev. – September 19, 2026 -- A2Gold Corp. reported new reverse circulation drilling results at its McIntosh Target within the Eastside Gold-Silver Project, identifying a previously untested gold zone 370 metres southwest of the existing resource and extending known mineralization 86 metres to the southeast.

New drill hole intersects gold mineralization tied to untested magnetic anomaly

Hole ES-347 returned 0.23 g/t gold over 65.5 metres starting at 253.0 metres downhole, marking discovery of a new mineralized zone associated with a roughly 1.5-kilometre-long magnetic low anomaly that had not previously been drill-tested. The company said gold grades occur primarily along the margins of magnetic low anomalies, a pattern consistent with the geophysical signature of the existing McIntosh resource.