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Miami – September 30, 2026 -- OutRival, creator of AI-powered Digital Workers, has appointed Shaun Sjolin as Chief Customer Officer to oversee customer relationships from onboarding through the full customer lifecycle.

Sjolin brings enterprise contact center expertise from NICE to OutRival's growth strategy

Sjolin joins from NICE, a global contact center software provider, where he served as Vice President of Customer Success managing large enterprise accounts across travel, hospitality, retail, healthcare, insurance, utilities, and infrastructure sectors. His prior roles include leading enterprise customer journeys at SAP, IBM, and Aon Hewitt.

Waterloo, ON – September 30, 2026 -- Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX; TSX: OTEX) will accept the full $300 million aggregate maximum tender amount of its outstanding 3.875% Senior Notes due 2028, applying a proration factor of 43.047752% to validly tendered bonds after the offer expired at 5:00 p.m. New York time on September 30, 2026.

OpenText confirms full subscription of its $300 million tender cap on 2028 notes

The Tender Offer Consideration was set by reference to a fixed spread over the yield to maturity of a benchmark U.S. Treasury Security, with the reference yield calculated by dealer managers at 3:00 p.m. New York time on the expiration date. Payments will include accrued and unpaid interest from the last interest payment date through, but not including, the settlement date. Settlement for bonds accepted is expected to occur on October 2, 2026, two business days after expiration.

NEW YORK – September 30, 2026 -- Paramount Skydance Corporation (NASDAQ: PSKY) and Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBD) confirmed their merger is expected to close October 6, 2026, finalizing one of the largest media consolidations in recent years.

WBD shareholders to receive $31.01666668 per share at anticipated closing

Under the Merger Agreement dated February 27, 2026, each outstanding share of WBD common stock will convert into a cash right of $31.00 plus a daily accrual of $0.00277778 for each calendar day elapsed after September 30, 2026 through the closing date. If the deal closes on the anticipated date of October 6, 2026, the per-share payout totals $31.01666668.

Brisbane – September 30, 2026 -- Datamine has launched Expenditure Watch 2.0, a redesigned web-based platform that gives mining and exploration companies centralized visibility into expenditure compliance across tenement portfolios.

Platform moves beyond single-jurisdiction desktop tool to support multiple regulatory environments

Originally built to address expenditure reporting requirements in Western Australia, Expenditure Watch 2.0 has been rearchitected as a web-based system capable of supporting different jurisdictions and operating environments. The new release adds multi-user access, centralized data management and portfolio-wide visibility of expenditure commitments for companies managing mineral title obligations across multiple sites.

Los Angeles – September 30, 2026 -- USC has dedicated a new Korean Air Convergence Plaza at the center of its University Park Campus engineering corridor, formalizing a partnership tied to Korean Air Chairman and CEO Walter Cho, an alumnus of USC's MBA Class of 2006.

USC names outdoor collaboration hub after Korean Air at campus dedication event

USC President Beong-Soo Kim and Walter Cho, who also serves as Chairman of Hanjin Group, led Tuesday's ceremony alongside USC Trustees and guests. The plaza sits at the junction of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and the USC Mark and Mary Stevens School for Computing and Artificial Intelligence, bordered by three academic buildings: the Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Human-Centered Computation Hall, the Ray R. Irani Hall for Molecular and Computational Biology, and the Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience.

San Antonio – September 30, 2026 -- Frost & Sullivan has launched a Top Performers program to independently evaluate and spotlight high-performing college programs at U.S. institutions that often lack regional visibility beyond a 10-mile radius of campus.

Program targets program-level ROI rather than institutional rankings

The research analyzes academic programs based on graduate earnings, licensure outcomes, peer context, and career market indicators rather than evaluating entire institutions. Frost & Sullivan says most students attend college within 50 miles of home and compare a small number of nearby options primarily based on economic outcomes, a decision factor the company argues national rankings fail to address.

Amsterdam – – September 30, 2026 -- Ferrovial has reached commercial close with the Tennessee Department of Transportation for the I-24 Southeast Choice Lanes, marking the state's largest single capital investment and its first public-private partnership.

DriveTN consortium secures 50-year concession for Nashville corridor

The Ferrovial-led DriveTN consortium, which also includes Transurban and Tikehau Star Infra, will finance, design, build, operate and maintain the new lanes under a 50-year concession beginning once the roadway opens to traffic. TDOT selected the consortium for the project in August 2026.

Pune, India – – September 30, 2026 -- The global battery electrolyte market is projected to grow from $12.22 billion in 2025 to $50.98 billion by 2034, expanding at a compound annual growth rate of 17.2%, according to a new analysis by Maximize Market Research.

EV battery deployment jumped nearly 30% in 2025

Global EV battery deployment reached 1.2 TWh in 2025, up almost 30% from 2024, with electric vehicles accounting for more than 70% of total battery deployment worldwide. The surge is driving higher consumption of liquid electrolytes, lithium salts, solvents and additives across passenger vehicles, electric two-wheelers and commercial EVs.

Pune, India – – September 30, 2026 -- The global dimethyl carbonate (DMC) market was valued at $1.18 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach $2.15 billion by 2034, expanding at a compound annual growth rate of 6.9% from 2026, according to a new analysis by Maximize Market Research.

Battery electrolyte demand for DMC outpaces the broader chemical market

The battery electrolyte application segment is forecast to grow at an 8.32% CAGR through 2031, faster than the overall DMC market. Global electric car sales exceeded 17 million units in 2024, while EV battery demand surpassed 950 GWh, up more than 25% from 2023. DMC is blended with other carbonate solvents in lithium-ion electrolyte formulations, and battery manufacturers increasingly require purity levels above 99.9%, tightening specifications on moisture control, impurity management and batch consistency.

Los Angeles – September 30, 2026 -- Langar Investment Management, LLC will liquidate and close the Langar Global HealthTech ETF (Ticker: LGHT), a series of the Spinnaker ETF Series, after the Trust's Board of Trustees approved a Plan of Liquidation and Termination.

Board cites asset size and demand outlook in liquidation decision

The Adviser recommended the closure after evaluating the Fund's current asset size, historical growth, and ongoing outlook for investor demand, concluding that liquidation serves the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders.

Creation units halt October 28, trading ends October 30

Effective post-close on October 28, 2026, the Fund will stop accepting orders for new creation units from Authorized Participants. October 30, 2026 marks the final day of public trading on the Cboe BZX Exchange, with shares halted prior to market open on November 2, 2026 and subsequently de-listed.