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Vero Beach, Fla. – October 02, 2026 -- Watercrest Senior Living Group has appointed Wildi Fervil-Brown as Executive Director of Pelican Landing Assisted Living and Memory Care in Sebastian, Fla., a 63-unit assisted living and 26-unit memory care community.

Fervil-Brown brings cross-functional operational experience to the leadership post

Fervil-Brown entered the senior living industry in logistics, later moving into a Business Office Manager role overseeing financial operations, human resources and regulatory compliance. She holds master's degrees in health services administration and public health.

She advanced to Assistant Executive Director before serving as Executive Director of another senior living community, a trajectory that now places her at the helm of Pelican Landing's operations.

Espoo – October 02, 2026 -- Valmet Oyj has corrected the payment date for the second instalment of its 2025 dividend, confirming shareholders will receive EUR 0.67 per share on October 8, 2026, not October 7 as stated in a prior release.

Valmet fixes payment date error from September 29 announcement

The correction, issued via a stock exchange release on October 2, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. EEST, amends a release published on September 29, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. EEST. All other details in the original announcement remain unchanged, the company said.

Dividend record date set at October 1, 2026

The payout applies to shareholders registered in Valmet's shareholders' register held by Euroclear Finland Oy as of the October 1, 2026 record date.

San Francisco – October 02, 2026 -- Corgi Insurance has launched a new insurance program covering data centers across their entire lifecycle, from construction through operations, including coverage for GPU hardware powering AI workloads.

Program consolidates coverage previously spread across multiple carriers and policies

Corgi's program bundles builders' risk and delay-in-start-up coverage for construction phases with property, infrastructure, and business income coverage once facilities become operational. The infrastructure coverage spans power systems, cooling, and UPS equipment, protecting against losses when covered incidents take a facility offline.

New York – – September 30, 2026 -- S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) will release its third quarter 2026 financial results on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, via news release at approximately 7:15 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

Executives to host investor call at 8:30 a.m. EDT on October 27

President and CEO Martina Cheung, Chief Financial Officer Eric Aboaf, and Senior Vice President of Investor Relations and Treasurer Mark Grant will lead a conference call and webcast to discuss the quarterly results. The presentation is open to all interested parties and may include forward-looking statements. Presenters' slides and a supplemental deck will be posted to the company's investor relations website.

Taipei – – October 02, 2026 -- GIGABYTE will launch a 64GB unified memory version of its AI TOP ATOM desktop AI system on October 23, expanding its existing 128GB offering and giving enterprise teams a lower-entry option for on-premises AI development.

GIGABYTE adds a second memory tier to its NVIDIA DGX Spark-based desktop platform

The new configuration retains the hardware design of AI TOP ATOM, which is built on the NVIDIA DGX Spark platform, and targets developers, researchers, and enterprise teams that need to match memory capacity to specific model sizes and multitasking workloads. The 64GB and 128GB versions now form a two-tier product lineup covering use cases from early proof-of-concept testing to practical deployment.

Effingham, Ill. – October 02, 2026 -- Heartland Dental, the nation's largest dental support organization, has closed its affiliation with Foundation Dental Partners, adding 33 supported practices across Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina and Kentucky to its network.

Heartland Dental extends its Southeast footprint through the Foundation affiliation

The transaction brings Foundation Dental Partners' doctor-led practices under Heartland Dental's support umbrella, giving affiliated doctors access to Heartland Dental University's clinical and leadership development programs along with operations, marketing, technology, payor relations, human resources and procurement services.

Wilmington, Delaware – October 02, 2026 -- The Alfred I. duPont Charitable Trust, the State of Delaware, the State of Florida, and The Nemours Foundation have finalized a $950 million agreement spanning 11 years to fund children's health programs in Delaware, under a new entity called the Alfred I. duPont Charitable Fund for Delaware's Children.

New grantmaking fund will direct capital to nonprofit child-health programs statewide

The fund will operate as a separate grantmaking arm, financing nonprofit initiatives focused on children's health and well-being in Delaware. Grantmaking will extend beyond the $950 million, 11-year commitment, and will include at least $237.5 million earmarked specifically for Nemours' Delaware initiatives.

Starkville, Miss. – October 02, 2026 -- Southwire has broken ground on a $256 million expansion of its Starkville manufacturing plant, adding approximately 380,000 square feet and creating about 130 new jobs.

Southwire commits over $256 million to Mississippi facility growth

Company and community representatives gathered on October 1 to mark the start of construction on the project, which will expand the Starkville location's footprint by roughly 380,000 square feet. The investment reinforces Southwire's manufacturing presence in the region after years of operations at the site.

Kaohsiung City – October 02, 2026 -- Zettabyte Co., Ltd. has donated AI computing hardware and its zSUITE software platform to National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU) in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, giving faculty and students across the university's 10 colleges access to managed GPU compute clusters for teaching and research.

Donation agreement grants campus-wide access to cluster management tools

The two parties signed the donation agreement at the university, with zSUITE providing administrators a single view of compute allocation and system operation across departments. The platform is designed to let faculty, students and research teams focus on teaching and experiments rather than infrastructure maintenance.

Springfield, Mo. – October 02, 2026 -- Helitech Waterproofing & Foundation Repair has received its 10th Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Ethics, a milestone for the Springfield, Missouri-based specialty contractor.

Helitech secures 10th Torch Award after nearly 40 years in business

The BBB Torch Awards for Ethics recognize companies demonstrating integrity and ethical practices with customers, employees, vendors and communities. Helitech, operating since 1987, has built its service record on foundation repair, basement waterproofing, crawl space repair and concrete repair solutions for homeowners.