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Miami – September 29, 2026 -- Jeeves, a stablecoin-native banking platform for global enterprises, has raised $110 million in equity funding and launched a proprietary stablecoin wallet with payouts to 190 countries.

Stablecoin volume surges from zero to $1.5 billion annualized in eight months

The Miami-based company's total platform volume across cards and payments has surpassed $5 billion annualized, tripling year-over-year, while revenue has grown 4x in 14 months. Stablecoin-settled activity, effectively nonexistent eight months ago, now accounts for $1.5 billion of that annualized volume, driven by enterprises moving money between markets where correspondent banking is slow or costly.

Columbia, Md. – September 29, 2026 -- The Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission has awarded more than $4.8 million through the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (MSCRF) in the first funding cycle of fiscal year 2027, backing 15 investigators across the state's regenerative medicine sector.

Applications for MSCRF funding continue to exceed available resources

Requested funding significantly outstripped the capital available for this cycle, according to the Commission, reflecting both the depth of Maryland's research base and a rising number of technologies advancing past early discovery into validation, clinical development and manufacturing—stages that require substantially more capital.

Beijing – September 29, 2026 -- ReTo Eco-Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: RETO) will cut its outstanding Class A share count from 145,814,975 to approximately 7,290,749 through a 20-to-1 reverse share consolidation, with post-combination trading starting October 2, 2026.

Board approves reverse split to lift share price above Nasdaq minimum

ReTo's board approved the combination to raise the market price per Class A share, a move the company states is intended to help it maintain its Nasdaq Capital Market listing. The shares will keep trading under the ticker "RETO" but will carry a new CUSIP number, G75271158.

No par value changes, no shareholder vote required

The par value of the Class A Shares remains unaffected by the consolidation. Because ReTo is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, the transaction does not require shareholder approval and will proceed automatically without any action from holders.

San Francisco – September 29, 2026 -- America's small businesses added 28,000 net new jobs in September on a seasonally adjusted basis, marking the eighth consecutive month of positive hiring, according to Gusto's Small Business Jobs and Pay Report.

September hiring accelerated from a downwardly revised August figure

The September gain improved on August's total, which was revised down to 18,500 net new jobs from an initial estimate of 29,500. July's figure was also revised lower, to 39,700 from 42,400. Despite the September uptick, hiring remained below the 12-month average of 34,000, with recent monthly totals of 38,000 in May, 36,000 in June and 39,700 in July.

Shreveport, La. – September 29, 2026 -- Praeses has secured a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract with Air Force Global Strike Command carrying an initial ceiling value of $79 million over a five-year term.

Single-award vehicle opens federal-wide access to Praeses technology

The contract, issued by the General Services Administration's Federal Acquisition Service Assisted Acquisition Services Innovation Office, is structured as a single-award vehicle. It gives AFGSC and eligible customers across the U.S. government a direct procurement path to Praeses' data fusion, management and AI-powered analytics products and services.

Calgary, AB – – September 29, 2026 -- Canadian oil sands production is projected to average a record 3.5 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2026, a 100,000 b/d increase of 3% over the prior year, according to S&P Global Energy's latest 10-year production outlook. Output is forecast to climb further to 3.9 million b/d by the early 2030s.

Production has grown almost every year since 2001, when output stood at just 300,000 b/d

The only exception was 2020, when COVID-19 disrupted demand. Most of the 2026 gains stem from optimization of existing facilities rather than new construction, S&P Global Energy said.

Minneapolis – September 29, 2026 -- Yardstik, a Minneapolis-based workforce trust platform, has appointed Nick Schneider, President and CEO of cybersecurity firm Arctic Wolf, to its board of directors, weeks after closing a $30 million Series B round led by Harbert Growth Partners.

Schneider brings two decades of cybersecurity scaling experience to Yardstik's board

Schneider has led Arctic Wolf since 2021, growing it into one of the largest privately held cybersecurity companies and a Forbes Cloud 100 and Fortune Cyber 60 honoree. Under his tenure, Arctic Wolf launched the Aurora Agentic SOC and was named a Leader in the 2026 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Managed Detection and Response Service for Midmarket. He previously ran North American sales at Code42 and held senior sales roles at Compellent Technologies through its IPO and acquisition by Dell.

Albany, N.Y. – September 29, 2026 -- Foss & Company has closed four historic rehabilitation investments in Buffalo, Albany, Fredonia and Kingston, New York, creating or preserving 156 affordable housing units by pairing state and federal Historic Tax Credits with New York State Homes and Community Renewal's (HCR) Small Building Participation Loan Program (PLP).

Four New York buildings convert to 156 affordable units via blended financing

The Eckhardt Building, a 1940s former department store in Buffalo's Broadway-Fillmore Historic District, is now complete with 28 apartments restricted to an average of 65% Area Median Income (AMI) and roughly 22,000 square feet of commercial space leased to a nonprofit child day care provider.

Dallas – September 29, 2026 -- The global rare earth magnets market is projected to grow from roughly $21.98 billion in 2025 to $30.01 billion by 2030, a 6.4% compound annual growth rate, according to ResearchAndMarkets.com, with electric vehicles, wind turbines, robotics and consumer electronics driving demand. Persistence Market Research puts the 2026 market at $15.8 billion, rising to $30.4 billion by 2033 at a 9.8% CAGR, and identifies North America as the fastest-growing region at 11.3% annually. Texas is emerging as the geographic center of that domestic build-out.

New York – September 29, 2026 -- 120/80 Health Group has logged its eighth consecutive year of record growth, fueled by new client wins and deepening relationships across healthcare and life sciences.

Top-10 biopharma and diagnostic firms sign on for AI-driven work

The firm added multiple category-leading clients in 2026 and began working with several top-10 global biopharmaceutical and diagnostic companies applying AI to drug, test and device development. The agency has shifted from brand-awareness communications for early-stage digital health startups to a strategic consultancy serving businesses from pre-Series A through publicly traded companies.