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Los Angeles – September 18, 2026 -- ZORO, an AI trading agent marketplace built for professional traders, will livestream a demo of its Pro App from FinCon 2026 in Palm Springs, marking the startup's first major public appearance ahead of a retail app launch this fall.

ZORO broadcasts its Pro App demo to a combined audience of more than 11 million followers.

The demo airs on ZORO's X account, @zorotrading, and its YouTube channel, ZORO Trading HQ, alongside trading educators and financial content creators. FinCon 2026 runs September 16 through 18 at the Palm Springs Convention Center, drawing thousands of financial content creators, advisors and fintech brands.

Boston – September 18, 2026 -- Hilton Boston Back Bay has launched an executive retreat package built around Real Tennis, an 800-year-old sport with fewer than 50 courts remaining worldwide, in partnership with the Tennis & Racquet Club of Boston.

Hotel pairs 15,000 sq ft conference center with rare royal sport access

The Sport of Kings Executive Retreat gives corporate meeting groups access to the Tennis & Racquet Club's historic clubhouse, located steps from Hilton Boston Back Bay's newly renovated 15,000-square-foot conference center and the Hynes Convention Center. Real Tennis, also called Royal Tennis, predates modern tennis and was once played by monarchs including Henry VIII.

North Bethesda, Md. – September 18, 2026 -- RacketPro (RPO) has been named the strategic coaching education provider for Life Time Pickleball (NYSE: LTH), giving coaches across the company's national club network access to RPO's Level 1–3 certification pathway.

Life Time operates more than 900 pickleball courts across 152 clubs nationwide

Over the past two years, Life Time has built one of the largest pickleball court networks in the United States, with over 900 permanent indoor and outdoor courts at 152 locations. The RPO partnership extends that infrastructure investment to coaching quality, standardizing training across all Life Time facilities offering pickleball.

Washington – September 18, 2026 -- The Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM) has formally recommended that artificial intelligence tools used in clinical laboratories remain subject to the same validation, quality-system, and monitoring requirements that govern traditional laboratory testing under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA). The recommendation was submitted in a comment letter responding to a federal request for information on potential updates to CLIA, the regulatory framework that has governed U.S. clinical laboratory testing since 1992.

Las Vegas – September 18, 2026 -- Former CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley will interview solar executive Jared Schoch on stage at RE+ 2026 in Las Vegas on November 17, marking a rare public appearance pairing a veteran broadcast journalist with a solar industry founder.

RE+ 2026 session pairs 60 Minutes journalist with solar founder to mark 20 years of industry change

The panel, titled "20 Years of Riding the Solar Coaster: The Past, Present and Future of an Industry in a Constant State of Change," will run at RE+ 2026, described as North America's largest clean energy event. Pelley spent nearly 25 years at 60 Minutes and received 51 Emmy Awards, four duPont-Columbia Awards and three George Foster Peabody Awards during a four-decade journalism career that included reporting from Ukraine, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.

San Antonio – September 18, 2026 -- PayrollOrg named Booz Allen Hamilton the recipient of its top 2026 Prism Award for Overall Payroll Best Practices, after the firm automated 98% of inbound and outbound payroll data and cut $700,000 in annual overpayment costs. The awards, presented during PayrollOrg's Payroll Leaders Conference in San Antonio, Texas, recognize measurable operational gains across payroll management, processes, and technology.

Booz Allen Hamilton cuts payroll cycle time by 40% after 17-month overhaul

The defense and consulting firm reduced its payroll processing cycle from five days to three days following a 17-month systems overhaul. A shift away from arrears-based pay structures reduced overpayments by more than 60%, generating $700,000 in annual savings.

New Smyrna Beach, Fla. – September 18, 2026 -- Florida gubernatorial candidate Frank J. Russo has called on Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg to personally commit $250 million and help raise an additional $1 billion from Florida billionaires to modernize the state's data center infrastructure.

The challenge expands Russo's Florida Data Center Community Responsibility Act, proposing a voluntary Florida Data Center Modernization Fund structured as a public trust independent of government control. Russo cited Zuckerberg's reported $170 million South Florida home purchase as justification for the ask, framing it as a matter of civic responsibility tied to residency.

Durham, N.C. – September 18, 2026 -- MSK ACCESS, the musculoskeletal care program powered by RevelAi Health, has been listed in the CMS ACCESS Participant Directory on Medicare.gov, opening enrollment to Medicare beneficiaries nationwide through MSKACCESS.com.

RevelAi Health has enrolled patients in the MSK track since July 2026

The program operates under CMS's Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) Model, a voluntary Innovation Center initiative that pays participating organizations for improving outcomes among Original Medicare beneficiaries. Its musculoskeletal track targets chronic joint, bone, muscle and low back pain lasting more than three months, delivering coordinated support over a twelve-month care period. Beneficiaries can join directly or via clinician referral.

Tulsa, Okla. – September 18, 2026 -- Cherokee Federal, the federal contracting division of Cherokee Nation Businesses, has named Tom Watson as president, effective Oct. 1, to lead a $1 billion-plus portfolio of tribally owned federal contracting companies employing more than 5,000 people.

Watson brings 30 years of federal contracting leadership to the role

Watson spent seven years at Serco, most recently as CEO of its $2 billion North American business, where he oversaw more than 10,000 employees serving defense and federal civilian customers. Before becoming CEO in 2022, he served as senior vice president of Serco's Defense Services business. He joined Serco in 2018 after 22 years at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), where he rose to senior vice president and general manager of SAIC's Navy and Marine Corps Business Unit, leading roughly 4,000 employees and more than $1 billion in annual revenue.

Calabasas, Calif. – September 18, 2026 -- Faye has launched a new integration connecting Intercom and Oracle NetSuite, allowing support, sales, and success teams to view a customer's financial history directly inside Intercom without switching platforms.

Integration eliminates the finance-data bottleneck for support reps

Support agents previously had to escalate billing or order questions to finance teams because that data lived outside Intercom. Faye's integration syncs contact, company, and financial records between NetSuite and Intercom automatically, reducing tool-switching and back-and-forth between departments.

Pittsburgh – September 18, 2026 -- An inventor from Brooklyn, N.Y., has developed a device called NURSES WEEKEND designed to reduce injury risk when repositioning patients in hospital and care beds, according to InventHelp, which submitted the design and is now seeking a manufacturing or marketing partner.

Device targets injury risk in routine patient care tasks

The invention provides a mechanism to move patients in bed for tasks such as changing linens, performing hygiene care, and preventing pressure sores. Its adjustable design is intended to reduce physical strain on medical professionals and caregivers while improving patient comfort and safety.

Pittsburgh – September 18, 2026 -- PhaseWell Research has acquired Community Clinical Research (CCR), an Austin, Texas-based inpatient-capable CNS clinical trial site, in a deal advised exclusively by The Braff Group. The transaction gives PhaseWell, a Shore Capital Partners portfolio company headquartered in Nashville, its first inpatient neuropsychiatric research capability.

CCR brings a 20-bed psychiatric research unit staffed around the clock

The site operates a purpose-built, 24/7-staffed, 20-bed psychiatric research unit designed for complex central nervous system (CNS) studies requiring intensive patient monitoring. CCR's clinical team is led by Dr. Brown, with Dr. Samuel Collier serving as Principal Investigator, alongside Sub-Investigator Reid Luedecke, PMHNP-BC, and Mark Embry.

Houston – September 18, 2026 -- Vortex Companies has acquired CLH & Son, Inc., an Auburn, Maine-based infrastructure contractor, expanding its self-performed rehabilitation capabilities across the Northeast United States.

CLH brings four decades of sliplining and drainage expertise to Vortex's regional platform

Founded in 1979 by Calvin Hunter and now led by CEO Travis Stearns, CLH specializes in sliplining, concrete rehabilitation, excavation and drainage improvements. The contractor has built its client base among municipalities, state departments of transportation, utilities and other contractors throughout New England, focusing on aging storm and sewer systems.

Gary, Ind. – September 18, 2026 -- Indiana American Water has opened a $2.2 million training center in Gary, bringing the company's total infrastructure and workforce investment in the city to nearly $38 million.

New facility trains workers in real-world water infrastructure scenarios

The training center, located at 650 Madison Street near Borman Park, is designed as an outdoor "mini-city" where employees practice excavation and shoring, utility locating, traffic control, water main tapping, service line work, confined-space procedures, meter installation, and hydrant and water main repair before performing the work in live communities.

Amsterdam – September 18, 2026 -- OCI N.V. (Euronext: OCI) has published its formal Position Statement in response to a cash takeover offer from NNS Holding (Cyprus) Limited for all issued and outstanding shares in the company, as required under Section 18 of the Dutch Decree on public takeover bids.

NNS formally launched its cash offer on September 14, 2026

NNS announced the launch of the Offer via publication of its offer memorandum, prompting OCI to issue its required Position Statement the following day, September 15, 2026, under Section 18 paragraph 3 of the Besluit openbare biedingen Wft.

Mexico City – September 18, 2026 -- Ferrovalle, operator of one of Mexico's largest inland rail freight hubs, has selected INFORM's Syncrotess Optimization Plus software to power a Smart Yard automation initiative at its Mexico City terminal, with go-live targeted for June 2027. Ferrovalle's intermodal division handled around 550,000 TEUs in 2025, ranking it among Latin America's largest inland intermodal operations. The contract was signed in early September 2026.

Vancouver, BC – September 18, 2026 -- Purecore Metals Inc. (CSE: PURE) (FSE: J8Y) (OTCQB: PPURF) has commenced a comprehensive data compilation and technical review program at the Yurchison Uranium Property in the Athabasca Basin, northern Saskatchewan, a 35,029-hectare asset located approximately 75 kilometres south of Cameco Corporation's Rabbit Lake operation.

Purecore holds an option to earn up to 100% of the Skyharbour-optioned property

The Company holds an option to earn up to a 100% interest in Yurchison under a definitive agreement with Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSXV: SYH). The property comprises 22 claims and sits within the Wollaston Domain, underlain by Wollaston Supergroup metasedimentary gneisses adjacent to Archean granitic gneisses.

Pittsburgh – – September 18, 2026 -- A Staten Island, N.Y. inventor has filed a patent application for applecapz, a modified baseball cap designed to hold a smartphone hands-free for filming and streaming, according to InventHelp, the Pittsburgh-based invention-submission firm handling the design.

Design targets hands-free video capture for consumers and outdoor users

The cap integrates a phone-mount feature that lets wearers record or stream video without holding a device, InventHelp said. The company positions the product for cell phone owners, hikers, walkers and drivers seeking convenience during outdoor or mobile activities.

Prototype and technical drawings are available for manufacturer review

InventHelp confirmed a prototype model and technical drawings exist and can be requested by interested parties. The original submission was processed through InventHelp's Manhattan sales office before advancing to patent-pending status.

White Plains, N.Y. – September 18, 2026 -- Wings Air Helicopters has been selected to operate VIP helicopter transportation connecting Resorts World New York City at JFK and Resorts World Catskills, cutting a multi-hour ground trip to a 45-minute flight.

Seasonal service extended after summer launch

The program began as a seasonal summer offering and has since been extended, according to the companies. Wings Air Helicopters, an FAA-certified air carrier with nearly 25 years of operating history, runs the chartered flights from strategically located heliports in the New York area using its Airbus AS350 and AS355 helicopter fleet.

San Diego – September 18, 2026 -- Hospitality consultant Robert A. Rauch, CHA, has released "The Hotel Guru's Journey: A Guide to Excellence in the Hotel Industry," a 20-chapter operational guide drawn from more than 50 years in hotel management and over $1 billion in developed and managed hotel assets.

Rauch's career spans dishwasher to developer across major brands

Rauch began his career as a banquet dishwasher in 1974 and progressed through roles as server, restaurant manager, sales manager, food and beverage director, general manager, owner, developer, and consultant. He served as founding chairman of R.A. Rauch & Associates and RAR Hospitality, managing hotel assets under Hilton, Marriott, and Choice Hotels, as well as independent boutique properties.