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ALBUQUERQUE – – September 17, 2026 -- Dr. David Jackson, DBA, MBA, drawing on more than 30 years of management experience and nearly five decades of martial arts practice, has published "The Martial Art of Management: The Accountability Advantage," a leadership guide aimed at building accountability-driven workplace cultures for executives and organizational leaders.

Book frames accountability as "disciplined freedom" rather than control or punishment

Jackson's central premise separates accountability from blame, positioning it instead as a system that grants employees autonomy while holding them responsible for decisions, actions and results.

Chicago – September 17, 2026 -- Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE: ELS) will send members of its executive management team to the Bank of America Securities 2026 Global Real Estate Conference, joining a roundtable discussion scheduled for Tuesday, September 15, 2026, at 1:30 PM Eastern Time.

Executives to field investor questions in live roundtable session

The session will be broadcast live, with a webcast link available through the Investor Relations section of the company's website. ELS did not disclose the specific topics management plans to address during the roundtable.

Salt Lake City – September 17, 2026 -- Health Catalyst, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCAT) has appointed Tami Reller to its board of directors, effective October 1, 2026, naming her audit chair and a member of the compensation committee.

Board move follows new CEO appointment at healthcare intelligence firm

Reller's appointment comes shortly after Health Catalyst named Simeon Kohl as Chief Executive Officer and President, effective September 14, 2026. The company positions itself as an AI-forward healthcare intelligence provider built on 18 years of operating history and $2.8 billion in documented outcomes for health systems.

Washington – September 17, 2026 -- The American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) submitted a formal comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) opposing proposed payment cuts in the calendar year 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, warning the changes could accelerate consolidation among independent orthopaedic practices.

AAOS demands CMS preserve current work RVUs for major joint procedures

The letter urges CMS to maintain calendar year 2026 work relative value units (RVUs) for total shoulder, total hip, and total knee arthroplasty services, along with shoulder hemiarthroplasty. AAOS argues that reducing these values would compound years of what it calls inadequate payment updates and rising practice costs.

Houston – September 17, 2026 -- Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE: HOS) said its subsidiary Helix Well Ops (U.K.) Limited has secured a multi-year decommissioning contract with a major North Sea operator, set to begin in the second quarter of 2027 with a firm two-year term and customer options to extend.

Contract covers riserless plug and abandonment work using purpose-built vessels

Hornbeck will perform the operations using either the Well Enhancer or Seawell, both riserless well intervention vessels. The award includes a fully integrated service package: vessel deployment, a Subsea Intervention Lubricator well access system, ROVs, saturation diving, and project management and engineering support delivered under a single contract.

Atlanta and Washington – September 17, 2026 -- Global cybersecurity exposure tied to artificial intelligence could reach as much as $3 trillion, according to Michael Gargiulo, CEO of VPN.com, a company specializing in cybersecurity and domain name brand protection.

Palo Alto Networks flagged $1 trillion in cybersecurity debt

On a recent earnings call, Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora said approximately $1 trillion in global cybersecurity infrastructure must be modernized to counter automated threats that operate instantaneously.

Herndon, Virginia – September 17, 2026 -- ReDEFY, a pure-play Salesforce consulting partner, has already built working Salesforce Environmental Health solutions for six large California counties ahead of the state's CERS NextGen deadline, without a signed contract in hand.

ReDEFY reverses the consulting sales cycle by delivering the product before the pitch

The firm's new campaign, "Built Before the Meeting," launches at Dreamforce 2026 in San Francisco, running September 15 to 17. Instead of discovery calls and slide decks, ReDEFY constructs a working Salesforce Industry Cloud solution for a prospect's specific problem before the first meeting occurs. The first public proof is live now at redefy.com, targeting California's 81 Certified Unified Program Agencies.

Shanghai – September 17, 2026 -- DFRobot opened preorders for seeMote Cap, a $229 mountable spatial tracking module for Apple Vision Pro developers, with first units shipping in late September 2026.

Device attaches to existing tools instead of requiring custom controllers

seeMote Cap mounts directly onto tools engineers already use, including screwdrivers, lab instruments, training devices, and teaching models. Its 6DoF tracking captures the position, orientation, and motion of the attached tool, letting developers map real-world movements into visionOS app logic while preserving the original grip and workflow.

Lakewood, Colo. – September 17, 2026 -- Uranium Royalty Corp. (NASDAQ: UROY) reported net income of $16.3 million for the three months ended July 31, 2026, a 1530% increase from $1.0 million a year earlier, as physical uranium sales funded its landmark Sweetwater acquisition.

UROY sells 593,255 pounds of U3O8 at $86.00 per pound, beating market average

The company generated $51.0 million in revenue from the sale, above the $85.45/lb average of UxC Historical Ux Daily Prices for the same period. Cost of sales totaled $34.1 million, or approximately $57.40/lb. Diluted earnings per share rose 900% to $0.10, compared with $0.01 in the prior-year quarter.

Rock Hill, N.Y. – September 17, 2026 -- An independent inventor has deployed a verified smart contract on the Base blockchain that binds AI agents to a written constitution, with every governance action timestamped and publicly auditable. On September 8, Jánelle Marina Méndez Viera executed three linked transactions in 35 minutes: deploying an enforcement contract called the Guardian, anchoring a sealed founding proceeding to it, and adopting a constitution whose cryptographic fingerprint is now permanently recorded on-chain.

Calgary – September 17, 2026 -- High Tide Inc. (Nasdaq: HITI; TSXV: HITI) reported record revenue of $198.8 million for its third fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2026, up 33% year-over-year and pushing the cannabis retailer toward an annualized run rate of approximately $800 million.

Revenue Growth Accelerates to Fastest Pace in 13 Quarters

Revenue climbed 11% sequentially, the strongest sequential gain in 15 quarters, marking the fifth consecutive quarter of all-time highs. Gross profit reached a record $52.7 million, up 32% year-over-year, while gross margin held steady at 27%.

Adjusted EBITDA Hits 12-Quarter High of $16.2 Million

Adjusted EBITDA rose 53% year-over-year and 17% sequentially to $16.2 million, lifting margin to 8.2%, the highest level in 12 quarters. Revenue grew 2.5 times faster than the Company's average basic share count year-over-year, while Adjusted EBITDA grew 3.9 times faster, according to the Company.

NEW YORK – September 17, 2026 -- Crude settled near $100 a barrel Friday after Iranian state media said Tehran would meet Gulf states in Oman to discuss the Strait of Hormuz, capping a second consecutive weekly gain despite the pullback. The International Energy Agency now forecasts global oil demand will fall by 2.5 million barrels a day in 2026, roughly 940,000 barrels a day deeper than its estimate a month earlier, while the U.S. Energy Information Administration raised its second-half 2026 Brent forecast by $8 to around $90 a barrel in its September 9 Short-Term Energy Outlook. OPEC cut its 2026 demand growth forecast for a fifth consecutive time.

Orlando, Fla. – September 17, 2026 -- The International Luxury Hotel Association (ILHA) has confirmed new sessions for INSPIRE 2026, its flagship luxury hospitality conference set for December 15-17 at the JW Marriott Bonnet Creek Resort & Spa in Orlando.

Executives from Nobu, Microsoft and Honeywell will address AI's actual return on investment

Rodney Linville, Global Head of Information Technology at Nobu Hospitality, will join Shane O'Flaherty, Global Director of Travel, Transportation and Hospitality at Microsoft, and Neha Jaitpal, Global General Manager of Honeywell's Hospitality Vertical, for a session titled "AI at Scale: Building the Business Case for Hospitality." The panel, moderated by ILHA President Barak Hirschowitz, will examine where AI deployments are delivering measurable returns versus where adoption has stalled, and what operators need to move projects from pilot programs to full-scale rollout across teams.

San Francisco – September 17, 2026 -- Lambda, Inc., the AI cloud infrastructure provider known as the Superintelligence Cloud, has signed the White House Ratepayer Protection Pledge, committing to shield local electricity consumers from costs tied to its data center buildout.

Lambda commits to paying for its own power consumption

Under the pledge, Lambda backs policies requiring data center developers to cover the electricity their facilities consume rather than shifting costs to residential ratepayers. The company said it supports expanding grid generation capacity and maintaining reliable electric service as AI infrastructure demand accelerates nationally.

Las Vegas -- IGT has appointed Adam Chibib as Chief Financial Officer effective November 1, 2026, subject to regulatory approvals, succeeding Fabio Celadon in a leadership transition tied to the gaming technology firm's push for stronger cash flow and operating discipline.

Chibib arrives with a track record of six successful exits across public and private equity-backed companies

Most recently CFO of Raptor Technologies, which Warburg Pincus acquired in January 2026 after the company's transformation under Thoma Bravo and JMI Equity ownership, Chibib brings more than three decades of financial and operational leadership. His earlier roles include financial leadership positions at Self Financial, NetSpend and several technology companies.

Washington – September 17, 2026 -- The Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) and PubKey DC will host the fourth annual Freedom Tech DC summit on Sept. 22-23 at the National Press Club and PubKey DC, expanding the invite-only event's scope beyond Bitcoin and stablecoins into AI, data center development, energy grid resilience and national security.

Summit rebrand signals broader policy mandate for Bitcoin Policy Institute

Formerly known as the Bitcoin Policy Summit, the event's expansion reflects BPI's growth as it takes on freedom technology policy issues, builds out its leadership team, and becomes a founding partner in the State Department's new Freedom Tech Excellence Program.

San Diego – September 17, 2026 -- Realty Income Corporation (NYSE: O) confirmed that Jonathan Pong, its Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will join a live roundtable at Bank of America's 2026 Global Real Estate Conference on September 15 at 11:05 a.m. EDT.

Pong to address investors at BofA's flagship real estate event

The session will be broadcast live via webcast through the Investor Resources section of Realty Income's website, with a replay available for approximately 30 days after the event concludes.

Murfreesboro – September 17, 2026 -- National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) has amassed approximately $608.7 million in combined investment opportunities as management prepares to meet investors at the BofA Securities 2026 Global Real Estate Conference on September 15.

NHI holds $272.0 million under signed letters of intent for new acquisitions

The senior housing REIT disclosed that it currently has roughly $272.0 million of investment opportunities under signed Letters of Intent, alongside an additional $51.7 million tied to real estate purchase options.

Company plans to deploy 1031 exchange proceeds from NHC portfolio sale

NHI expects to use proceeds from a Section 1031 exchange transaction initiated by its NHC portfolio sale to fund a significant portion of these committed opportunities. Completing the exchanges would defer recognition of a substantial share of the taxable gain generated by the NHC sale.

Toronto – September 17, 2026 -- Hemlo Mining Corp. (TSX: HMMC) (OTCQX: HMMCF) confirmed a temporary electrical outage on September 4, 2026, at an underground substation feeding the Alimak production area on the 9765 level of its flagship Hemlo Gold Mine in northwestern Ontario, with no injuries reported and all underground personnel safely evacuated.

A replacement substation ordered under a critical spare parts audit is due in December 2026 at an estimated cost of US$250,000

The company had pre-ordered the replacement unit before the failure occurred, a move that now shortens the repair timeline. In the interim, technical teams have installed a temporary electrical bypass that restores power to the affected zone at reduced capacity, allowing some mining to continue while development and exploration work remains constrained.

Palo Alto, Calif. – September 17, 2026 -- The Open Source Vision Foundation (OSVF) is building native OpenCV binaries for Windows on Snapdragon, working directly with Qualcomm Technologies to close a gap for computer vision developers targeting Snapdragon X Series-powered Windows devices.

OSVF targets native builds and automated testing infrastructure for Snapdragon

The project scope covers native OpenCV binaries built specifically for Windows on Snapdragon, automated build-and-test infrastructure designed to ensure quality at scale, targeted software optimizations for performance, and compatibility work to resolve existing dependency issues within the library.

Development will move from experimental native builds toward validated releases distributed through OpenCV's established open-source channels, with all improvements passing through the organization's existing review and testing processes.