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NEW YORK – – September 16, 2026 -- Wealth Management crowned the winners of its 2026 Industry Awards before more than 600 executives at Cipriani 42nd Street, capping a program that drew a record 1,392 nominations from 508 unique companies.

Nominations climb nearly four-fold since program launch

The 2026 field represented a 15% jump from 1,210 nominations in 2025 and nearly four times the 350 submissions logged in the inaugural 2015 edition. Finalists numbered 315 unique companies competing across 107 categories, with almost 40% of entries recognizing entirely new initiatives.

Duluth, Ga. – September 16, 2026 -- CINC Systems has unveiled Community Intelligence, a platform-wide AI standard the company says has already helped clients save more than 36,000 hours and $1.13 million in labor costs year to date across invoice, budget and board packet workflows.

Client research shows 79% want one connected platform, 45% prioritize context-aware AI

The announcement, made at CINC Up 2026 in Chicago last week, follows CINC's 2026 client survey in which 79% of respondents said they want a single connected platform rather than fragmented tools. When asked what they want from AI specifically, 45% selected context-aware intelligence, ranking it above any other AI approach tested.

London – September 16, 2026 -- Nscale, a full-stack AI cloud platform, has appointed Fidji Simo, former CEO of AGI Deployment at OpenAI, to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.

Simo brings two decades of consumer-tech scaling experience to Nscale's board

Simo most recently led business and product teams at OpenAI responsible for delivering the company's research to end users, and continues to advise the firm. Before OpenAI, she served as CEO and Chair of Instacart, guiding the company to profitability and through its 2023 public listing. She previously spent a decade at Meta, where she headed the Facebook App overseeing News Feed, Video, Groups, Marketplace and Ads, and earlier led mobile advertising products. She began her career at eBay and currently sits on Shopify's board of directors.

Unnao, India -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) broke ground on September 9, 2026 on its first beverage can manufacturing facility in India, a plant designed to produce approximately 2.2 billion aluminum beverage cans annually once operational.

Two-line plant in Uttar Pradesh targets 2027 startup

The facility, located in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, was first announced in April 2026 and will feature two production lines. Operations are scheduled to commence in the second half of 2027, positioning Crown to serve both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage segments in the market.

Arlington, Mass. – – September 16, 2026 -- Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ELOX) has dosed the first two patients in the EXACT Study, a Phase 2b trial evaluating its investigational drug exaluren in patients with nonsense mutation Alport syndrome (NMAS), a rare kidney disease with no FDA-approved therapy targeting its genetic cause.

Trial targets 24 patients with a 16-week placebo-controlled start

The global, randomized, delayed-start Phase 2b trial will enroll 24 patients carrying nonsense mutations in the COL4A3, COL4A4, or COL4A5 genes. The initial 16-week placebo-controlled portion measures the drug's effect on structural podocyte changes via foot process effacement, assessed through kidney biopsies in non-U.S. pediatric patients and all adult participants.

Washington – September 16, 2026 -- Seventeen Volunteer Advocates from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) will meet with members of Congress from September 16-18 to push for sustained federal funding and pending legislation on suicide prevention, arriving weeks after Congress passed the Youth Poisoning Protection Act (H.R. 1442/S. 289), which now awaits presidential signature.

Advocates from 14 states demand $549.6 million for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

The delegation, sponsored for a second year by AFSP's Illinois chapter during National Suicide Prevention Month, is lobbying for robust funding of the 988 Lifeline at $549.6 million, a $38 million allocation for the CDC's Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program (CSP), and $2.548 billion for the National Institute of Mental Health.

Oklahoma City – September 16, 2026 -- Acarix AB announced that a peer-reviewed study published in PLOS Digital Health found its seismocardiography (SCG) technology can detect heart failure with diagnostic accuracy comparable to NT-proBNP, the current standard blood test, while producing significantly fewer false positives.

SCG algorithm matches blood test accuracy with far higher specificity

Researchers at Aalborg University Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital and Odense University Hospital enrolled 218 patients, including 198 referred by general practitioners for suspected heart failure and 20 with previously confirmed HFrEF. Using machine learning, the team built two SCG-based scores: an 'AnyHF-score' to flag heart failure of any type, and an 'HFrEF-score' targeting the more severe reduced-ejection-fraction form of the condition.

Clayton, Mo. and The Woodlands, Texas – – September 16, 2026 -- Olin Corporation (NYSE: OLN) and Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) confirmed that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act has expired, clearing a key regulatory hurdle for their planned merger of equals.

HSR clearance removes a major closing condition for the chemical sector merger

The expiration satisfies one of the primary conditions required to close the transaction, though the deal still awaits additional regulatory approvals that are currently underway.

Shareholders of both companies approved the deal on August 25, 2026

Investors from Olin and Huntsman overwhelmingly backed the merger of equals at their respective shareholder votes, clearing the corporate governance path toward completion.

Boisbriand, QC – September 16, 2026 -- Vision Marine Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: VMAR) has been invited to the Suntex Marinas National Conference in Texas, running September 22-25, 2026, following its role as Title Sponsor of the Lake Berryessa Electric Boat Festival in June 2026 at Suntex-owned Pleasure Cove Marina in Napa, California.

Vision Marine completed roughly 60 on-water demonstration rides across three electric vessels at Lake Berryessa

The two-day festival featured the STERK 31E, powered by dual E-Motion 180E propulsion systems, alongside the SPECTR 26 and the Fantail 217. The event drew consumers, marina operators, utilities, policymakers, charging infrastructure providers, vessel manufacturers and investors into a single marina setting for hands-on demonstrations.

New York – September 16, 2026 -- Scholarship America has distributed $193 million to 3,877 students through the Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund over the 25 years since the fund's creation in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks.

Fund draws support from more than 20,000 donors including Citi and Strada Education Foundation

Scholarship America helped establish the fund in the direct aftermath of the 2001 attacks and has administered it continuously since, targeting children who lost a parent or whose parent became permanently disabled as a result of the attacks and subsequent recovery efforts. More than 20,000 individuals, corporations, foundations, and organizations have contributed to the fund, with Citi and Strada Education Foundation named as longtime supporters.

Indianapolis – September 16, 2026 -- Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (NYSE: ELAN) will release its third quarter 2026 financial results on Friday, November 6, 2026.

Elanco schedules conference call for 8:00 a.m. ET on November 6

The company will host a conference call with investors and media at 8:00 a.m. eastern time on the day of the results, detailing quarterly performance. A live webcast link will be posted on Elanco's investor relations website, with a replay made available shortly after the call concludes.

New York – September 16, 2026 -- Qualcomm and Amazon unveiled a multi-generational product collaboration to build next-generation AI data center infrastructure, combining Amazon's cloud-scale compute with Qualcomm's power-efficient silicon design.

Qualcomm and Amazon target AI data center bottlenecks

The partnership addresses surging demand for compute, storage, networking and memory bandwidth as AI workloads scale exponentially, pairing Amazon's infrastructure with Qualcomm Technologies' system-level integration expertise.

Labcorp acquires MLM Medical Labs to expand clinical trial network

Labcorp's acquisition of MLM Medical Labs extends its central laboratory footprint, making it the only central lab provider with a wholly owned network spanning North America, Europe, Asia and Africa for biomarker and clinical trial services.

Bangkok – September 16, 2026 -- Gastech 2026 opens in Bangkok on September 14, convening 19 government ministers, global energy CEOs and technology leaders to address emerging markets that now drive more than 80% of global energy demand growth. Hosted by Thailand's Ministry of Energy and running through September 17, the event follows Gastech 2025's approximately $60 billion in commercial agreements and investments, setting a high bar for deal-making in this edition.

St Cyrus, Scotland – September 16, 2026 -- ECOSSE has moved into its public phase following a September 4 launch, shifting the project from pre-launch activity to live platform operations built around its $ECOS token and a separate whisky-focused real-world-asset (RWA) initiative.

Public phase follows September 4 launch and prior token sale activity

The $ECOS Token Sale was already live ahead of the official launch date. With the public phase now active, participants can track vesting schedules and claim allocations as scheduled portions become available.

$ECOS token underpins digital participation across the ECOSSE platform

ECOSSE says $ECOS supports eligible platform participation, select services, and marketplace functions where available, forming the utility layer of its digital ecosystem separate from any future physical-asset offering.

Winnipeg – September 16, 2026 -- Boyd Group Services Inc. (TSX: BYD) (NYSE: BGSI) has received Toronto Stock Exchange approval to repurchase up to 2,779,352 common shares, roughly 10.0% of its public float, under a new Normal Course Issuer Bid running from September 16, 2026 to September 15, 2027.

Boyd sets daily purchase cap at 27,837 shares under TSX volume rules

As of September 2, 2026, Boyd had 27,836,435 shares issued and outstanding, with 27,793,526 shares qualifying as public float under TSX calculation rules. The daily purchase limit of 27,837 shares represents 25% of the average daily trading volume over the six months preceding TSX acceptance of the bid, though block-purchase exemptions apply.

New York – September 16, 2026 -- FAZE Security has exited stealth mode with 50 enterprise customers, including several Fortune 500 firms, after posting roughly 20X annual recurring revenue growth in 18 months. The company, formerly known as CYTRIX, also disclosed $6 million in seed funding led by New Era Capital Partners, with participation from Lockstep VC.

FAZE targets the widening gap between vulnerability discovery and remediation capacity

Annual pentests become outdated the moment reports are delivered, while automated scanners flood security teams with thousands of unranked findings. Attackers now use AI to exploit these gaps within hours, creating a remediation backlog that outpaces human security teams.

New York – September 16, 2026 -- MatchPoint NYC co-founder Dmitry Druzhinsky is expanding the organization's training infrastructure, using the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games as a benchmark to evaluate a multi-year athlete development strategy.

MatchPoint NYC prioritizes multi-year athlete progression over short-term tournament results

The organization's strategy focuses on consistent preparation, progressive skill-building, and physical conditioning as athletes advance toward higher levels of competition. Rather than judging success through immediate tournament outcomes, the model tracks what athletes can achieve over several years.

Hannover – – September 16, 2026 -- FAW TRUCKS will display five vehicle models and nine in-house core assemblies at the 72nd IAA TRANSPORTATION, running September 14-20 at the Hannover Exhibition Grounds, marking the company's push to expand Chinese commercial vehicle exports into Europe.

New diesel tractors cut fuel consumption by 15% through in-house core assemblies

The stand at B10, Hall 24 will feature three CORTRON CS tractors covering diesel and battery-electric powertrains, alongside the flagship CORTRON CS600. The diesel long-haul models use a new generation of internally developed core assemblies to reduce fuel consumption by 15%, a figure aimed directly at fleet operators managing rising fuel costs across European long-haul routes.

Glasgow, Scotland – September 16, 2026 -- Invisors, a Workday services provider, has been named one of the UK's Best Workplaces in Consulting and Professional ServicesTM 2026 by Great Place to Work®, in the Small & Medium Organisation category, marking the firm's second inclusion in the category.

Employee survey shows 92% satisfaction rate versus 54% industry average

According to anonymous employee surveys, 92% of Invisors staff say the company is a great place to work, compared with 54% at a typical UK-based company. The Trust Index© survey administered by Great Place to Work® UK assessed work-life balance, job satisfaction, psychological safety, financial security and consistency of employee experience across departments and seniority levels.

Espoo – – September 16, 2026 -- Valmet Oyj will publish its Interim Review for January–September 2026 on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at approximately 9:00 a.m. Finnish time (EET), the Espoo-based process industry technology group announced.

Valmet sets October 28 release with 9:30 a.m. webcast

The stock exchange release and presentation materials will be posted on Valmet's investor relations website. A live English-language results webcast follows at 9:30 a.m. Finnish time, with a recording made available shortly afterward at the same web address.