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STOCKHOLM -- September 01, 2026 -- Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson repurchased 2,150,000 Class B shares for SEK 208,051,855 during the week of August 24-28, 2026, according to a filing released August 31. Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE executed the trades on Nasdaq Stockholm on Ericsson's behalf. The purchases form part of a buyback program of up to SEK 15,000,000,000 that Ericsson launched on April 16, 2026, running through March 31, 2027.

TULSA, OKLA. -- August 29, 2026 -- ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE: OKE) signed a definitive agreement on Aug. 30, 2026, to acquire Brazos Midstream's Permian Midland Basin natural gas gathering and processing assets for $4.425 billion in cash.

TULSA, Okla. -- August 29, 2026 -- ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE: OKE) commenced cash tender offers on Aug. 30, 2026, to buy back up to $2 billion in aggregate purchase price of outstanding senior notes across 20 series, the company said.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- August 27, 2026 -- Midwest Fiber Networks (MWFN) and Midwest Fiberpath, LLC, along with partner Hawkeye Land Co., announced an agreement on Aug. 27, 2026, to develop and commercialize approximately 1,200 miles of fiber corridors connecting Chicago, Omaha, Minneapolis and Kansas City. MWFN will serve as the key provider for connectivity services along Hawkeye's right-of-way corridor. Construction is scheduled to begin in Spring 2027, with engineering and materials procurement already underway and shipments due before the end of 2026.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- August 28, 2026 -- Redwood Software was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Service Orchestration and Automation Platforms, marking the company's third consecutive year in that position, Redwood announced Aug. 28, 2026. The Vienna, Virginia-based vendor also ranked No. 1 in four of five use cases in Gartner's Critical Capabilities for Service Orchestration and Automation Platforms report, tying for first place in the fifth. Redwood paired the recognition with the release of RunMyJobs version 2026.3, which makes its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server and native AWS integration generally available.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- August 28, 2026 -- GeeLark on Aug. 27 removed the paywall separating free users from its AI content generation suite, giving every account access to tools previously reserved for paid subscribers. The Singapore-based cloud phone platform simultaneously added Seedance 2.5 and Kling 3.0 to a model lineup that already included Veo 3.1 and Hailuo 2.3. Social media management teams running multiple accounts can now generate, edit, and publish content inside the same login they use for cloud phones and campaign automation.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- August 28, 2026 -- SuperX AI Technology Limited (NASDAQ: SUPX) said its subsidiary SuperX Microinference Pte Ltd signed a long-term equipment and services supply agreement with Australian compute provider Ezisight Australia Pty Ltd., trading as Ultimate AI Datacentre, and received an initial purchase order for 128 units of B300 AI server clusters. The Singapore-based company will deliver the servers in the fourth quarter of 2026 for deployment in Ezisight's Australian data centers. The order marks SuperX's first commercial entry into the Australian market.

Ezisight Deploys Servers For Local AI Training And Inference

Ezisight will install the 128 B300 units to expand its domestic GPU compute pool, supporting local large-model training and inference workloads. SuperX Microinference will handle supply chain coordination and delivery under the agreement.

SuperX did not disclose the order's dollar value.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- August 28, 2026 -- ZDF replaced its scheduled 1:00 a.m. broadcast slot on Friday, Aug. 28, with a rerun of "Terra X History: Nordmänner – Die wahre Geschichte der Wikinger," a 2025 German production that first aired on the network on May 10, 2026. The public broadcaster confirmed the swap in a programming notice issued at 2:55 p.m. on Aug. 28 through news aktuell. The originally planned repeat of "Terra X History: Was ist deutsch? Die Geschichte der Migration" was dropped from the lineup entirely. ZDF said the rest of Friday's broadcast day continues as planned starting at 1:45 a.m.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- August 28, 2026 -- Apricus Solar AG moved its group headquarters within Dortmund, Germany, to Westfalendamm 223, ending nearly five years at its previous location. The relocation consolidates more than half of the group's over ten subsidiaries and holdings under one roof, the company announced Aug. 28. Connected Dots Holding oversees the restructured group, which now includes two newly integrated units, Wertkraft GmbH & Co. KG and RE Projektbau GmbH.

Wertkraft Becomes Group's Renewable Project Marketing Arm

Wertkraft GmbH & Co. KG, previously known as B&C Solartechnik and active in the market for roughly five years, now serves as the group's platform for marketing renewable energy projects and solutions. The unit will open new market access points across the group and support affiliated companies in selling their projects, Apricus said.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- August 28, 2026 -- Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (NYSE: UTF) will pay shareholders a monthly distribution of $0.1650 per share on August 31, 2026, funded entirely by net realized long-term capital gains, according to a Section 19(a) notice released by Cohen & Steers, Inc. on August 28. The New York-based fund reported zero contribution from net investment income, short-term gains, or return of capital for the August payment. Year-to-date through August 31, the fund has distributed $1.2900 per share, with $0.7259 (56.27%) sourced from long-term capital gains and $0.5641 (43.73%) from net investment income.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- August 28, 2026 -- First Horizon Corporation (NYSE: FHN) said Executive Vice President and Operations Executive Amy Perry has been named a 2026 Woman of Impact by the Mid-South Chapter of the American Heart Association and its Go Red for Women initiative. The Memphis-based bank confirmed the recognition on August 28, 2026, tying it to a fundraising campaign that pulled in a record $260,000 this year. Perry was one of 11 women selected for the sixth annual campaign, which channels donations toward heart disease and stroke prevention programs across the Memphis community.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- August 28, 2026 -- Cohen & Steers Closed-End Opportunity Fund, Inc. (NYSE: FOF) will pay shareholders a monthly distribution of $0.0870 per common share on August 31, 2026, funded entirely by net investment income and realized capital gains, according to a Section 19(a) notice the company issued August 28. None of the payout came from return of capital, the notice showed. The disclosure covers the fund's fiscal year-to-date distributions through August 31, which total $0.6960 per share.

The August payment breaks down as $0.0342 per share, or 39.31%, from net investment income and $0.0528 per share, or 60.69%, from net realized long-term capital gains. No portion came from short-term gains or return of capital. Year-to-date, net investment income accounts for $0.2481 per share (35.65% of total distributions) while long-term gains make up $0.4479 per share (64.35%), with return of capital again at zero.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- July 22, 2026 -- Royal Philips has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its next-generation reusable SpO₂ clip sensor, a pulse oximetry device built around internal optical refinements that improve signal quality. In desaturation testing, the sensor posted an accuracy result nearly twice as tight as the level recommended by ISO and recognized by the FDA. It also held accuracy within half a percentage point between light and dark skin pigmentation groups tested. The clearance extends Philips' broader pulse oximetry portfolio and follows a validation program built specifically around performance across diverse patient populations.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- July 22, 2026 -- Royal Philips has launched Alturion, a new ultrasound system built for departments that run high patient volumes across varied exam types. The system pairs AI-powered workflow tools with imaging hardware designed to hold up across shift changes and multiple users. Alturion has received FDA 510(k) clearance and CE mark certification, making it available now in the U.S. and Europe. Philips positions the launch as an expansion of its ultrasound portfolio rather than a standalone product, built to share transducers and interface design with existing systems already in clinical use.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- July 22, 2026 -- HD Advanced Technologies GmbH (HDAT), a wholly owned subsidiary of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (HEIDELBERG), has signed a two-part industrial partnership with Swiss battery developer PHENOGY AG. HDAT will take over contract manufacturing of PHENOGY's sodium-ion energy storage systems, covering everything from procurement to installation and maintenance. The two companies are also preparing a joint venture to develop and mass-produce sodium-ion battery cells, combining PHENOGY's cell chemistry with a HEIDELBERG printing process. The goal is a European-based supply chain for battery storage that does not depend on manufacturing capacity outside the region.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- July 22, 2026 -- Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (HEIDELBERG) has introduced the ChromaStar series, a modular ink dispensing platform built to automate spot color production directly inside print shops. The system targets a persistent operational problem in packaging printing: manual, unstandardized spot color mixing that slows turnaround and ties up skilled staff. Four models — X, S, M, and P — scale from entry-level manual batch preparation to fully automated, high-volume industrial dispensing. HEIDELBERG frames the launch as an expansion of its Lifecycle consumables business and its role as a system integrator for packaging printers.