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Atlanta – September 22, 2026 -- Equifax has launched Healthcare Report Credential ID, an automated screening tool built to cut delays in verifying healthcare provider licenses and certifications during hiring.

Physician and nursing shortages drive demand for faster onboarding

The U.S. faces a projected shortfall of more than 106,000 physicians and 267,000 registered nurses by 2027, a gap expected to widen over the next decade. Manual credentialing processes currently place administrative strain on hospital staff and delay start dates for patient-facing hires, according to Equifax.

Houston – September 22, 2026 -- Shell Offshore Inc. has closed the sale of its 50% non-operated stake in the Na Kika platform and its wholly owned Coulomb tieback in the Gulf of America, collecting approximately $840 million in cash proceeds after adjustments tied to a July 1, 2025 effective date.

Talos Energy and Ridgewood Energy affiliates take over Gulf of America assets

A subsidiary of Talos Energy and an affiliate of Ridgewood Energy acquired the interests, which were originally valued at $1.7 billion in total consideration at signing before customary adjustments and contingent payments. BP, which operates Na Kika, retains the remaining 50% working interest in the platform.

Oakland, Calif. – September 22, 2026 -- The California Fire Foundation (CFF), backed by The PG&E Corporation Foundation, has distributed $1 million in wildfire safety grants to 75 fire departments, fire agencies and nonprofits across Northern and Central California.

PG&E Foundation adds $50,000 to expand ninth annual grant round

The PG&E Foundation committed an additional $50,000 this year to enhance the program, which marks the ninth consecutive year of partnership between CFF and the foundation. CFF reviewed more than 200 submissions during a month-long application window before selecting recipients in high wildfire-risk areas, with awards timed to National Preparedness Month.

Palo Alto – September 22, 2026 -- Aragon Research has published its second annual Globe report for Strategic Response Management (SRM), evaluating 14 technology providers as the market moves from reactive AI assistants to fully autonomous agentic systems.

Market expands beyond RFP automation to cover security questionnaires and complex sales bids

The 2026 Aragon Research Globe for SRM assesses vendors managing not just requests for proposals but also RFIs and security questionnaires, reflecting a broader shift in enterprise response management. Aragon Research CEO and Lead Analyst Jim Lundy stated that the industry is entering the age of the "AI coworker," where autonomous agents handle multi-step tasks without constant human oversight.

Washington, D.C. – – September 22, 2026 -- The National Trust for Historic Preservation awarded eight recipients its 2026 National Preservation Awards before more than 500 industry leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., marking the organization's first National Preservation Summit.

San Diego completes seven-year renovation of 315,000-square-foot Depression-era civic landmark

The County of San Diego received a Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Award for rehabilitating its County Administration Center, a building dedicated in 1938 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt's federal public works program. The project spanned more than twenty phases of fully occupied renovation to address seismic limitations and aging systems without demolition.

Singapore – September 22, 2026 -- Green Fuel Forward (GFF), the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) demand-aggregation initiative launched by GenZero and the World Economic Forum (WEF) in May 2025, has expanded its Steering Committee and added Amazon, Bain & Company, and Temasek Trust as members, pushing total membership to 48 companies.

New Steering Committee members bring procurement and investment expertise

The Center for Green Market Activation (GMA) and the Singapore Sustainable Aviation Fuel Company (SAFCo) joined founding member GenZero on GFF's Steering Committee, announced during Green Markets Day at New York Climate Week. The expanded committee combines investment, demand-aggregation, procurement and market-development capabilities as GFF shifts from market awareness toward facilitating corporate SAF and SAF certificate (SAFc) transactions across Asia.

Montreal – September 22, 2026 -- PMET Resources Inc. has completed a Phase 2 bench-scale testwork program with Koch Technology Solutions (KTS) that demonstrates a simplified, more selective pathway to convert pollucite concentrate from its Shaakichiuwaanaan Project into high-purity caesium chemical products.

KTS process shows high selectivity, bypassing costly impurity-removal stages

The bench-scale program used approximately 6 kg of pollucite concentrate, assaying 12% Cs2O, produced via X-Ray Transmission ore sorting of drill core from the Vega Caesium Zone at the CV13 Pegmatite. Results confirmed the KTS proprietary flowsheet technology achieves high selectivity for caesium with a much-reduced impurity profile, potentially allowing much of the conventional impurity-removal stages to be skipped and lowering recovery costs into a final high-purity product.

Houston – September 22, 2026 -- Nutex Health Inc. (NASDAQ: NUTX) has secured approval to dual-list its common stock on Nasdaq Texas, with trading set to begin on or about Sept. 23, 2026.

Nutex Health keeps primary listing on Nasdaq Global Market while adding Texas venue

The company's shares will continue trading under the ticker "NUTX" on the Nasdaq Global Market. Shares will remain fully fungible across both venues, and the dual listing requires no action from existing stockholders.

Company operates 28 hospital facilities across 12 states under physician-led model

Nutex Health runs a healthcare services and operations business built around a primary care-centric, risk-bearing physician network. The Houston-based firm filed a registration statement on Form 8-A with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in connection with the listing.

Brookville, N.Y. – September 22, 2026 -- New York Islanders Co-Owner Jon Ledecky addressed hundreds of Long Island University students on Sept. 22, 2026, as part of a five-year strategic partnership linking the university, the Islanders and UBS Arena.

LIU deepens ties with NHL franchise through campus visit

The session, part of LIU's Centennial CEO Speaker Series, was moderated by LIU alumnus and ESPN personality Alan Hahn and covered leadership and the business of professional sports. LIU President Kimberly R. Cline said the partnership with the Islanders and UBS Arena is generating opportunities for students. Following the talk, LIU hockey captains named Ledecky Honorary Captain of LIU Hockey for the 2026–27 season and presented him with a personalized jersey.

Tamarack, Idaho – September 22, 2026 -- Tamarack Resort is installing automated TechnoAlpin TT10 tower-mounted fan guns to expand permanent snowmaking coverage to more than twenty percent of its existing terrain, targeting the Waltz and Serenity trails ahead of the winter season.

Automated guns target short cold-weather windows before Thanksgiving

Tamarack typically records roughly 200 hours of snowmaking-suitable temperatures before Thanksgiving, but mobile snowguns require crews to manually transport, position, connect and operate equipment, limiting effectiveness during two- to four-hour cold spells. The new TT10 units can activate as soon as conditions allow, letting the resort capture windows previously too short to use with mobile equipment.

San Francisco – September 22, 2026 -- Snorkel AI has raised $350 million at a $3.5 billion valuation to expand its agentic data factory, which supplies training and evaluation data behind frontier AI lab systems.

Insight Partners and S32 co-lead funding round with multiple new backers

The round was co-led by Insight Partners and S32, with significant participation from existing investor Addition. New investors include March Capital, Blumberg Capital, Allegis Capital, Frontline, Standard, and Third Point Ventures, alongside existing backers Greylock, Lightspeed, GV, Factory, Prosperity7, Walden Catalyst, and Wells Fargo.

Mexico City – September 22, 2026 -- Genomma Lab Internacional, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: LABB) has filed a Notice of Rights with the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores declaring a cash dividend of $0.20 Mexican pesos per common share, totaling $200,000,000.00 pesos based on shares currently outstanding.

Board authorizes 17th dividend under shareholder mandate

The payment marks the company's seventeenth dividend distribution and was approved by Genomma Lab's Board of Directors under powers delegated at the Annual General Shareholders Meeting held on April 24, 2025. The per-share amount is calculated against the total number of LABB shares outstanding on the Mexican Stock Exchange.

Jackson, Wyo. – September 22, 2026 -- Ward | Blake Architects has been named to Forbes' America's Best-in-State Residential Architects 2026, marking the Jackson, Wyoming firm's second consecutive year on the national list during its 30th anniversary.

Forbes reassesses every firm annually, including prior honorees

For its 2026 architecture lists, Forbes reevaluated all practices, including firms recognized the previous year, rather than automatically renewing past selections. Firms were judged by Forbes editors and an advisory board of architecture and design authorities using a submitted residence and each practice's broader portfolio. The Forbes Architecture System of Evaluation weighs quality of work, environmental and cultural responsiveness, sustainability, siting, local context, architectural form, materials and craft. Forbes states there is no fee to participate.

Las Vegas – September 22, 2026 -- The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) outlined its artificial intelligence strategy at GroceryShop 2026, disclosing a phased approach that moves from assisted to fully autonomous AI use across customer and operational functions.

Kroger structures AI deployment into three governed stages

Yael Cosset, Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer, said the company's AI roadmap progresses through assisted, augmented and autonomous stages, with the level of automation determined by risk, repeatability and the need for human judgment. "The goal is not autonomy everywhere," Cosset said, adding that governance remains central regardless of which stage a given use case occupies.

Arlington, Va. – September 22, 2026 -- Info-Tech Research Group has named Google Vault, Bloomberg Vault, and Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving as Champions in its 2026 Data Archiving Data Quadrant Report, with Google Vault topping the category at an 8.9 Composite Score.

Google Vault scores 8.9 on quality features, leading the Champion tier

Bloomberg Vault followed with an 8.6 Composite Score, earning top marks for granularity, while Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving posted an 8.5 score, recognized for ease of data integration. The rankings draw on verified end-user feedback collected through Info-Tech's SoftwareReviews platform rather than analyst opinion or vendor input.

Uniondale, N.Y. – September 22, 2026 -- Marquis Who's Who has recognized Nerrissa Williams, manager of release and application operations at The Walt Disney Company, for leadership in enterprise technology delivery spanning more than two decades.

Williams led a December 2023 SAP release that unlocked two Disney initiatives worth $170 million combined

The release served as a critical dependency for two enterprise projects valued at approximately $100 million and $70 million respectively. Its successful execution drew visibility across Disney's technology leadership and demonstrated the operational stakes tied to disciplined release management at a company coordinating rollouts across SAP, Workday, Coupa and Informatica.

New York – September 22, 2026 -- The New York International Auto Show's 2026 Visitor Impact Report found that 92% of attendees who said they planned to buy a vehicle within 12 months actually did so, underscoring the event's direct influence on automotive sales conversion. The 127th edition of the show, North America's oldest auto exhibition since 1900, will run March 26–April 4, 2027, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, with Media & Industry Days set for March 23–25.

Show attendance drives measurable purchase intent among visitors

According to the 2026 report, 80% of visitors said the show influenced their next vehicle decision, while 38% indicated plans to purchase or lease within 12 months. Among those 12-month intenders, 42% added one or more brands to their consideration list after attending.

Daytona Beach – September 22, 2026 -- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University secured eight top-five rankings and 11 top-10 honors in the 2027 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings, published Sept. 22, reinforcing its position as a primary talent pipeline for aerospace, defense and aviation employers.

Daytona Beach and Prescott campuses both rank No. 2 in their regions

The Daytona Beach, Florida campus and the Prescott, Arizona campus each earned the No. 2 Overall Rank among regional colleges in the South and West, respectively, according to the rankings. Daytona Beach also took No. 1 in the Top Private Colleges list and No. 3 in Most Innovative Schools, while ranking No. 2 for veteran-focused programs.

Malaga, Spain – September 22, 2026 -- Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. and Lightera announced that the Snap-BeamTM Connector has won the Fibre Infrastructure Innovation Award at the ECOC Exhibition Industry Awards 2026, recognizing advances in optical connectivity for co-packaged optics (CPO) systems used in AI and data-center networks.

Snap-Beam Connector enables compact, detachable optical links for photonic integrated circuits

The Snap-Beam Connector provides detachable optical connectivity between photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and optical fibers within CPO systems. It combines expanded-beam optical coupling, magnet-based automatic connection, and reflow compatibility to deliver high-density optical interconnections with low insertion loss.

Boston – – September 22, 2026 -- Fulcra Dynamics has launched universal agent-to-agent communication that lets users on Claude, ChatGPT, Hermes and OpenClaw coordinate tasks directly, bypassing the closed multiplayer model built by rival app Instinct.

Fulcra opens agent communication across any AI harness, ending platform lock-in

Instinct's multiplayer feature currently limits agent-to-agent communication to users who adopt its own agent. Fulcra Dynamics said this approach creates unnecessary lock-in and security risk, and built its system instead as a neutral backend that any compatible agent harness can plug into for peer and group coordination.