Toronto – September 21, 2026 -- Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSX: SLF) (NYSE: SLF) will have 8,000,000 Class A Non-cumulative Rate Reset Preferred Shares Series 10R issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2026, after a share conversion process eliminated its floating-rate Series 11QR class entirely.
Taipei – September 21, 2026 -- EVA Air secured three No. 1 titles at the 2026 SKYTRAX World Airline Awards -- World's Best Premium Economy Class, World's Best Premium Economy Class Airline Amenities, and World's Most Family Friendly Airline -- while logging 18 Top Ten rankings overall and retaining its SKYTRAX 5-Star Airline rating for an 11th consecutive year.
SKYTRAX CEO Edward Plaisted noted that EVA Air introduced Premium Economy in 1992, positioning the Taiwanese carrier as an early mover in what he described as aviation's fastest-growing cabin category. The airline's win in the family-friendly category recognizes measures aimed at easing travel for passengers with children, according to SKYTRAX.
Winnemucca, Nev. – September 21, 2026 -- Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: HYMC) is finalizing technical assessments for underground development at its high-grade Brimstone and Vortex systems while evaluating a restart of heap leach operations at its Nevada mine. The Company paired the update with a rebranded corporate identity and redesigned website as it evaluates multiple pathways to unlock shareholder value in the second half of 2026.
Austin, Texas – September 21, 2026 -- 360training.com, Inc. has acquired select assets from Atlantic Training, adding 305 workplace safety, OSHA, HR compliance and soft-skills courses to its commercial training portfolio.
Atlantic Training, founded in 2005, has served more than 10,000 clients and delivered over 5 million courses to organizations ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies. The acquired assets include the company's course catalog across dozens of industries and its WAVE EHS management software.
Denver – September 21, 2026 -- EverPeak Insurance has launched a direct-to-customer workers' compensation insurance offering in Georgia, with policies starting at $18 a month and instant certificates of insurance issued upon purchase.
The move extends a channel built on EverPeak's Colorado-based partnership with Pinnacol Assurance, bringing an online quote-and-purchase process to Georgia small businesses without phone calls or paperwork delays. EverPeak said it plans to launch the direct channel in additional states.
Franklin Lakes, N.J. – September 21, 2026 -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), listed on the NYSE under BDX, has appointed Arthur (Art) Hu as executive vice president and chief information and digital officer, effective September 30.
Hu departs Lenovo Group, where he served as senior vice president, global chief information officer and chief technology and delivery officer for the Solutions and Services Group. He brings more than 25 years of experience in global technology, digital and business transformation. Prior to Lenovo, Hu spent over a decade at McKinsey & Company advising organizations on technology, operations and strategy.
Hu succeeds Denise Russell Fleming, who will retire from BD at the end of 2026.
Atlanta – September 21, 2026 -- Corgi, an AI-native insurance carrier, has appointed Stuart Wilkinson as its new Vice President of State Government Affairs, bringing more than 15 years of legislative and regulatory experience to the company as it expands its insurance platform across multiple U.S. states.
Before that role, Wilkinson served as Deputy Director of External Affairs in the Office of Georgia Governor Brian P. Kemp and as Deputy Director of Transition for the Georgians First Committee. He also worked as a Vice President at McGuireWoods Consulting, representing corporate and nonprofit clients on legislative and regulatory matters.
Atlanta – September 21, 2026 -- Georgia Power and Google have filed a new agreement with the Georgia Public Service Commission that ties Google's subscription to nuclear capacity uprates at Plants Hatch and Vogtle, a move projected to deliver approximately $900 million in customer benefits over the life of the units.
The filings, submitted under Docket 44280 and Docket 56002, detail how Google's support for extended power uprates (EPUs) at Georgia Power's owned nuclear units will add roughly 96 megawatts of capacity to the state grid. The agreement requires PSC approval and introduces a new Nuclear Uprate (NU-1) tariff structure.
Gloucester, Va. – September 21, 2026 -- Flexent, a national provider of invoice factoring and asset-based lending, grew total client funding by more than $14 million in the second quarter, backing businesses in transportation and logistics, precision manufacturing, IT consulting, healthcare transportation, and wholesale distribution.
A transportation and logistics company specializing in interstate freight hauling received $1.5 million to expand its fleet and cover operating capital as it adds routes and customers. A precision manufacturer serving embedded computing, aerospace, automotive, biotechnology, and medical markets received $750,000 to raise production capacity in machining, sheet metal fabrication, and engineered metal components.
Goshen, Indiana – September 21, 2026 -- Keystone RV Company recorded its strongest retail sales performance at America's Largest RV Show in Hershey, Pennsylvania since before the pandemic, driven by coordinated preparation between the manufacturer and its dealer network.
The Goshen, Indiana-based manufacturer, part of THOR Industries (NYSE: THO), said it set several fifth-wheel sales records at the event, a result company President Troy James attributed to strong product-market fit and high-level dealer execution.
Pittsburgh – September 21, 2026 -- Allegheny Health Network (AHN) will pay up to $110,000 toward student loans for nurse anesthesia students who commit to joining the health system as Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs), under a new national recruitment program launched in partnership with Boston-based fintech Clasp.
Under the program, AHN will pay up to $20,000 toward eligible loans after 12 months of full-time employment, up to $30,000 after 24 months, and up to $60,000 after 36 months, with payments made directly to loan servicers through the Clasp platform. Employees retain every dollar contributed toward principal, with no claw-back provisions if they leave after milestones are met.
New York – September 21, 2026 -- NYU Langone Health's Perlmutter Cancer Center has appointed Rutika Mehta, MD, MPH, as director of upper GI medical oncology, expanding its clinical and research programs for esophageal and stomach cancers.
Mehta joins from Weill Cornell Medicine, where she established an Upper GI Working Group to advance clinical and research collaboration. She previously helped build the Upper GI Malignancies Program at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, developing a clinical trials portfolio that gave patients access to new treatment options.
Phoenix – September 21, 2026 -- SWCA Environmental Consultants has launched Regulatory Radar, a subscription-based intelligence platform designed to help project teams anticipate environmental regulatory changes before they disrupt budgets, permitting timelines and compliance obligations.
Regulatory Radar currently supports audiences focused on power and energy, infrastructure and construction compliance. Subscribers receive portal access and targeted alerts when regulatory developments may affect inspections, permits, schedules, budgets or compliance obligations.
Las Vegas – September 21, 2026 -- IGT will install Jamie Knight as Chief Studios Officer on Jan. 1, 2027, succeeding Jean Venneman, who retires Dec. 31, 2026, after more than three decades in the gaming industry.
Venneman began her career at IGT in the early 1990s, held senior roles across product development, licensing, technology and operations, and rejoined the company in 2024 to rebuild its global studio function from the ground up. Under her leadership, IGT assembled a studio team exceeding 1,200 employees and standardized best practices across studio cultures, work the company says now positions IGT and Everi for accelerated growth.
Oak Brook, Ill. – September 21, 2026 -- David Glawe will step down as President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) in October, concluding a six-year tenure leading the insurance industry's anti-fraud nonprofit.
Nick Seminara, Chairman of the NICB Board of Governors, confirmed the departure and credited Glawe's contributions to the organization's mission over the past six years.
Glawe said the work brought together the insurance industry, law enforcement, and partners to fight insurance fraud and crime while protecting the public.
SAN FRANCISCO – September 21, 2026 -- Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana will deliver a keynote at CES 2027, with the company's autonomous vehicles now completing over 500,000 rides every week, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced.
The keynote is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. PST in the Palazzo Ballroom at the Venetian, part of the CES 2027 event running Jan. 6-9 in Las Vegas. CTA President and CEO Kinsey Fabrizio said Waymo is integrating frontier AI and robotics to build the future of mobility.
The company positions its autonomous "Driver" -- described as never tired, distracted or impaired and available 24/7 -- as a response to global road safety. Mawakana said the company is scaling a service designed to give riders a safer, more reliable transportation option.
Romeo, Mich. – September 21, 2026 -- L&L Products has released Toughened T-Link®, a fully amorphous thermoplastic adhesive that delivered a 66% increase in compressive strength after impact under ASTM D7137 testing versus panels made with epoxy prepreg alone.
The technology extends L&L Products' existing T-Link® platform, adding enhanced impact resistance while retaining the dry-to-the-touch handling, room-temperature storage, and fast consolidation properties that define thermoplastic adhesive processing. Internal testing also showed a considerable increase in short beam shear performance under ASTM D2344 for panels incorporating Toughened T-Link® film between epoxy prepreg layers.
San Francisco – September 21, 2026 -- Whipsaw, the design and innovation firm behind Tonal, Owala, and Brita, has launched a new 10-week cohort of The Workshop, its accelerator for early-stage hardware founders, with a Demo Day set for December 2026.
The program, which kicked off earlier this month, brings together early-stage founders building products across health, wellness, and home categories. Unlike traditional accelerators built on lectures and pitch competitions, The Workshop pairs founders directly with Whipsaw's multidisciplinary team of industrial designers, experience designers, engineers, strategists, and brand experts.
Washington – September 21, 2026 -- The Teamsters Union has endorsed a settlement agreement announced by California Attorney General Rob Bonta that clears a path for the pending merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery.
Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien credited Attorney General Bonta for coordinating unions, employers, and other stakeholders to reach terms on the merger. The union identified worker protections embedded in the agreement as the central issue for its 1.3 million members across the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico.
West Chicago, Illinois – September 21, 2026 -- Titan International (NYSE: TWI) has agreed to sell its Italtractor ITM undercarriage business to Italy's USCO S.p.A. in a deal set to deliver up to $285 million in total cash value to the wheel and tire manufacturer.
Titan will receive an initial purchase price of $207 million, plus up to $6 million in earnout proceeds tied to ITM's 2026 performance targets. Customary net-asset adjustments at closing are expected to add roughly $23 million in additional value. Titan has also received or expects to receive $49 million in dividends from ITM, including $38 million collected in recent years and $11 million anticipated before closing.