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Guadalajara, Mexico – September 19, 2026 -- Luca Mining Corp. has agreed to acquire the El Barqueño gold-silver-copper property in Jalisco, Mexico from a subsidiary of Agnico Eagle in a deal that could total up to $60 million in cash and shares plus royalty consideration.

Deal structure ties payments to drilling and production milestones

Luca will pay $10 million on closing through the issuance of its common shares, followed by up to $30 million in contingent payments: $15 million three months after the first drilling program begins, and $15 million upon commercial production. A further $20 million is tied to output, paid at $5 million for every 100,000 gold-equivalent ounces produced, capped at 400,000 ounces. Agnico Eagle will also hold a 2.0% net smelter return royalty on areas with currently defined mineral resources, which Luca can halve to 1% for $12.5 million.

Taipei – September 19, 2026 -- Advantech Co., Ltd. (TWSE: 2395) has expanded its WEDA-Powered Edge AI ecosystem by bringing Intel, Qualcomm Technologies, and AMD into a shared framework for developing and deploying Edge AI across industrial and enterprise hardware.

Advantech unifies Edge AI development under WEDA architecture

The expansion centers on WISE-Edge Developer Architecture (WEDA), WEDA-Ready Edge Computing, and the Advantech Container Catalog (ACC). Together, the components are designed to standardize Edge AI development, validation, deployment, and lifecycle management across fragmented hardware environments, replacing what Advantech describes as disconnected, project-by-project development efforts.

Stockholm – September 19, 2026 -- Findity has launched Findity AI, an intelligence layer designed to automate business expense management, with rollout beginning this autumn across its partner network.

Findity AI Automates Receipt Capture and Policy Checks

The platform deploys proactive agents that capture receipts, match them with card transactions, check for policy violations, and post approved expenses directly to accounting systems. High-confidence expenses are processed automatically, while flagged items are routed for manual review.

Finance Teams Retain Control Through Configurable Guardrails

Organisations set the rules determining which expenses auto-post and which require review. Smart notifications keep employees and managers informed, while employees skip manual expense entry and managers intervene only when a decision is genuinely required.

Calgary, AB – September 19, 2026 -- Instappraise has integrated its cloud-based jewelry appraisal platform directly with Jewelers Mutual Group's insurance system, enabling real-time personal jewelry insurance quotes at the point of appraisal.

Integration eliminates separate steps for appraisal and insurance coverage

When an appraiser or retailer finalizes an appraisal document within Instappraise, the user can now request an instant insurance quote directly from Jewelers Mutual using the valuation data already entered. The platform emails the personalized quote from Jewelers Mutual to the client, who can then purchase a policy in a few steps.

Early-access rollout begins this month ahead of full-scale launch

The integration is currently available through an exclusive early-access program to select Instappraise users starting in September 2026, with a broader release planned later this year.

Beijing – September 19, 2026 -- Investors in China's A-share market turned more cautious in the third quarter of 2026 even as corporate earnings began to recover, according to the latest CKGSB Investor Sentiment Survey covering the May-to-September 2026 period.

Investors cut return expectations and stock allocation plans

Only 58.6% of respondents expected A-share prices to rise, down 5.2 percentage points from April 2026. The expected rate of return fell 1.8 percentage points to negative 0.7%. Appetite for direct stock investment weakened sharply, with the net proportion of investors planning to increase stock holdings falling 7.3 percentage points to 10.7%; the equivalent figure for equity funds dropped 1.2 percentage points to 13.4%.

London – September 19, 2026 -- Confidence in alternative data budgets has reached its highest level in three years, with 97% of data buyers expecting spend to increase or hold steady over the next 12 months, according to Neudata's new report, The Future of Alternative and Market Data 2026.

Budget optimism climbs to a record high among data buyers

The figure is up from 89% last year, marking the strongest confidence Neudata has recorded since launching the survey three years ago. The report draws on 191 responses from data providers and buyers globally, the firm's largest sample to date, spanning quant, multi-strategy, discretionary and macro funds as well as AI research labs. Sixty percent of buyer respondents manage over $1 billion in assets.

Guanajuato – – September 19, 2026 -- The Penetron Group repaired and waterproofed a severely deteriorated below-grade concrete water cistern at Torre Valaria, a 20-floor, 230-foot (70-meter) residential tower that became Guanajuato's tallest building and welcomed its first residents in October 2025.

General contractor ICREAR flagged structural damage and active leaks in the drinking-water cistern

PENETRON México was contacted by ICREAR after inspectors found significant leaks, structural damage and water loss in the cistern designated to store drinking water for the tower's 125 apartment units. Rodrigo Monterrubio Solis, Country Manager of PENETRON México, said the team had to move quickly because construction was nearing completion.

LONDON – September 19, 2026 -- ECARX, the Nasdaq-listed automotive intelligence company, has surpassed 12 million vehicle deployments worldwide, spanning 18 OEMs, 28 brands and 159 markets.

ECARX added over 914,000 vehicle deployments in the first half of 2026

The company's in-vehicle technology stack now covers intelligent cockpit systems, vehicle software and OS-level solutions, centralized vehicle computing and ADAS. ECARX supports vehicle programs across brands including Geely, FAW-Hongqi, Lotus, Polestar, Volvo Cars, Renault and Volkswagen, spanning multiple vehicle platforms and technology domains.

ECARX is expanding beyond cockpit systems into integrated computing and software platforms

The broader technology footprint allows ECARX to support a wider range of vehicle functions as automakers shift toward AI-defined vehicle architectures.

Hanover, Germany – September 19, 2026 -- Geely Farizon unveiled its full-spectrum electric commercial vehicle portfolio at IAA Transportation 2026, entering Europe as a manufacturing and service partner rather than a pure exporter. The lineup spans the Farizon SV light commercial vehicle, the compact Farizon V7E, and the flagship pure-electric heavy-duty Homtruck, targeting fleets under pressure to decarbonize without sacrificing uptime or total cost of ownership.

Farizon SV earns five-star Euro NCAP rating and IVOTY 2026 runner-up honors

The Farizon SV secured a five-star Euro NCAP safety rating and finished as runner-up for International Van of the Year (IVOTY) 2026 and the What Van? 2026 Zero Emission Van Award. IAA Hanover also previewed the upcoming Farizon SV MY27, which adds upgraded battery-motor performance and four-wheel-drive capability.

San Jose, Calif. – September 19, 2026 -- DTEN's 55-inch D7X AI Board has secured Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows certification and is now available worldwide through DTEN and authorized channel partners, the company announced.

On-device AI targets a persistent hybrid-meeting flaw

The all-in-one collaboration board uses room-aware, on-device intelligence to frame participants individually, adjust for lighting, and isolate speaker voices, addressing a common problem in hybrid rooms where a single wide camera shot flattens attendees into one distant tile and blended audio obscures who is speaking.

Shanghai – September 19, 2026 -- WuXi XDC Cayman Inc. (2268.HK) has out-licensed its proprietary WuXiTecan-2 payload-linker technology platform to Ona Therapeutics under an exclusive global agreement targeting a single antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) candidate.

Deal structure includes upfront payment, milestones and tiered royalties

The agreement grants Ona Therapeutics exclusive global rights to develop an ADC candidate using WuXi XDC's WuXiTecan-2 platform. The total potential deal value comprises an upfront payment plus development, regulatory and sales milestone payments, with WuXi XDC also eligible for tiered royalties on net sales once the resulting product reaches commercialization. WuXi XDC will additionally provide chemistry, manufacturing and controls (CMC) development and manufacturing support through its integrated ADC CRDMO platform.

Seoul – September 19, 2026 -- HL Klemove, the autonomous driving solutions arm of HL Group, has signed a strategic partnership with Lenovo to co-develop high-performance AI computing (HPC) solutions for vehicles, targeting global OEM contracts and mass-production programs.

Executives sign partnership deal at Lenovo's Shanghai R&D Center

The agreement was formalized on September 8 at Lenovo's R&D Center in Shanghai, China. HL Klemove was represented by President Yun Haeng Lee, CTO Dae Gun Hong, and CMO Sung Kug Kim, while Lenovo was represented by Vice President Peter Xu and COO Nix Luo.

Aurora, Colo. – September 19, 2026 -- A new study from the University of Colorado Anschutz Marcus Institute for Brain Health finds that irritability following chronic mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in military veterans stems from a combination of PTSD symptoms, chronic pain and difficulty understanding speech in noisy environments, not a single psychological cause.

Study of 124 veterans links irritability to three distinct factors

Published in the Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, the research examined 124 military veterans, including 61 with chronic mTBI and 63 without any history of brain injury. Participants underwent standardized assessments measuring irritability, PTSD symptoms, chronic pain, balance and auditory processing, including speech-in-noise comprehension.

Shanghai – September 19, 2026 -- 111, Inc. (NASDAQ: YI) reported a net loss of RMB31.7 million (US$4.7 million) for the second quarter of 2026, more than four times the RMB7.3 million loss posted a year earlier, as the Shanghai-based healthcare platform accelerated its shift away from an asset-heavy distribution model.

Net revenue falls 28.3% as company sheds underperforming subsidiaries

Net revenue totaled RMB2.3 billion (US$339.0 million), down from RMB3.2 billion in the prior-year quarter. The company attributed the decline to last year's divestiture of several underperforming subsidiaries, part of a strategy to generate more service-based commission income and reduce operational and capital risk.

Turku, Finland – September 19, 2026 -- Teleste has expanded its passenger information portfolio with a new outdoor e-paper display family that cuts energy consumption by up to 50% compared with comparable battery-powered e-paper solutions on the market.

Battery-powered displays can operate for up to 10 years without replacement

Depending on system configuration and operating profile, the displays support a battery lifetime of up to 10 years, running on battery or solar power. This lets public transport operators deploy real-time passenger information at remote and temporary stops that previously lacked power infrastructure or wired connectivity.

London – September 19, 2026 -- Clarivate Plc (NYSE: CLVT) named 22 researchers as its Citation Laureates 2026, identifying scientists whose work the company's Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) considers Nobel-class ahead of this year's Nobel Prize announcements. Since the program began in 2002, 89 previously named Citation Laureates have gone on to win Nobel Prizes.

New York – September 19, 2026 -- HCLTech has launched HCLTech Pulse, a dedicated business unit targeting enterprises with annual revenues between $500 million and $5 billion to help them scale AI deployment and modernize technology infrastructure.

Everest Group pegs the addressable market at $400 billion, growing 7-9% annually

Peter Bendor-Samuel, Founder and Executive Chairman of Everest Group, said the mid-market technology services segment represents an approximately $400 billion global opportunity. He noted the market will favor providers combining technology depth with industry context and integrated delivery as clients shift from AI experimentation to scaled deployment.

Hefei, China – September 19, 2026 -- Sungrow has become the first company to controllably reproduce and suppress wideband oscillation at a real-world 500 MW solar-plus-storage plant in Qinghai, China, addressing a grid-stability risk that has previously caused multi-month outages and mass disconnections in Europe.

Past oscillation events cost utilities months of downtime and millions of users

In 2014, Germany's BorWin1 offshore HVDC project suffered oscillations at 250-350 Hz that damaged filter capacitors and forced a shutdown lasting roughly six months. In 2019, the Hornsea offshore wind farm in the UK experienced subsynchronous oscillation that triggered widespread disconnection, wiping out about 3.2% of system load and affecting roughly one million users.

Stockholm – September 19, 2026 -- Google has signed an agreement with Swedish producer Stegra to purchase environmental attribute certificates (EACs) tied to up to 91,000 tonnes of near-zero emission steel output in the first year, with plans to scale volumes over the life of the deal.

Google secures EACs to offset steel emissions from datacenter construction

The certificates allow Google to address steel-related emissions across its operations, including datacenter construction, without requiring direct physical delivery of the steel itself. The deal uses a "book and claim" model, decoupling environmental attributes from the physical product so that certificates can be sold separately from the steel, which is produced at Stegra's Boden, Sweden facility using green hydrogen and renewable electricity.

Geneva – September 19, 2026 -- MindMaze Therapeutics (SIX: MMTX) will launch MindMotion Lite by the end of 2026, a tablet-based neurorehabilitation device designed to cut home deployment costs and expand access to intensive stroke and neurological therapy outside clinical settings.

Tablet format replaces bulky hardware for home use

MindMotion Lite delivers the full range of neurotherapeutic activities currently available on the company's MindMotion GO system through a tablet interface, reducing the hardware footprint required for in-home deployment. The device retains full-body rehabilitation training capacity while streamlining the user experience for patients managing therapy at home. It also supports teleconsultation and remote management, allowing clinicians to monitor and adjust treatment plans as patients continue therapy beyond the clinic.