Corporate Leadership

New York – September 21, 2026 -- The Appeal of Conscience Foundation will honor Raj Subramaniam, President and CEO of FedEx Corporation, with its Appeal of Conscience Award at the 61st Annual Gala on September 23, 2026, at The Pierre Hotel in New York City.

Foundation cites Subramaniam's leadership in global trade connectivity

Rabbi Arthur Schneier, Founder and President of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, said Subramaniam is being recognized for his international visionary leadership and commitment to connecting people worldwide through innovation and service. Schneier noted that under Subramaniam's stewardship, FedEx has advanced a culture of social and global responsibility.

Dallas – September 21, 2026 -- Solidion Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: STI) has combined its Chairman and CEO roles, appointing Jaymes Winters to the dual position effective September 16, 2026, while naming Mark N. Schwartz as Lead Independent Director.

Winters adds Chairman title to CEO role effective September 16

Winters, who brings more than 15 years of chief executive experience across oil and gas, telecommunications and retail, will retain the CEO title while assuming board chairmanship. He previously served as CEO of Nubia Brand International Corp, a special purpose acquisition company, and founded United Energy Inc., which he grew to nearly $100 million in revenue. Winters also taught business strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and venture capital for more than 9 years as an adjunct professor at Portland State University's School of Business.

London – September 19, 2026 -- Volkswagen has retained the No. 1 spot on the 2026 Fortune 500 Europe list with $363 billion in revenue, up 3%, widening its lead over Shell after the energy giant's revenue fell 5% to rank second.

UK overtakes Germany in company count for the first time

Britain now hosts 76 of the ranked firms, edging past Germany's 73 and France's 66, marking the first shift in national dominance since the list launched four years ago.

Combined revenues hit $15.5 trillion, equal to 13% of world GDP

Aggregate revenue across the 500 companies rose 4% year-on-year, representing half of Europe's GDP. Profits rebounded 3% to just over $1 trillion after a 5% decline the previous year, though overall profit margin slipped to 6.5% from a 2024 high of 7.1%.

Las Vegas – September 19, 2026 -- Former CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley will interview solar executive Jared Schoch on stage at RE+ 2026 in Las Vegas on November 17, marking a rare public appearance pairing a veteran broadcast journalist with a solar industry founder.

RE+ 2026 session pairs 60 Minutes journalist with solar founder to mark 20 years of industry change

The panel, titled "20 Years of Riding the Solar Coaster: The Past, Present and Future of an Industry in a Constant State of Change," will run at RE+ 2026, described as North America's largest clean energy event. Pelley spent nearly 25 years at 60 Minutes and received 51 Emmy Awards, four duPont-Columbia Awards and three George Foster Peabody Awards during a four-decade journalism career that included reporting from Ukraine, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.

United States – September 18, 2026 -- Pavion, a global integrated security and life-safety solutions provider generating over $1 billion in annual revenue, has appointed Andy Bierer as its new Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Joe Oliveri, who built the company into its current market-leading position.

Bierer arrives from Carrier's Automated Logic division

Bierer most recently served as President of Automated Logic, a Carrier company specializing in building automation and control solutions. He previously held senior leadership roles at Carrier and Otis, where he led field organizations across North America and Europe and drove both organic and acquisition-based growth.

Toronto – September 16, 2026 -- Hemlo Mining Corp. (TSX: HMMC; OTCQX: HMMCF) has returned new assay results from its South-Rim Zone at the Hemlo Gold Mine near Marathon, Ontario, including 89.89 g/t Au over 3.0 metres in hole 6702608, 14.81 g/t Au over 10.0 metres in hole 6702632, and 12.97 g/t Au over 7.0 metres in hole 6702615.

Drilling confirms 500 metres of high-grade mineralization within a 1.5-kilometre target zone

The 2026 program has now demonstrated approximately 500 metres of high-grade mineralization within the interpreted 1.5-kilometre South-Rim horizon, leaving roughly 1 kilometre of additional extent still to be tested. The zone sits just 50 to 150 metres from active C-Zone mining and existing underground infrastructure, a proximity the Company says could lower capital costs and shorten development timelines by leveraging current access rather than new infrastructure.

Quebec City – September 15, 2026 -- Icentia has appointed Sanjay Voleti as President and CEO, tasking the digital health veteran with accelerating the cardiac diagnostics company's commercial expansion in the United States.

Voleti succeeds co-founder Pierre Paquet after the company built operations across four countries

Voleti replaces co-founder Pierre Paquet, who led Icentia from its founding as a Canadian health-tech startup into an international operator with a presence in Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States. Paquet said the company's CardioSTAT platform has become a reference point in continuous ambulatory ECG recording and that the time had come to bring in a leader experienced in scaling technology companies internationally.