Cost Reduction

Nashville – October 28, 2026 -- RevSpring's conversational AI agent Let's Talk lifted patient payment rates by 36% in initial customer deployments while cutting transfers to live agents by 27%, the healthcare payments provider said as it added phone-based payment plan setup to the product.

Let's Talk sets up payment plans by phone using the PersonaPay decisioning engine

The intelligent virtual agent is integrated with PersonaPay, RevSpring's Best in KLAS patient payment portal. Both run on the same decisioning engine, so payment plan options reflect what each patient can afford and stay consistent across voice, digital and staff-assisted channels.

RENO – October 27, 2026 -- Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: DFLI) guided second-quarter net sales to about $13.2 million, roughly 36% above first-quarter revenue of $9.7 million, as a purchase order from Stevens Transport covering nearly 500 trucks offsets a soft RV market.

Stevens Transport order exceeds $3 million across full trucking portfolio

Stevens Transport placed the order after quarter-end. It is valued at more than $3 million and spans Dragonfly's full heavy-duty trucking product portfolio. CEO Denis Phares described it as one of the most comprehensive single-fleet adoptions of the company's trucking solutions to date, and as a move from pilot programs to scaled fleet deployment.

RENO – October 27, 2026 -- Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: DFLI) narrowed its second-quarter Adjusted EBITDA loss to $1.6 million, a $3.0 million sequential improvement from the first quarter, as cost cuts took hold. Preliminary net sales of $13.2 million matched company guidance, and Adjusted EBITDA came in above it.

Cost cuts lift margins while sales fall

Gross profit was $4.3 million at a 33.0% gross margin, against $4.6 million and 28.3% in the comparison period. Lower battery and accessory unit volumes reduced gross profit, partly offset by a $1.1 million tariff refund booked in cost of sales. Operating expenses fell to $7.2 million from $7.9 million.

Burlingame, Calif. – October 19, 2026 -- Ember AI reported an 8% lift in net collection rates and a 57% reduction in predicted preventable denials in the inaugural Ember Revenue Integrity Index, an annual report based on performance data from its customer deployments.

The report also records 32% fewer preventable coding issues. Ember AI released it during Healthcare Quality Week.

Pre-submission analysis targets denials before claims go out

Ember AI's platform reviews every patient encounter before claim submission. It looks for documentation gaps, coding inconsistencies, reimbursement risks and payer requirements that could trigger denials or underpayments. The approach contrasts with traditional revenue cycle management, where teams often spend significant resources correcting problems after claims have been submitted.

Bloomington, Minn. – October 15, 2026 -- Toro will show its first dedicated stand-on blower, the AeroMaster, which the company says delivers up to 30% more airflow than competitors at 8,100 effective CFM. The company will also show a redesigned GrandStand HDM+ stand-on mower at a lower price at Equip Expo in Louisville, Kentucky, October 20-23.

Toro is aiming both platforms at landscape contractors who need to do more with fewer operators and are under pressure from rising operating costs.

AeroMaster turbine blower targets wet debris and large cleanups

The AeroMaster is built on Toro's turbine technology. The company says its 8,100 effective CFM moves wet, stuck-on debris, which suits spring and fall cleanups and post-storm work. The 30% airflow advantage is a manufacturer claim, marked with an asterisk in the release; the source gives no substantiation.

Houston – October 12, 2026 -- VAALCO Energy has placed the ETBNM-3 gas-supply well in offshore Gabon on production, securing enough gas for field operations, liftings and power needs and cutting reliance on higher-priced diesel.

ETBNM-3 reservoir quality exceeds pre-drill estimates

The well targets the Dentale D-15 reservoir in the crestal portion of the North Tchibala structure. Vaalco reported strong porosity and permeability and more than 10 meters of net reservoir pay, both above pre-drill estimates.

The well adds no production or sales directly. CEO George Maxwell said it should improve field uptime and could lift output from existing wells over time by displacing diesel.

Calgary – October 12, 2026 -- XORTX Therapeutics Inc. has elected to voluntarily delist its common shares from the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV), ending a dual listing it says no longer justifies its cost. The company will keep its primary listing on Nasdaq (XRTX) and its Frankfurt listing (ANU).

XORTX, a late-stage clinical pharmaceutical company developing therapies for gout and progressive kidney disease, will announce the timing of the delisting in a separate press release.

XORTX cites duplicate fees and regulatory complexity as reasons for leaving the TSXV

The company said a comprehensive evaluation concluded that the TSXV listing does not justify its costs and administrative requirements. It also said the different regulatory environments create challenges.

XORTX expects the delisting to deliver four outcomes:

Kawanishi – September 28, 2026 -- Green Science Alliance has more than doubled the performance of its aqueous rechargeable aluminum-ion battery (AAIB) by swapping the cathode current collector for a commercially cheap conductive carbon rubber sheet, according to research led by Dr. Ryohei Mori.

Capacity climbs to 210 mAhg-1 from an earlier 103 mAhg-1 baseline

Under 0.025 C at room temperature, the redesigned AAIB delivered an initial capacity of at least 210 mAhg-1, sustained through at least 25 cycles in ongoing testing. The prior generation of the technology, detailed in Mori's 2025 review article in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Energy Advances (DOI: 10.1039/D5YA00148J), had capacity of roughly 103 mAhg-1 with poor cycle stability.