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What if touring a new home could land you on a private flight with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers football team?

Graham Holdings Company (NYSE: GHC) today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $1.88 per share, payable on November 5, 2026, to shareholders of record on October 15, 2026.

Kyocera Corporation (President: Shiro Sakushima; "Kyocera") and the Research Institute of Electrical Communication (RIEC), Tohoku University (Director: Kazushi Ishiyama; "Tohoku University") have developed a new technology*1 for integrating optical isolators onto silicon photonics chips using "laser annealing," a localized, laser-based heat-treatment method. An optical isolator is a component that stabilizes optical communication by allowing optical signals to be transmitted in only one direction, reducing signal reflection. A paper summarizing these results was published on Sep. 2, 2026, in "IEEE Access," an academic journal issued by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Law firm technology spending rose 11.6% year over year in Q2 2026 according to Reuters⁠, continuing a multi-year investment trend. Choosing better technology is only one part of the decision. Firms still have to move years of case data and workflows without slowing down the business, and once they’re live, need support that matches the pace at which legal teams work.

Sevan Multi-Site Solutions, a national multi-site program management, architecture, engineering, and construction firm, will put the future on display as it holds its 2026 Symposium and Sevan Charitable Foundation Golf Classic Sept. 14–16 at the Hilton Chicago/Oak Brook Hills Resort and Willow Crest Golf Club in Oak Brook, Illinois. The event will bring together more than 100 leaders from over 35 companies and organizations spanning retail, restaurant, grocery, fuel, healthcare, hospitality, and government programs nationwide.

Ikon Pass has expanded its community further into Asia as Madarao Mountain Resort in Japan and Beidahu Ski Resort and Lake Songhua Resort in China join Ikon Pass for winter 26/27. Ikon Pass holders now have access to 14 of the best destinations and snow in Asia.

Hanger Numotion will be formed through the combination of Hanger, Inc. (“Hanger”) and Numotion. Hanger is a leading provider of orthotic and prosthetic (“O&P”) patient care services and solutions. Numotion, a portfolio company of AEA Investors (“AEA”), is a leading provider of Complex Rehabilitation Technology (“CRT”) and mobility products and services in the U.S. and Canada. Following completion of the transaction, Hanger and Numotion will continue to serve customers under their existing brands and maintain their respective clinical operations. The transaction will be structured as an acquisition of Numotion for cash by Hanger. The combined company will be controlled by Patient Square Capital.

TAR, which builds off-grid power systems for AI data centers, today announced a $120 million Series A led by Spark Capital at a $1 billion post-money valuation. The funding will grow its Austin HQ and San Francisco engineering office, expand its West Texas logistics and manufacturing operation, and speed up deployments already underway.

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI), the global investment bank, found that default rates among private credit borrowers with less than $100 million of EBITDA, the bulk of the direct lending market, ran at 3.0% on a size-weighted basis and 3.6% by count in the second quarter of 2026, according to Houlihan Lokey’s Private Credit DataBank. Size-weighted default rates are measured on the loan principal amount outstanding rather than the number of loans. These figures are based on the DataBank’s most fundamental definition of default, which captures technical defaults as well as payment defaults.

Altera, the world’s largest pure-play FPGA solutions provider, and Riverlane, the world leader in quantum error correction (QEC) technology and tools, today announced their partnership to help quantum hardware developers build more flexible control and error-correction systems that can process quantum data in parallel and rapidly move correction information through the control stack with predictable timing using Altera FPGAs. Riverlane has also joined the Altera Solutions Acceleration Partner Program (ASAP), expanding the ecosystem of specialized solutions that help customers reduce integration complexity and bring FPGA-based systems to market faster.

1031 CF Properties, a leading sponsor of senior housing Delaware Statutory Trusts (DSTs), announced today the launch of its latest offering, Senior Housing DST 12. The offering features Oaks at Eagle's Landing, a 122-unit independent living, assisted living, and memory care community in Stockbridge, Georgia, in the fast-growing Atlanta metropolitan area. Senior Housing DST 12 is the twelfth senior housing DST program sponsored by the firm and its affiliates since 2018.

Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter LLP, a leading national shareholder rights law firm, today announced that it has commenced an investigation on behalf of ServiceTitan, Inc. (“ServiceTitan” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: TTAN) investors concerning the Company’s possible violations of the federal securities laws.

AXS, a trusted leader in ticketing technology, and AVA Presents today announced a new partnership naming AXS the official ticketing partner for CityAud, the historic Colorado Springs City Auditorium, currently undergoing a major redevelopment ahead of its reopening in early 2027.

Rorra, the premium water filtration company redefining the future of healthier living, launched its Filtered Water Pitcher, the brand's first mobile drinking water solution and the latest expansion of the brand's growing product portfolio. With the launch of its Filtered Pitcher, Rorra brings its best-in-class filtration technology, nonplastic materials, and design-forward approach to a broader audience for the first time.

Roo, the largest veterinary workforce platform that connects hospitals with veterinary professionals, launched in Canada today, offering flexible locum work, known as relief work in the U.S., and free continuing education. Through Roo’s platform, veterinary hospitals across the Greater Toronto Area can now post and fill open shifts while Canadian veterinarians and Registered Veterinary Technicians can find flexible locum shifts that fit their schedules.

Therapies that have transformed the treatment of cancer, postpartum hemorrhage, and calcified artery disease have been selected as finalists for the second annual Thomas J. Fogarty Innovation Prize (Fogarty Prize), made possible by the Linda and Mike Mussallem Foundation. This prestigious recognition honors an innovator or team who has developed and successfully commercialized a life-changing medical technology. The finalists will be celebrated, and the winner announced, at a black-tie gala in San Diego on October 30. The winner(s) will receive an unrestricted $100,000 cash prize and a custom-cast bronze medal.

Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter LLP, a leading national shareholder rights law firm, today announced that it has commenced an investigation on behalf of Stryker Corporation (“Stryker” or the “Company”) (NYSE: SYK) investors concerning the Company’s possible violations of the federal securities laws.

AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “a+” (Excellent) of American Interstate Insurance Company (Omaha, NE), Silver Oak Casualty, Inc. (Omaha, NE) and American Interstate Insurance Company of Texas (Austin, TX) (collectively referred to as AMERISAFE Insurance Group). Concurrently, AM Best has affirmed the Long-Term ICR of “bbb+” (Good) of AMERISAFE, Inc. (headquartered in DeRidder, LA) [NASDAQ: AMSF], the ultimate parent of the group members. The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable.

Two weeks before Authentic Brands Group and Vince Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: VNCE) publicly announced the purchase of the intellectual property and operating business associated with Drake’s October’s Very Own (“OVO”), a lender to OVO—A.R.I. OVO Growth Capital I, LLC (“A.R.I.”), which provided financing through the purchase of convertible promissory notes (the “Notes”)—filed a 391-page Motion Record in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) in Toronto.

West Shore Home, one of the fastest-growing home remodeling companies in the United States, has formalized a national partnership with Habitat for Humanity International. The partnership caps a donation program that began in March 2024, when West Shore Home’s Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, branch delivered brand-new windows to the local Habitat for Humanity ReStore.

AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb+” (Good) of Autosure Insurance Limited (Autosure) (New Zealand). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable.

KnowledgeLake, a leader in AI-powered document automation, today announced it has been named a Disruptor in the 2026 Infosource Global Capture & IDP Vendor Matrix. The annual matrix from Infosource, an independent research firm covering the capture and intelligent document processing (IDP) market, evaluates vendors on two dimensions: strategy and capabilities, as well as execution in the market.

The Executive Women’s Forum (EWF), a division of DSG Global, is pleased to welcome a new member to its Board of Advisors. The Board of Advisors is a distinguished network of influential thought leaders who help guide EWF’s mission to equip individuals, teams, and enterprises with the capabilities, confidence, and collaboration required to lead and thrive in an AI- and cyber-driven world.

OneShield today announced that Andy Scurto has been named Head of its Product Advisory Committee (PAC).

Articulate, the #1 platform for workplace training, and Thinkific Labs Inc. (TSX: THNC), the leading learning commerce platform for scaling external training, today announced a product integration and a commercial partnership. Starting today, eligible customers licensed for both platforms can publish content created in Articulate 360 AI directly to Thinkific Plus with one click, eliminating manual exports, re-packaging and reuploads. This is Articulate's first native integration with a third-party LMS.

Articulate, the #1 platform for workplace training trusted by 100% of the Fortune 100 and more than 125,000 organizations worldwide, today announced its most ambitious platform expansion since the launch of Articulate 360. From the stage of its annual Articuland conference, the company unveiled Nova, an AI agent that’s built on 20+ years of learning science to execute complex tasks in the creation and delivery of training, and Frontline, an AI-native product built to extend high-quality training creation across every team in the organization.

AM Best has commented that the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” (Excellent) of Partners Life Limited (Partners Life) (New Zealand) remain unchanged, following the announcement on 3 September 2026 that Partners Group Holdings Limited (Partners Group), Partners Life’s immediate parent and a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary of Daiichi Life Group, Inc. [TSE: 8750], has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire Fidelity Life Assurance Company Limited.

Despite homeowners insurance premiums remaining below the national average, California’s insurance market continues to face significant pressures that are limiting coverage availability and driving more consumers toward nonstandard insurance options, according to a new members-only Issues Brief published by the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I®).

OpenVPN Inc., the number one-ranked business VPN and ZTNA solution on G2, announced today the release of Access Server Link. Combined with OpenVPN’s native Zero Trust application brokering, Access Server Link gives IT and security teams SaaS-level simplicity and cloud-scale performance across the major hyperscalers — without ever surrendering control of their data and control plane.

Vigience Inc. today launched the Vigience MCP for SAP, a pioneering write-capable MCP integration. It gives AI agents and people using them access to live SAP data, and the ability to post complex transactions, such as quotations and sales orders, based on live SAP pricing and availability. Access runs through curated, customer-specific MCP servers and APIs, under each user's own SAP permissions, and every change is traceable to the person or agent behind it.

Kallisio today announced an expanded program to help patients preparing for head and neck cancer radiation therapy gain access to Stentra, a custom-fit, 3D-printed intraoral device cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA 510(k) K232293).

Children’s Minnesota announced a historic $35 million gift from entrepreneur, philanthropist and civic leader Tom Golisano. The gift is believed to be the largest of its kind toward pediatric health in Minnesota and will help the health system accelerate a bold, systemwide vision for the future of pediatric medicine.

Techreviewer.co, a B2B research and ratings platform for technology service providers, has released its third annual research on AI use in software development, polling 127 companies worldwide.

Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in UWM Holdings Corporation (NYSE: UWMC) that a securities class action has been filed on behalf of shareholders who purchased securities between March 9, 2026 and August 5, 2026. Submit your information now. You may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or (212) 363-7500.

NSF, a global human health organization, today announced the appointment of Nicole Parent Haughey to its Board of Directors. Haughey brings more than three decades of leadership experience as an investor, operator, corporate executive and public company board director, with deep expertise in strategy, governance, mergers and acquisitions, talent development and value creation.

Fairing, the zero-party data measurement and attribution platform, today announced the launch of Advanced Attribution, a new product that identifies the specific podcasts, TV placements, creators, and AI platforms driving a brand's sales.

Azizi Developments, a leading private developer in the UAE, is unveiling Azizi Florence, a USD 8.1 billion master-planned community marking its first project in Sharjah.

The Eagle Leasing Company, a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, today announced the acquisition of GoldStar Storage Container & Trailer Rentals (“GoldStar” or the “Company”), headquartered in Wilmington, North Carolina. The transaction supplements Eagle Leasing’s branch network, providing additional resources to the existing branches in Charlotte and Raleigh. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

FlightSafety International Inc. (FSI), the global leader in aviation training and simulation technology, today announced that 10 of its Specialty Training Courses are now eligible for National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Certified Aviation Manager (CAM) credit.

AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good), the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb” (Good), and the Vietnam National Scale Rating (NSR) of aaa.VN (Exceptional) of Petrolimex Insurance Corporation (PJICO) (Vietnam). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable.

Pryor Cashman announced today that Katherine C. Reilly has been named co-chair of the firm’s White Collar + Regulatory Enforcement Practice, effective immediately.

Penelope Bourbon is taking its annual Cigar Sessions series to a bolder place with the release of Cigar Sessions: Chapter 2, a high-proof American whiskey crafted in collaboration with renowned cigar-makers Alec Bradley. The new expression brings together Penelope’s blending expertise and Alec Bradley’s decades of cigar-making experience to create a whiskey specifically designed to complement medium to full-bodied cigars.

IKS Health, a global leader in care enablement solutions supporting clinical, administrative, and financial efficiencies across the patient journey, today announced the appointment of Amaris McComas as Group Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). McComas joins the company from TruBridge, Inc., acquired by IKS Health in July 2026, and is now a part of the executive leadership team of the company.

Navy Federal members have a new, simpler way to earn more when they travel. Designed for Military Servicemembers, Veterans and their families, the Flagship Premier Visa Signature® Credit Card offers 4X points on travel, 3X points on restaurants and a $100 annual airline credit for a $95 annual fee.

An AECOM (NYSE: ACM) and Jacobs joint venture has been appointed by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) as Program Delivery Partner for MetroLink, a transformative transportation program that will provide a high-capacity, sustainable rail connection between North County Dublin, Dublin Airport and the city center, supporting future growth, reducing congestion and enhancing mobility across Ireland's capital.

Acrisure today unveiled AurisSM AI, its applied AI platform designed to connect data, workflows, and AI-assisted decision-making across its portfolio of services. Developed by Acrisure using Palantir’s platforms, Auris AI brings together client, carrier, contract, and operational intelligence into a common operating framework and AI engine that is intended to help insurance professionals identify opportunities, coordinate work, and serve clients more effectively, with access governed by applicable permissions and controls.

Contact centers are evolving from reactive, cost-sensitive organizations into customer engagement hubs with growing capabilities enabled by AI and other advances, according to new research from global AI-centered technology research and advisory firm Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III).

Blackstone (NYSE: BX) announced today that private equity funds affiliated with Blackstone Capital Partners and Blackstone Energy Transition Partners (collectively “Blackstone”) have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Flow Control Holdings (“FCH”), a leading U.S. provider of highly engineered flow control solutions and components for the data center liquid cooling, food, beverage, and pharmaceutical markets, from Audax Private Equity (“Audax”). As part of the transaction, Audax will retain a minority equity stake in FCH, continuing to partner with Blackstone and management to support the company.

SciFin, a new company helping revenue organizations turn fragmented information into timely action, today launched its platform, pioneering Context Convergence, a new category built to close the Context Gap: the divide between information scattered across an organization and the complete, current understanding teams need to make decisions.

DeVry University has earned the No. 3 national ranking for 2027 Best Colleges for Information Technology in America according to Niche, a leading platform connecting students and families with colleges and schools. The recognition highlights DeVry’s longstanding focus on technology education and its commitment to creating innovative learning experiences that help prepare students for a rapidly evolving workforce.

Peridio, the device infrastructure company for Physical AI, today announced it has joined Arm® Total Design for Physical AI, an ecosystem initiative launched by Arm on September 8 at its flagship Arm Everywhere event in Shanghai. The program brings silicon, software and technology partners together to develop, validate and scale optimized physical AI solutions on Arm, with the goal of shortening the path from development and validation to commercial deployment.

Admiral Insurance Group®, a Berkley Company providing wholesale-dedicated excess and surplus (E&S) lines commercial insurance, has announced the relaunch of AdmiralPro Excess™, their Excess Professional Liability product, which has been redesigned to address increasingly complex risks.

Stacklet today introduced the Cloud AI FinOps Benchmark, a set of tested controls that define what good cloud AI cost governance looks like across Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Teams can assess their environment against the benchmark to see exactly where usage can be optimized, then act on it through Stacklet's control plane, using automated policies and agentic AI to fix and prevent waste. Built on newly expanded coverage of cloud AI and GPU resources, with new controls added continuously, the benchmarks are ready out of the box and adjustable, so teams can tune remediation and notification workflows to their environment.

Punchbowl®, the gold standard in online invitations and greeting cards, today announced a new collection of official Minecraft online invitations. Inspired by the world's best-selling video game,1 the designs feature Minecraft characters and elements including Creeper, Chicken Jockey, Steve, Alex, TNT, familiar biomes, block-built landscapes, and more. Parents of young fans can easily customize and send Minecraft invitations for birthdays, gaming parties, movie watch-parties, and other celebrations.

Archer today announced Archer Accelerate, a six-city global tour that puts the company's proprietary GRC AI in front of the world's most regulated enterprises, hands-on. Following Archer Summit in Orlando from September 14-17, Archer is taking those breakthroughs, and the customers already running them, to São Paulo, Santiago, Rome, Tokyo, Sydney, and Singapore from October 6 through October 23.

A new peer-reviewed study from Humana Healthcare Research published in Health Affairs Scholar found that Medicare Advantage beneficiaries who used an integrated specialty pharmacy, which coordinates pharmacy services with a beneficiary’s health plan, experienced faster access to specialty medications and lower out-of-pocket pharmacy costs compared with beneficiaries using non-integrated specialty pharmacies. The research suggests that greater coordination between health plans and specialty pharmacies can help improve the patient experience and make prescription drugs more accessible and affordable.

Parafin, an embedded finance company for platforms, today announced a partnership with Tekion, innovator of the first end-to-end, AI-native platform serving the entire automotive retail ecosystem. Together, they launched Pay Over Time, a business-to-business (B2B) buy now, pay later solution for dealership business customers. Embedded directly into Tekion’s Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) platform via Tekion Pay, Parafin Pay Over Time allows businesses to split their invoices and bills into biweekly installments, with approval in seconds at checkout.

PENN Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: PENN) (“PENN” or the “Company”) announced today that it will host a groundbreaking ceremony for the future Hollywood Casino Hotel Council Bluffs (“Hollywood Council Bluffs”) on Monday, September 14, 2026, at 10 a.m. CT. The new land-based casino is expected to open in 2028 and will replace the Company’s adjacent Ameristar Council Bluffs riverboat casino when completed, pending customary regulatory approvals.

CBTS, a leading provider of AI-ready infrastructure, cloud, and security services, today announced the acquisition of Recovery Point Systems, a nationally recognized leader in fully managed and orchestrated Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) and cyber resiliency solutions developed specifically for enterprise IT environments.

Convergent Energy and Power (Convergent), a leading provider of energy storage solutions in North America, today announced that its Vice President of Environmental, Health, and Safety, Laura Behrer, has been named a finalist for the 2026 Platts Global Energy Awards in the "Rising Star Individual" category. Behrer was recognized for her leadership in translating safety priorities into practical, scalable solutions across Convergent's growing energy storage portfolio.

Comcast Business today announced a collaboration with Equinix, the world’s digital infrastructure company®, that will allow enterprises to order Comcast Business last-mile connectivity through standards-based APIs directly within Equinix Fabric®, Equinix’s software-defined interconnection service that enables customers to digitally connect their distributed infrastructure.

York Space Systems (York) (NYSE: YSS), a leading, US-based national defense and commercial prime providing a comprehensive suite of mission-enabling solutions, will serve as prime contractor for the initial phase of DeepSky, Tomorrow.io’s next-generation early warning constellation, delivering dozens of satellites on York’s flight-proven M-CLASS platform. The $187 million contract, previously disclosed in March, covers the initial phase of the planned proliferated low-Earth orbit constellation.

Members of the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) exhibiting at IBC 2026 will showcase a range of technologies supporting the developing AV2 ecosystem, giving attendees an early look at how the industry's next-generation open video codec is progressing from specification to implementation. More than a dozen AOMedia Member companies are exhibiting at the event, with several demonstrating advancements in AV2 development, testing, playback, compliance, and deployment tools.

A Jacobs (NYSE: J) and AECOM joint venture has been appointed by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) as Program Delivery Partner for MetroLink, a transformative transportation program that will provide a high-capacity, sustainable rail connection between North County Dublin, Dublin Airport and the city center, supporting future growth, reducing congestion and enhancing mobility across Ireland's capital.

Lumin Digital, the Compounding Growth Platform for banks and credit unions, today announced an open banking integration with MX Technologies, Inc., giving financial institutions on the Lumin platform a standards-based way to connect users with third-party financial applications.

Mobile Heartbeat, a leading provider of clinical communication and collaboration solutions, today announced that its Banyan platform now supports private 5G networks, expanding the connectivity options available to healthcare organizations as they modernize their communications infrastructure.

The Fresh Market, Inc. is celebrating a standout year in the 2026 USA TODAY 10Best Readers' Choice Awards after being voted Best Grocery Store and earning five first-place honors overall.

Elliptic, the global leader in on-chain risk, today published the Elliptic Standard: eight principles for governing agentic on-chain risk.

AM Best has placed under review with positive implications the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of Fidelity Life Assurance Company Limited (Fidelity Life Assurance) (New Zealand).

Mona Kattan has built a global brand around beauty, fragrance, and selfcare.

CoreWeave, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRWV), The Essential Cloud for AI™, today announced the launch of Physical AI Field Engineering, an offering that pairs customer teams with domain specialists to build, validate, and deploy AI across the full engineering lifecycle, from research and development through in-field operations. Built on the team and methods CoreWeave acquired with Monolith AI, the service runs on CoreWeave's own platform and integrated engineering AI solution.

Elysian, the AI-powered claims quality platform for commercial insurance, today announced the appointment of Ian Thompson and Robin LaChapelle to their Strategic Advisory Board. Their perspectives will help shape Elysian’s strategy as it works to modernize the commercial claims experience for insurers and their policyholders. They join Bronek Masojada, Former Hiscox CEO, and current Chairman of the Board for Sirius Point, who was appointed as a strategic advisor in June 2025.

Mercado Libre, Inc. (“Mercado Libre”) announces the successful issuance of its 2036 senior unsecured notes for a total amount of USD 1,000 million. The transaction was met with strong demand from more than one hundred institutional investors. This demonstrates continued confidence in Mercado Libre’s strategy, execution and cash generation capacity. Proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, and will further strengthen the company’s liquidity.

Today, Chase and Aeroplan announced new and refreshed benefits for the Chase Air Canada Aeroplan Card, giving primary cardmembers more ways to earn Aeroplan points, day-of-travel benefits, new opportunities to save on eligible Air Canada flights and added benefits when traveling with Air Canada.

Madison Global, an employee-owned ESOP company with international reach and more than 50 years of experience in employee recognition, incentive travel, meetings and events, today announced the appointment of strategic growth advisor Gale Crosley, CPA, CGMA, as an independent director on its Board of Directors. The appointment adds an experienced outside perspective to the company's Board as Madison accelerates mid-market and enterprise expansion in its next phase of growth.