New York – October 16, 2026 -- Corporate travel manager ALTOUR has unveiled ALTOUR iQ, an in-house conversational AI platform that lets travel managers query program data in plain language, with broader market availability planned for Q1 2027.

The platform is in a phased commercial rollout following its debut at Business Travel Show America 2026. ALTOUR iQ was an Innovation Faceoff finalist at the show. Haley Rossow, ALTOUR's Senior Director of Global Business Intelligence, presented it on October 14 in New York.

ALTOUR iQ replaces dashboards with predictive and scenario analysis

ALTOUR says the tool moves beyond conventional dashboards and historical reporting. It delivers predictive insights, scenario analysis and actionable intelligence in seconds. Users no longer have to work through complex reports or fragmented data.

The platform is built around four functions:

Orlando – October 16, 2026 -- Newsweek's America's Best Nursing Homes 2027 list ranked Solaris Healthcare East Orlando #19 and Solaris Healthcare Apopka #33 among facilities with 100-149 beds.

Newsweek and Statista screened 14,693 nursing homes to select 1,325

Newsweek compiles the ranking each year with research firm Statista. The 2027 edition highlights 1,325 of the 14,693 U.S. nursing homes analyzed, or about 9% of the field.

The evaluation draws on performance data, peer recommendations, accreditations and satisfaction metrics, and uses data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Solaris places two Florida facilities in the 100-149 bed category

The East Orlando facility sits in Orlando, while the second ranked site is in Apopka, Florida. Both were listed in the same bed-size bracket, 100-149 beds.

San Francisco – October 16, 2026 -- Novogradac will convene attorneys, developers, investors, lenders, tax insurance providers and advisors at the Fairmont Washington, D.C. Georgetown on Nov. 5-6 for its 2026 Fall Renewable Energy Tax Credits Conference, held immediately after the 2026 mid-term elections.

Federal policy changes drive the agenda

Sessions will cover recent federal developments affecting clean energy tax incentives, technical tax considerations in deal execution, and the evolving clean energy development landscape. Further topics include what is driving investor interest in certain properties and tax equity structures.

Conference chair Tony Grappone, a partner in Novogradac's North Andover, Massachusetts, office, said the renewable energy tax credit (RETC) sector has been shaped this year by "major changes in federal policy and guidance."

New York – October 16, 2026 -- Fox Corporation-owned sports platform OutKick closed Q3 2026 with 12.2 million average monthly desktop and mobile unique visitors, up 149% from the prior-year quarter and 40% from Q2, according to Comscore.

OutKick's Q3 views and minutes nearly triple year on year

Total multiplatform views reached 190 million, up 56% quarter on quarter and 187% year on year. Total multiplatform minutes hit 201 million, up 29% versus the prior quarter and 196% versus the prior-year quarter.

September unique visitors rise 188% to 12.8 million

In September alone, OutKick recorded 12.8 million total desktop and mobile unique visitors, up 188% year on year. Multiplatform views totaled 64 million, up 192%, while multiplatform minutes reached 62 million, up 213%, per Comscore.

Monett, Mo. – – October 16, 2026 -- Jack Henry (Nasdaq: JKHY) will become the first core banking technology provider to integrate with Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL), giving banks and credit unions a route to offer tokenized deposits.

GCUL is a fully managed, distributed ledger service. Financial institutions use it to tokenize and transfer money and assets on a shared, real-time record with programmable, 24/7 settlement.

Community lenders face growing pressure from large banks and fintechs

Jack Henry says consumer and business expectations are shifting toward real-time, programmable financial experiences. Community and regional institutions face growing competition from large banks and fintech providers. The company says tokenized deposit infrastructure inside its ecosystem lets these institutions explore new transactional use cases and enhance digital experiences.

Santa Clara, Calif. – October 16, 2026 -- DPR Construction moved up one place to No. 3 on Engineering News-Record's 2026 Top Green Contractors list, from No. 4 in 2025, as green contracting revenue across the sector's top 100 firms rose 5.9% to $101.9 billion in 2025.

ENR ranks contractors by revenue from certified green projects

ENR's annual list ranks firms on revenue from construction services for projects registered with or certified by third-party organizations. Those organizations set standards for environmental impact, energy efficiency or carbon footprint.

DPR's water strategies saved more than 48 million gallons in 2025

According to DPR's 2025 Global Social Responsibility Annual Report, water strategies on major projects saved more than 48 million gallons of freshwater in 2025 alone. The report also details expanded use of lower-carbon concrete, cleaner equipment and lower-emission fuels.

Orlando – October 16, 2026 -- Florida's existing single-family home sales fell 3.5% year-over-year in September to 20,537 closings, the second straight month of annual declines, as higher mortgage rates halted the modest growth of the past 12 to 14 months, according to Florida Realtors.

Third-quarter sales hold flat for houses and rise for condos

Statewide existing single-family sales totaled 65,904 in the third quarter of 2026, up 0.2% from the same period a year earlier. Existing condo-townhouse sales reached 22,664, up 3.1%.

September condo-townhouse closings totaled 7,179, about level with September 2025 (-0.1%). Closed sales can occur 30 to 90-plus days after contracts are written, so the figures lag buyer activity.

Little Ferry, N.J. – October 16, 2026 -- Eventide Communications has completed an independent SOC 2 Type 1 examination covering the security and availability of its cloud-based mission-critical recording and analytics solutions, giving public safety buyers third-party evidence of its controls.

A-LIGN audits cloud environment against Security and Availability criteria

The examination was performed by A-LIGN, a cybersecurity compliance and audit firm. It evaluated controls against the Security and Availability Trust Services Criteria and included an assessment of relevant HIPAA/HITECH safeguards.

The scope covers Eventide's broader cloud environment and the controls supporting its cloud-based solutions. These include Critical Insights AI™ and the cloud-hosted and virtualized NexLog® DX-Series recording solutions.

Fort Lauderdale – October 16, 2026 -- Community opposition blocked or delayed about $130 billion in U.S. data center projects in the first quarter of 2026, roughly matching the total for all of 2025, according to Data Center Watch. Crisis communications firm Red Banyan has released a free two-page Data Center Opposition Readiness Checklist to help developers, utilities and investors gauge their exposure before announcing a project.

Opposition groups more than doubled to over 800 in one quarter

Data Center Watch counts at least 75 U.S. projects blocked or delayed in the first quarter. Active local opposition groups more than doubled in a single quarter, to more than 800 across 49 states.

On July 18, 2026, opponents staged 142 protests in 42 states on the same day, according to Reuters. A Pew Research Center survey found that 60 percent of Americans would be uncomfortable with a new data center in their area.

Atlanta – October 16, 2026 -- White Cap and DEWALT will present a combined $175,000 donation to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on Sunday, October 18, at Phoenix Raceway, marking the fourth year of their joint partnership.

DEWALT adds $25,000 through October in-branch product sales

DEWALT will contribute an additional $25,000 through purchases of select DEWALT products at participating White Cap branches throughout October. The retail-linked mechanism ties charitable output directly to distributor sales volume during the campaign month.