Events

Kansas City – September 17, 2026 -- KanEquip, Inc. has opened its first dealership dedicated exclusively to JCB equipment in Kansas City, expanding its footprint beyond the six existing Kansas locations that carry the brand.

KanEquip enters Kansas City after Trane's acquisition of CSTK creates market opening

The sale of Central States Thermo King (CSTK) to Trane, Inc. left a gap in local JCB support in Kansas City, which KanEquip moved to fill. The company said retaining CSTK's experienced staff, some employed since 2014, was the primary driver behind the market entry, citing their established knowledge of JCB equipment and rental-house customer relationships.

Dallas – September 17, 2026 -- Two Texas communities managed by FirstService Residential raised more than $56,000 for first-responder and veteran charities during 25th-anniversary tribute events marking the September 11 attacks.

Long Beach, Calif. – September 17, 2026 -- The Children's Heart Institute at Miller Children's & Women's Hospital has completed two procedures using the Renata Minima Stent, the first FDA-approved stent system engineered specifically for neonates and infants weighing at least 1.5 kg (3.3 pounds) with pulmonary artery stenosis or coarctation of the aorta.

New stent expands with the patient, reducing repeat surgeries

CHICAGO – September 17, 2026 -- Hundreds of Amazon Teamsters plan to rally at Chicago City Hall on September 15 to demand passage of an ordinance banning Amazon's third-party Delivery Service Partner model, escalating a labor fight that has already produced regulatory wins in New York City.

Alderwoman Julia Ramirez introduces bill requiring direct hire of delivery workers

The Delivery Protection Act, sponsored by Alderwoman Julia Ramirez (D-12th District), would compel delivery companies operating in Chicago -- including Amazon -- to license their facilities with the city and directly employ their workforce. The measure would effectively outlaw subcontracted delivery operations within city limits.

Allentown, Pa. – September 17, 2026 -- PPL Electric Utilities has filed a proposal with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to create a new billing mechanism that would directly assign certain transmission network upgrade costs tied to large energy users, including data centers, to those specific customers rather than spreading them across its 1.5 million residential and business accounts.

New rider replaces existing transmission charge without adding fees

The proposed Customer Protection Transmission Rider (CPTR) would replace the utility's current Transmission Service Charge (TSC). PPL Electric says the change does not introduce a new charge but instead restructures how transmission costs are recovered, making them visible as a dedicated line item on customer bills rather than embedded within supply charges.

Hellerup – September 17, 2026 -- TORM plc has launched a secondary public offering of 9,000,000 Class A common shares on behalf of OCM Njord Holdings S.à r.l., a vehicle indirectly owned by funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.

Oaktree-linked seller holds roughly 20% of TORM's Class A shares before the sale

OCM Njord Holdings currently owns approximately 20% of TORM's Class A common shares. The selling shareholder is expected to grant the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,350,000 shares, which could lift the total offering size to 10,350,000 shares.

TORM will not receive proceeds as the sale is entirely secondary

The Nasdaq-listed product tanker operator (TRMD, TRMD A) is not selling any shares itself and will not collect proceeds from the transaction. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is acting as sole underwriter, offering the shares to the public at a fixed price that may be adjusted without notice.

Phoenix – September 17, 2026 -- Ninety-eight percent of managers who directly supervise University of Phoenix graduates report overall satisfaction with those employees, and 97% say they would likely hire another University of Phoenix graduate in the future, according to new research from The Harris Poll commissioned by the university.

Harris Poll surveys 408 U.S. managers to benchmark employer experience

The Harris Poll conducted an online survey from June 4-25, 2026, among 204 U.S. managers supervising at least one University of Phoenix graduate and 204 managers supervising graduates from other colleges and universities. Of 1,796 individuals contacted, 96% met screening requirements (n=1,728), and 24% of the qualified sample completed the survey. Results carry a Bayesian credible interval of ±8.6 percentage points for the University of Phoenix group and ±8.0 percentage points for the benchmark group at a 95% confidence level.

Evanston, Illinois – September 17, 2026 -- ZS has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Life Science R&D RWD/Real-World Evidence for Data Platforms, Technology Solutions, and Consulting Services 2026 Vendor Assessment (IDC #US54122226, August 2026).

The recognition marks ZS's second IDC MarketScape Leader designation in 2026, following its May 2026 placement as a Leader in the Worldwide Life Sciences R&D Strategic Consulting Services assessment (IDC #US53009826).

ZS reports 90% NPS and 97% retention across its real-world data and evidence engagements

IDC's assessment cited ZS's integrated Medical & Evidence practice, which links medical, real-world evidence and health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) strategies to speed decision-making. The firm connects evidence generation directly to downstream dissemination, supporting publications, congress strategies and field medical execution for life sciences clients.

Dallas – September 17, 2026 -- ATI Inc. (NYSE: ATI) Board Chair, President and CEO Kim Fields will participate in a fireside chat at the Morgan Stanley 14th Annual Laguna Conference in Dana Point, California, on September 17, 2026, at 4:05 p.m. ET.

Fields will field questions on aerospace demand and ATI's specialty materials portfolio

The session will be hosted by Kristine Liwag, Morgan Stanley's Senior Aerospace & Defense equity analyst, giving institutional investors direct access to ATI's leadership on growth opportunities within the aerospace and defense supply chain.

Oakland, Calif. – September 17, 2026 -- Vietnam Waste Solutions (VWS), the Vietnamese subsidiary of Oakland-based California Waste Solutions (CWS), has proposed a 50- to 60-megawatt waste-to-energy plant at its Da Phuoc Integrated Solid Waste Facility (DPI) outside Ho Chi Minh City, adding to roughly $200 million already invested in the site.

VWS proposes new power plant to expand Vietnam's largest engineered landfill

DPI, a 341-acre facility built in the mid-2000s to the U.S. Subtitle D standard, currently buries up to 6,500 tons of municipal solid waste daily -- about 2.4 million tons a year -- covering more than half of Ho Chi Minh City's household waste output of roughly 10,000 tons per day. VWS this year formally submitted the waste-to-energy proposal and is now moving through appraisal and permitting.

New York – September 17, 2026 -- Zip Security has joined Project QuiltWorks, the CrowdStrike-led coalition defending organizations against frontier AI-driven cyber risk, extending enterprise-grade protection to small and mid-sized businesses that lack dedicated security teams.

Frontier AI models have cut attack costs while defense costs stay flat for SMBs

Frontier AI has changed the economics of cyber risk, giving attackers tools to discover software vulnerabilities that earlier reviews missed. Small and mid-sized businesses now face sophisticated threats without the resources enterprises use to counter them, according to the companies.

New York – September 17, 2026 -- Whirlpool brand and the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) will stage a free public activation at Pier 17 on Sept. 15, tying the league's Championship Week to a donation program supplying UV Clean Technology laundry towers to NYPD precincts and FDNY firehouses across New York City.

Whirlpool ties product demo to first-responder donation

The "Lacrosse After Dark: Blue Light Edition" event runs 6:30-9:30 p.m. and showcases Whirlpool's Front Load Laundry Tower with UV Clean Technology, a feature the company says reduces bacteria in wash cycles without high heat or harsh chemicals. Beyond the on-site sweepstakes offering fans a chance to win a unit and VIP championship tickets, Whirlpool will donate multiple laundry towers directly to NYPD and FDNY facilities.

ALBUQUERQUE – – September 17, 2026 -- Dr. David Jackson, DBA, MBA, drawing on more than 30 years of management experience and nearly five decades of martial arts practice, has published "The Martial Art of Management: The Accountability Advantage," a leadership guide aimed at building accountability-driven workplace cultures for executives and organizational leaders.

Book frames accountability as "disciplined freedom" rather than control or punishment

Jackson's central premise separates accountability from blame, positioning it instead as a system that grants employees autonomy while holding them responsible for decisions, actions and results.

Chicago – September 17, 2026 -- Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE: ELS) will send members of its executive management team to the Bank of America Securities 2026 Global Real Estate Conference, joining a roundtable discussion scheduled for Tuesday, September 15, 2026, at 1:30 PM Eastern Time.

Executives to field investor questions in live roundtable session

The session will be broadcast live, with a webcast link available through the Investor Relations section of the company's website. ELS did not disclose the specific topics management plans to address during the roundtable.

Salt Lake City – September 17, 2026 -- Health Catalyst, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCAT) has appointed Tami Reller to its board of directors, effective October 1, 2026, naming her audit chair and a member of the compensation committee.

Board move follows new CEO appointment at healthcare intelligence firm

Reller's appointment comes shortly after Health Catalyst named Simeon Kohl as Chief Executive Officer and President, effective September 14, 2026. The company positions itself as an AI-forward healthcare intelligence provider built on 18 years of operating history and $2.8 billion in documented outcomes for health systems.

Washington – September 17, 2026 -- The American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) submitted a formal comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) opposing proposed payment cuts in the calendar year 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, warning the changes could accelerate consolidation among independent orthopaedic practices.

AAOS demands CMS preserve current work RVUs for major joint procedures

The letter urges CMS to maintain calendar year 2026 work relative value units (RVUs) for total shoulder, total hip, and total knee arthroplasty services, along with shoulder hemiarthroplasty. AAOS argues that reducing these values would compound years of what it calls inadequate payment updates and rising practice costs.

Houston – September 17, 2026 -- Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE: HOS) said its subsidiary Helix Well Ops (U.K.) Limited has secured a multi-year decommissioning contract with a major North Sea operator, set to begin in the second quarter of 2027 with a firm two-year term and customer options to extend.

Contract covers riserless plug and abandonment work using purpose-built vessels

Hornbeck will perform the operations using either the Well Enhancer or Seawell, both riserless well intervention vessels. The award includes a fully integrated service package: vessel deployment, a Subsea Intervention Lubricator well access system, ROVs, saturation diving, and project management and engineering support delivered under a single contract.

Atlanta and Washington – September 17, 2026 -- Global cybersecurity exposure tied to artificial intelligence could reach as much as $3 trillion, according to Michael Gargiulo, CEO of VPN.com, a company specializing in cybersecurity and domain name brand protection.

Palo Alto Networks flagged $1 trillion in cybersecurity debt

On a recent earnings call, Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora said approximately $1 trillion in global cybersecurity infrastructure must be modernized to counter automated threats that operate instantaneously.

Herndon, Virginia – September 17, 2026 -- ReDEFY, a pure-play Salesforce consulting partner, has already built working Salesforce Environmental Health solutions for six large California counties ahead of the state's CERS NextGen deadline, without a signed contract in hand.

ReDEFY reverses the consulting sales cycle by delivering the product before the pitch

The firm's new campaign, "Built Before the Meeting," launches at Dreamforce 2026 in San Francisco, running September 15 to 17. Instead of discovery calls and slide decks, ReDEFY constructs a working Salesforce Industry Cloud solution for a prospect's specific problem before the first meeting occurs. The first public proof is live now at redefy.com, targeting California's 81 Certified Unified Program Agencies.

Shanghai – September 17, 2026 -- DFRobot opened preorders for seeMote Cap, a $229 mountable spatial tracking module for Apple Vision Pro developers, with first units shipping in late September 2026.

Device attaches to existing tools instead of requiring custom controllers

seeMote Cap mounts directly onto tools engineers already use, including screwdrivers, lab instruments, training devices, and teaching models. Its 6DoF tracking captures the position, orientation, and motion of the attached tool, letting developers map real-world movements into visionOS app logic while preserving the original grip and workflow.