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Boston – September 30, 2026 -- Boston Globe Media and Tufts Health Plan have renewed their branded content partnership for a sixth season of "Turning Points: Navigating Mental Health," a five-episode podcast series debuting new installments every Wednesday starting October 7, 2026.

Studio/B produces the series as branded content separate from newsroom operations

The podcast is created by Boston Globe Media's branded content division, Studio/B, in collaboration with Tufts Health Plan, a Point32Health company. The Boston Globe's news and editorial departments have no role in the production, the companies confirmed.

Season six tackles parenting, loss and news-cycle anxiety

The new season addresses parenting in the age of social media, starting over after loss, and managing mental health amid a constant news cycle. Clinical social worker Frantzes Lys returns as host, interviewing guests about personal mental health turning points.

Charlotte – September 30, 2026 -- Clean Team, a 30-year-old commercial janitorial services provider based in Toledo, Ohio, has received an investment from Austin-based private equity firm Blue Sage Capital to fund continued expansion. BlackArch Partners served as exclusive financial advisor to Clean Team on the transaction.

Clean Team operates 18 branches across 13 states in the Midwest and Southwest

The Company provides recurring janitorial services, specialty cleaning and consumable hygiene products to commercial clients in healthcare, manufacturing, distribution/fulfillment, education, government and office sectors. Clean Team has grown through a combination of organic expansion and strategic acquisitions since its founding in 1996 by CEO Bob Armbruster.

Virginia Beach, Va. – September 30, 2026 -- Arcadis joined the City of Virginia Beach to break ground on the Windsor Woods Pump Station, a key infrastructure piece in a citywide flood-resilience network covering the Windsor Woods, Princess Anne Plaza and The Lakes neighborhoods.

Pump station anchors a broader drainage improvements program funded by voters

The facility forms a cornerstone of the Windsor Woods, Princess Anne Plaza and The Lakes Drainage Improvements Program, designed to reduce flood risk from heavy rainfall, high tides and storm surge. The project is financed through Virginia Beach's voter-supported Ripple Effect Flood Protection Program and extends earlier investments into a coordinated citywide flood-defense system.

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – September 30, 2026 -- IGEL is working with Omnissa to validate a deployment workflow that lets organizations use Omnissa Workspace ONE UEM and Omnissa Freestyle Orchestrator to prepare Windows endpoints for IGEL Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (IGEL BC&DR). The companies unveiled the integrated workflow at Omnissa ONE 2026 for customers and partners in attendance.

Pleasanton, Calif. – – September 30, 2026 -- Healthcare Triangle, Inc. (Nasdaq: HCTI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Malaysia's AI World Sdn. Bhd. to form a joint venture deploying AI-enabled humanoid nursing robots across North American hospitals, with HCTI taking a 70% ownership stake against AI World's 30%.

Joint venture targets toileting and hygiene care, among the most physically demanding nursing tasks

The proposed venture would hold intellectual property and distribution rights for the robots in North America. The machines are designed to assist with patient toileting and related cleaning and hygiene work under clinical supervision, tasks HCTI says are both physically taxing for staff and sensitive for patients.

Washington, D.C. – September 30, 2026 -- E2, a nonpartisan business organization for climate and clean energy policy, has merged operations with Cleantech Leaders Roundtable (CTLR), folding CTLR's executive network into E2's base of more than 13,000 business leaders nationwide.

CTLR becomes an E2 program while keeping its brand and leadership team

Under the agreement, CTLR retains its name and identity but operates as a program of E2, gaining access to E2's national and state policy, advocacy, and communications resources. CTLR CEO Ann Davlin and other CTLR staff are joining the E2 team. The deal lands as CTLR approaches its 10th anniversary in 2027.

Pittsburgh – September 30, 2026 -- Nuventive has launched Executive Summary, a new AI capability within its Improvement Platform designed to cut the time higher education leaders spend surfacing insights from institutional data.

AI Tool Summarizes Institutional Narratives at Scale

Executive Summary uses AI to summarize data-informed narratives across an institution around key strategic initiatives, including learning outcomes, strategic planning, program review, and student success. The tool generates reports that highlight progress across programs, departments, and reporting cycles, using institution-defined prompts to surface information relevant to specific priorities.

Bethesda, Md. – September 30, 2026 -- The Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (FAM) has acquired a second Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical airlifter, doubling the response capacity it gained from its first aircraft purchase announced in January 2026.

Mexico becomes a two-aircraft Super Hercules operator within a single year

The January 2026 acquisition made Mexico the first Latin American nation to join the global Super Hercules fleet, which now exceeds 570 aircraft worldwide. The second aircraft continues the FAM's recapitalization of its legacy Hercules fleet, a platform it has operated for more than five decades.

Maple Grove, Minn. – September 30, 2026 -- Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC has launched Fluvoxamine Maleate Extended-Release Capsules in 100 mg and 150 mg strengths, entering a U.S. market valued at approximately $44.6 million according to IQVIA data covering August 2025 through July 2026.

Upsher-Smith secures AB-rated status against branded Luvox CR

The product carries a Therapeutic Equivalence (TE) code of AB, with Luvox CR designated as the Reference Listed Drug. The AB rating allows the generic to be considered therapeutically equivalent and substitutable for the brand-name extended-release formulation in U.S. pharmacy channels.

New York – September 30, 2026 -- Researchers at NYU Langone Health have built an artificial intelligence system that tracks the daily case exposure of radiology residents and flags missing pathologies with more than 90 percent accuracy, according to a study published online in Academic Radiology.

AI system pinpoints training gaps that traditional case logs miss

The tool monitors which conditions residents encounter during clinical rotations and automatically identifies underexposed pathologies, then assigns supplemental teaching cases to close the gap. Study author Vinay Prabhu, an associate professor in NYU Grossman School of Medicine's Department of Radiology, said residents seeing 30 cases in a day typically encounter 29 routine exams and only one uncommon condition, leaving gaps in exposure to rarer diseases they will face throughout their careers.

Vancouver – September 30, 2026 -- Lode Gold Resources Inc. (TSXV: LOD; OTCQB: LODFF; X27: FR) has named Patrick W. Garretson as Senior Technical Advisor to its Fremont Gold Mine project in Mariposa, California, bringing 35 years of operational experience from South32, Newmont, Goldcorp, Barrick and BHP Billiton to the brownfield asset.

Garretson led feasibility work on South32's Hermosa Project in Arizona

Most recently, Garretson served as Project Lead for Technical Services and Feasibility Study at South32's Hermosa Project, overseeing the Taylor-Hermosa Feasibility Study through mine design, permitting and planning. He holds a B.Sc. in Geology from Fort Lewis College and is a member of the Geological Society of Nevada, Arizona Geological Society and AusIMM.

Louisville, Ky. – September 30, 2026 -- Midea America Corp. has opened an expanded Midea America Research Center (MARC) in Louisville, Kentucky, growing the facility's footprint by approximately 400% to 157,000 square feet and adding 22 new laboratories.

Facility adds 127,000 square feet and 22 laboratories to support appliance development

The expansion includes 127,000 square feet of additional space, a product showroom, an auditorium and dedicated collaboration areas. The center brings consumer research, engineering, product development and testing under one roof, supporting Midea's U.S. product lines across refrigeration, dishwashers, cooking, laundry, air treatment, floor care and small appliances.

Panama City – September 30, 2026 -- Mercan Group has broken ground on Albor at Santa María, a 48-story, 200-unit residential tower marking its first housing development in Panama and pushing the Canada-headquartered developer's country portfolio past US$200 million.

Panama tightens Qualified Investor real estate thresholds

The groundbreaking follows Executive Decree No. 17, issued September 8, 2026, which keeps the minimum investment for new, first-sale real estate at US$300,000 while setting a US$500,000 threshold for secondary-market properties under Panama's Qualified Investor Program. The decree also adds new investment alternatives and streamlines application procedures.

Vancouver, BC – September 30, 2026 -- The global post-quantum cryptography market is projected to grow from $0.42 billion in 2025 to $2.84 billion by 2030, a 46.2% compound annual growth rate, according to MarketsandMarkets, as enterprises face pressure to migrate encryption before quantum computers mature enough to break it. Against that backdrop, Vancouver-based Quantum Secure Encryption Corp. (CSE: QSE) (OTCQB: QSEGF) (FSE: VN80) named Joseph Hall as Chief Intelligence Officer, adding more than 20 years of threat intelligence experience to its leadership bench.

Taipei – – September 30, 2026 -- Advantech has launched the ASR-D501, a compact AI companion computer built to power autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles, delivering up to 12 TOPS of AI performance within a sub-10W power envelope.

Qualcomm QCS6490 chipset enables onboard AI processing without constant cloud reliance

The ASR-D501 runs on the Qualcomm QCS6490, combining CPU, GPU, and NPU compute to handle object detection, semantic segmentation, visual inspection, obstacle awareness, vision-based localization, and sensor-fusion tasks directly on the drone. By offloading perception and mission-level workloads from the flight controller, the platform lets the primary controller focus exclusively on flight stabilization and actuator control. Supported navigation capabilities include VIO, SLAM, and GNSS-denied operation.

Dallas – September 30, 2026 -- AT&T's Proof of Concept (PoC) Labs mark 30 years of testing emerging networking technologies for more than 500 enterprise customers annually, spanning healthcare, finance, manufacturing and media sectors.

AT&T PoC Labs validate technology before enterprise deployment

Founded in 1996 as a spinoff from AT&T Bell Laboratories, the labs let businesses test IP networking, MPLS, cloud connectivity, 5G and edge computing solutions in controlled environments before rollout. Locations operate in Dallas, Alpharetta, Georgia, Chantilly, Virginia, Chicago and Middletown, New Jersey, supplemented by portable Proof of Concept Kits deployed at customer sites and in the field.

Paris – September 30, 2026 -- Bluebird Fiber has signed a multi-year agreement with Ekinops to deploy carrier-grade optical networking equipment across its Midwest fiber backbone, enabling 100G to 400G wavelength services to meet rising hyperscale and wholesale data center demand.

Bluebird Fiber operates 36,000 route miles across twelve states

The infrastructure provider connects more than 450 Points-of-Presence and over 750,000 on-net and near-net buildings in the U.S. Midwest. The new agreement expands an existing relationship, making Ekinops a strategic technology partner for Bluebird's ongoing network upgrade and expansion program.

Warminster Township, Pa. – September 30, 2026 -- Havis, a manufacturer of rugged mobility and mounting solutions, has launched two new docking station series for Panasonic TOUGHBOOK G3 Tablets, targeting professionals in public safety, utilities, transportation, field service and warehousing.

Havis introduces DS-PAN-740 and DS-PAN-750 docking series for TOUGHBOOK G3

The DS-PAN-740 Series uses a traditional docking footprint with full connectivity and functionality, while the DS-PAN-750 Series offers a slimmer, space-saving design built for vehicle cabins and compact workspaces.

Docks maintain cross-generation compatibility with TOUGHBOOK G2 devices

Both series support the new G3 tablets while remaining compatible with the TOUGHBOOK G2, allowing organizations to manage mixed device fleets without replacing existing dock infrastructure during upgrade cycles.

Washington – September 30, 2026 -- MedStar Health, Georgetown University and The Coalition hosted the first Business Local Impact Connection Day — Construction Edition at Georgetown University's Capitol Campus, aiming to link local D.C.-area businesses with prime contractors in the construction sector.

DCAP institutions have channeled $1.5 billion into D.C.-based businesses since 2017

The event is part of the DC Community Anchor Partnership (DCAP), a program run by The Coalition that has grown from four founding anchor institutions in 2017 to 17 today. Cumulative spending by DCAP members with D.C.-based businesses has surpassed $1.5 billion over that period.

Oklahoma City – September 30, 2026 -- Bradford White Corporation will exhibit products from four brands -- Bradford White Water Heaters, Laars Heating Systems, FloLogic and Bock Water Heaters -- at booth 815 during the 2026 ASPE Convention & Expo, running Oct. 8-14 at the Oklahoma City Convention Center, with the exposition floor open Oct. 12-13.

Bradford White consolidates its water heating, hydronic and leak detection portfolio into a single booth for plumbing engineers

The company will display residential and commercial water heating products including the eF Series Turbo, Infiniti GS and GR tankless models, eF XT, ElectriFLEX MD and AeroTherm Series G2. Laars Heating Systems will feature the NeoTherm XTR and E-Therm 50kW commercial heating units. FloLogic will showcase its Leak Detection System alongside a Remote I/O Module designed to expand system connectivity, while Bock Water Heaters will present its OptiTHERM commercial water heater.