By Market & Region

New York – September 13, 2026 -- BRG has appointed Jamie LaGuardia-Frie as managing director in its Healthcare practice, tasking her with leading business development and client strategy for the firm's Healthcare Advisory team.

LaGuardia-Frie brings more than 20 years of healthcare consulting and technology experience

Based in New York, she joins after serving as managing director and chief commercial officer for Alvarez & Marsal's Health Industry Group. She spent nearly a decade at Guidehouse, holding roles including Health Growth Leader and East Regional Market Leader for Commercial Healthcare. Earlier in her career, she worked in consulting, business development and technology at Accretive Health and Allscripts.

Galway, Ireland – – September 13, 2026 -- Neurent Medical has secured a €25 million growth debt financing facility from Claret Capital Partners to accelerate commercial expansion of its NEUROMARK® System for chronic rhinitis treatment.

Debt facility follows €62.5 million Series C round completed earlier in 2026

The new €25 million facility builds on Neurent Medical's €62.5 million Series C financing round, which closed earlier this year. The combined capital reinforces the company's position in minimally invasive treatments for chronic inflammatory sinonasal diseases.

Louisville, Ky. – September 13, 2026 -- Induction Therapies and Collagen P.I.N., in partnership with aesthetic physician Dr. Shino Bay Aguilera, released new clinical findings on a treatment protocol combining Collagen P.I.N. microneedling with PRX8, a plant-derived exosome serum, for melasma in a patient with Fitzpatrick skin type V.

Patient shows sustained improvement after four treatments over eight weeks

The case involved a woman with longstanding facial melasma who had previously used topical hydroquinone and tranexamic acid without full resolution. She underwent four Collagen P.I.N. treatments over an eight-week period, with TRUExosomes PRX8 Plant-Exo Stimulation Serum applied after each session and daily sunscreen maintained throughout.

Visible improvement in the appearance of melasma was observed across the treatment course and persisted at the two-week follow-up after the final treatment, with no adverse reactions reported.

Lexington, S.C. – September 13, 2026 -- ElectroWire Medical's FDA-cleared LightningWire Transseptal Puncture System has completed its first six clinical cases at Spartanburg Medical Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina, with zero complications reported.

Six procedures spanned mitral repair, LAA occlusion and pulsed field ablation

The case mix included one mitral valve repair, one left atrial appendage occlusion, and four pulsed field ablations, performed by structural interventional cardiologist Dr. Nalin Srivastava and cardiac electrophysiologist Dr. David Rodak. The team used four different transseptal introducers and two different electrosurgical generators during the cases, testing the device's compatibility with equipment already in operator inventories.

San Rafael, Calif. – September 13, 2026 -- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Nasdaq: BMRN) reported that its Phase 3 CANOPY-HCH-3 trial of VOXZOGO (vosoritide) met its primary endpoint in children with hypochondroplasia, with results published in NEJM Evidence and presented at the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology 2026 Annual Meeting.

Chicago – September 13, 2026 -- Copia Automation has extended its OT code management and recovery platform to support Omron Sysmac Studio, enabling automated backup, version control, and rapid recovery for manufacturers running Omron NJ and NX-series controllers.

Copia DeviceLink now covers Omron NJ and NX-series devices

The integration allows Copia customers to bring the same code management discipline already applied to Rockwell and Siemens environments to Omron-based operations. Copia DeviceLink automatically backs up Sysmac Studio projects so OT teams retain a verified last known version for restoration.

Vancouver – September 13, 2026 -- Western Star Resources Inc. (CSE: WSR) (OTC: WSRIF) (FRA: 4K2) has mobilized a high-resolution drone magnetic survey at its 100%-owned Eagle Point tungsten project in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, racing to define new drill targets ahead of United States defense procurement rules that begin excluding Chinese tungsten in 2027.

Global tungsten market set to reach $9.62 billion by 2030 after 160% price surge

The Business Research Company values the global tungsten market at roughly $6.66 billion in 2026, projecting growth to approximately $9.62 billion by 2030, a compound annual growth rate of about 9.6%. Tungsten prices rose more than 160% during 2025 on Chinese export controls and rising defense demand, with prices continuing to climb into 2026.

New York – September 13, 2026 -- Chestnut Carbon has agreed to supply Improved Forest Management (IFM) carbon credits to RBC, giving the global financial institution access to one of the largest forest-based carbon credit portfolios in the United States.

Chestnut's portfolio spans 200,000 acres across 37 states

The agreement draws on Chestnut's network of private forest landowners enrolled in IFM practices such as longer harvest rotations, retention of larger trees, strategic thinning, and prescribed burns. These practices are designed to improve forest resilience against wildfire and drought while sustaining long-term timber productivity.

Vancouver – September 13, 2026 -- Salazar Resources Limited (OTCQB: SRLZF) (TSXV: SRL) (FSE: CCG) has spent US$66.2 million on construction of the Curipamba-El Domo polymetallic project in Ecuador through June 30, 2026, with commissioning targeted for July 2027 under a fully funded build.

Salazar holds a 25% carried interest while Silvercorp funds and operates the build

Salazar retains a 25% carried interest in Curipamba-El Domo, located in Ecuador's Bolivar and Los Rios provinces. Silvercorp holds the remaining 75%, operates the project and is funding construction, meaning Salazar pays nothing to reach production but does not control the schedule or budget.

Plantation, Fla. – September 13, 2026 -- DHL Express has launched Heavy Weight Express (HWX), an express air freight service allowing U.S. businesses to ship cargo up to 2,200 pounds per piece and 6,600 pounds per shipment with guaranteed transit times.

DHL adds dedicated Priority Desks to monitor heavyweight shipments in real time

The service is backed by dedicated Heavy Weight Priority Desks that provide proactive tracking, early exception detection, and direct case ownership for each shipment. DHL Express operates its own aircraft fleet, hubs, gateways, customs operations, and last-mile delivery, giving customers a single-carrier model from pickup to delivery across more than 220 countries and territories.

Fountain Valley, Calif. – September 13, 2026 -- Motive Companies, LLC has launched motiveone.com, merging four separate brand websites into a single digital platform for commercial and industrial energy and connectivity customers.

Motive unifies four legacy web platforms into one customer portal

The new site replaces motivecompanies.com, motiveenergy.com, motiveis.com, and motivems.com, consolidating solutions that were previously scattered across separate brand properties. Customers can now navigate offerings by industry, product, service, or operating need through a single interface.

Houston – September 13, 2026 -- Sallyport, a Houston-based investment firm, has launched Truss Infrastructure Services, a new platform built to acquire and strengthen essential service businesses supporting critical infrastructure operators.

Sallyport targets rising compliance and modernization demand across aging infrastructure

Kyle Bethancourt, Managing Partner of Sallyport, said aging infrastructure, tightening compliance requirements and the need to safely modernize critical assets are driving demand for specialized service providers with deep industry expertise. Truss is assembling companies that address operational and asset-management challenges by embedding purpose-built technology directly into service delivery.

Miami and Santa Monica, Calif. – September 13, 2026 -- Crossmint and Tala have launched a partnership pairing stablecoin wallet infrastructure with on-chain credit underwriting, starting with more than 1 million active customers in Mexico.

Tala embeds Crossmint smart wallets for over 1 million Mexican users

Tala is rolling out a new in-app wallet experience built on Crossmint's smart wallet and stablecoin payment infrastructure, initially for its active customer base in Mexico. Customers hold balances in a digital asset pegged to the Mexican peso on the Solana blockchain and earn rewards for on-time loan repayment. Rewards settle within seconds rather than days and can be held, spent, or converted to cash.

Tala plans to expand the wallet with additional digital asset services, including balance-based benefits and inbound cross-border transfers, and extend the model to other markets it serves.

San Diego – September 13, 2026 -- Only 9% of 1,000 C-suite executives surveyed by the Return on AI Institute report realizing significant value from generative AI, a gap Scaled Agile, Inc. (SAI) aims to address at its SAFe & AI Summit San Diego, running September 14-18 at the Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center.

Survey data exposes an operating-model failure, not a technology gap

SAI, provider of the SAFe business agility framework, points to the Return on AI Institute findings as evidence that the barrier to AI ROI is organizational rather than technical. The company argues that enterprises lack the operating models needed to govern AI initiatives and convert pilot projects into measurable business outcomes.

Washington – September 13, 2026 -- Knox Systems, the largest FedRAMP and DISA-managed cloud provider, has launched an Impact Level 5 (IL5) environment sponsored by the U.S. Space Force, opening one of the government's most restrictive security tiers to commercial software and AI vendors.

New IL5 boundary extends Knox's defense cloud footprint held since 2019

The dedicated IL5 landing zone is built as a separate security boundary from Knox's existing FedRAMP High and Impact Level 4 environments for the Department of War (DoW). It is designed to host Controlled Unclassified Information and mission-critical National Security Systems, letting technology firms enter the environment without building and operating a standalone government cloud deployment.

Charlotte, N.C. – September 13, 2026 -- Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE: TFC) has completed full deployment of its AI Call Summaries tool across care centers, generating more than 4.5 million automated call summaries in the second quarter of 2026 alone and now covering over 70% of inbound client interactions.

Generative AI converts client calls into structured summaries within seconds

The technology, live since the third quarter of 2025, automatically documents client conversations, removing manual note-taking from teammate workflows. Truist's average care center call runs more than eight minutes, and the tool is designed to capture key themes, client needs and resolution outcomes in real time.

Indianapolis – September 13, 2026 -- Project Lead The Way (PLTW) has won two categories in the Educators Pick Best of STEM® 2026 Awards, with PLTW Engineering named "Best of STEM: Engineering Education" and PLTW Gateway recognized as "Best of STEM: Hands-on Learning for Middle School."

Judging panel comprises certified science and STEM educators exclusively

The awards program, operated with MCH Strategic Data, the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA), and the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT), is the only STEM education awards initiative judged entirely by certified classroom teachers, specialists, and district leaders. Entries undergo rigorous evaluation for classroom suitability before recognition.

Montreal – September 13, 2026 -- Onix, the Montreal-based startup behind what it calls Personal Intelligence, has closed $5 million USD (roughly $7 million CAD) in pre-seed funding led by Los Angeles-based Alpha Edison, with participation from Garage Capital, Ride Home Fund, and strategic backers Jeremy Zimmer, co-founder of UTA, and JS Cournoyer, co-founder of Real Ventures.

Round size dwarfs typical Canadian pre-seed deals

According to the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, the raise is more than seven times the average Canadian pre-seed deal recorded in 2025 and exceeds the average Canadian seed round. U.S. investor participation in Canadian pre-seed deals fell from 23% in 2024 to 8% in 2025, making Alpha Edison's lead investment in a Canadian company a departure from that broader retreat.

Las Vegas – September 13, 2026 -- Cavco Industries sold 20,842 factory-built homes in fiscal 2026, up from 19,753 the prior year and 16,928 two years earlier, as affordability pressure pushes buyers toward manufactured housing.

Champion Homes posts $2.7 billion in fiscal 2026 net sales, up 7.3%

Champion Homes reported fiscal 2026 net sales of $2.7 billion, a 7.3% increase, with U.S. homes selling at an average price of roughly $99,300 in the preceding quarter. Chief Executive Officer Tim Larson credited the results to unmet demand from affordability-constrained buyers and a differentiated channel strategy across the company's brand portfolio, including the recent acquisition of Iseman Homes.

Saddle Brook, N.J. – September 13, 2026 -- Arrow Tool Group has signed on as a Diamond Sponsor for the 2026 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, committing tools, equipment and public relations support to move the tree from Idaho's Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests to the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol.

Arrow supplies tools and holiday kits for the cross-country tree tour

The New Jersey-based manufacturer, founded in 1929, will provide tools and equipment to the Capitol Christmas Tree team, donate holiday tool kits, and support public relations efforts aimed at community engagement along the tree's route. The partnership operates in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service and the Society of American Foresters.