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SUWANEE, Georgia – September 03, 2026 -- YFORE Technology rolled out its first US-manufactured digital car key at its Suwanee, Georgia plant, marking the launch of localized mass production for the North American market. The Tier-1 automotive electronics supplier, which works with more than 30 automakers globally, said the system meets global alliance standards for OEMs through a vehicle-cloud-device architecture.

YFORE combines BLE, UWB and NFC into a single access platform

The company's multiprotocol approach targets a range of mobility use cases, from passive vehicle entry to smart-device integration, positioning the platform as a bridge between vehicles, cloud services and connected devices.

ALTAMIRA, MEXICO -- August 31, 2026 -- Christian Hess Ratz, Jurgen Hess Ratz and Steel Connect, B.V. have launched an American Arbitration Association (AAA) proceeding against LOGISTEC Marine Services ULC and LOGISTEC Stevedoring Canada Inc., seeking to force completion of a stalled acquisition of IPA Steel Terminal in Altamira, Mexico.

LOGISTEC announced the $100%-stake acquisition of IPA Terminal in February 2026

On February 17, 2026, Canadian marine logistics operator LOGISTEC announced a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of IPA Terminal, a breakbulk and steel-handling facility at the Port of Altamira. Mexican and Canadian officials publicly praised the deal as a boost to bilateral trade ties. The transaction followed a full due-diligence review in which sellers disclosed complete operational, financial and cargo-origin records to LOGISTEC.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Aug. 31, 2026 -- Yale School of Medicine has secured a nearly $25 million grant from the Aligning Research to Impact Autism (ARIA) initiative to build the first high-resolution map of the developing human brain and pinpoint where autism diverges from typical neural development.

The award, part of ARIA's Human Developmental Neurobiology Research Hub, funds two Yale-led projects within a four-project collaboration that also involves Harvard University. Combined, the initiative targets a gap researchers say has stalled autism drug and diagnostic development for decades: no detailed reference map exists for how the human brain wires itself in the first years of life.

BEIJING -- Aug. 31, 2026 -- Walnut Coding placed No. 44 among 500 companies in TIME's World's Top EdTech Companies 2026 ranking, the only China-based youth coding education firm to break into the global top 100. The Beijing-founded company ranked sixth among 23 China-based firms on the list, which TIME compiled with market data provider Statista after screening roughly 6,500 education technology companies worldwide.

Financial strength drives 70% of the scoring methodology

Statista weighted revenue, funding and market capitalization at 70% of each company's total score, pulling from public disclosures and company-reported data. The remaining 30% covered industry impact, measured through product reach, alignment with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, intellectual property holdings and website traffic.

BOCA RATON, Fla. -- September 01, 2026 -- Phoenix Tower International (PTI) has signed a $6.5 billion multi-jurisdiction financing package, the largest such deal for a privately held tower company in the wireless infrastructure sector.

CHAM, Switzerland  -- September 01, 2026 -- EYKON officially unveiled its new brand today, completing a separation from Landis+Gyr EMEA and establishing itself as an independent utility infrastructure technology company serving more than 75 markets.

HONG KONG -- September 01, 2026 -- Fosun International reported a 160.3% year-on-year surge in first-half profit attributable to owners of the parent to RMB1.72 billion, the conglomerate said at an interim results presentation held in Hong Kong on Aug. 28. Total revenue for the six-month period reached RMB86.96 billion, with overseas markets contributing RMB49.16 billion, or 56.5% of the total. The briefing marked Fosun's first in-person results presentation in Hong Kong in six years, attended by Chairman Guo Guangchang, Co-Chairman Wang Qunbin, Co-CEOs Chen Qiyu and Xu Xiaoliang, and CFO Gong Ping.

Four Core Units Generate 73.5% of Group Revenue

Fosun Pharma, Yuyuan, Portuguese insurer Fidelidade, and the group's tourism segment together accounted for 73.5% of total revenue in the first half, the company disclosed. Pharmaceutical and insurance operations delivered the strongest performance among the four units.

Dublin -- September 01, 2026 -- Half of 152 European merchants surveyed by Temu said they expanded production capacity or hired new staff since joining the e-commerce platform, according to the Temu Small Business Insights Report 2026.

CHAM, Switzerland -- September 01, 2026 -- EYKON unveiled its new corporate brand on Aug. 31, 2026, completing the separation of the former Landis+Gyr EMEA business into an independent utility infrastructure technology company.

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MONTREAL -- September 01, 2026 -- Global Spatial Technology Solutions announced on Aug. 31, 2026 that it will change its corporate name to OCIANA, adopting the name of its flagship maritime intelligence platform. The Montreal-based company said the rebrand unifies its identity around a single product used by defense, security and maritime supply chain clients. All existing products, services and customer contact points remain unchanged under the new name.

GSTS.ca now redirects to OCIANA.com

The company's website domain, GSTS.ca, now forwards visitors to OCIANA.com. Company executives said the name change reflects internal branding only and does not alter contracts, product lines or service delivery for existing clients.

MASON, Ohio -- September 01, 2026 -- Prasco, LLC has acquired a 130,000-plus square foot distribution facility in Carey, Ohio, expanding the pharmaceutical commercialization company's automation, cold-chain and secure storage capacity beyond its existing Mason, Ohio operations. The deal, announced Aug. 31, 2026, adds a second Ohio campus for the company, which works with more than 65 brand partners and supplies medications to over 70,000 pharmacies nationwide. Prasco specializes in Authorized Generics and end-to-end commercialization services for global drug brands.

The Carey site sits inside what Prasco describes as the Midwest pharmaceutical and logistics corridor, giving the company direct highway access to CDMOs, national distribution centers and major health systems. Prasco said the location strengthens its footprint in Ohio, a state it identified as one of the most active life sciences markets in the country.

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DALLAS -- September 01, 2026 -- Visual One Intelligence on Aug. 31, 2026 secured FinOps Certified Platform status from the FinOps Foundation, the Linux Foundation body that oversees the FinOps Framework and the FOCUS specification. The certification confirms the Dallas-based Hybrid FinOps and IT Operations Management platform passed a 90 percent threshold across weighted capability criteria set by the Foundation. Visual One Intelligence submitted a recorded product demonstration as evidence and met staffing requirements for FinOps Certified Practitioners, Professionals, and FOCUS Analysts.

Montreal -- September 01, 2026 -- Global Spatial Technology Solutions announced on Aug. 31, 2026 that it will now operate as OCIANA, unifying the company under the name of its flagship maritime intelligence platform. The rebrand covers all products, services and customer touchpoints, with GSTS.ca now redirecting to OCIANA.com. Richard Kolacz, chief executive of OCIANA, said the change marks the company's shift toward delivering maritime intelligence outcomes rather than only maritime domain awareness.

OCIANA Splits Its Platform Between Defense Agencies and Port Operators

For defense and security organizations, OCIANA fuses sensor data, historical trends and real-time feeds into a predictive intelligence layer. The system is built to help agencies flag behavior that warrants investigation, detect threats earlier, interpret intent faster and act across maritime, air and intelligence units.

MONTREAL -- September 01, 2026 -- Global Spatial Technology Solutions (GSTS) announced on Aug. 31, 2026 that it is renaming itself OCIANA®, adopting the name of its flagship maritime intelligence platform. The Montreal-based company said the change unifies its corporate identity with the product customers already use. GSTS.ca began redirecting to OCIANA.com immediately, while products, services, and points of contact remain unchanged under the new name.

Kolacz says the company now delivers intelligence, not just awareness

"Instead of just delivering maritime domain awareness, we are delivering powerful maritime intelligence," said Richard Kolacz, Chief Executive Officer at OCIANA®. The company traces its roots to satellite-based maritime monitoring before expanding into data fusion and predictive analytics.

BOSTON -- September 01, 2026 -- Stockpress, a Boston-based digital asset management platform, launched Content Portals on Aug. 31, 2026, a feature that converts files stored inside its DAM into branded, shareable web destinations. The tool lets marketing and brand teams pull assets from across their workspace into a single curated page for sales staff, partners, customers or press, rather than sending links to folders of raw files. Every Stockpress plan now includes one Content Portal, and customers on the Premium plan can build an unlimited number for different teams and audiences.

SOMERVILLE, Mass. -- September 01, 2026 -- Diffraqtion capped its pre-seed funding round at more than $10 million after Lockheed Martin Ventures and Presidio Ventures, the venture arm of Sumitomo Corporation, joined as strategic investors, the MIT and University of Maryland spinout announced Aug. 31, 2026. The Somerville, Massachusetts-based company builds quantum camera platforms for defense and space sensing. The new capital follows on-sky demonstrations, progress under a DARPA SBIR program, and two NASA awards covering orbital debris tracking and orbital edge computing.

South Jordan, Utah -- September 01, 2026 -- Opalescence Whitening launched Opalescence Go Advanced, a prefilled take-home whitening tray built on a redesigned UltraFit tray that eliminates the outer placement tray used in prior generations. The company, which markets itself as the top-selling professional teeth whitening brand worldwide, said the new product ships ready to use directly from the package. Opalescence has whitened more than 150 million smiles globally since its formula first reached the dental market 35 years ago.

AUSTIN, Texas -- September 01, 2026 -- DPR Construction completed the 74-story Waterline tower at 98 Red River Street two months ahead of its original 50-month schedule, finishing the job in 48 months. The 1,025-foot structure now stands as the tallest building in Texas, DPR announced on Aug. 31, 2026. The 2.7 million-square-foot tower, co-developed by Lincoln Property Company and Kairoi Residential, combines residential, hotel, office, retail and parking uses on a footprint of more than three acres in downtown Austin.

DPR Deploys 6,800 Workers Across 4.5 Million Labor Hours

More than 150 trade partners and roughly 6,800 skilled workers logged approximately 4.5 million hours on the project, with about 1,000 workers onsite during peak construction. Crews placed more than 150,000 cubic yards of concrete, a volume DPR compares to 46 Olympic-sized swimming pools, and built 92 individual sculptural columns, including 15 installed on the roof.