General News

Camden, N.J. – September 17, 2026 -- American Water (NYSE: AWK), the largest regulated water and wastewater utility in the United States, joined the City of Camden for the sixth consecutive year to install 2,977 American flags at RCA Pier Park, one for each life lost in the September 17, 2026 attacks.

American Water and Camden mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with a flag memorial

The ceremony, held adjacent to American Water's Camden headquarters, included a wreath dedication, a moment of silence and a siren salute. Employee volunteers from American Water and the City of Camden worked alongside first responders to place the flags at the park.

Milford, Mass. – September 17, 2026 -- Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) will have President and CEO Udit Batra, Ph.D., participate in a fireside chat at the J.P. Morgan U.S. All Stars Conference on Wednesday, September 17, 2026.

Batra to address investors at 7:00 AM Eastern Time session

The fireside chat is scheduled for 12:00 PM BST (GMT+1), equivalent to 7:00 AM Eastern Time, on September 17, 2026.

Live webcast will run through Waters Investor Relations site

Waters will stream the session live via the 'Events & Presentations' section of its Investor Relations website. A replay will remain accessible for 90 days following the event.

London – September 17, 2026 -- Nscale, a full-stack AI cloud platform, has appointed Fidji Simo, former CEO of AGI Deployment at OpenAI, to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.

Simo brings two decades of consumer-tech scaling experience to Nscale's board

Simo most recently led business and product teams at OpenAI responsible for delivering the company's research to end users, and continues to advise the firm. Before OpenAI, she served as CEO and Chair of Instacart, guiding the company to profitability and through its 2023 public listing. She previously spent a decade at Meta, where she headed the Facebook App overseeing News Feed, Video, Groups, Marketplace and Ads, and earlier led mobile advertising products. She began her career at eBay and currently sits on Shopify's board of directors.

New York – September 17, 2026 -- Scholarship America has distributed $193 million to 3,877 students through the Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund over the 25 years since the fund's creation in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks.

Fund draws support from more than 20,000 donors including Citi and Strada Education Foundation

Scholarship America helped establish the fund in the direct aftermath of the 2001 attacks and has administered it continuously since, targeting children who lost a parent or whose parent became permanently disabled as a result of the attacks and subsequent recovery efforts. More than 20,000 individuals, corporations, foundations, and organizations have contributed to the fund, with Citi and Strada Education Foundation named as longtime supporters.

Bangkok – September 17, 2026 -- Gastech 2026 opens in Bangkok on September 14, convening 19 government ministers, global energy CEOs and technology leaders to address emerging markets that now drive more than 80% of global energy demand growth. Hosted by Thailand's Ministry of Energy and running through September 17, the event follows Gastech 2025's approximately $60 billion in commercial agreements and investments, setting a high bar for deal-making in this edition.

Glasgow, Scotland – September 17, 2026 -- Invisors, a Workday services provider, has been named one of the UK's Best Workplaces in Consulting and Professional ServicesTM 2026 by Great Place to Work®, in the Small & Medium Organisation category, marking the firm's second inclusion in the category.

Employee survey shows 92% satisfaction rate versus 54% industry average

According to anonymous employee surveys, 92% of Invisors staff say the company is a great place to work, compared with 54% at a typical UK-based company. The Trust Index© survey administered by Great Place to Work® UK assessed work-life balance, job satisfaction, psychological safety, financial security and consistency of employee experience across departments and seniority levels.

London – September 17, 2026 -- Vizrt has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide AI-Driven Business Cycle in the Media Industry, 2026 Vendor Assessment, a ranking that evaluates technology providers applying artificial intelligence across media business and production workflows.

West Palm Beach – September 17, 2026 -- Good Greek Moving & Storage Founder and CEO Spero Georgedakis is publicly honoring John A. Katsimatides, his childhood friend who was killed at age 31 in the North Tower of the World Trade Center, as the nation marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

Katsimatides worked on the 104th floor for Cantor Fitzgerald, a firm that lost 658 employees

Katsimatides, a resident of East Marion, New York, was a bond broker with Cantor Fitzgerald, whose offices occupied floors 101 through 105 of the North Tower. The firm suffered the single largest corporate death toll of any company on September 11, losing 658 employees. Georgedakis and Katsimatides attended school together from kindergarten through 12th grade before their careers diverged.

London – September 17, 2026 -- Mayer Brown has recruited Scott Ashton as partner and Brian Bates as senior counsel into its Capital Markets practice, adding two attorneys who have represented issuers on roughly 30 percent of total cross-border U.S. private placement debt issuance in recent years. Both will be based in the firm's London office.

New hires specialize in cross-border private placements for infrastructure and energy funding

Ashton and Bates focus on cross-border securities offerings, representing issuers and placement agents on debt and equity transactions. Their practice centers on advising non-U.S. entities placing private debt with U.S. and other large institutional investors and pension funds, a funding channel that continues to expand for infrastructure and energy projects.

Ham Lake, Minnesota – September 17, 2026 -- DaVinci Academy of Arts and Science, a tuition-free K-8 charter school, will be featured in an upcoming Public Television segment of "All Access hosted by Andy Garcia," examining how data-driven instruction and integrated arts-science curricula close achievement gaps in primary education.

Broadcast to film on-site at Ham Lake campus, targeting achievement gaps

The segment will be shot at the academy's Ham Lake, Minnesota campus and will document how charter governance structures allow educators to implement targeted academic strategies. Producers will examine how blending arts and sciences into core curricula addresses conventional learning hurdles across all grade levels.