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Dallas is set to host more than 1,500 founders and business builders this October for the HighLevel LevelUp 2026 conference. The four-day event at the Hilton Anatole focuses on integrating artificial intelligence into small and medium-sized business operations to drive growth without increasing headcount.
Starting October 19, Red Robin is launching a premium Prime Rib Stack Burger and expanding its value-focused Big YUMMM Deals menu. The national rollout at participating locations introduces a meat-heavy centerpiece alongside new bottomless beverage options and a range of appetizers and desserts to bolster the chain’s seasonal offerings.
Brookfield-based ROM Technologies has been named the winner of the 2026 Newsweek AI Impact Health Award in the remote patient monitoring category. The honor recognizes the company’s Predictive Recovery platform, which leverages artificial intelligence to help clinicians identify critical changes in patient progress outside traditional medical settings.
From space-age hardware to portable campfire technology, the Colorado Chamber of Commerce has narrowed its fifth annual Coolest Thing Made in Colorado competition down to ten finalists. These products, representing the state’s diverse manufacturing sector, will compete for the top honor at a banquet scheduled for November 12.
Infotech, formerly known as Info-Tech Research Group, has launched a global API-driven advisory platform called CIO Analytics. To bolster the new service, the company also finalized its acquisition of Zluri, marking the first time in the firm’s 30-year history that it has purchased another business to expand its capabilities.
Infotech, formerly known as Info-Tech Research Group, has launched its new API-driven CIO Analytics platform while completing the acquisition of SaaS management provider Zluri. The move signals a strategic shift for the 30-year-old advisory firm toward integrating live operational data directly into its research and consulting services.
Seventeen years after opening its first site, Express Wash Concepts is returning to its roots to celebrate a major growth milestone. The company marks its 150th location with the grand opening of a new Moo Moo Express Car Wash in Columbus, Ohio, signaling a decade and a half of rapid expansion.
San Jose-based WPG Americas has entered a strategic partnership with Nuvoton Technology Corporation America to distribute a broad range of high-performance semiconductor solutions. The agreement aims to streamline supply chains and provide North American engineers with direct access to specialized microcontrollers, security ICs, and sensor interface products.
To mark the upcoming Veterans Day, Birch Gold Group is rolling out a promotional campaign offering free patriotic silver rounds and IRA fee waivers. Running from October 14 through October 30, the initiative aims to honor military service members while incentivizing precious metals investments through fee-based incentives.
Operators arriving at the NuxGame networking lounge in Lisbon were not browsing; they brought concrete 2027 roadmaps and specific integration challenges. Across three days at the Feira Internacional de Lisboa, the B2B provider shifted away from standard product demos to focus on optimizing existing tech stacks for upcoming launches.
More than 32 million Americans are currently acting as financial caregivers for adults aged 65 and older, frequently dipping into their own savings to cover costs. A new study reveals that over eight in ten of these individuals are willing to compromise their own financial security to provide support.
Mining and manufacturing giants face a complex landscape of long-cycle contracts and regional payment variations. To address these bottlenecks, Genpact has launched an AI-driven Accounts Receivable suite designed to automate collections, dispute resolution, and cash reconciliation, aiming to shift finance teams from reactive processing to proactive, data-backed strategy.
Steer, a front-of-house platform for auto repair shops, has acquired Call Inbound to bolster its communications technology. Call Inbound founder David Boyd will transition to lead the Steer Voice division, merging his team’s specialized telecommunications expertise with Steer’s existing suite of booking and marketing software for independent garages.
Mark Gibson, the current CEO of Capital Markets Americas, has been appointed to the newly created role of Country CEO for the United States. This strategic move, effective immediately, tasks Gibson with leading a U.S. Executive Committee to streamline client access to the firm's full spectrum of real estate services.
November 2, 2026, marks the final deadline for investors to seek lead plaintiff status in a class action lawsuit against Papa John's International, Inc. The litigation targets alleged violations of the Securities Exchange Act, focusing on claims that the company misled shareholders regarding its corporate transformation and market performance.
Cutting turnaround times from a traditional 30-minute recharge to mere seconds, DJI has launched the Dock 4, an automated drone-in-a-box system designed for rapid emergency response. The unit features the new Matrice 5TD enterprise drone, capable of reaching speeds of 21 m/s to provide immediate situational awareness for ground crews.
Miami-based tax infrastructure provider Remitian has secured the 2026 CPA Practice Advisor Technology Innovation Award, marking a shift toward automating the final manual frontier of financial systems. The company’s platform streamlines the movement of tax payments between taxpayers and government authorities across the United States and Canada.
For nearly a decade, Trust & Will has helped over a million families draft estate plans. Today, the digital platform evolves into a regulated corporate fiduciary with the launch of the Trust & Will Trust Company, a Nevada-chartered entity designed to administer trusts for a broader range of American households.
Legal scrutiny of artificial intelligence is moving beyond the intellectual property of training data. New data from J.S. Held indicates a surge in cases challenging how AI systems perform after deployment, with courts increasingly scrutinizing automated decision-making, corporate governance, and the consequences of AI outputs in real-world business settings.
Two decades of corporate social responsibility culminated this week as Hormel Foods released its 20th annual Global Impact Report. The Austin-based food giant, which manages a portfolio of brands including SPAM and SKIPPY, detailed its fiscal 2025 progress in environmental stewardship and community investment under its Good Feeds Us All framework.
Medtronic has concluded its exchange offer for MiniMed Group stock, exiting its remaining interest in the company after a heavily oversubscribed response. Shareholders tendered nearly 300 million Medtronic shares, forcing the company to apply a pro rata acceptance factor of approximately 18.3% to manage the excess demand.
As businesses struggle to transition AI projects from experimental pilots to production, Boston-based Tamr has secured $21 million in growth equity. Led by Volition Capital, the funding will fuel the company’s expansion of agentic data mastering tools designed to clean and unify fragmented enterprise records at scale.
Construction firms often struggle with data trapped across siloed dispatch, accounting, and payment systems. Fractal is attempting to solve this fragmentation with Nexus, an intelligent enterprise cloud designed to unify disparate software environments and provide actionable business insights for heavy building materials companies without requiring a full technology overhaul.
As life sciences companies struggle to keep validation processes aligned with rapid software release cycles, Spotline is stepping in with new automation technology. The company will showcase its V-Assure AI platform and V-Assist digital assistant at the 2026 Veeva R&D and Quality Summit in Boston this October.
After two decades of organic growth, New York-based Zocdoc has acquired Sohar Health to automate complex insurance verification. The transaction, which finalized on October 2, integrates Sohar’s specialized technology directly into Zocdoc’s infrastructure, aiming to eliminate administrative friction for patients and providers navigating fragmented coverage requirements at the point of booking.
The U.S. housing market has tilted heavily in favor of sellers, with a record 62.6% surplus of listings over active buyers recorded in September. This imbalance, the widest gap since 2013, reflects a sharp decline in buyer participation coupled with a steady influx of homeowners listing properties despite cooling demand.
With global flashpoints shifting from the battlefields of Ukraine to the strategic waters of the Pacific, the Mackinder Forum is debuting a digital lecture series titled Taking Stock. The program aims to bridge the gap between immediate military developments and the long-term tectonic shifts in the international balance of power.
With over 30 years of experience at firms like Accenture and Deloitte, Mark Fetches has been elevated to Global Chief Technology Officer at Spinnaker Support. The move consolidates regional technical leadership, solution consulting, and account management into a single global unit to bridge the gap between sales and long-term client strategy.
The worldwide Data Center Physical Infrastructure market surged 27 percent year-over-year to reach $14 billion in the second quarter of 2026. While AI-driven demand continues to outpace supply, industry analysts now identify bureaucratic hurdles and site permitting as the primary obstacles threatening to derail project timelines across the sector.
Blackbird.AI has launched RAV3N Radar, an agentic intelligence tool designed to monitor and neutralize disinformation-based narrative attacks. By integrating directly into Slack, the platform provides continuous, automated alerts on emerging threats, allowing corporate security and communications teams to identify malicious campaigns and coordinate responses without leaving their existing workflows.