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Godspower Oshodin of Africa Literature Trust Fund Announces Book Tour in Kigali Accra and Cannes

October 20, 2026 11:00 AM

Godspower Oshodin, founder of the Africa Literature Trust Fund (ALTF), today announced a book tour for his book "Even the Devil Wears a Pretty Smile," with public readings and book signings in Rwanda, Ghana and France in November and December 2026. Confirmed tour dates 7 November 2026 - Kigali, Rwanda 4 December 2026 - Accra, Ghana 18 December 2026 - Cannes, France Each event will include a reading from the book, a book signing and time for...

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AccountAbility CEO Sunil (Sunny) A. Misser Joins Nareit for a Discussion on the Future of AI, Boards, and Governance

October 20, 2026 11:00 AM

AccountAbility is pleased to announce the release of its annual discussion between Mr. Sunil (Sunny) A. Misser, Chief Executive Officer of AccountAbility, and Nareit, the leading voice for U.S. REITs and publicly traded real estate companies. Conducted at Nareit's headquarters in Washington, D.C., the conversation examines a business environment being reshaped by geopolitics, artificial intelligence, sustainability, stakeholder demands and an...

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Carbon GeoCapture Names Former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter to Board of Directors

October 20, 2026 11:00 AM

Carbon GeoCapture (CGC) today announced that former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter has joined the company's Board of Directors, bringing decades of experience working at the intersection of energy, public policy, economic development, and climate. Ritter served as Colorado's 41st governor from 2007 to 2011. After leaving office, he founded the Center for the New Energy Economy at Colorado State University, which works with policymakers,...

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Kelvon, a Prediction Markets Infrastructure Company, Acquired by Strategic Partner

October 20, 2026 11:00 AM

A strategic partnership has culminated in the acquisition of Kelvon's prediction markets infrastructure, as the strategic partner moves to bring Kelvon's technology in-house. Founded and led by fintech executive Maria Cannizzo, Kelvon developed infrastructure addressing some of the most complex challenges facing institutional participation in prediction markets. As prediction markets expand beyond speculation into financial research, trading,...

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Insurance Agency Acquisitions Slump in First Three Quarters

October 20, 2026 10:49 AM

The pace of insurance agency M&A activity continues to decline in 2026, according to OPTIS Partners, an investment banking and financial consulting firm specializing in the insurance distribution industry. Firms announced 439 insurance agency acquisitions from January through September, down 19% from the same first three quarters of 2025, the OPTIS Partners database reveals. In Q3, there were 144 announced transactions, down 27% from 197...

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Stewards Inc. Goes National: Kicks Off 12-Month Television, Billboard and Digital Media Campaign with New to The Street to Put Its Private Credit Story in Front of Millions of Investors

October 20, 2026 10:40 AM

New to The Street, the long-running financial-media platform for public companies, today announced a 12-month media agreement with Stewards Inc. (SWRD). Stewards is a diversified financial platform working across private credit, real assets and technology-enabled financial infrastructure. New to The Street will run an integrated campaign from October 2026 through October 2027. The program is built to raise Stewards' visibility with investors,...

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100% PURE Named No. 1 Clean Beauty Brand in Newsweek's 2026 Readers' Choice(TM) Awards for 2026

October 20, 2026 10:35 AM

100% PURE®, the clean beauty brand known for fruit-pigmented makeup and skincare made with botanical ingredients, announced today that it has been named No. 1 Clean Beauty Brand in the 2026 Newsweek Readers' Choice™ Awards. 100% PURE Named No. 1 Clean Beauty Brand in Newsweek's 2026 Readers' Choiceᵀᴹ Awards for 2026 / Source: 100% PURE (EZ Newswire) Founded in 1999, 100% PURE was started by Susie Wang, a cosmetic chemist who patented a way to...

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GEC's 2025 Annual Report: Two Decades of Progress in Sustainable Electronics

October 20, 2026 10:32 AM

The Global Electronics Council's (GEC) 2025 Annual Report reflects a milestone year for the organization and its international electronics ecolabel, EPEAT, which marked 20 years of advancing responsible electronics. A central development in 2025 was the launch of EPEAT 2.0, the most significant evolution of the ecolabel's criteria since its inception. The new framework addresses four sustainability impact areas: Climate Change Mitigation,...

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Black Friday Is Coming. Here's the Holiday Marketing Plan Small Businesses Need

October 20, 2026 10:30 AM

The holiday season can be one of the busiest times of year for small businesses. But between managing orders, finding products and running day-to-day operations, planning your marketing can quickly become overwhelming. A simple holiday marketing plan can help you focus on the right activities at the right time. From improving your website and researching seasonal keywords to creating promotions and email campaigns, a little preparation can help...

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PlatformPay.io and Outcraft AI Partner to Turn More Customer Intent Into Revenue

October 20, 2026 10:30 AM

PlatformPay.io and Outcraft.ai announce a strategic partnership to help e-commerce merchants generate more value from customer demand at the point of checkout. Turning Customer Intent Into Revenue For ecommerce businesses, the opportunity is not always about generating more demand, but making better use of the demand that already exists. Merchants spend heavily getting customers to the point of purchase, yet revenue is still lost when checkouts...

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Dignity Health Sports Park Brings South Bay Families Together for 19th Annual Treats-N-Suites Halloween Bash With LA Galaxy Players

October 20, 2026 10:30 AM

AEG's Dignity Health Sports Park welcomed South Bay families for its 19th annual Treats-N-Suites Halloween Bash on October 16, continuing a long-standing tradition that provides children and families with a safe, welcoming place to celebrate Halloween and connect with their community. Designed for children ages 2 to 11 and their families, the event transformed the venue into a family-friendly destination featuring trick-or-treating, a Halloween...

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Nearly 5,000 Acres of North American Grasslands Destroyed Each Day

October 20, 2026 10:20 AM

A new World Wildlife Fund (WWF) analysis finds that an estimated 1.8 million acres of North America's grasslands and other open lands were converted to row crop agriculture in 2023-the most recent year with available data. That's nearly 5,000 acres of North America's remaining wildlife habitat plowed over each day. Corn and soybeans drive most new conversion in the United States, and wheat dominates in the Canadian Prairies. "Grasslands don't...

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2026 Sands Cares Global Food Kit Build Produces More Than 50,000 Food and Meal Kits To Aid Hunger Relief

October 20, 2026 10:15 AM

Las Vegas Sands In July, Sands Team Members completed the fifth annual Sands Cares Global Food Kit Build, which yielded more than 50,000 food and meal kits for distribution to community organizations that work to alleviate hunger. The series encompassed assembly and packing events held in Singapore, Macao and Las Vegas. Most recently, Team Members at corporate headquarters completed the event series with a build on July 21. Nearly 100...

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Symetrix Launches Partner Profitability Program to Help Integrators Win More, Work Smarter

October 20, 2026 10:06 AM

Symetrix, a global leader in high-performance AV processing, control, and monitoring solutions, today announced the launch of its new Partner Profitability Program, a new initiative designed to help U.S. integrators improve project economics, reduce operational risk, strengthen their capabilities, and build more profitable businesses with Symetrix. The initiative makes existing partner benefits easier to access while introducing new ways of...

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Argusic Introduces Evidence-Driven AI Software Evaluation With Reproducible Tests, Terminal Recordings and Independent Infrastructure Data

October 20, 2026 10:02 AM

Argusic, an independent infrastructure platform for evaluating AI capabilities on real-world software, is making software execution evidence a central part of AI agent evaluation. Rather than relying solely on benchmark scores, code-generation demonstrations or subjective reviews, Argusic tests whether AI coding agents can take real software, install it, launch it and resolve problems as a new engineer would on their first day, without human...

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Ascension Recovery Services Awarded $1.5 Million to Help West Virginians in Recovery Return to Work

October 20, 2026 10:00 AM

Ascension Recovery Services (Ascension RS), the leading national behavioral health consulting, development and management company, has been awarded $1.5 million through West Virginia's Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) to help individuals affected by substance use disorder (SUD) return to the workforce and build lasting financial independence. Announced by West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey on October 13, the award is part of the...

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Cubic DTECH to Demonstrate AI-Enabled Decision Advantage at TechNet Indo-Pacific 2026

October 20, 2026 10:00 AM

Cubic DTECH Mission Solutions (DTECH), a business unit of Cubic Defense, will showcase its latest tactical edge solutions at TechNet Indo-Pacific 2026, Oct. 27-29, at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu, Hawaii. "Decision superiority in the Pacific depends on the ability to access, process and act on information in increasingly contested environments," said Anthony Verna, Senior Vice President and General Manager, DTECH Mission Solutions,...

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The Michaels Organization Acquires 8 1/2 Canal Street

October 20, 2026 10:00 AM

The Michaels Organization, a national leader in residential real estate, announced today that it has achieved a financial closing to acquire 8 ½ Canal Street, a premier student housing community serving Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. Located at 8 ½ West Canal Street, the community is ideally situated within easy walking distance to the center of VCU's Monroe Park Campus. "We are delighted to welcome this high-quality asset...

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Chesapeake Financial Shares Reports Third Quarter Financials and Declares Dividend

October 20, 2026 10:00 AM

On behalf of Chesapeake Financial Shares, Inc. (parent company of both Chesapeake Bank and Chesapeake Wealth Management), Jeffrey M. Szyperski, Chairman of the Board and CEO, reported earnings for the third quarter of 2026 of $5,572,245 compared to $4,850,253 for the third quarter of 2025. The reported earnings per share were $1.186 fully diluted as compared to $1.029 for the third quarter of 2025. The company continues to experience strong...

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Who is the Top Plastic Surgeon in Seattle?

October 20, 2026 10:00 AM

Dr. Javad Sajan is the top plastic surgeon in Seattle for plastic surgery of the face, breasts, and body. With more than 1,100 Google reviews and more than 25,000 procedures performed, he is the most reviewed plastic surgeon in Washington state. Recognized as a top plastic surgeon in the country by Cosmopolitan magazine, Seattle Mag, and Seattle Met magazine, he has received an alignment of regional and national coverage that no other surgeon in...

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