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IBM Advances to Stage C of DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative
IBM moves to third phase of DARPA's rigorous evaluation of approaches to building a fault-tolerant quantum computer YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y., Oct. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has been selected for Stage C, the third phase of the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) led by DARPA, the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. This phase will advance IBM through DARPA's verification process, in which independent experts extensively test and measure quant
Read more →Mitrade Appoints Veteran Brokerage CEO Christopher Brankin as Global Markets Advisor; Global Macro Volatility Pushes Australian Interest Rates To 15-year Highs
MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Melbourne-founded CFD broker Mitrade has enlisted Christopher Brankin as Global Markets Advisor. A veteran markets voice featured on CNBC, Bloomberg and Reuters, Brankin ran TD Ameritrade Singapore for more than a decade and later headed regional expansion for a CFD brokerage. The need for that global perspective is growing, as the forces moving Australian markets are increasingly being set overseas. When the Reserve Bank of Australia lifted the
Read more →Air Liquide to build new Air Separation Unit at its Fairfield facility in New South Wales
MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Liquide announces a new investment to build and operate a new Air Separation Unit (ASU) and its related infrastructure at its existing Fairfield Facility located in Yennora, New South Wales - Australia. This will enhance local supply chain reliability for industrial and medical gases across Australia. Air Liquide to build new Air Separation Unit in New South Wales The new ASU will produce nitrogen and oxygen, critical gases to support the da
Read more →LG Energy Solution Secures Multi-Year Supply of Canadian Spodumene Concentrate from Elevra
240,000 dry metric tonnes of spodumene concentrate to be supplied from operational Canadian mine over four yearsLocal supply supports growing North American ESS demand and strengthens regional value chainsSecuring spodumene concentrate enhances raw material flexibility across EV and ESS marketsSEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Energy Solution (KRX: 373220) today announced it has signed a multi-year binding offtake agreement with Elevra Lithium for spodumene concentrate. Elevra
Read more →Arbitrage Group Announces £1.5B Prime Central London Property Acquisitions via Buyer-Side Advisory Model
Arbitrage Group Announces £1.5B Prime Central London Property Acquisitions via Buyer-Side Advisory Model Arbitrage Group London, UK, Oct. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arbitrage Group has announced that it has acquired, developed and advised on more than £1.5 billion of property since 2006, including 500 or more homes for private clients through its buyer-side advisory work. The announcement highlights the firm’s central London work under founder Aldo Attanasio d’Aponte and its broader activity a
Read more →Microsoft pushes AI vision with new, expensive Surface laptop
SAN FRANCISCO, United States — Microsoft is pushing a "hybrid intelligence" future with a new Surface Ultra laptop that runs on Nvidia artificial intelligence (AI) chips and will cost more than $2,500, the company announced Wednesday. The launch is part of a broader push by tech companies to release hardware that can handle more AI computing on-device and offline, so users don't have to rely solely on remote cloud data centers, where running AI is slower and more expensive. It also sees Nv
Read more →US teen charged over alleged IS-inspired mall shooting plot
NEW YROK, United States — US authorities on Wednesday charged a man who allegedly planned a mass shooting at a shopping mall in Minnesota in support of the Islamic State group. The FBI arrested Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, 18, after he bought an AK-47 rifle and ammunition from an undercover agent in a sting operation that foiled his apparent plot. "This individual allegedly obtained a weapon he hoped to use in a mass casualty attack in support of ISIS, but this FBI arrested him and put a
Read more →Neo Dental Beverly Hills Introduces Neo-Essentialism: A Modern Approach to Clinical Decision-Making and a New Way to Think About Dentistry’s Future
As dentistry moves toward regeneration, artificial intelligence, and biologic preservation, the Beverly Hills dentist behind the concept is asking whether progress may increasingly be defined by what clinicians can preserve, not only by what they can repair or replace. Beverly Hills, CA, Oct. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Neo Dental, a Beverly Hills dental practice led by Dr. Sol Shahri, is introducing an approach to clinical decision-making called Neo-Essentialism, built around a deceptively sim
Read more →Devon Energy Schedules Third-Quarter 2026 Earnings Release and Conference Call
HOUSTON, Oct. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE: DVN) today announced it will report third-quarter 2026 results on Thursday, November 5, after the close of U.S. financial markets. The earnings materials will be available on the company’s website at www.devonenergy.com. On Friday, November 6, the company will hold a conference call at 10 a.m. CDT (11 a.m. EDT). A webcast link to the conference call and replay link will be available on the company’s website. ABOUT DEVON ENERGY
Read more →Monarch Casino & Resort to Report 2026 Third Quarter Results After Market Close on October 27
RENO, Nev., Oct. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRI) announced today that it will release its 2026 third quarter financial results after the market closes on Tuesday, October 27, 2026. About Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates the Monarch Casino Resort Spa ("Monarch Black Hawk") in Black Hawk, Colorado, approximately 40 miles west of Denver and the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa ("Atlantis"), a
Read more →Calgon Carbon Marks Major Expansion of Texas Facility, Nearly Doubling Reactivated Carbon Output Capacity
Multi-million-dollar investment strengthens Gulf Coast operations, U.S. manufacturing and environmental infrastructure CROSBY, Texas, Oct. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Calgon Carbon Corporation ("Calgon Carbon”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuraray Co., Ltd. (TYO: 3405), today celebrates the completion of a multi-million-dollar investment to expand and enhance its Crosby, Texas, facility, nearly doubling the site’s output capacity for reactivated carbon and strengthening the company’s ability t
Read more →Novartis Rhapsido® (remibrutinib) receives FDA approval as first treatment for symptomatic dermographism (SD), expanding its use beyond chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU)
In Phase III RemIND trial, twice as many adults taking Rhapsido achieved complete hive resolution by Week 12 vs placebo, with responses seen by Week 21SD is most prevalent type of chronic inducible urticaria (CIndU)2; more than 50% of patients remain symptomatic despite taking H1 antihistamines3Rhapsido showed safety profile in SD consistent with CSU, with no routine lab monitoring required1Approval builds on established role of Rhapsido in CSU and highlights potential of BTK inhibition across i
Read more →Euronext announces volumes for September 2026
Euronext announces volumes for September 2026 Amsterdam, Athens, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Milan, Oslo and Paris -7 October 2026 - Euronext, the leading European capital market infrastructure, today announced trading volumes for September 2026. Monthly and historical volume tables are available at this address: euronext.com/investor-relations#monthly-volumes CONTACTS ANALYSTS & INVESTORS -ir@euronext.com Investor Relations Judith Stein +33 6 15 23 91 97 Margaux Kurver +33 6 84 16 85 03 MEDIA -me
Read more →Participation notifications by SIH Partners
Press release Regulated information Brussels, October 7, 2026, 17:45 CEST In line with Belgian transparency legislation (Law of May 2, 2007), SIH Partners, LLLP recently sent to Solvay the following transparency notifications indicating that they crossed different thresholds. Here is a summary of the notifications: Date on which the threshold is crossedVoting rights after the transactionEquivalent financial instruments after the transactionTotalSeptember 30, 20260.19%4.94%5.13%October 6, 2026---
Read more →Sodexo - Monthly disclosure on share capital and voting rights on September 30, 2026
Regulated Information Issy-les-Moulineaux, October 7, 2026 Sodexo: Monthly disclosure on share capital and voting rights Pursuant to Article L.233-8-II of the French Commercial Code and Article 223-16 of the General Regulation of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers Registered name of the issuer: SODEXO 255, quai de la Bataille de Stalingrad - 92130 ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX DateTotal number of shares Actual voting rights * Theoretical voting rights ** September 30, 2026 147,454,887 216,684,309 218,539
Read more →Anthropic recognizes Intuitive.ai as a Preferred Partner in Claude Partner Network
Anthropic recognizes Intuitive.ai as a Preferred Partner in the Claude Partner Network Anthropic recognizes Intuitive.ai as a Preferred Partner in the Claude Partner Network Highlights:As a recognized Preferred Partner, Intuitive.ai will accelerate the co-innovate and co-build partnership with Anthropic for industry-specific AI solutions to help enterprises deliver measurable business outcomes.Our Claude-certified forward-deployed engineers and applied AI scientists accelerate agentic AI from pi
Read more →GL Communications Highlights Telecom and IT Consulting for Complex Network Requirements
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Oct. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GL Communications Inc. highlights its professional telecommunications engineering and IT consulting services for organizations planning, upgrading, implementing and troubleshooting complex communications networks. GL provides engineering and technical expertise across wired and wireless networks. Planning and implementing telecommunications infrastructure upgrades requires expertise across multiple technologies and standards. Customers need as
Read more →The Impeachment Trial of Vice President Sara Duterte
ICYMI: ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT The Manila Times is posting the Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte ahead of her trial at the Senate, acting as an impeachment court, on July 6, 2026. [Read more] Impeachment trial lightens up over Bank Secrecy Law's confidentiality clause Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero draws a lighthearted moment to the Impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte while clarifying a fundamental aspect of Republic Act 1405, or the Bank Secrecy
Read more →Comsol Named Official Multiphysics Partner of Formula E
The technology collaboration brings multiphysics simulation, digital twins, and AI-assisted modeling to electric racing As the Official Multiphysics Partner of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, COMSOL brings 40 years of experience in multiphysics modeling and simulation to electric motorsport. Through the partnership, COMSOL and Formula E will investigate complex technology challenges involving multiple interacting physical effects. BURLINGTON, Mass. and LONDON, Oct. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWS
Read more →Kalmar and Port of Halmstad continue partnership with the signing of a Kalmar Complete Care service contract
Kalmar and Port of Halmstad continue partnership with the signing of a Kalmar Complete Care service contract Kalmar has announced a 3-year service contract with Port of Halmstad (Hallands Hamnar Halmstad AB) in Sweden. KALMAR CORPORATION, TRADE PRESS RELEASE, 7 OCTOBER 2026 AT 18:30 (EEST) Kalmar and Port of Halmstad continue partnership with the signing of a Kalmar Complete Care service contract Kalmar has announced a 3-year service contract with Port of Halmstad (Hallands Hamnar Halmstad AB) i
Read more →Treasury Bond Auction Announcement - RIKB 29 0416 - RIKB 38 0215 - Switch Auction or Cash payment
SeriesRIKB 29 0416RIKB 38 0215ISINIS0000039121IS0000037265Maturity Date04/16/202902/15/2038Auction Date10/09/202610/09/2026Settlement Date10/14/202610/14/202610% addition10/13/202610/13/2026 Buyback issueRIKB 27 0415 Buyback price (clean)99.8100 On the Auction Date, between 10:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., the Government Debt Management will auction Treasury bonds in the Series, with the ISIN numbers and with the Maturity Dates according to the table above. Article 6 of the General Terms of Auction fo
Read more →All Weather at Home Recognized with 11th ENERGY STAR® Canada Award
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Oct. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE All Weather at Home Recognized with 11th ENERGY STAR® Canada Award Edmonton, AB - October 6, 2026 - All Weather at Home has earned its 11th ENERGY STAR Canada Award after being named a recipient of the 2026 Special Recognition Award. This Award recognizes organizations that have made significant and unique contributions toward advancing energy efficiency in specific areas of the marketplace. For All Weather at Hom
Read more →Kantiv Launches AI Agents: Agents That Execute So AEC Marketing Teams Can Own the Strategy
Data, Brand, and Insights Agents Turn Decades of Firm Knowledge into Pursuit Strategy SAN DIEGO, Oct. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kantiv has officially launched Kantiv Agents, a suite of AI agents built to turn an AEC firm’s institutional knowledge into action across the pursuit lifecycle, giving marketing teams more capacity to focus on strategy, client intelligence, and revenue-driving decisions. AEC marketing teams are expected to own pursuit strategy, shape win themes, build client intellig
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