Huntington, W.Va. – October 01, 2026 -- Energy Services of America Corporation (Nasdaq: ESOA) will acquire substantially all operating assets of FAMCO, Inc., a West Virginia water and sewer infrastructure contractor, for a base purchase price of $6.95 million.

Austin, Texas – October 01, 2026 -- SerpApi, a provider of structured search data APIs, has achieved ISO/IEC 27701:2019 certification, an internationally recognized standard for Privacy Information Management Systems (PIMS).

Bristol, R.I. – – October 01, 2026 -- Vatn Systems has won the Department of War Innovation Unit's (DIU) Mine Counter Measure Modernization Prize Challenge, with its SIGURD system ranking among the top performers in the Near Surface and Volume Mine Engage Test and Evaluation segment.

Palo Alto – October 01, 2026 -- PaleBlueDot AI has closed a $200 million Series C financing round led by ComputeCore, valuing the Silicon Valley-based AI infrastructure provider at $3.2 billion.

Funding round follows January's $150 million Series B

The new round builds on a $150 million Series B announced in January 2026. Existing shareholder B Capital participated again alongside other global investors.

Phoenix – October 01, 2026 -- Companies rolling out AI tools risk failed adoption if leaders ignore the informal trust networks that determine whether employees actually change how they work, according to organizational psychologist Dr. Deborah Peck.

Dallas – October 01, 2026 -- Highland Global Allocation Fund (NYSE: HGLB) has declared monthly distributions of $0.085 per share for October, November and December 2026, under an annual distribution rate reset to 8.5% of the fund's average net asset value.

Rochester, N.Y. – October 01, 2026 -- Multifocal contact lenses ranked as the fourth most selected anti-aging product category among U.S. consumers aged 38 and older, tying with fitness memberships and aesthetic dental care and outranking cosmetic procedures, according to new CooperVision research.

Kalispell, Mont. – October 01, 2026 -- Vero Broadband, LLC, operating as Vero Fiber, has completed its merger with Montana Sky Networks Incorporated, known as MontanaSky, combining two broadband providers active in Northwest Montana.

Atlanta – October 01, 2026 -- RCX Sports, the official operator of NFL FLAG, and U.S. Bank have signed a new sponsorship covering 10 NFL FLAG Regional Tournaments running from fall 2026 through spring 2027.

Chicago – October 01, 2026 -- Forty IT workers employed by TEK Systems at Rush University Medical Center will hold a press conference on Friday to press their employer to resume contract negotiations, two years after voting to unionize with Teamsters Local 743.