Hartland, Wis. – October 01, 2026 -- Batteries Plus signed 19 new franchise agreements and opened 13 new locations across six states in the third quarter of 2026, extending a multi-year expansion run for the specialty battery and power solutions retailer.

Menlo Park, Calif. – October 01, 2026 -- Robert Half (NYSE: RHI) reported that 92% of its employees called the company a great place to work, versus 57% at a typical U.S. company, as the talent solutions and business consulting firm earned a spot on Fortune's Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services for 2026.

Las Vegas – October 01, 2026 -- Bold Penguin, the Digital Broker for commercial insurance, has entered a global strategic partnership with bolttech, an insurtech operating in 39 countries across four continents, to build a joint commercial and personal lines offering for agents, insurers and embedded partners in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

West Des Moines, Iowa – October 01, 2026 -- YPO Iowa will award $20,000 in prize funding through its inaugural Innovation Challenge, a statewide pitch competition set for January 27, 2027, at Holmes Murphy's headquarters in West Des Moines.

Westminster, Colo. – October 01, 2026 -- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has granted New Technology Add-On Payment status to Cerapedics Inc.'s PearlMatrix P-15 Peptide Enhanced Bone Graft, enabling hospitals to recoup up to 65% of the additional cost tied to the device starting October 1, 2026.

Boston – – October 01, 2026 -- Bank of America is providing a $10 million grant to Boston Children's Hospital to fund a new pediatric behavioral health campus at Franciscan Children's in Brighton, a project expected to generate between 150 and 200 permanent jobs and over 3,320 construction jobs.

Denver – October 01, 2026 -- Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) is constructing its third lunar communications ground station near Yuma, Arizona, advancing the world's first commercial lunar communications network toward full operational status.

Denver – October 01, 2026 -- The Denver Museum of Nature & Science Board of Trustees has named Kirk Johnson, Sant Director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History since 2012, as its next president and CEO, effective Feb. 1, 2027.

Farmington Hills – October 01, 2026 -- Coretek has achieved ISO/IEC 42001 certification, becoming among the first organizations globally to earn the world's first international standard for Artificial Intelligence Management Systems (AIMS).

North Sutton, N.H. – October 01, 2026 -- Labsphere, Inc. has acquired Photon Gear, Inc., an Ontario, New York-based designer of ultra-high-precision custom optical systems and lens assemblies, combining light generation and measurement with precision lens engineering under one supplier.