BALTIMORE – October 30, 2026 -- Greg Abel, CEO and founder of Abel Communications, will serve as President of the newly formed Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Maryland Chesapeake chapter, following the merger of the PRSA Maryland and Central Chesapeake chapters.

Members and boards of both chapters approved the merger, as did PRSA's national leadership. It takes effect immediately, with a strategic focus on the Greater Baltimore region.

DETROIT – October 29, 2026 -- Speyside Equity Advisers has completed its acquisition of The TAPCO Tube Company, a Midwest manufacturer of steel tubing and building products that operates under the Tapco Tube and Akron Building Products brands. The announcement did not include financial terms.

MILWAUKEE – October 28, 2026 -- A. O. Smith Corporation (NYSE: AOS) agreed to sell an 81% interest in its China business to alternative asset manager CPE, valuing the unit at approximately $400 million on a cash-free, debt-free basis. The company will keep a 19% stake and sign a long-term brand licensing agreement.

Columbus – October 27, 2026 -- Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE: VRT) has completed its acquisition of Utility Innovation Holdings, Inc., which operates as UtilityInnovation Group (UIG), for approximately $1.45 billion in upfront cash, adding microgrid and behind-the-meter power capabilities for data centers constrained by grid access.

New York – October 27, 2026 -- The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) and BUILD.org plan to merge into a nonprofit serving more than 350,000 students annually, with a projected operating budget of about $18 million. The deal is pending regulatory approval.

BUILD will become the first organization in NFTE's planned "family of brands," a longer-term strategy to consolidate mission-aligned entrepreneurship education groups. The two nonprofits have a combined 67 years of operating history.

New York – October 27, 2026 -- NFTE and BUILD, two U.S. youth entrepreneurship education nonprofits, are combining into a single organization that will reach more than 350,000 students a year, according to a letter from President and CEO Dr. J.D. LaRock to both communities.

HUNTERSVILLE – October 27, 2026 -- PlayPower and BCI Burke terminated their merger agreement, abandoning a deal announced on February 13, 2026, one week after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and certain states sued to block it.

The FTC and the states filed the lawsuit on October 19, 2026. They sought a permanent injunction against the acquisition.

Washington – October 20, 2026 -- ServiceMaster Restoration Alliance of Tacoma, an Elite ServiceMaster franchise serving six counties across Western Washington, has acquired ServiceMaster Total Cleaning Service of Redmond, giving it a second Puget Sound location. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Oslo – October 19, 2026 -- Multiconsult ASA shareholders approved the company's merger with Rejlers AB (publ) at an extraordinary general meeting on 19 October 2026, clearing every item on the agenda as proposed.

Merger plan dated 7 September 2026 passes without amendment

The adopted resolution states that the merger plan dated 7 September 2026 is approved, with Multiconsult as the transferring company and Rejlers AB as the acquiring company.

Toronto – October 16, 2026 -- Vale Base Metals (VBM) has completed the transaction that makes Exiro Nickel Company the new owner and operator of the Thompson Mine Complex in Manitoba, Canada, backed by a commitment to invest up to US$200 million (approximately CAD$280 million) in the operation.