RALEIGH – October 28, 2026 -- Syngenta awarded five college students $2,000 each, $10,000 in total, through the new Durastak Traits of Tomorrow Scholarship, a program aimed at building the talent pipeline for agriculture and STEM careers.

Bloomfield Hills – October 28, 2026 -- Creek Equity, the private investment company owned by investor Scott Zack, has detailed a healthcare services portfolio that spans supply chain, pharmacy benefit management and medical courier logistics, funded with the firm's own capital.

Creek Equity runs three healthcare operating companies

Avenix Medical Group provides strategic sourcing, supplier visibility, risk monitoring and continuity planning to hospitals, health systems, physician groups and post-acute care providers.

DUBLIN – October 28, 2026 -- Temu plans to invest approximately US$200 million globally in compliance and quality assurance in 2026, twice its 2025 level, as laboratories inside its fulfilment partners' warehouses pass an independent Bureau Veritas assessment.

Brea, California – October 28, 2026 -- Envista Holdings Corporation (NYSE: NVST) reduced waste generation by 40% year over year and water consumption by 19% in 2025, according to its sixth annual sustainability report.

Envista Smile Project donates $2.4 million, reaching nearly 20,000 patients

The dental products group donated $2.4 million through the Envista Smile Project to expand access to care and oral health education. Services, products and charitable support reached close to 20,000 patients.

ATLANTA – October 28, 2026 -- Providi has launched as the corporate brand of the company behind electronic health record (EHR) products Cerbo and OptiMantra, which together serve nearly 7,000 cash-pay personalized care clinics.

The two companies combined in 2025 with a growth investment from Mainsail Partners. Cerbo and OptiMantra remain as product brands under Providi. Both have served the market since 2011.

Chicago – October 27, 2026 -- Crash Champions raised $300,000 in September to seed Champion It Forward, a new independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit aimed at a collision repair labor shortage in which more than 55% of auto body repair technician roles are unfilled.

McLean, Va. – October 27, 2026 -- Hilton (NYSE: HLT) will move the listing of its common stock to Nasdaq, with trading under the existing ticker HLT starting at market open on Nov. 5, 2026.

Shares will keep trading on the New York Stock Exchange until market close on Nov. 4, 2026. Shareholders do not need to take any action. Hilton said the transfer does not change its business strategy or capital allocation priorities.

XUZHOU, China – October 27, 2026 -- XCMG Machinery (SHE: 000425) ranked No. 202 on the 2026 Fortune China 500, up 10 places from the previous year, and kept its lead among Chinese construction machinery companies.

The company attended the 2026 Fortune China 500 Summit in Chengdu on Oct. 22. Business leaders, entrepreneurs and scholars gathered there to discuss how companies can strengthen their competitiveness. The ranking itself was released in July.

MIRABEL – October 27, 2026 -- Volatus Aerospace Inc. (TSX: FLT) has qualified in all five streams of the Government of Canada's Defence Drone Initiative (DDI) Marketplace, widening the range of defence requirements it can bid on.

Five streams cover systems, services and training

The streams are Uncrewed and Autonomous Systems (UxS) and counter-UxS; communications and data systems; engineering and integration services; testing and training; and innovation and experimentation.

TAMPA – October 27, 2026 -- Akari Therapeutics (Nasdaq: AKTX) will present its PH1 antibody drug conjugate (ADC) payload at five oncology, ADC and investor conferences in the United States and China during September 2026, as it looks for pharma partners and investors ahead of a planned first-in-human trial by mid-2027.

CEO Abizer Gaslightwala will deliver a keynote and featured presentations. The company says it will discuss global R&D collaboration, platform partnerships and pipeline expansion.