Pittsburgh – October 19, 2026 -- System One has acquired GMP (Global Management Partners, LLC), a capital project planning and consulting provider, to extend its Critical Infrastructure platform into front-end project development. Terms of the deal 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.

Pittsburgh – October 19, 2026 -- Mastech Digital (NYSE American: MHH) will publish its third-quarter 2026 financial results before the U.S. market opens on Friday, October 30, 2026.

Management hosts 9:00 a.m. ET call on results day

The company will hold a conference call at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on October 30 to review financial performance and operating results for the quarter ended September 30, 2026.

LONDON – October 19, 2026 -- Strategic advisory firm Hakluyt has appointed Julia Gillard, Australia's prime minister from 2010 to 2013 and current chair of Wellcome, to its international advisory board, effective immediately.

San Diego – October 19, 2026 -- The Vistage CEO Confidence Index fell 3.4 points to 80.8 in Q3 2026 from 84.2 in the prior quarter, marking the third consecutive quarterly decline in small and midsize business (SMB) CEO sentiment.

Expectations for the year ahead dropped the most. Only 19% of CEOs expect the U.S. economy to improve over the next year, down 10 percentage points from last quarter and 13 points below Q3 2025. A further 34% expect conditions to worsen, up 8 points.

Seattle – October 19, 2026 -- Yoodli, an AI platform for human skills, has appointed Mike Mather, KPMG US's Chief Learning Officer from 2023 to September 2026, as Chief Learning Advisor to shape how its customers prepare workforces for AI.

Mather will work directly with Yoodli customers and its product team. His remit includes advising clients on readiness programs that move beyond course completions to measurable behavior change.

Tokyo – October 18, 2026 -- NTT DATA has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Sustainability Strategy Services 2026 Vendor Assessment, which evaluated 16 vendors on how they help enterprises embed sustainability into corporate strategy, operations and value creation.

Louisville – October 17, 2026 -- RedTag, an independent Louisville marketing agency founded in 2008, has repositioned itself from a digital performance agency into a strategy-first marketing partner and launched outcome-based programs for clients.

United States – October 17, 2026 -- Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group built the America's Greatest Workplaces 2026 ranking on more than 2.7 million company reviews from more than 179,000 employees, making it one of the largest independent employee studies in the country.

Toronto – October 17, 2026 -- Only 19% of employees worldwide feel confident using AI tools, according to the 2026 State of Recognition Report from the Achievers Workforce Institute, which argues that timely, specific recognition is missing infrastructure in AI transformation programs.