McLean, Va. – October 28, 2026 -- Hilton (NYSE: HLT) has been named the No. 1 Best Workplace for Women in the U.S. by Fortune and Great Place to Work for the eighth consecutive year, extending its run on the list to 11 straight years.

Hilton wins seven No. 1 rankings outside the U.S.

Over the past year, Hilton was also recognized as a Best Workplace for Women in 20 other countries and regions. It took the top spot in Argentina, Colombia, France, Germany, Japan, Uruguay and the Middle East.

MIAMI – October 28, 2026 -- Boeing projects that air cargo traffic will double over the next 20 years, lifting the global freighter fleet 67% from 2,395 airplanes in 2025 to 4,010 by 2045. The forecast, part of the company's 2026 World Air Cargo Forecast, was released at The International Air Cargo Association's Air Cargo Forum in Miami.

BOSTON – October 28, 2026 -- G-P (Globalization Partners), an AI-driven global employment platform, has been named a 2026 Inc. Power Partner Awards winner in the HR & People Operations category, adding to a run of recognitions for its G-P Gia HR agent.

Inc. honors B2B providers that help companies hire, comply and scale

The annual Inc. Power Partner Awards recognize B2B companies with a track record of helping entrepreneurs and businesses build and grow. Covered areas include hiring, compliance, technology, infrastructure, fundraising and marketing.

Mainz – October 28, 2026 -- Credit insurer Coface downgraded the country risk ratings of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, and expects the Middle East conflict alone to cut global growth by a combined 0.5 percentage points in 2026 and 2027. The rating changes, covering seven economies in total, come as escalating geopolitical tensions push up energy, commodity and financing costs.

BOSTON – October 28, 2026 -- Dechra, a global veterinary specialty care company, reported a 27% cut in Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions since its baseline year and R&D spending equal to 9.6% of global revenue in fiscal 2026. The figures come from its 2026 Sustainability Report.

NEW YORK – October 28, 2026 -- Bloomberg launched BQuant Assistant, a conversational AI coding assistant that lets Bloomberg Terminal subscribers write Python code and query financial data across more than 22,000 fields using natural-language prompts. The tool is built into both BQuant Desktop and BQuant Enterprise.

Galway – October 28, 2026 -- TE Connectivity (NYSE: TEL) closed fiscal 2026 with record net sales of $19.9 billion, up 15% on a reported basis and 12% organically, as customer demand for data and power connectivity lifted both of its segments.

Adjusted EPS rose 24% to $11.52 for the year ended September 25, 2026. GAAP EPS climbed 80% to $11.07. Adjusted operating margin was 22%, against 20% on a GAAP basis.

Dublin – October 28, 2026 -- Temu plans to invest about $200 million in compliance and quality assurance worldwide in 2026, twice its 2025 spending, as it adds in-house product testing laboratories inside its logistics partners' warehouses.

Bureau Veritas confirms the labs can run defined European-standard tests

Bureau Veritas audited the labs' testing equipment, premises, technical staff, workflows and quality assurance systems. It confirmed the labs meet the technical requirements for the intended tests under selected European standards.

Taizhou – October 28, 2026 -- LUTIAN has invested more than RMB 300 million in research and development since 2023 to carry its motor and power electronics expertise into solar and energy storage, Chairman Changguo Luo told the LUTIAN Global Energy Partner Conference 2026. The event ran October 12-14 in Taizhou and drew more than 200 domestic and international guests from over 60 countries and regions.

BERLIN – October 28, 2026 -- Appian (Nasdaq: APPN) and contract research organisation PSI have taken a live AI-powered process orchestration solution for clinical trial site identification and selection into operation, the first joint project between the two companies.

The solution covers therapeutic areas, indications and geographies. It moves previously manual, decentralised steps into a single digital process, from project initiation through the later stages of site selection.