COLUMBIA – November 03, 2026 -- Alair Homes has opened Alair Columbia in Missouri, led by Brad Young, founder of Columbia-based TigerTown Home Improvement, extending its network of independently owned custom home building and renovation businesses across North America.

Alair converts an established local builder instead of launching a greenfield office

Young becomes Partner of Alair Columbia and keeps his existing local team. He said clients will keep working with the same people, now backed by the Alair network.

NEW YORK – November 03, 2026 -- Equinox appointed Brendan Whitworth, most recently CEO of Anheuser-Busch, as Chief Executive Officer, as a completed refinancing gives the luxury fitness operator more than $1 billion of capital planned for investment in its club portfolio, member experience and growth initiatives. Whitworth also joins the Equinox Board as a Director.

Akron – November 03, 2026 -- FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) has named Don Rettig Vice President and FirstEnergy Foundation President, putting him in charge of a charitable program that has distributed nearly $6.5 million across the company's operational area so far in 2026.

Rettig will lead the Foundation's philanthropic strategy and oversee its charitable investments. He will report to Wade Smith, President of FirstEnergy Utilities. Smith said Rettig understands community needs, builds relationships and is disciplined about where resources are focused.

Greenwich – November 03, 2026 -- Leverage Shares by Themes is preparing three leveraged and inverse single-stock ETFs tied to Anthropic, which is expected to trade under the ticker ANT after its anticipated IPO.

Franklin, Tenn. – November 03, 2026 -- Multi-unit franchisee Somersault Operating, Inc. has opened its 32nd Little Gym location in Franklin, Tennessee, and plans eight more units across the Nashville area, North Carolina and Washington.

Potomac, Md. – November 03, 2026 -- Creatv MicroTech is applying for CLIA approval for its LifeTracDx blood test and plans to file for FDA approvals across multiple cancer diagnostic applications, according to a profile of founder Cha-Mei Tang issued by The Inner Circle.

Fort Wayne – November 03, 2026 -- James W. Edlund, MD, CWSP, Medical Director of the Parkview Center for Wound Healing, has been recognized by The Inner Circle as a 2026 Pinnacle Lifetime Member. He oversees all medical aspects of four Parkview Health wound facilities.

Edlund directs four Parkview wound-care facilities with a 12-clinician team

His team includes two physicians, a clinical nurse specialist and nine nurse practitioners. Edlund has more than four decades of experience in surgical and wound management disciplines.

Eunice, New Mexico – November 03, 2026 -- Urenco USA has completed its first product cylinder of low-enriched uranium plus (LEU+), the first commercial production of the fuel in the Western world. The 5-10% U-235 product is aimed at existing light water reactors and at advanced reactor designs that need higher enrichment levels.

Loveland – November 03, 2026 -- ATS Energy, maker of a Solid-State Generator that converts industrial thermal energy directly into electricity without moving parts, has appointed former Shell executive Ed Ganja as Chief Technology Officer and board member, and added Mike Kleinberg and Brandon Beehler to its Board of Directors.

CHICAGO – November 02, 2026 -- Bird-X, Inc. has appointed Emanuel Doolittle, a sales leader with more than 16 years of experience, including 11 at Orkin Commercial, as Director of Sales and Business Development.

Doolittle will build industry partnerships and work to reach more pest control operators (PCOs), installers, distributors and end users with bird-control solutions. He most recently led branch growth at Groundworks.