Dallas – October 06, 2026 -- Solidion Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: STI) said it will not raise its all-cash offer to acquire substantially all assets of Polar Power, Inc. (NASDAQ: POLA) after Polar's board rejected the proposal, calling the target company "severely distressed."

Santa Clara, California – October 06, 2026 -- Realtor.com®+ has reached more than 192,000 agents across 21 live markets since its January 2026 debut, with up to 10% agent adoption rates recorded in those markets, as the platform rolls out a new AI assistant called RealAssistTM AI to automate routine agent tasks.

Dover, Delaware – October 06, 2026 -- The Digital CMC Consortium has launched as a new industry collaboration aimed at the end-to-end digitalization of Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (CMC) processes in drug development. Founding participants include Novartis, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Takeda, Rockwell Automation, Flagship's Pioneering Medicines, Stellix, ZS Associates, and QbDVision.

Hope, N.J. – October 06, 2026 -- First Hope Bank recognized 18 associates with a combined 245 years of service at a luau-themed gathering held at Perona Farms in Andover, New Jersey.

Redmond, Wash. – October 06, 2026 -- Halfpricesoft.com has released ezAccounting 2026 with an IRS-authorized eFile add-on ahead of the Q3 Form 941 filing deadline on November 2, 2026, giving small businesses and accountants a direct electronic submission channel to the IRS.

Lexington – October 06, 2026 -- Piramal Pharma Solutions (PPS) has opened a new microbiology laboratory at its Lexington site that more than triples existing testing space and is expected to cut testing times by up to 50%.

Boston – – October 06, 2026 -- Students at one Texas elementary school achieved nearly twice the national average in academic growth in both reading and science during the 2024–25 school year, according to a new research brief from NWEA, a K-12 assessment and research organization.

Phoenix – – October 06, 2026 -- The International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA) has reinstated Andrew Wyant as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, as the fitness industry grapples with a widening gap between hiring demand and job-ready talent. Wyant succeeds Warren Heffelfinger and previously led ISSA from February 2018 to April 2024, a period during which annual revenue grew from roughly $10 million to nearly $80 million.

Ramsey, N.J. – October 06, 2026 -- AppWork, a maintenance operations and risk management platform for multifamily property management, has launched Enriched Completion Notes, a new AppWork Intelligence capability that automatically rewrites technician Work Order completion notes into professional updates for residents and structured records for operators. The feature is live today for all AppWork clients at no additional cost.

Stockholm – October 06, 2026 -- Skanska has signed an additional contract worth USD 138 million, about SEK 1.3 billion, with an existing client to expand construction of a technology facility in the United States.

Contract value adds to Q3 2026 US order bookings

The new agreement will be recorded in Skanska's US order bookings for the third quarter of 2026, adding to the construction group's pipeline of technology-sector work in the country.