NEW YORK – October 28, 2026 -- SignalMarkets, a prediction markets platform affiliated with Crypto.com, has launched its financial prediction markets platform and will host Signal Summit 2026, a free election-night event on Tuesday, November 3, in Boston and online.

BOSTON – October 28, 2026 -- Stockpress, a Digital Asset Management (DAM) platform for marketing, brand and creative teams, has launched a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects customer content libraries to AI tools such as ChatGPT and Claude. The server is available now.

DAYTON, Minn. – October 28, 2026 -- Gradian Thermal Solutions has opened a 500,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Dayton, Minnesota, a roughly $60 million investment that lifts its total manufacturing footprint to approximately 780,000 square feet.

Dayton plant has been producing since June and is still ramping up

Production began at the site in June, and Gradian continues to add capacity. The company expects the facility to support what it describes as strong and growing demand from data center, industrial and commercial customers.

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.

TEL AVIV – October 28, 2026 -- Innoviz Technologies (NASDAQ: INVZ) says the majority of new sales opportunities from the AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition relate to counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS), three months after it launched its Perciz defense brand.

FREDERICK, Md. – – October 28, 2026 -- CellectGen has secured Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding to develop a saliva-based, point-of-care diagnostic for periodontal disease, targeting early detection of active tissue destruction. The company is building the platform with reagent supplier Kemp Proteins and lateral-flow developer DCNDx.

Nashville – October 28, 2026 -- Sound Physicians has appointed Emil Engels, MD, MBA, as Chief Physician Officer for Sound Anesthesia, a newly created post that places a physician executive alongside a CRNA executive at the top of the unit's clinical leadership.

WINDSOR, Conn. – October 28, 2026 -- One in eight U.S. workers whose health insurance premiums rose this year responded by cutting retirement contributions, according to new LIMRA research released as open enrollment begins.

77% of insured workers faced higher premiums in 2026

LIMRA's 2026 Benefits and Employee Attitude Tracker (BEAT) Study found that 77% of employees with workplace medical coverage saw premiums increase this year. For 17%, the increase exceeded 10%. About half of those affected changed their spending or benefits choices:

SEOUL – October 28, 2026 -- Daesang Corporation's Jongga brand accounted for about 56% of South Korea's total kimchi exports by value in the first three quarters of this year, as the food and bio group marks its 70th anniversary.

Atlanta – October 28, 2026 -- Some 82% of respondents in a Geotab-commissioned survey said their organization's operating costs rose over the past 12 months, and fuel was the most frequently cited cause, named in 31% of responses. Endeavor Business Intelligence conducted the research for Geotab.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that on-highway diesel averaged $6.35 per gallon for the week of October 26, 71% higher than a year earlier. Fleets face pressure to optimize fuel use and to prevent fraudulent purchases to limit preventable losses.