New York – October 27, 2026 -- The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) has advanced Isla Hughes of Ipswich High School in Massachusetts to the U.S. National Youth Entrepreneurship Showcase on Nov. 18, 2026, at the New York Marriott Marquis, with Nova Guide, an adaptive AI study co-pilot for students with executive function challenges.

New York – October 27, 2026 -- The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) and BUILD.org plan to merge into a nonprofit serving more than 350,000 students annually, with a projected operating budget of about $18 million. The deal is pending regulatory approval.

BUILD will become the first organization in NFTE's planned "family of brands," a longer-term strategy to consolidate mission-aligned entrepreneurship education groups. The two nonprofits have a combined 67 years of operating history.

New York – October 27, 2026 -- NFTE and BUILD, two U.S. youth entrepreneurship education nonprofits, are combining into a single organization that will reach more than 350,000 students a year, according to a letter from President and CEO Dr. J.D. LaRock to both communities.

MCLEAN, Va. – October 27, 2026 -- Hilton (NYSE: HLT) placed 53 properties across eight brands in the 2026 Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards, up from 47 in 2025, with six taking No. 1 rankings in their categories.

Twenty-six Hilton properties ranked in the top five in their markets, according to the company. The U.S. and U.K. reader surveys covered Waldorf Astoria, Conrad, LXR, NoMad, Signia Hilton, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Curio Collection and Motto by Hilton.

SAVANNAH – October 27, 2026 -- The 444-room Signia Hilton Savannah has reached its highest structural beam, bringing the nearly 200-foot tower closer to a 2028 opening as the headquarters hotel for the Savannah Convention Center.

The Savannah-Georgia Convention Center Authority (SGCCA), Hilton, Brasfield & Gorrie and Songy Highroads marked the topping out with elected officials and community partners. The hotel will connect directly to the convention center, which offers 660,000 square feet of meeting, exhibit and event space along the Savannah River.

McLean, Va. – October 27, 2026 -- Hilton (NYSE: HLT) will move the listing of its common stock to Nasdaq, with trading under the existing ticker HLT starting at market open on Nov. 5, 2026.

Shares will keep trading on the New York Stock Exchange until market close on Nov. 4, 2026. Shareholders do not need to take any action. Hilton said the transfer does not change its business strategy or capital allocation priorities.

MCLEAN, Va. – October 27, 2026 -- Hilton (NYSE: HLT) took the No. 1 spot on Great Place to Work's inaugural U.S. Best Workplaces in Hotels & Resorts list, with 95% of its team members calling it a great place to work. The ranking is based on feedback from Hilton team members across the U.S.

Survey scores reach 95% to 97% on three measures

According to Great Place to Work, 97% of Hilton team members say they are made to feel welcome. A further 96% say they feel pride in the company's accomplishments.

United States – October 27, 2026 -- SupplyOne cut the average pack size by more than 20% for a nationwide distributor of new OEM automotive parts, lowering the customer's dimensional-weight shipping costs.

Manual RSC box assembly could not keep pace with order growth

The distributor runs strategically located distribution centers and more than 250 retail locations. As order volume grew, it needed to move beyond manually assembled RSC boxes. The new process had to support both retail distribution and online fulfillment.

United States – October 27, 2026 -- SupplyOne secured a request for proposal (RFP) covering multiple locations of a growing bird seed producer after engineering a corrugated box that met both the customer's requirements and a major national retailer's specifications.

United States – October 27, 2026 -- Path2Ignite is pitching a postcard delivered within three to five days of a website visit as a way to recover ad spend lost on anonymous traffic.

The company says most website visitors leave without a purchase, a form fill or a cookie. That wastes the investment in SEO, paid search, social and catalog marketing that brought them to the site.