CLEVELAND – October 27, 2026 -- Metropolitan at The 9 has completed the redesign of all 156 guestrooms and suites in a renovation spanning more than 100,000 square feet, with remaining work due by November 5, 2026.

Renovation covers rooms, corridors, lobby and Ledger Bar

The scope includes 10 guestroom corridors, the main lobby, elevator lobbies and cabs, and Ledger Bar. Lighter finishes, custom furnishings and Cleveland-focused artwork replace the previous look, while signature design elements stay in place.

Huntsville – October 27, 2026 -- Akima is reframing its recruiting strategy around long-term capability building, with Director of Recruiting Services Dee Sharma stating that demand has shifted from cleared talent to mission-ready leaders.

Anchorage – October 27, 2026 -- Akima drew about 30 shareholders to an Anchorage meet-and-greet in February that promoted career pathways across the Akima and NANA company portfolios, including the newly launched NANA Works talent program.

Global – October 27, 2026 -- COOPABLE is marketing OEM co-op advertising programs to automotive dealerships as a way to share campaign costs with manufacturers and run larger campaigns. The company has not disclosed funding levels, reimbursement rates or client numbers.

United States – October 27, 2026 -- Auto manufacturers fund dealer advertising through three co-op structures: fixed funding, percentage-based reimbursement and match programs. Under a match program, a dealer that spends $1,000 on a digital ad campaign has that investment matched by the manufacturer, according to a dealer guide from COOPABLE.

Global – October 27, 2026 -- Car dealerships can direct manufacturer-provided co-op marketing funds across seven spending categories, from digital advertising to website upgrades, according to marketing provider COOPABLE, which says many dealers still fail to use the money fully.

Digital channels and SEO take the first two slots

COOPABLE says dealers can use co-op funds for Google Ads, social media promotions and display advertising. These platforms allow targeting by demographics, interests and online behavior.

Global – October 27, 2026 -- No single tool replaces an Excel macro end to end: six options (Power Query, Office Scripts, Power Automate, Python, RPA and Alteryx One) each cover a different slice of the work, according to a new comparison of automation approaches.

Power Query and Office Scripts cover data preparation and workbook tasks

Power Query suits macros that mainly import files and cleanse data, and it can reshape and aggregate data before loading it. It handles button clicks, workbook events and precise output formatting poorly.

Global – October 25, 2026 -- Cloudflare Registrar sells domain names with no markup, charging registration, transfer and renewal prices at or below what registries and ICANN charge Cloudflare, and supports more than 430 top-level domains.

Cloudflare Registrar removes markups and add-on fees from domain pricing

Cloudflare says registration, transfer and renewal prices are shown upfront, with no hidden fees or required add-ons. Customers pay only the registry and ICANN price, which removes the inflated renewal costs common in the domain market.

Global – October 24, 2026 -- Cloudflare's Learning Center covers 16 topic areas, from DDoS attacks and DNS to AI, SASE and domain registration, according to the resource index.

Security guides cover DDoS, bots, email and web applications

The DDoS guide describes a network of computers working in tandem to overflow an access point and block legitimate users from a service. The bots guide separates helpful automated applications from malicious ones that can harm sites and applications.

Global – October 24, 2026 -- Cloudflare provides free cyber security protection to more than 2,900 vulnerable Internet properties through Project Galileo, its program for human rights, civil society, journalism and democracy organizations targeted by DDoS and other cyber attacks.