The Florida Association of Professional Employer Organizations has appointed Alcott HR CEO Steve Politis to its Board of Directors. This move integrates his decade-long experience in national industry advocacy into the Florida market, where professional employer organizations serve a critical role in the state’s evolving employer services sector.
With over 1,200 interns hosted annually and a conversion rate of 84% for full-time roles, Kimley-Horn has been recognized by Yello as one of the nation's premier internship programs. The ranking, announced on National Intern Day, highlights the firm’s commitment to integrating early-career talent into high-stakes client projects.
After passing the $100 million threshold in annual retail sales, Boulder-based pet food company I and love and you has appointed Dan Waters as its new chief executive officer. Waters, a veteran of the consumer packaged goods sector, takes the helm as the firm integrates its recent acquisition, Made by Nacho.
After moving through early testing phases, Ascentiz has officially opened direct sales for its H Series modular exoskeletons. Priced at $1,499 for the Pro model and $1,999 for the Ultra, the wearable devices are designed to reduce the physical effort of walking by up to 35 percent.
Two organizers from the parenting brand Storq have secured spots in the Good Housekeeping 2026 Parenting Awards, marking a win for gear designed to blend daily utility with aesthetic appeal. The recognition highlights a shift toward equipment that functions for high-demand lifestyles without compromising on design.
Winnipeg-based Fiberscope.net has integrated a preinstalled laser rangefinder into its CYCLOPS TZ maintenance hole camera, eliminating the guesswork previously required for estimating defect distances. This upgrade allows municipal crews to measure obstructions from ground level while maintaining the unit's high-definition imaging and long-range zoom capabilities.
With students heading back to classrooms, a July 2026 survey reveals that Florida voters increasingly favor charter schools for their focus on academic rigor and classroom discipline. Support remains particularly high among minority communities, with 51% of Black voters and 42% of Hispanic voters expressing positive views of the institutions.
Salt Lake City-based Co-Diagnostics has officially submitted a Dual 510(k) premarket notification and a concurrent CLIA Waiver application to the FDA for its Co-Dx PCR Flu A/B & RSV test. This filing marks a pivotal attempt to transition the company’s molecular diagnostics platform into decentralized clinical environments.
Shoppers at Meijer stores will have two opportunities this late summer to triple the value of their hunger relief contributions. On August 15 and September 12, the retailer will convert every $10 Simply Give donation card into $30, funneling the total directly to local food pantry partners across the Midwest.
Competitive youth soccer coaches across North America now have direct access to professional-grade development tools, as Major League Soccer and TeamSnap unveil an exclusive training curriculum within the TeamSnap app, designed to bridge the gap between recreational play and the high-performance standards of the MLS NEXT youth platform.
With two decades of experience scaling footwear giants, Michael Ferlauto joins SQAIRZ as Vice President of Sales to pivot the performance brand from a direct-to-consumer model into a national omnichannel powerhouse. His arrival marks a strategic push to place the company’s biomechanically engineered shoes into major retail and wholesale channels.
Following the CE Mark approval of its flagship diabetes treatment, Boston-based Morphic Medical has overhauled its leadership team. The company appointed Dr. Terri Cooper as Chair of the Board and added Craig Richardson as a non-executive director to spearhead efforts in international market access and health economics.
Boston-based Morphic Medical has appointed Dr. Terri Cooper as Chair and Craig Richardson as a non-executive board member to steer its next phase of growth. The leadership shift follows the company's recent CE Mark approval for its flagship diabetes-targeting device, RESET, as it prepares for wider international commercialization.
QKS Group has designated Nexusguard a leader in its 2026 SPARK Matrix for Distributed Denial of Service mitigation. The assessment highlights the firm’s specialized focus on Communications Service Providers, noting a commercial model that transforms traditional security infrastructure into a scalable, revenue-generating service for telecom operators and managed security providers.
Miami-based virtual care firm HealthSnap has secured $25 million in growth financing led by Eastward Capital Partners. The capital infusion is earmarked for scaling the company’s AI-powered Advanced Primary Care Management platform, which currently supports over 80,000 active patient programs across 200 health systems nationwide.
Doral-based startup JuiceX has cleared a significant regulatory hurdle, receiving official designation from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to operate as a contract market. This federal authorization allows the firm to host event-based prediction markets, positioning it to compete within the strictly regulated U.S. derivatives space.
For women residing in America’s heartland, the pharmacy shelf is not merely a convenience—it is a critical point of failure in a crumbling medical infrastructure. A new national survey reveals that rural women confront significantly higher barriers to quality care than their urban and suburban counterparts, highlighting a deepening equity crisis.
A panel of engineers, scientists, and 330 parent testers has recognized Medela’s Motion InBra as a standout in the 2026 Good Housekeeping Parenting Awards. The wearable breast pump secured its spot after rigorous lab evaluations and real-world trials focused on performance, safety, and daily convenience for nursing mothers.
After six decades of dominating the nursery furniture market, Delta Children is shifting its focus toward high-tech, automated sleep solutions. The company’s latest lineup, unveiled August 6, challenges the industry’s growing trend of recurring subscription costs by offering smart, connected features that function entirely out of the box.
The U.S. labor market added 79,200 jobs in July, a figure that highlights a broader cooling trend as both hiring and attrition rates decline. While the pace of growth has softened, salary offers for new job postings rose by 2.0% month-over-month, signaling a complex environment of low-turnover stability.
The spa brand that redefined self-care in the 1990s is turning its attention to the nursery. Bliss Baby has launched a trio of fragrance-free, plant-powered essentials at Walmart stores nationwide, aiming to elevate infant skincare rituals with products that meet rigorous dermatologist-tested standards rather than traditional baby-soap benchmarks.
For the first time since the award's 1998 inception, a Chinese high-horsepower tractor has earned a spot on the Tractor of the Year shortlist. The Zoomlion DV3504, a 350 hp machine, is competing in both the HighPower and Sustainable categories for the 2027 edition, marking a shift in the global agricultural landscape.
As global energy demand climbs, Daikin U.S. Corporation has signed on as a Gold Partner for Climate Week NYC 2026. The company plans to leverage the September event to showcase how inverter-driven heat pumps and intelligent building management can stabilize power grids while accelerating the transition to electrification.
Drivers faced with unexpected auto repairs can now use their existing credit cards to pay in installments at the point of sale. 1stMILE and Splitit have launched a joint platform across thousands of U.S. service centers, bypassing traditional loan applications to help customers manage median emergency repair costs of $574.
As AI tools churn out polished patent applications in minutes, the intellectual property community faces a growing crisis of quality over speed. On September 3, 2026, industry experts will convene for the "Before the Draft" webinar to address whether automated efficiency is masking a decline in meaningful innovation.
Fintech firm Octane has closed a $337 million securitization backed by recreational vehicle and marine loans, marking its largest transaction in the sector to date. The deal pushes the company’s total asset-backed securities issuance beyond the $5 billion threshold, signaling robust investor appetite for its specialized lending portfolio.
In a move to bridge the gap between regulatory approval and clinical access, CellCarta has added Tempus AI to its CDx Commercialization Lab Network. The collaboration allows biopharmaceutical sponsors to streamline the deployment of oncology-focused companion diagnostics by leveraging Tempus’s established physician-ordering infrastructure alongside CellCarta’s development pipeline.
Navigating the complexities of HIPAA compliance and high-stakes patient care requires more than manual tracking. On August 13, 2026, CobbleStone Software will host a 15-minute LinkedIn Live session aimed at healthcare leaders, demonstrating how automated contract lifecycle management can mitigate risk and streamline administrative workflows.
Nurses at opioid treatment programs spend hours daily manually preparing methadone doses, a repetitive task fueling industry-wide burnout. To combat this, Kipu Health is partnering with Opio Connect to integrate the ZING robotic assembly system directly into its behavioral health platform, aiming to accelerate dosing speeds by up to 400 percent.
A record $2.94 billion in average daily volume for Mexican peso and Brazilian real contracts underscores a shift in how institutional investors manage regional risk. As market participation expands, traders are increasingly favoring exchange-traded derivatives over traditional over-the-counter methods to reduce costs and streamline operations.
