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VINCI Autoroutes and VINCI Airports traffic in August 2026
Nanterre, 17 September 2026 VINCI Autoroutes and VINCI Airports traffic in August 2026 I- Change in VINCI Autoroutes’ intercity networks traffic AugustYTD at the end of August (8 months) % change 2026/2025% change 2026/2025VINCI Autoroutes-5.6%-3.2% Light vehicles-6.2%-3.9% Heavy vehicles+2.4%+1.3% In August, light vehicle traffic declined by -6.2%, reflecting an unfavourable calendar effect* and the sharp rise in fuel prices. Heavy vehicle traffic, meanwhile, rose by +2.4%, benefiting from one
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VIRBAC: A robust adjusted EBIT margin² of 18.8%, driven by solid organic revenue growth of 7.4%
H1 2026 delivered a robust revenue growth of +7.4% and an adjusted EBIT margin2 of 18.8% at CERS:Revenue growth is coming from both segments : companion animal +10.0% and farm animal +6.7% with a strong contribution from our Supercharge platforms (excl. Thyronorm) which increased by around +12% at CERS Solid volume/mix effect of ~+5.4%, completed by price increase of ~+2%Operating margin increased by 0.5ppt compared to H1 2025 driven by a favorable mix effect on the gross margin partially offset
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SODEXO - Transactions carried out from September 7, 2026 to September 11, 2026
Regulated Information Issy-les-Moulineaux, September 17, 2026 Sodexo: Disclosure of transactions in own shares carried out from September 7, 2026 to September 11, 2026 Sodexo purchased treasury shares, outside of its liquidity contract, within the framework of its share buyback program as authorized by the Shareholders’ Meeting held on December 16, 2025. These shares have been acquired to honor obligations related to free shares award plans. Information on these transactions are the following: T
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ARGAN and CELIO inaugurate the extension of the AutOnom® logistics site in Amblainville
Press release - Neuilly-sur-Seine, September 17, 2026 - 5.45pm ARGAN and CELIO inaugurate the extension of the AutOnom® logistics site in Amblainville (60) A few months after its completion, the extension of CELIO’s logistics site in Amblainville (60) was officially inaugurated in the presence of the Mayor, the President of the Communauté de Communes des Sablons (Sablons Community of Municipalities), the President and shareholders of CELIO France, all site employees, and members of ARGAN’s Manag
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Participation notifications by Citigroup Inc.
Press release Regulated information Brussels, 17 September 2026, 17:45 CEST In line with Belgian transparency legislation (Law of May 2, 2007), Citigroup Inc. recently sent to Solvay the following transparency notifications indicating that they crossed the threshold of 3%. Here is a summary of the notifications: Date on which the threshold is crossedVoting rights after the transactionEquivalent financial instruments after the transactionTotalSeptember 8, 2026---September 10, 20260.00%3.07%3.07%
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Boster Bio Expands Access to Affordable ELISA Kits With 40% Savings on 500 Popular Assays
PLEASANTON, CA, Sept. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PLEASANTON, CA - September 17, 2026 - Boster Bio is running a 40% promotion on 500 PicoKine ELISA kits for direct U.S. customers. Bulk and custom orders are not included. Buyers still pay shipping on each order. Boster Biological Technology is running a 40% promotion on 500 PicoKine® ELISA kits for eligible direct customers in the United States. The Pleasanton life science reagent company says the selected assays cover cytokines, growth factors,
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FemPulse Ring Gains CE Mark Certification for the EU
VIENNA and SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FemPulse™, a bioelectronic medical technology company with first application overactive bladder (OAB), announced today that the Company’s FemPulse Ring™ has been granted CE Mark certification for the European Union and is now listed in the European Database on Medical Devices (EUDAMED). CE certification under the new Medical Device Regulation (MDR) is the basis for marketing of a medical device in the EU. It confirms that the device ha
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Board Changes
Foresight Technology VCT plc LEI: 21380013CXOR8N6OD977 17 SEPTEMBER 2026 Board Changes In accordance with UKLR 6.4.6R, the Board of Foresight Technology VCT plc (the "Company”) is delighted to announce the appointment of Michael Gray as a non-executive director of the Company with effect from 17 September 2026. Michael has extensive experience in funds, banking and other capital markets. He was most recently the regional managing director, corporate banking for RBS International with responsibil
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Huawei Pioneers a New Computing Architecture for the AI Era: Making One Million Processors Work as One Computer
SHANGHAI, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 17 September 2026 - Huawei today announced the Peerium Computing Architecture, a new computing architecture for the AI era. The architecture enables processors at the million scale to work as one computer, meeting the ever-growing demand for AI compute. The Peerium Computing Architecture achieves strong scaling to the million-processor level through nested parallelism, unified memory addressing, and peer interconnect. It breaks through the Turing parad
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You x You i Launches AI-Powered Website Audit Tool for E-Commerce Businesses
London, England, United Kingdom, September 17, 2026 /MarketersMEDIA/ -- London-based you x you i has released an automated website optimization service that provides e-commerce businesses with prioritized lists of site improvements. The platform conducts audits covering conversion elements, trust signals, brand clarity, search visibility and page speed, then delivers a single report with remediation steps written in plain language. The service requires users to paste a website URL and select the
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DR Fuel Clean Inc Announces Nationwide Diesel Fuel Testing for Emergency Generators at Hospitals and Data Centers
Mail-in sampling is available across the United States, with on-site sampling, fuel polishing and tank cleaning focused on the East Coast. Baltimore, Maryland, September 17, 2026 -- DR Fuel Clean Inc launched its nationwide mail-in diesel fuel testing program on September 1, 2026, to make laboratory testing easier to order for hospitals, data centers and other facilities that rely on emergency generators. Diesel stored for months can appear clean while water, microbial growth, sludge and oxidati
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Associa Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month by Honoring Hispanic Leadership and Community Impact
Celebrating Heritage. Inspiring Leadership. Building Community. DALLAS, Sept. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Associa, the industry’s largest community management company, is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by recognizing the contributions, leadership and diverse experiences of Hispanic professionals who help strengthen the communities the company serves. With more than 2,000 Hispanic and Latino professionals across Associa, they represent an important part of the company’s workforce and leader
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Merge4 Energy Introduces the First Physical AI Platform for the Grid
Solid-State Power Distribution Brings Real-Time Intelligence to Power Infrastructure to Meet Growing Energy Demand BOSTON, Sept. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merge4 Energy (Merge4) today introduced the first physical AI platform for the electrical grid that can sense, learn, and act in real time. The scalable power distribution technology addresses a critical challenge in the load growth era by replacing traditional mechanical components with intelligent solid-state, 800VDC circuit protection. T
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Media Advisory - HII Unmanned Facility Expansion Ribbon Cutting
POCASSET, Mass., Sept. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WHAT: HII (NYSE: HII), a global leader in autonomous unmanned maritime systems, will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the expansion of its unmanned maritime systems production facility in Pocasset, Massachusetts. The new 10,000-square-foot expansion will increase HII’s capacity to produce and support autonomous maritime systems for the U.S. Navy, allies and partners. The facility supports HII’s REMUS unmanned underwater vehicles, ROMU
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Bassett Announces Third Quarter Conference Call
BASSETT, Va., Sept. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: BSET) today announced it will host a conference call with management on Thursday, October 1, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. ET to discuss its third quarter 2026 financial results. The Company plans to issue its earnings release after the market closes on Wednesday, September 30, 2026. Rob Spilman, Chairman and CEO will host the call, along with Mike Daniel, Senior Vice President and CFO. The public is invited to lis
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Firefox teams with Mistral for AI browsing
PARIS, France — Mozilla's web browser Firefox unveiled Wednesday an AI assistant powered by the the French start-up Mistral, promising strict privacy protections as worries grow about artificial intelligence's capabilities. The "Smart Window" on Firefox will rely on open-source models, and the non-profit group said it would not sell personal data or "use your conversations to train models". Alarm is growing worldwide that artificial intelligence capabilities are progressing faster than dev
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Apeing Enters Stage 4 of Presale After Raising More Than $90,000 and Selling 445 Million $APEING Tokens
NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apeing, a meme-focused cryptocurrency project, has announced that its $APEING token presale has entered Stage 4, known as "Banana Hoarders,” following more than $90,000 in funds raised and over 445 million $APEING tokens sold. The project currently has more than 328 presale holders, according to figures provided by Apeing. During Stage 4, $APEING is priced at $0.0005, with the next presale stage scheduled to increase the token price to $0.00055. Apein
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Trident Intersects High-Grade Gold Over Significant Widths 220.00 Metres Below Historical Mine Workings at Contact Lake, Grading 8.69 g/t Gold Over 11.97m, Including 31.98 g/t Au Over 3.16m
Vancouver, BC, Sept. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Trident Resources Corp. (TSXV: ROCK) (OTCQB: TRDTF) (Frankfurt: 6BP0) ("Trident” or the "Company”) is pleased to provide the analytical results from the first three drillholes of the 2026 summer drill program at the Contact Lake Project in Northern Saskatchewan’s La Ronge Gold Belt ("LRGB”). Drillhole CL26050 intersected multiple parallel shear zones including a high-grade zone between 613.03m to 625.00m downhole depth consisting of 8.69 g/t Au o
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Apeing Announces Stage 4 Presale Milestone With More Than 445 Million $APEING Tokens Sold
NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apeing, an Ethereum-based meme cryptocurrency project, has announced that its $APEING token presale has progressed to Stage 4, "Banana Hoarders,” with more than 445 million tokens sold and over $92,000 raised, according to figures provided by the project. The Stage 4 presale is currently priced at $0.0005 per $APEING token. Apeing has announced that the price is scheduled to move to $0.00055 in the following stage. The project has structured its presa
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Sixthfin Enterprise Financial Close Management Platform Addresses UK Multi-Entity Groups Running Fragmented ERP Estates, With 38 Systems Supported Across 70 Countries in 2026
Financial close management software for UK provides a common review and control layer across different ERP systems, entities, charts of accounts and currencies, giving multi-entity groups an approach to enterprise financial close automation that does not begin with an ERP replacement. Covers financial close process standardisation across multinational entities, integrating ERP data into close workflows, what UK financial close automation for multi-entity groups requires in practice, and why 67%
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AI risks wider gender inequality in jobs market — WEF
LONDON, United Kingdom — The rise of artificial intelligence could exacerbate gender disparities in the labour market, the World Economic Forum and careers platform LinkedIn warned in a joint report Wednesday. "What we found is that the type of roles that are being disrupted by AI tend to be the type of roles that women have been concentrated in," Saadia Zahidi, a managing board member at the World Economic Forum, told a London gathering for the launch of the Global Gender Gap Report 2026.
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Padilla moved to tears upon seeing Duterte at ICC
MANILA, Philippines — Senator Robinhood Padilla said he was moved to tears when he saw President Rodrigo Duterte appear at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on Wednesday. During an ambush interview at the Senate on September 17, Padilla said he was surprised upon seeing Duterte again after more than a year. “I was surprised—and tears of joy unexpectedly fell—when I saw him,” he said. Padilla said his happiness was tempered by concern over the forme
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nexos.ai launches smart router, slashing AI coding costs by 60% with a novel benchmarking method
VILNIUS, Lithuania - September 17, 2026 - In 2026, the industry shift toward autonomous coding agents has triggered a "token paradox.” The per unit cost of intelligence has never been cheaper. However, the massive volume of background AI traffic has made AI spend the fastest-growing expense in engineering budgets. Addressing this, nexos.ai has launched its smart router, an intelligent routing capability that automatically matches engineering tasks to the most cost-effective AI models. It routes
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