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The Small Business Growth Alliance touts major charitable donations and service growth, but a look beyond the press release reveals a complex customer history.

As Spirit Airlines grounds its fleet, rental giant SIXT offers a lifeline to stranded travelers and a new career path for displaced employees.

Victory Entertainment launches Afterburn, a new rock festival for Northeast Ohio. Can its mix of 90s nostalgia and modern rock conquer a crowded market?

Empire Genomics & Molecular Instruments launch NISH, a fully automated system promising faster, clearer RNA-ISH results by preserving precious tissue samples.

Meet the three finalists for the 2026 Extraordinary Healer® Award, recognizing the oncology nurses whose compassion and skill transform patient care.

After rejecting an initial deal, 300+ workers secured a major wage hike, blocked healthcare increases, and won key workplace protections in Virginia.

While fighting a rare cancer, Maxim Harris created RagePADs, a viral hit for gamers. Now expanding globally, his company is built on purpose and charity.

The strategic acquisition merges a leading charge point management system with a vast payment network, creating a unified solution for EV fleet operators.

Powered by its booming Lifestyle segment and a calmer catastrophe season, Assurant posts its best quarter ever and boosts its full-year forecast.

A Louisville company's custom HEPA filter was a critical, unseen hero on Artemis II, continuing a legacy of ensuring astronauts can breathe safely in space.

New performance metrics have been proposed to reform a federal rule that threatens to decertify nearly half of U.S. organ procurement organizations.

Penske becomes the first to offer Kalmar's T2 EV electric terminal tractor, making zero-emission yard operations more accessible for North American fleets.

A new partnership integrates clinician-validated medical images into AI, aiming to improve accuracy, build trust, and address health inequities.

A new partnership delivers a turnkey, on-premises AI solution, letting firms in healthcare and government harness AI without compromising data privacy.

The strategic hire of assurance veteran Andrew Palko signals Cohen & Co's push to deepen its fund audit expertise amid rising regulatory complexity.

MGE Energy reports a 16.5% jump in first-quarter earnings, showcasing how its major investments in solar and battery storage are powering financial growth.

Fintech firm MyFreeScoreNow gains 100,000 users in 10 weeks by targeting underserved markets with ITIN support and advanced credit scoring tools.

Inworld AI launches Realtime TTS-2, a voice model with 'contextual empathy' that could revolutionize human-AI interaction, but also raises ethical questions.

Alcami acquires Tjoapack, creating a transatlantic CDMO. The deal, orchestrated by owner Ampersand Capital, signals a major shift in pharma services.

Airbyte launches Agents, a platform to fix the data fragmentation and quality issues that cause production AI to fail, aiming to make agents reliable.