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DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This October, Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is giving fans more reasons to FALL in love with its barbecue by offering a full lineup of limited-time deals, seasonal specials and feel-good offers available throughout the month. From celebrating 85 years of Legit. Texas. Barbecue.™ to honoring first responders and serving up spooky savings, there’s something for every kind of barbecue fan to bookmark. October 1 – 31, 85th Anniversary Celebration Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is celebratin...

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Terrestrial Energy Inc. (Nasdaq: IMSR) (“Terrestrial Energy” or the “Company”), a leader in Generation IV molten salt nuclear plants supplying electricity and high-temperature industrial heat, today announced that it has submitted its Thermal and Electric Facility (TEF) Topical Report to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). If approved, the TEF, which houses the generators, turbines, and steam supply systems of the Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) Pl...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New research from Vitality, a global leader in behavioral change in health, has found that U.S. workers lose an average of 63.4 days of productive time each year because of poor physical and mental health. For the purposes of the Index, “productive days lost” converts both time missed through absence and estimated reductions in performance while at work into the equivalent number of full working days. Of those, 53.9 days (85% of the total) are lost while employees are...

LEMONT, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Argonne and collaborators will use super intelligence (SI) to speed discovery in software, materials, physics and more...

WASHINGTON, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TrueScripts, a pharmacist-founded, team member owned pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), today announced that Byron Mickle became President & Chief Executive Officer effective October 1, 2026. Mickle joined TrueScripts as President in March 2026 as part of a planned leadership succession for Dean Merder.Merder, who has led TrueScripts since 2021, is now the Executive Advisor to the Chairman. In this role he will support leadership continuity, strengthen board g...

RICHMOND, Calif. & OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--West County Wastewater (WCW) and OPTERRA Energy Services today announced significant progress on WCW’s comprehensive “Clean & Green” energy improvement project that modernizes critical infrastructure, strengthens energy resilience, and significantly reduces WCW’s environmental impact.The project includes a microgrid for backup power, solar energy installations, a cogeneration system, electric vehicle charging stations, energy-efficient lig...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--National Math Stars receives $30M NSF grant to expand programs that find and support America’s most mathematically extraordinary young students....

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samuel Merritt University (SMU) today announced $1 million in California state budget funding, championed by California state Sen. Jesse Arreguín, to create the SMU THRIVE Institute. The institute will train healthcare workers to recognize and respond to human trafficking and violence and open new health career pathways for survivors. The same budget includes a separate $1 million for the City of Oakland's violence prevention work. Arreguín and Oakland Mayor Ba...

MILTON, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Schneider Electric Canada, a global energy technology leader, today announced Innovation Days Canada, a three-city event series bringing together leaders from business, energy, government and sports to explore one of the country's defining challenges: how to meet growing energy demand while strengthening economic competitiveness in an era of AI, electrification and digital transformation. The three-city series will make stops in Montréal (October 27), Vancouver...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following the U.S. Senate’s approval last month of the Taxpayer Assistance and Service (TAS) Act, there’s growing interest in the tax community about this important piece of legislation that could still be enacted by Congress this year. To help educate tax professionals about the potentially far-reaching provisions of the TAS Act, Frost Law will join the Accounting, Legal & Finance Institute (ALFi) for a special webinar at 2 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The fr...