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October 29, 2025 — 30-year industry veteran joins company in executive role to support founders and leadership team with planned strategic growth Kalmbach will focus on M&A and division operations throughout California and Colorado Trumark Companies today announced that Steve Kalmbach has joined the company as its first Chief Operating Officer, a senior executive role created to further support Trumark’s vision of becoming the dominant regional homebuilder in the Western U. S.
October 29, 2025 — Today, the Council of Autism Service Providers (CASP)—a national non-profit organization representing hundreds of autism service providers—launched TheSpectrum. org, an online resource for parents of children with autism.
October 29, 2025 — Constellation (Nasdaq: CEG), the nation’s largest producer of emissions-free, reliable energy and a leading energy supplier to businesses, homes and public sector customers, and Xpansiv, a leading infrastructure provider for the global energy transition markets, today announced plans to launch clean energy-based annual emission-free energy certificates (EFECs) on an online trading platform. Constellation will offer EFECs sourced from its clean energy centers in the PJM region on Xpansiv’s CBL spot exchange beginning December 2, 2025.
October 29, 2025 — American Humane Society, the country’s first national animal welfare organization, announced which of the 25 courageous semi-finalists have been selected as the top five finalists for the 15th Annual American Humane Hero Dog Awards. The Hero Dog Awards is a nationwide competition that searches for and recognizes America’s standout dogs in five categories: service and guide/hearing dogs, emerging hero and shelter dogs, law enforcement and first responder dogs, military dogs, and therapy dogs.
October 29, 2025 — Guignard Company, a leading surety bond agency, is proud to announce the launch of its unique community lending library, The Builder’s Book Nook, located just outside its Longwood office at 1904 Boothe Circle. Its aim is to inform the community and individuals of all ages about potential career opportunities in construction, architecture, engineering and the surety industry, as well as foster curiosity, promote literacy, and inspire the next generation.
October 29, 2025 — In today’s Q&A, we connected with Jon Gacek, General Manager of Public Sector at Veritone, an enterprise AI company revolutionizing how government agencies manage and act on data. Veritone is recognized as an innovator in the govtech sector, providing scalable, secure, and AI-powered solutions tailored for the needs of federal, state, and local governments.
October 29, 2025 — When Roy Danon co-founded Buildots with Aviv Leibovici and Yakir Sudry, they set out to solve one of construction’s most persistent challenges: the disconnect between what’s planned and what actually happens on job sites. Now, after raising $166 million and establishing Buildots as the global leader in AI-powered progress tracking, Danon and his team are taking an unprecedented step toward creating what he calls a “foundation model for construction” – acquiring workforce management platform Genda to unite two critical but traditionally siloed data streams.
October 29, 2025 — UNIGRID, the ultra-safe sodium-ion battery company, today announced that it has expanded its foundry subscriptions and grown its production capacity 10x — reaching 100 MWh/year — to meet growing demand. The company also projects another 10x growth in capacity in 2026 (expected to reach 1 GWh/year) with more manufacturing through foundry partnerships.
October 29, 2025 — This Veteran’s Day, AutoNation (NYSE: AN) proudly recognizes the generations of patriots who have defended our nation’s freedoms by offering an exclusive 20% discount on all services in-store at AutoNation-branded locations* nationwide and through the convenience of AutoNation Mobile Service** from November 10 – 15, 2025. “America’s Veterans, including more than 1,000 proud team members at AutoNation, have earned our deepest gratitude for their service and sacrifice,” said Christian Treiber, AutoNation’s President of After-Sales.
October 29, 2025 — TestSprite, the agentic testing tool for AI-native development, today announced the close of a $6. 7 million seed round, bringing total funds raised to approximately $8.
October 29, 2025 — Corsha, the first and only Machine Identity Provider (mIDP) purpose-built to secure machine-to-machine (M2M) communication across operational systems and critical infrastructure, introduces a partnership and new platform integration with Dragos, Inc. , a global leader in operational technology (OT) cybersecurity.
October 29, 2025 — FIVE COUNTIES PROGRESS TOWARD BAY FERRY SYSTEM: Two years after a study found the project feasible, five counties developing a new Chesapeake Bay ferry system say work is progressing, aiming to launch before 2030. The study was completed by a tourism consortium representing Anne Arundel, Calvert, Queen Anne’s, Somerset and St.
October 28, 2025 — On behalf of the popular fast casual Mexican restaurant chain Someburros, Phoenix-based retail brokerage specialist Western Retail Advisors has completed new location deals in Surprise, Peoria and Maricopa that will soon bring the hometown Arizona business to 20 restaurants statewide. The latest Someburros restaurant location was announced this week, following the company’s acquisition of 1.
October 28, 2025 — Fidelity Bancorp Funding (“FBF”), a leading private credit platform specializing in real estate bridge lending, announced it has secured an incremental investment commitment of $300 million from TCW, a leading investment firm managing over $200 billion of assets under management. The new capital increases FBF’s total lending capacity to $600 million, further strengthening its ability to serve private real estate investors amid tightening credit conditions.
October 28, 2025 — Maestra. io, the all-in-one, real-time, CDP-powered marketing platform for direct-to-consumer brands, today announced the launch of its Shopify Loyalty App, the Maestra Companion App, enabling brands to deploy fully featured loyalty programs in minutes and seamlessly sync first-party data into cross-channel journeys.
October 28, 2025 — – Compromised inboxes remain the primary attack vector, and identity alerts rise as sold motor carrier manipulation eases – Highway, the leader in Carrier Identity® and proactive fraud prevention for freight brokers, today releases its Q3 2025 Freight Fraud Index, revealing a continued rise in identity-driven attacks targeting brokers and carrier networks. According to the report, direct thefts have now surpassed compromised emails and ownership-change abuse as the leading fraud vector, with rogue carriers driving a significant share of losses.
October 28, 2025 — 92,000 Sprouts-anchored shopping center, 100% leased during COVID-19 pandemic, recently sold to long-time partner Langdon Street Capital NewMark Merrill Companies retains management, building on long-standing ownership and management presence in City of Rialto Calabasas-based retail owner and developer NewMark Merrill Companies, Inc. announced the sale of Rialto Village, a newly constructed, 92,000-square-foot grocery-anchored shopping center in the rapidly growing Inland Empire city of Rialto, California, to Langdon Street Capital.
