Odisha Steps Up Cyclone Preparedness; Over 3,000 Pregnant Women May Be Relocated

Bhubaneswar, Oct 27: Odisha has intensified its preparedness for an approaching cyclonic system over the Bay of Bengal, with the state government planning to relocate more than 3,000 pregnant women to safer locations to ensure their safety and uninterrupted access to medical care.

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The preparedness measures were reviewed at a high-level meeting chaired by the Union Cabinet Secretary, where Odisha Chief Secretary Anu Garg briefed the Centre on the state’s response strategy and arrangements to minimise the potential impact of the cyclone.

Following the meeting, Garg said southern Odisha was likely to be affected by the developing weather system. Senior officials have been deployed to the region to monitor the situation, coordinate emergency operations and ensure that necessary precautions are implemented.

The state government has also directed the Electricity and Water Resources departments to remain on high alert in anticipation of possible power disruptions, heavy rainfall and other weather-related emergencies.

Special Arrangements for Pregnant Women

As part of the precautionary evacuation plan, more than 3,000 pregnant women are likely to be shifted to safer locations ahead of the cyclone. The move is aimed at reducing risks during the adverse weather conditions and ensuring that expectant mothers can access medical assistance when required.

The proposed relocation is a key component of the state’s efforts to safeguard vulnerable residents before the weather system makes landfall.

Fishermen’s Safety and Coastal Monitoring

The Coast Guard is closely monitoring fishing activities, while the state administration has taken steps to ensure that fishermen return safely from the sea. Authorities are keeping a close watch on the evolving situation and coordinating necessary safety measures.

Coordination with Chhattisgarh on Water Management

According to the Chief Secretary, the cyclonic system is expected to recurve towards Chhattisgarh after making landfall, potentially bringing heavy rainfall to the Bastar region.

In anticipation of increased rainfall and rising water inflows, Odisha has established a dedicated team to coordinate dam and water management with the Chhattisgarh government. Both states are maintaining communication to facilitate advance information-sharing, particularly regarding water releases from dams.

The coordination is intended to help Odisha prepare for potential increases in river levels and manage water-related risks more effectively.

With senior officials on alert and arrangements being put in place across key departments, the state government is focusing on precautionary evacuations, emergency response and inter-state coordination to minimise the potential impact of the approaching cyclonic system.

Sirva and Vialto Partners Announce Strategic Alliance to Deliver a More Connected Relocation and Global Mobility Experience

Partnership brings together complementary relocation, tax, and global mobility expertise to simplify domestic and international moves for individuals and businesses.

NEW YORK, Oct. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Vialto Partners, a global leader in integrated solutions for global tax and compliance, and Sirva, the world’s largest global relocation and moving services provider, today announced a strategic alliance designed to deliver a more connected, comprehensive relocation and mobility experience for individuals and businesses navigating domestic and international moves.

The partnership brings together Sirva’s extensive relocation and moving services global ecosystem with Vialto’s specialized expertise in tax and global mobility. By combining their complementary capabilities, the organizations aim to simplify the complexities of relocation, improve coordination across critical services, and provide customers with greater flexibility and access to the expertise they need throughout their journey.

Relocating domestically or internationally involves more than physically moving from one location to another. From housing and destination services to financial considerations, tax obligations, and immigration requirements, individuals and businesses often navigate multiple providers and complex processes. Through this alliance, Vialto and Sirva will help create a more seamless experience across the different stages of a move, from decision to destination.

Through the partnership, customers will have access in a digitally interconnected ecosystem to Sirva’s comprehensive relocation and moving capabilities, including household goods moving, home sale and purchase assistance, temporary housing, destination and settling-in services, and other relocation support solutions, as well as Vialto’s expertise in tax, immigration, rewards, advisory, and private client services, including specialized tax solutions available through Vialto Direct.

The alliance is particularly valuable for individuals managing personal relocations and small and midsize businesses that may not have dedicated mobility teams or established relocation programs. It also enhances the support available to larger organizations seeking greater coordination and efficiency across their global mobility programs.

“As global work and mobility become increasingly interconnected, individuals and organizations need access to expertise that extends beyond any single service,” said Mike Branca, Americas CEO at Vialto Partners. “Our alliance with Sirva brings together complementary capabilities to create a more connected experience for customers. By combining Sirva’s established relocation and moving services with Vialto’s specialized tax and global mobility expertise, we can help individuals and businesses navigate complex transitions with greater confidence, efficiency, and support.”

Expanding Support for Individuals and Businesses

Together, Sirva and Vialto will provide customers with greater access to complementary services and expertise across several key segments:

• Individuals and private clients: Vialto and Sirva have each established successful relocation product offerings for individuals and private clients, and this partnership interconnects both offerings digitally, giving Vialto Direct customers seamless access to Sirva’s global relocation services and Sirva’s Signature Moves and Home Benefits customers instant access to Vialto’s private client and specialized tax expertise, expanding the support available to customers navigating the financial and logistical complexities of global relocation.
  
  
  
  
• Small and midsize businesses: Through Sirva’s Talent Mover offering, businesses without large-scale mobility programs or dedicated relocation resources can access comprehensive moving and relocation support. The partnership integrates Vialto’s services on a global basis into Sirva’s product and Connect Plus digital platform.
  
  
  
  
• Enterprise clients: Corporate clients who select both Vialto and Sirva as their mobility partners will have the option to deploy an integrated digital solution that seamlessly connects the services of both companies and gives employees an enhanced experience. By connecting complementary expertise and the digital journey, the alliance can help organizations streamline processes, improve efficiency, and deliver a more consistent experience for employees throughout their relocation.

“At Sirva, our focus is on simplifying the moving and relocation experience by bringing together the services and expertise our customers need throughout their journey,” said Carlyn Taylor, Chief Executive Officer of Sirva. “Our partnership with Vialto expands that ecosystem by connecting our comprehensive relocation capabilities with their specialized tax and mobility expertise. Whether someone is managing a personal move or a business is relocating employees, we want to make the experience easier, more connected, and less complex.”

The strategic alliance reflects a shared commitment to creating a more integrated, client-centered relocation and mobility experience. By bringing together complementary services, resources, and expertise, Vialto and Sirva aim to make it easier for individuals and businesses to access the support they need, reduce complexity, and navigate domestic and international moves with greater confidence.

About Vialto

Vialto is a leading provider of integrated solutions for global work, including immigration, tax, rewards, advisory, and private client services. Trusted by multinational organizations around the world, Vialto combines deep professional expertise with cutting-edge technology to solve the most complex cross-border challenges and enable seamless mobility experiences.

About Sirva

Sirva is the leading global provider of relocation and moving services, offering employee relocation solutions to corporate clients and global moving services to consumers. With 77 locations servicing 190+ countries, we offer an unparalleled global footprint backed by extensive product offerings and robust technology solutions that support organizations’ global and diverse workforces. From relocation and household goods moving to commercial moving and storage, our portfolio of brands (Including Sirva, Allied, North American, Global Van Lines, Alliance, and Sirva Mortgage) provide a superior relocation and moving experience to both corporate and consumer clients. Sirva is a flexible and reliable provider for relocations of any size, frequency, and complexity.

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Cisco Expands Partner Opportunity with New Cisco 360 Program Updates, High Yield Customer Experience Offerings, and AI-Ready Innovations

Enhancements give every partner a path to move first and fast in the AI era

News summary:

• Cisco introduces Ecosystem Deal Registration alongside new incentives and AI-enabled tools for partners to recognize and support our ecosystem at every step of the deal.
• General availability of Cisco IQ for partners provides new profitability avenues and growth opportunities.
• Expanded Cisco Cloud Control offerings provide partners with new ways to build, secure, and manage AI-ready infrastructure.

VANCOUVER, BC, Oct. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AI is moving infrastructure to the center of enterprise investment, creating a critical market opportunity to modernize, scale, and secure the networks that power the AI era. To help its partners lead this transformation, today at Cisco Partner Summit, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) unveiled new advancements across its partner program, customer experience offerings and technology portfolio, providing the tools and incentives required to capture this next wave of global connectivity growth.

Expanded incentives within the Cisco 360 Partner Program combined with the general availability of Cisco IQ for Partners address the demand for more agility and intelligence in the current environment. Cisco Cloud Control continues to bring it all together, giving Cisco partners, IT professionals and AI agents a platform where they can work together to connect, protect and run the critical infrastructure for the AI era.

“Our partners are where Cisco meets the customer, and the AI era is asking more of all of us,” said Tim Coogan, SVP, Global Partner Sales, Cisco. “Customers need partners with the agility to move first and fast. By combining the strength of the Cisco 360 Partner Program with Cisco IQ and Cisco Cloud Control, we’re giving every type of partner new ways to deliver that and be rewarded for it, from the advisor who shapes a decision to the partner who delivers and supports it.”

Powering an Agile Partner Ecosystem

Advisors, Developers, and Distributors increasingly shape what customers buy as well as how it’s delivered, and as the Cisco 360 Partner Program enters its first full year, the program has added dedicated paths for each of them. Additional enhancements span program experience, profitability and enablement for all partner types, empowering true ecosystem agility in the AI era, and rewarding the contributions of every partner.

• Ecosystem Deal Registration: A new way for Advisors and Developers to be formally recognized for contributions that lead to transactions, validating partner impact across the customer lifecycle.  
• New growth paths: Advisor and Developer Partner Value Indexes (PVIs) are now available and a new unified Distributor PVI will be available by Spring of 2027, underscoring Cisco’s commitment to measuring partner contributions based on the unique value their role brings to the customer.
• Evolution of Cisco Partner Incentive (CPI) Rates: A continued investment in partner value exchange, increasing ACV growth reward by 50% as well as a 2x increase on Adopt for all use cases, as well as launching new adopt incentives on Cisco IQ.
• Additional +2% Cross-Sell Bonus: An incremental +2% on top of the existing cross-sell rebate for Preferred and Portfolio partners expanding customer accounts into net-new Cisco architectures, including Splunk.
• Cisco IQ Adopt Incentive: Designed to reward Partner adoption of Cisco IQ to ensure customers are onboarded and integrated with their telemetry.

Additionally, enhanced partner experience resources are now available to help partners differentiate and expand their offerings for customers:

• Deal registration visibility in Partner Experience Platform (PXP): Automated, real-time insights to optimize pipeline health and enable partners to identify growth opportunities.
• Advanced Trend Analysis and Eligibility Tracking: New PVI APIs enable partners to optimize their business outcomes and proactively manage their performance.
• On-demand agentic resource: The One Cisco Content Agent (beta) makes it easy for partner sellers and marketers to quickly access approved Cisco content and customize value propositions for every customer tailored to specific priorities and industry trends, creating relevant co-branded presentations in minutes rather than hours.
• New CPI Deal Estimator: Empowers partners to model deal economics and optimize rebate yield across every opportunity.
• New OT certification: To reflect the growing convergence of IT, OT, and security, Learn with Cisco is launching a new Cisco OT Security Practitioner certification and releasing Cisco Modeling Labs 2.11 with new hands-on lab capabilities.

Cisco IQ: New Partner Opportunities for Profitable Services

Customers crave the ability to better understand their IT environments, intuitively identify risk, and quickly act before issues impact business outcomes. Partners need that same level of visibility so they can deliver more relevant, higher-value services to customers and propose modernization opportunities. Today, Cisco is announcing the general availability of Cisco IQ for Partners, empowering its global partner ecosystem to drive repeatable, high-margin growth across both managed services and reseller models. With more than 16,000 customers, and with visibility across close to 20 million devices since April 2026, the extension of Cisco IQ to partners provides new opportunities for growth after deal closure:

• Deliver differentiated managed services: With Cisco IQ MCP Server and expanded API access, partners can seamlessly integrate intelligence into their own professional services, workflows, and AI agents. This enables partners to instantly query customer estates so they can address short term risks like emerging AI-powered threats, while helping customers plan for infrastructure modernization.
• Secure, automated capabilities for Resellers: Through new Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) in Cisco IQ, customers can grant partners direct, secure visibility into their installed base. This transforms resellers into intelligence-led partners who can leverage real-time data and APIs to operate at machine scale—spotting hidden network risks, eliminating manual exports, and proactively driving customer modernization.

Cisco is also introducing new Cisco IQ capabilities for customers and partners:

• New AI-Powered Quantum Safe and Software End of Vulnerability Support (EoVS) playbooks to help identify risks beyond routine patching.
• Priority Bugs & Software Conformance Assessments to spot outage risks, prioritize remediation, and scope upgrades or hardening services.
• Frictionless Cisco Cloud Control integration surfacing real-time risk intelligence, including quantum-readiness status, and enabling one-click action on at-risk, controller-managed devices directly within Cloud Control.
• Cisco IQ AI Assistant enhancements based on rich contextual real-time data with troubleshooting now informed by device diagnostics and Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) knowledge. Simplified TAC case management means you can create, close, and escalate a TAC case from within the AI Assistant.

“For too long, partners walked into customer conversations without the same view Cisco had. That changes today,” said Liz Centoni, EVP and Chief Customer Experience Officer, Cisco.

“With Cisco IQ Partner Support Standard, partners get that same intelligence under their own brand, delivered through their own experts. It’s their name. Their customer relationship. Their services practice. Cisco IQ is the engine. Partners are the business.”

Resilient, Secure, and AI-Ready Infrastructure Innovations

As enterprises scale AI agents across wired and wireless networks, they face mounting risks from downtime, visibility gaps, and identity-based threats. Cisco Cloud Control addresses these challenges by providing a shared, unified operations platform for teams and AI agents to secure and manage critical infrastructure across IT domains. To further enable machine-speed collaboration and automation, we are introducing new AgenticOps capabilities to Cloud Control, including:

• Model Foundry: A new platform service in Cisco Cloud Control for putting Cisco’s purpose-built models to work — discovering, evaluating, fine-tuning, and running them on your own data, all in one place. Model Foundry is also the exclusive home of Cisco’s newest model versions and weights before broader release. Controlled Availability begins with Cisco partners.
• ThousandEyes intelligence for trusted autonomous operations: Cisco is integrating ThousandEyes natively into Wi-Fi 6E and 7 access points, included with eligible Cisco Networking Essentials and Advantage licenses. With nothing additional to buy, deploy, or configure, always-on ThousandEyes enables automated background testing that is designed to validate application and network performance around the clock even when no users are online and strengthens customer trust in agentic actions.
• Agentic integration: Cisco is introducing Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for its networking platforms, which act as a standardized bridge that allows AI tools to easily access live network data. This removes the need for partners to build and maintain complex custom connections, making it simpler to create automated workflows for tasks like troubleshooting and reporting, while helping IT teams identify and resolve issues faster by linking deep telemetry directly to actionable experience metrics.

“The future of infrastructure operations is agentic, and it requires a platform that combines shared context, purpose-built models, and clear guardrails. Cisco Cloud Control is that platform,” said Jeetu Patel, President and Chief Product Officer, Cisco. “With the new Model Foundry, we’re advancing the state of the art in AgenticOps further. Enabling partners to fine-tune and customize Cisco’s models for their customers’ environments will make them integral to how their customers connect, protect, and run their infrastructure.”

To deliver the hardened physical and digital foundation required to connect, power, and protect mission-critical workloads for the long term, Cisco is introducing new resilient and quantum-safe innovations, including:

• Extending quantum readiness across wireless networks: Cisco is launching the industry’s first Wi-Fi 7 access point with quantum-resilient capabilities. This is the latest addition to the most comprehensive quantum-resilient networking portfolio, spanning wireless, switching, and routing, enabling partners to deliver quantum-readiness assessments and future-proof customer infrastructure investments well into the next decade. For quantum-safe communications with Post Quantum Cryptography over the air, Cisco provides Qualcomm Technologies-powered access points while the complete client-side solution is supported by an Intel Wi-Fi chipset and driver and Microsoft for Windows software.
• Expanded support for Live Protect: Live Protect reduces the gap between vulnerability disclosure and patch completion on supported Cisco platforms and releases. Live Protect is now supported on N9000 Series Switches, N9300 Smart Switches, Catalyst SD-WAN, C9000 Series Smart Switches, and CW9800 Wireless Controllers. Support on Cisco 8000 Secure Routers and Cisco Firewalls is intended to be available by the end of 2026.
• Privileged infrastructure access: Being developed in collaboration with Teleport, Cisco Privileged Infrastructure Access gives network teams and AI agents fast, governed, task-specific access to Cisco routers and switches, with short-lived, identity-bound certificates. Sessions are recorded, and privilege expires when the session ends.

Supporting Quotes

• “Ecosystem Deal Registration is an important step forward in recognizing the value partners like Deloitte create throughout the customer lifecycle, from shaping opportunities and defining solutions to helping customers realize value. By making these contributions more visible, Cisco is creating stronger foundations for collaboration and shared growth.” — Filipe Gomes Leonardo, Associate Partner – Cyber and Telecom Networks, Deloitte
• “We are excited about Cisco’s continued innovation and look forward to Cisco Partner Summit. With expanded partner access to Cisco IQ, we can build lifecycle integrations and professional services that turn reactive analysis into proactive insight. Together, we help clients manage risk, plan upgrades and get more value from every dollar they spend,” said Kevin Corace, Senior Vice President, Software and Services Lifecycle, Presidio.
• “As our enterprise customers scale AI workloads and high-density wireless environments, the network must evolve from simple connectivity into an active, self-defending platform. Cisco’s innovations embed industry-leading security and continuous visibility directly into the physical infrastructure our customers need. Combined with NTT DATA’s Agentic Operations, this creates an intelligent operating environment that can sense, predict and act, proactively addressing experience degradation and securing mission-critical operations before disruption occurs.” – Dilip Kumar, President and Global Head Infrastructure Solutions, NTT DATA, Inc.

Read more in our executive blogs:

• Cisco IQ is the Engine. Partners are the Business (Liz Centoni)
• Empowering Our Partners to Win in the Agentic AI Era (Steve Clayton)
• You Asked for More Money and More Time. Here’s Both. (Tim Coogan)

About Cisco

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide technology leader that is revolutionizing the way organizations connect and protect in the AI era. For more than 40 years, Cisco has securely connected the world. With its industry leading AI-powered solutions and services, Cisco enables its customers, partners and communities to unlock innovation, enhance productivity and strengthen digital resilience. With purpose at its core, Cisco remains committed to creating a more connected and inclusive future for all. Discover more on The Newsroom and follow us on X at @Cisco.

Disclaimer: Some products or features described may be in various stages of development and offered on a when-and-if available basis.

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Landis+Gyr Secures Major Contract with Leading US Utility

CHAM, Switzerland and ALPHARETTA, Ga., Oct. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Landis+Gyr Group AG (SIX: LAND), a global energy technology leader driving intelligent innovation across the grid, today announced that it has secured a major contract with a leading US investor-owned electric utility. The agreement covers more than 3 million advanced metering endpoints.

Under the agreement, Landis+Gyr will provide Revelo meters and associated network and head-end system technologies, complemented by advanced security solutions, premium support, and software maintenance and services. The deployment is expected to advance the utility’s grid modernization objectives by enhancing security, grid visibility and operational performance.

“This important win reflects the strong momentum of our Grid Edge Intelligence portfolio and the trust customers place in Landis+Gyr to support large-scale grid modernization programs. By combining advanced metering, integrated technology, security and support capabilities, we look forward to helping this utility enhance grid visibility, reliability and operational performance,” said Peter Mainz, Chief Executive Officer of Landis+Gyr.

About Landis+Gyr

Landis+Gyr is a global energy technology leader, delivering intelligent solutions that connect devices, data, and decisions across the grid. Trusted by more than 2,000 utilities worldwide, we transform traditional devices into intelligent, networked sensors, giving utilities real-time grid visibility and system control. With these combined insights, electric, gas, and water companies can anticipate demand, optimize operations, and deliver energy that’s more reliable, resilient, accessible, safe, and sustainable for everyone. For more information, please visit our website www.landisgyr.com.

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FP Markets: Healey’s first Budget puts Gilts in focus

LIMASSOL, Cyprus, Oct. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — UK Chancellor John Healey will deliver his first Autumn Budget on Wednesday at 12:30 pm GMT, giving him and Prime Minister Andy Burnham a chance to outline their tax and spending plans. Following Healey’s speech, the Office for Budget Responsibility will publish its five-year economic and fiscal outlook.

While there has been less frenzied speculation than ahead of previous Budgets, the backdrop is unquestionably challenging for Healey. Borrowing costs remain at multi-decade highs, public-sector spending is at historic levels, and tax revenues are at record highs. Higher energy prices linked to the US-Iran war have also eroded the fiscal headroom available at the spring forecast, estimated at around £20 billion – potentially reducing it to as little as £10 billion.

Burnham has committed to keeping the pension Triple Lock for this Parliament, but has announced plans to replace it from April 2030 with a double lock of inflation or 2.5%, subject to Labour winning the next election. Healey is also expected to follow the fiscal rules set by former Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who pledged not to raise income tax, National Insurance, or VAT. With key revenue generators shelved for now, Healey will likely focus on business and welfare.

Reports suggest the Budget will focus largely on business taxes and apprenticeships, and may also include a bank levy. The government may cut the health element of Universal Credit for under-25s – a move that could prove contentious among Labour MPs. A targeted cost-of-living package is also expected.

FP Markets Chief Market Analyst Aaron Hill commented: ‘For traders and investors, Gilt yields will be closely watched. In my view, the GBP’s reaction will depend on the driver of yield movements: a growth-driven rise (GBP positive) or a risk-driven rise (GBP negative)’.

UK assets will be in focus during the Budget. Fortunately, investors at FP Markets can trade CFDs on UK government bonds, a wide range of GBP currency pairs, and key UK stock indices, all via world-class trading platforms.

About FP Markets:

FP Markets is a global, multi-regulated, award-winning broker established in Sydney, Australia in 2005. The broker offers 10,000+ CFD instruments across seven asset classes, available on industry-leading platforms including MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradingView, and cTrader.

FP Markets’ regulatory presence includes the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in Seychelles, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) of South Africa, and the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) of Kenya.

For more information, visit www.fpmarkets.com

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EZRA, the coaching arm of the Adecco Group, launches Loop – the first connected human and AI coaching experience

The first connected coaching experience pairs a dedicated ICF-accredited coach and Cai, an AI development partner that remembers conversations, priorities and organizational context to enable manager performance enhancement

ZURICH, Oct. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — EZRA, the enterprise coaching arm of the Adecco Group (SIX: ADEN), today launched EZRA Loop, a first-of-its-kind fully connected coaching experience that combines human expertise with AI to help managers build the skills needed to lead in the age of AI.

As AI becomes part of everyday work, hybrid workforce orchestration is about redesigning work so people and AI agents each contribute where they create the most value and impact.

In this new environment, managers are under increasing pressure to lead change, navigate complexity and develop their teams. Yet coaching remains out of reach for most employees. EZRA Loop democratizes coaching: businesses can now provide managers with an always-on AI development partner that knows exactly when to loop in a dedicated, accredited human coach.

Denis Machuel, CEO of the Adecco Group: “As AI changes how work gets done, organizations need to bring their people along with them. Loop shows how human expertise and AI support can work together to make coaching more accessible, in the flow of work. This is an excellent example of how to leverage technology, while retaining a human touch, judgement and trust that only people can provide. In the hybrid – human-AI – workplace, it is essential to intentionally design how people and technology interact.”

Research shows that teams led by coached managers resolved customer problems 18% faster. Drawing on insights from more than a million coaching sessions with 200,000 people across its customers including companies like Microsoft, Spotify, Mastercard, HSBC, Eli Lilly and KPMG, EZRA found that AI and human coaching each excel in different areas. It noticed that AI support outperformed human coaches on task skills such as prioritization and goal setting, while human coaching outperformed on interpersonal skills like emotional intelligence and executive presence. Together, humans and AI, outperform either alone, driving a 37% increased chance of behavioral changes. 

This combination reflects a broader shift across organizations where the greatest value is increasingly created not by humans or AI working independently, but by orchestrating the interaction between people and technology.

To access the full text of the press release, click here: https://www.adeccogroup.com/our-group/media/press-releases/ezra-launch-loop-human-ai-coahing

About The Adecco Group

The Adecco Group is the world’s leading talent and technology expertise company. Our purpose is making the future work for everyone. Through our three global business units – Adecco, Akkodis and LHH – across 60 countries, we enable sustainable and lifelong employability for individuals, deliver digital engineering consulting to innovate and accelerate business transformation and empower organizations to optimize their workforces. The Adecco Group leads by example and is committed to fostering sustainable employability and supporting resilient economies and communities. The Adecco Group AG is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland (ISIN: CH0012138605) and listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ADEN). https://www.adeccogroup.com/

About EZRA

EZRA is the connected coaching company that gives every manager a coach. Founded in 2019 as part of The Adecco Group, EZRA has delivered more than a million coaching sessions to over 200,000 people in 120 countries and 75 languages. EZRA combines behavioral science with 4,500 ICF-accredited human coaches and Cai, its AI development partner, to deliver coaching that drives behavior changes, leadership development and better performance. Companies like Microsoft, Spotify, Mastercard, HSBC, Eli Lilly, KPMG and ServiceNow rely on EZRA coaching. 

For further information please contact:

The Adecco Group Corporate Press Office

media@adeccogroup.com

Rodrigo Sánchez Flórez – Tel: +34 658 06 54 02 / Jürg Schneider – Tel: +41 79 876 09 21

r.sanchezflores@adecco.com / Juerg.Schneider@adeccogroup.com

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NYSE Publishes ‘The Busiest Room on Wall Street’: NYSE Content Update

NYSE issues a pre-market daily advisory direct from the trading floor.

NEW YORK, Oct. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) provides a daily pre-market update directly from the NYSE Trading Floor. Access today’s NYSE Pre-market update for market insights before trading begins. 

Kristen Scholer delivers the pre-market update on October 26th

• New whitepaper reveals how the last trading floor in U.S. equities keeps its winning flow
  • Orders submitted through Floor brokers now make up more than half of the NYSE Closing Auction, the single largest and most important liquidity event in U.S. equities trading.
  • About $44 billion trades daily.
  • The Floor is a working part of the NYSE market model, running on the same Pillar platform as the electronic NYSE order book.
• NYSE hosts the ‘CMO and CFO Summit’ by Brand Innovators
  • In the NYSE boardroom, senior marketing and business executives will explore the role of the modern marketer.
  • NYSE leadership will be represented alongside NYSE-listed companies like General Motors Company, SharkNinja, and Unilever.
  • Kristen Scholer, NYSE Lead Content Creator, will moderate a panel on how the exchange leads brands in a market that’s round-the-clock.
• Proofpoint CEO Sumit Dhawan speaks about its purchase of Varonis Systems
  • On October 15, cybersecurity company Proofpoint announced that it will acquire data and AI security leader Varonis in an all-cash deal valued at about $6.3 billion.
  • Dhawan will join Kristen Scholer for an interview covering the significance of this moment for Proofpoint. 

Opening Bell

Ball Corporation (NYSE: BALL) rings the Opening Bell

Closing Bell

Ingevity (NYSE: NGVT) celebrates 10 years as a public company

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Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) Announces ETH Holdings Reach 6.05 Million Tokens, and Total Crypto and Total Cash & Marketable Securities Holdings of $15 Billion

Bitmine repurchased 2.04 million shares in the past week

Bitmine has repurchased a cumulative 22.9 million shares so far in 2026, the largest ever crypto treasury company equity buyback executed

Bitmine owns 4.95% of the total ETH coin supply of 122.2 million

Bitmine is 99% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 15 months

Bitmine released Chairman’s Message on October 7 titled “Crypto Bull Underway — This Cycle Likely the Largest”

Bitmine was added to the Russell 1000 Large-cap index on June 26, 2026

Bitmine’s Series A Preferred Stock is trading on the NYSE under the symbol BMNP

Bitmine has 5,227,037 staked ETH, representing $12.3 billion at $2,356 per ETH. MAVAN (Made in America VAlidator Network) is a premier Ethereum staking destination for BMNR and institutional investors

Bitmine owns $76 million of Eightco (NASDAQ: ORBS), now one of the only publicly listed equities in the world to provide investors indirect exposure to OpenAI

Bitmine Crypto + Total Cash Holdings & Marketable Securities + “Moonshots” total $15 billion, including 6.05 million ETH tokens, total cash & marketable securities of $514 million, and other crypto holdings

Bitmine remains supported by a premier group of institutional investors including ARK’s Cathie Wood, MOZAYYX, Founders Fund, Bill Miller III, Pantera, Kraken, DCG, Galaxy Digital and personal investor Thomas “Tom” Lee to support Bitmine’s goal of acquiring 5% of ETH

NORWALK, Conn., Oct. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — (NYSE: BMNR) Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (“Bitmine” or the “Company”), a Bitcoin and Ethereum Network company with a focus on the accumulation of crypto for long term investment, today announced Bitmine crypto + total cash & marketable securities + “moonshots” holdings totaling $15 billion.

As of October 25, 2026 at 2:00pm ET, the Company’s crypto holdings are comprised of 6,051,933 ETH at $2,356 per ETH (per Coinbase NASDAQ: COIN), 215 Bitcoin (BTC), $180 million stake in Beast Industries, $76 million stake in Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) (“moonshots”) and total cash & marketable securities of $514 million. Bitmine’s ETH holdings are 4.95% of the ETH supply (of 122.2 million ETH).

“Crypto got pulled down by the same ‘risk off’ forces behind the AI sell-off. In contrast to late-2025 and early 2026, crypto pullbacks have been comparatively shallow.  ETH has fallen 13% from its recent peak while US semiconductors ($SOXX) is down 20% in that same timeframe.  We believe this is further evidence that a crypto bull market is underway,” stated Thomas “Tom” Lee, Chairman of Bitmine.

“Bitmine executed equity buybacks in the past week, acquiring 2.04 million shares, repurchased at an average price of $22.48.  When management believes Bitmine shares are relatively undervalued, the Company intends to accretively repurchase shares, subject to market conditions and under the existing repurchase authorization.  Optimizing shareholder value remains our top objective,” continued Lee.

In 2026, Bitmine has repurchased 22.9 million common shares, at an average price of $17.48 or an aggregate amount of $399.6 million. “This is the largest crypto treasury company common equity buyback ever executed, and reflects our commitment to shareholders,” stated Lee.

“We believe Bitmine is positioned to outperform the crypto bull market that we expect to be coming, as the Company has strengthened its competitive position over the past year in the midst of a crypto winter (bear market),” stated Lee.

“Over the past week, we acquired 10,452 ETH. Bitmine’s track record of consistent buying of crypto is unmatched by any public company in the world. Bitmine has bought ETH each and every week since the inception of the ETH Treasury Strategy on June 30, 2025,” stated Lee.

On October 7, Bitmine released its latest Chairman’s message titled “Crypto Bull Underway — This Cycle Likely the Largest.” The presentation is available at the Bitmine website (presentation link).

Earlier in 2026, Bitmine launched MAVAN (the Made in America VAlidator Network), the institutional-grade staking platform. While MAVAN was originally developed to support Bitmine’s own Ethereum treasury, MAVAN has expanded to serve institutional investors, custodians, and ecosystem partners seeking best-in-class staking infrastructure. A portion of Bitmine’s ETH is already staked on the MAVAN platform.

As of October 25, 2026, Bitmine total staked ETH stands at 5,227,037 ($12.3 billion at $2,356 per ETH). “Bitmine has staked more ETH than other entities in the world. At scale (assuming Bitmine’s ETH is fully staked by MAVAN and its staking partners), the projected ETH staking reward would be $368 million on an annualized basis (using 2.58% 7-day BMNR yield). This compares to annualized staking revenues at $318 million based upon 5.2 million staked ETH (86% of the 6.05 million ETH held by Bitmine),” continued Lee.

Bitmine’s crypto holdings reign as the #1 Ethereum treasury and #2 global treasury, behind Strategy Inc., which reportedly owns 848,517 BTC valued at approximately $74 billion. Bitmine remains the largest ETH treasury in the world.

Bitmine management believes the GENIUS Act and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Project Crypto are as transformational to financial services in 2026 as the U.S. action on August 15, 1971, which ended the Bretton Woods system and took the U.S. dollar off the gold standard 55 years ago. This 1971 event was the catalyst for the modernization of Wall Street, creating the iconic Wall Street titans and financial and payment rails of today.

The Chairman’s message can be found here:

https://www.Bitminetech.io/chairmans-message

The Fiscal Full Year 2025 Earnings presentation and corporate presentation can be found here: https://Bitminetech.io/investor-relations/ 

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About Bitmine

Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BMNR), together with its subsidiaries (“Bitmine” or the “Company”), is a blockchain technology infrastructure company operating across institutional digital asset staking and validation services, bitcoin mining, and strategic digital asset management. As the world’s leading Ethereum Treasury company, it implements an innovative digital asset strategy for institutional investors and public market participants. The Company provides institutional-grade staking and validation infrastructure—through which it earns staking rewards and validation income—alongside bitcoin mining activities. Bitmine holds digital assets strategically, generating yield on those holdings to support liquidity and capital formation. Since 2025, the Company has expanded its blockchain infrastructure capabilities, including developing and deploying MAVAN, its institutional staking and validation platform. The Company’s activities further include investments in early-stage blockchain opportunities (“moonshot” investments) and ancillary mining, hosting, and consulting services.

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Cautionary Note on Forward Looking Statements 

This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not purely historical and can generally be identified by terms such as “expects,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “view,” “likely,” “positioned,” or similar expressions. This press release specifically contains forward-looking statements regarding: (i) the Company’s goal of acquiring 5% of the total ETH supply (the “Alchemy of 5%” initiative) and its progress toward that goal; (ii) the Company’s digital asset accumulation and treasury strategy, including statements regarding continued weekly ETH acquisitions and the Company’s status as the largest ETH treasury in the world; (iii) the Company’s intention to repurchase shares of its common stock when management believes the shares are relatively undervalued, the timing, amount, and accretive effect of any such repurchases, and the Company’s objective of optimizing shareholder value; (iv) the Company’s staking operations, including projected annualized ETH staking rewards of approximately $368 million at scale (assuming the Company’s ETH is fully staked) and annualized staking revenues of approximately $318 million based on currently staked ETH; (v) MAVAN’s expansion to serve institutional investors, custodians, and ecosystem partners; (vi) management’s beliefs regarding crypto market conditions, including that a crypto bull market is underway, that the current cycle is likely the largest, and that the Company is positioned to outperform the crypto bull market; (vii) ETH’s relative performance versus U.S. semiconductor equities and other risk assets; (viii) management’s belief that the GENIUS Act and SEC Project Crypto are transformational to financial services; and (ix) statements regarding the value of the Company’s crypto, cash, marketable securities, and “moonshot” holdings.

These forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: the extreme volatility and unpredictability of digital asset prices, including ETH and Bitcoin; the Company’s reliance on third-party pricing sources and reported market values, which may fluctuate materially; changes in market conditions affecting the trading price and volume of the Company’s securities; the Company’s ability to successfully execute its digital asset acquisition strategy and achieve its ETH accumulation targets, including the “Alchemy of 5%” goal; the timing, amount, and manner of any share repurchases, which will depend on market conditions, the trading price of the Company’s common stock, available capital, and the terms of the Company’s existing repurchase authorization, and the fact that the Company is not obligated to repurchase any particular number of shares and may suspend or discontinue repurchases at any time; the Company’s ability to finance its business operations and MAVAN expansion; operational, security, and technological risks associated with the Company’s staking and validation operations, including network failures, slashing events, cybersecurity breaches, and protocol changes; the risk that actual staking yields, rewards, and revenues differ materially from projected amounts, including because staking yields fluctuate and the Company’s ETH may not be fully staked; competition in the digital asset treasury, staking, and mining industries; the Company’s dependence on key personnel; regulatory developments affecting digital assets, blockchain technology, and staking activities, including the implementation and interpretation of the GENIUS Act, SEC Project Crypto, and other pending legislation or regulatory initiatives; actions by the SEC, CFTC, and other regulatory bodies; risks related to the Company’s “moonshot” investments, including in Eightco Holdings and Beast Industries; macroeconomic factors, including inflation, interest rates, and general economic conditions; changes to the Ethereum protocol; the performance of third-party service providers, exchanges, custodians, and staking partners; and the other risk factors described in the Company’s filings with the SEC.

The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on information available to management as of the date of this release and reflect management’s current expectations, estimates, and beliefs concerning future events. Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied based on the factors described above and in the Risk Factors section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 filed with the SEC on November 21, 2025, the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and the Company’s other filings with the SEC, as amended or updated from time to time. Copies of these filings are available at www.sec.gov and at https://Bitminetech.io/investor-relations/. The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. Bitmine expressly disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements except as required by applicable law.

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LPG Dealers Warn of Countrywide Strike if Demands Remain Unaddressed

NEW DELHI | October 26, 2026

More than 4,000 LPG distributors from different states and Union Territories participated in a protest at CBD Ground in New Delhi on Monday, demanding a revision of distributor commissions, restoration of new LPG connections in affected areas and a resolution to long-pending operational issues.

Organised by the LPG Distributors Association (India), the demonstration brought together distributors and association representatives from across the country. Those present included Dhanotia K. K., Gurpal Mann, Ashutosh Garg, Piyush and Shweta, along with state presidents and other association members.

B. S. Sharma, National President of the LPG Distributors Association (India), said distributors had been seeking a comprehensive revision of their commissions since 2018, citing rising LPG prices and operating costs. He argued that the existing commission structure had not kept pace with the financial burden on distributors.

“After 2018, the price of LPG has increased from around ₹450 to ₹1,000, while commercial LPG prices have risen from ₹1,100 to ₹3,033. However, there has been no corresponding increase in our commission,” B. S. Sharma said.

B. S. Sharma said distributors had repeatedly raised the issue with the government and referred to interim relief provided in 2022 following a study on the need to revise commissions in line with rising costs. However, he maintained that a comprehensive revision remained pending.

“We have been raising these issues continuously for four years and have sought discussions with the government, but our concerns remain unresolved,” B. S. Sharma said.

The association also opposed the government’s March 24, 2026, order concerning the discontinuation of LPG supplies in areas where piped natural gas (PNG) infrastructure is available. B. S. Sharma said the policy could affect LPG distributors’ businesses and limit consumer choice, particularly in areas where private companies are expanding PNG networks.

Another concern raised by the association was the reported suspension of around 3.16 crore LPG connections over incomplete electronic know-your-customer (e-KYC) verification. B. S. Sharma questioned the rationale behind such restrictions and referred to the Supreme Court’s judgment in K. S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India while raising concerns about biometric verification requirements. These figures and legal concerns were cited by the association and require independent verification.

The association also alleged interference by officials of oil marketing companies in distributors’ operations, including changes to distributor indents that it said could affect supply quantities and cause financial losses. It further raised concerns about alleged pressure on distributors to sell additional products, including gas stoves, rubber tubes, lighters and aprons.

B. S. Sharma also raised concerns about arrangements at the protest venue, alleging that barricades and restrictions on public transport and access had prevented some distributors from reaching the site. He said these difficulties had affected participants despite the association’s efforts to organise a peaceful demonstration.

The association has set a one-month deadline for the government to address its demands, including commission revision, a review of LPG connection policies and measures to resolve operational concerns. B. S. Sharma warned that distributors across the country could resort to a nationwide strike if the issues remained unresolved.

The LPG Distributors Association (India) said it remained open to dialogue with the government but called for a time-bound response to its demands.