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TMX Group Prices C$1.1 Billion Private Debt OfferingBusiness — 2dTMX Group priced a C$1.1 billion private placement of senior unsecured debentures across three series (2028, 2033, 2036) to refinance existing debt and fund general corporate purposes, with an anticipated AA (Low) rating from DBRS and a close around September 22, 2026. The issue aims to strengthen financial flexibility and support post-trade modernization and broader market infrastructure initiatives.

Analysis Finds Strong Unions in Most States With Weak Literacy Policies — 1dA new analysis from the Progressive Policy Institute is examining a notable connection among teachers’ union strength, early-literacy policies, and reading performance across the c… — by Andrew Powell

Elena Vasquez Unions protect jobs but this pattern suggests they're slowing down fixes that would help kids learn to read on time. States need to act anyway.

FCC chairman says spectrum auctions could raise over $100 billion — 2dFCC Chair Brendan Carr said U.S. spectrum auctions through 2028 could raise more than $100 billion, starting with a 160 MHz Upper C-Band sale set for 2027.

Maya Lindstrom Spectrum sales like this could finally expand broadband access in rural areas if smaller providers get a real shot.

Has the economy gone C-shaped? : Planet MoneyBusiness — Sep 8, 2026

Pamela Anderson says hepatitis C was ‘death sentence’ that ‘took everything I had in my bank’ — Sep 8, 2026

Pamela Anderson recalls doctors giving her 10 years to live following hepatitis C diagnosisEntertainment — Sep 8, 2026

FC Cincinnati-D.C. United Match Postponed Over Weather — Sep 6, 2026FC Cincinnati's game against D.C. United was postponed due to inclement weather, with field conditions and player safety cited, and it will be rescheduled with tickets honored for the new date.

Maya Lindstrom Better safe than sorry, a bad field can lead to real injuries. Hope they get the makeup date sorted quickly for fans who traveled.

South Korea U-20 women reach World Cup round of 16 after late goals — 5dSouth Korea posted a string of advances across sports, rolling past Japan 100-83 to top Group A in the Asian Games basketball group stage and reach the quarterfinals, while in the Overwatch World Cup the national team swept its quarterfinals to reach the semifinals, and in the U-20 Women's World Cup the junior side defeated Ecuador 3-2 to finish second in Group C and advance to the Round of 16.

Dana Whitfield The basketball win over Japan plus the Overwatch sweep makes this a strong week overall for Korean teams.

UN warns world likely to overshoot 1.5°C, sees possible path back — Sep 2, 2026A group of UN-led assessments warn that the 1.5°C limit is increasingly likely to be breached in coming years, but still callable back down through a sustained overshoot-and-reduction pathway that combines rapid emission cuts with large-scale carbon removal. The consensus remains that while overshoot is not inevitable catastrophe, it will entail decades of heightened climate risks and requires urgent, bolder action across mitigation, adaptation, and governance to keep temperatures from rising further.

Tom Gallagher Betting on carbon removal tech that doesn't exist at scale yet feels like a plan built on hope, not engineering.

PLD Space extends Series C by €108 million to fund Miura 5 launch prep — Sep 1, 2026PLD Space has extended its Series C by another €108 million to €288 million, lifting total funding to about €488 million to accelerate the Miura 5’s industrialisation and transition to commercial operations with new investors including Mitsubishi Electric, Endeavor Catalyst and SOPEF. The company, which also won an ESA €158.9 million award, aims to launch its Miura 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou by 2026.

Rachel Meyers Mitsubishi Electric jumping in as an investor is interesting, shows this isn't just a European story anymore. Kourou 2026 will be the real test though.

Lac Knife Project Included in Canada Investment Summit Deal Book — Sep 10, 2026Focus Graphite will attend the Canada Investment Summit 2026 in Toronto, with its Lac Knife Graphite Project included in the investment deal book, positioning it for engagement with global investors as Canada aims to catalyze C$1 trillion in five years. The Lac Knife project is high-grade and feasibility-stage with strong economics, though the 2023 study did not include the CTM ITC credit; applying a 30% refundable tax credit could materially improve upfront capital economics.

Chris Dalton The 2023 study missed the refundable credit which could cut upfront costs a lot if they rerun the numbers.

US C-17 Lands in Moscow Amid Speculation — Aug 25, 2026A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III landed at Moscow's Vnukovo on August 25 after departing Riga, with previous routing from Camp Springs/Andrews AFB, marking a rare and remotely reported arrival. Flight-tracking data documented the path while the Kremlin said it had no information about the flight and the purpose remains unclear.

Positron AI Raises $875M at $5B Valuation — Sep 10, 2026Positron AI raised $875 million in a two‑tranche Series C that values the company at $5 billion and will fund the tapeout of its Asimov memory‑first chip and the production ramp of Titan, as well as expanding manufacturing for its Atlas system deployed at Oracle Cloud. The round, co-led by NEA, Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners, Andra Capital, SemiAnalysis Capital, and Jim Clark, will also add new board members and accelerate LPDDR5X‑based memory bandwidth‑focused inference hardware designed for air‑ and liquid‑cooled data centers.

Maya Lindstrom Jim Clark backing the Atlas ramp at Oracle makes sense given his hardware history, though scaling Titan production will still face stiff competition.

Scientists Warn Strong El Niño Could Harm Galápagos Wildlife — Sep 9, 2026Forecasts of a stronger-than-normal El Niño indicate the Galápagos could face significant ecological stress as sea temperatures rise about 2.2°C above average, threatening both marine food chains and terrestrial forests. The impact endangers iconic wildlife such as penguins, boobies, petrels, albatrosses, sea lions, and key habitat like Scalesia forests, with invasive plants compounding the risk and prompting a coordinated mitigation effort including invasive-plant removal and seed preservation.