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Proprietary resources aim to help licensed insurance agents compete during a fast-moving enrollment season

The acquisition brings together two established platforms to better serve independent landlords nationwide

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / August 18, 2026 / Sidoti Events, LLC, an affiliate of Sidoti & Company, LLC, has released the presentation schedule and weblinks for its two-day August Micro-Cap Virtual Investor Conference taking place Wednesday and Thursday, August 19-20, 2026. The presentation schedule is subject to change. Please visit www.sidoti.com/events for the most updated version and webinar links.

Avel eCare's Virtual Health System Extends Clinical Expertise to Rural Healthcare Teams, Helping Address Workforce Shortages and Expand Access to Care

CHICAGO, IL / ACCESS Newswire / August 18, 2026 / viemaa today announced its national retail launch at Sprouts Farmers Market, expanding access to its Bond Repair System across the United States. The launch reflects continued consumer demand for high-performance haircare formulated at the molecular level, with an emphasis on structural repair rather than surface conditioning.

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / August 18, 2026 / Sidoti Events, LLC, an affiliate of Sidoti & Company, LLC, has released the presentation schedule and weblinks for its two-day August Micro-Cap Virtual Investor Conference taking place Wednesday and Thursday, August 19-20, 2026. The presentation schedule is subject to change. Please visit www.sidoti.com/events for the most updated version and webinar links.

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ReFiBuy's AI shopping benchmark, co-developed with Digital Commerce 360, finds 972 of 1,000 retailers changed rank; Nixon, No. 722 by online sales, took No. 1; and ChatGPT was the leading AI referral source for fewer retailers.

New solution provides centralized visibility and monitoring across local area networks

SAN JOSE, CA / ACCESS Newswire / August 18, 2026 / Comu, a productivity technology company, recently announced the launch of Comu Action Pro, a dedicated AI-powered hardware device designed to bridge the gap between spoken conversation and actionable work. Moving beyond traditional AI note-taking, Comu Action Pro acts as a tool that automatically transforms interviews, meetings, and brainstorming sessions into immediate, practical outputs like follow-up emails, presentation outlines, and prioritized action lists.

DALLAS, TX / ACCESS Newswire / August 18, 2026 / AIAI Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:AIAI) ("Ai2" or the "Company"), an AI-enabled diversified holding company utilizing Transformational AI (TAI) to enhance portfolio performance, today issues a shareholder letter from CEO Todd Furniss which can be read below.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / August 18, 2026 / PPX Mining Corp. (TSXV:PPX)(BVL:PPX) (the "Company" or "PPX") is pleased to announce that it has successfully obtained the environmental approval required to conduct exploration in the Portachuelos area of the Igor concession. This marks an important milestone toward advancing the Company's objectives. The planned program is designed to improve the Company's understanding of mineralization previously identified through historical drilling. Notably, drill hole CA-18-94, completed in 2018 on the Bx2 structure, returned 6.0 metres of sulfide mineralization grading 5.77 g/t Au, 443.8 g/t Ag and 0.67% Cu, including a higher-grade interval of 1.0 metre grading 9.87 g/t Au, 904.0 g/t Ag and 1.08% Cu.

TORONTO, ON AND NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / August 18, 2026 / Retained executive search firm Caldwell (TSX:CWL)(OTCQX:CWLPF) today announced the addition of Nicole Woolley as a Partner in the firm's Consumer Practice. Based in New York, Woolley advises public companies, private equity-backed businesses, and founder-led organizations on building leadership teams across the consumer, retail, fashion, luxury, beauty, and food and beverage sectors.

The Company Projects Completion of Audit and S-1 Filing This Quarter (Q3) Followed by OTCQB Qualification Uplist and Broader U.S. and European Market Strategy.

The joint venture between HKGX and TGX, backed by core technical support from Hundsun Technologies and Alibaba Cloud, seeks to advance Hong Kong's gold trading infrastructure

Proprietary AI Vision Platform Supports Product Authenticity in Cannabis Retail While Enabling Early Pest Detection, Crop Health Monitoring and Farm-to-Plate Freshness Tracking

BEVERLY HILLS, CA / ACCESS Newswire / August 18, 2026 / Kartoon Studios, Inc. (NYSE American:TOON) ("Kartoon Studios" or the "Company"), a global entertainment company creating, producing, distributing and licensing children's and family content, today announced that it will participate in a webcast presentation at the Lytham Partners 2026 Consumer & Technology Investor Summit, taking place virtually on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.

SAN DIEGO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / August 18, 2026 / Cubic Defense, the world's leading provider of air combat training, has entered a strategic alliance with adversary training specialists Draken, providing a pivotal contribution to Draken's Red Force® ecosystem of integrated adversary services.

Validated current-user research recognizes Onyx as the leader in 11 operational KPIs spanning CMS readiness, payer API coverage, clinical data quality, provider adoption, governance, analytics, AI and platform lifecycle management

Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Inc. Brings Exclusive "Sip • Smoke • Savor" Experience to San Diego

PHOENIX, AZ / ACCESS Newswire / August 18, 2026 / Crexendo, Inc. (NASDAQ:CXDO), an award-winning software technology company that is a premier provider of cloud communication platform software and unified communications as a service (UCaaS) offerings, including voice, video, contact center, and managed IT services tailored to businesses of all sizes, today announced that its upcoming Version 46 software release will include native, platform-level support for the emerging IETF vCon standard for capturing, storing and exchanging conversational data. The planned integration will enable Crexendo's network of more than 250 platform licensees, collectively supporting over eight million end users, to more efficiently develop and deliver AI-powered customer engagement solutions. Crexendo believes it is the first major communications service-provider platform to announce native adoption of vCon at the core platform level.

BERWYN, PA / ACCESS Newswire / August 18, 2026 / Chilean Cobalt Corp. (OTCQB:COBA) ("Chilean Cobalt" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on continued progress across its integrated development program at the NeoRe project in Chile, including further progress of exploration, pilot plant operations, permitting, engineering exploration, engineering, permitting, and supply chain activities, as well as continued engagement with potential strategic partners regarding processing and downstream development opportunities in both Chile and the United States. The Company also reported the completion of its initial United States rare earth exploration campaign, with preliminary results identifying multiple prospective zones for follow-up work.

President & CEO Charles Ross and VP Exploration David Flint to present August 20 at 2:20 p.m. ET as drilling advances at Hayden Hill and the Company enters an active period of exploration catalysts

Company invites individual and institutional investors, advisors and analysts to attend its live, interactive presentation

The partnership will expand payment capabilities, geographic reach, and accelerate growth across complex payout use cases

Clear Capital's Universal Data Collection solution verified by the GSEs for the latest update to inspection-based automated collateral risk assessments, advancing industry toward data-driven, modern valuations to support lender efficiency

Genovese brings 25 years of technology and marketing leadership, including seven years as CEO of Paramount Lists, Inc., to finish and launch NFI Empire's digital marketplace

Nextech3D.ai Enters Fiscal 2027 with Growing Enterprise Adoption, AI Event Technology Expansion, and Continued Revenue Growth Momentum

Public Company CFO with Capital Markets and Governance Experience to Lead the Company's Proposed Uplisting

Recognized for the Fifth Consecutive Year as an Industry Excellence Award Winner, Earning Status as an Overall Leader in Customer Experience and Vendor Credibility.

More than 400 natural gas industry executives and thought leaders gather to examine insights into U.S. mid-continent natural gas markets, and to structure transactions to buy, sell and transport natural gas and LNG.

Company plans to file its Earnings Report on August 19, 2026 on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2026