Author: Lillian Jones

Houston, Texas, United States, 14th Sep 2026 – With Gulf Coast hurricane season running through the end of November, Houston-area homeowners are being reminded that storm prep isn’t just about boarding windows and stocking water — it’s also about making sure doors and locks can actually hold up after a storm, and that families aren’t locked out of their own homes during an evacuation or power outage. Power outages, flooding, and wind damage during storm season frequently warp door frames, jam deadbolts, and short out electronic entry systems, leaving homeowners locked out or, worse, with a door that won’t lock at all. United Locksmith, which provides 24/7 locksmith service across the Houston area, says the days immediately before and after a storm are consistently among its busiest of the ...

Tokyo, Japan, September 14th, 2026, FinanceWire J-VISiONS, a cross-media publication launched by Edit Inc. for investors and corporate management, features in its 2026 Autumn issue. Kaname Capital, a Japan equities-focused activist investor; and Seven Bank, Japan’s first retailer-founded financial institution Edit Inc. published the 2026 Autumn issue of J-VISIONS, a cross-media publication for investors and corporate management, on September 4, 2026. This fourth issue features a dialogue with Kaname Capital, L.P., a Japan-equities-focused activist investor, and an interview with Seven Bank, Ltd, a financial institution born from Japan’s first retail-originated bank, along with other examples of corporate IR and engagement. All articles are also available on the web edition, J-VISIONS Onli...

New AI-powered capabilities help sales teams, recruiters and agencies qualify prospects, personalize outreach and manage LinkedIn campaigns more efficiently WILMINGTON, Del., Sep 14, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — Linked Helper, the only full-featured desktop LinkedIn automation platform, delivers a safer and more controllable approach to automated outreach. The company today announced a major product update introducing its new AI Suite, an enhanced Campaign Inbox and a redesigned Dashboard. The Summer 2026 release is designed to help sales professionals, recruiters, founders and marketing agencies move beyond volume-based automation and build more relevant, personalized and human-centered LinkedIn outreach campaigns. By combining AI-powered lead qualification, message personalization, engagement an...

Attorney Gita Sankano is asking lawyers and legal professionals to put their skills to use through pro bono and volunteer work connected to affordable housing. A skills gap that volunteers can fill Washington, D.C., Sep 14, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — Affordable housing finance involves a lot of paperwork most people never see: loan documents, use agreements, closing packages, tax credit filings. Nonprofits and community groups working on housing often do not have the budget for that kind of legal help. Gita Sankano, an attorney whose work has centered on affordable housing finance, says this is exactly where legal volunteers can make a difference. “You do not need to be a housing law specialist to help,” she says. “You need to be willing to read a document carefully and explain it in plain lang...

London, United Kingdom, September 14th, 2026, FinanceWire Synapse’s agentic decisioning platform empowers regulated financial institutions to take ownership of their credit and risk processes, enabling them to build, simulate, version and deploy risk policies  The funding round was led by global investment platform Partech bringing the expertise, networks and scale-up support to accelerate Synapse Analytics’ development and global expansion   Synapse Analytics, an AI company that builds agentic decisioning infrastructure for regulated financial institutions putting policy control directly in the hands of credit and risk teams, announced today that it has raised US$13 million in a Series A funding round, bringing the total raised to US$17 million since inception. Terms of the transaction...

AI-narrated audiobook wins Audiobook: Poetry/Memoir, transforming a journey with aphasia into international literary recognition United States, 14th Sep 2026 – Singaporean author, stroke survivor and aphasia advocate Terence Ang has been named a 2026 NYC Big Book Award Winner in the Audiobook: Poetry/Memoir category for Brokenness Becomes Beautiful: Inspiring Pieces Of Poetry. For Ang, the recognition carries significance beyond a literary award. After suffering a haemorrhagic stroke in 2020, Ang was left living with aphasia, a condition that affects communication and language. Writing became a way for him to express what he could no longer always say easily. The audiobook takes that journey further. It was narrated using an AI-generated digital recreation of Ang’s own voice, created from...

CGTN published an article on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s speech at Session I of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi. The article highlights how, after 20 years of fruitful cooperation, BRICS countries have ushered in a new stage of high-quality development for greater cooperation and underscores the need for the group to strive to be a pioneer of the times, steer the international order toward greater justice and equity, and work together to build a community with a shared future for humanity. In February this year, an 82.15-km Regional Rapid Transit System in India, also known as the Namo Bharat line, went fully operational, connecting the National Capital Territory of Delhi with the cities of Ghaziabad and Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. Journey time between Delhi and Meerut during peak hours...

Independent competition at the Scientology Community Centre welcomes dancers from Ireland, England and Germany, bringing traditional and modern Irish dance onto the same stage Brussels, Belgium, 12th Sep 2026 — Dancers from Ireland, England and Germany gathered at the Church of Scientology & Community Centre of Dublin for the inaugural RINCE All Irelands, an independent competition bringing together different organisations, generations and approaches to Irish dance. Competitors ranged from four years old to over 50 and represented four different Irish dance organisations. The format allowed dancers who might not ordinarily meet within the same competitive structure to share a common floor, while recognising achievement from beginner level through to open championship. RINCE grew from ...

Why a self-check, and why now Florida, USA, 12th September 2026,  ZEX PR WIRE, Ronel Lamour Junior has spent about 16 years working on residential and light-commercial HVAC systems across South Florida. Most of the emergency calls he takes in peak cooling season share a pattern: a problem that started small and got ignored until the system stopped altogether. “By the time someone calls me on a Saturday because the house is 85 degrees, the actual failure usually started weeks earlier,” Ronel said. “A dirty filter, a clogged drain line, a thermostat that’s been acting strange. Most of it gives you warning signs.” He built a short list of checks a homeowner can run in about ten minutes, without tools or technical training. He is releasing it publicly rather than keeping it as something he onl...

Montreal, Canada, September 12th, 2026, FinanceWire Qubit Insurance, an independent, AMF-licensed brokerage serving clients across Quebec, has revealed that a significant portion of Quebec homeowners may be underinsured due to rising construction costs. In a recent review of 1,200 new client policies, the brokerage found that 38% were underinsured relative to current rebuilding costs by an average of 16%. According to Qubit Insurance, this discrepancy can trigger a co-insurance clause built into many home insurance policies, potentially reducing claim payouts even on partial losses. Many homeowners assume their insurance will cover the full cost of rebuilding after a loss, such as a fire or flood. However, if a home is insured for less than its true rebuild cost, an insurer may only pay o...