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A performance bond commits a surety company to finish the work if the contractor does not. The premium is quoted as a percentage of the contract amount, commonly about one to three percent, and where a firm falls inside that band is decided by underwriting rather than negotiation. A builder with a long record of finishing pays at the bottom of the range. A builder without one pays more, or cannot get a bond written at all.

Cambridge, UK, Sept. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Darktrace Signal Labs will research emerging AI risks in safe, sandboxed environments to strengthen defenses so organizations can adopt AI securely and with confidence. First findings, disclosed to Anthropic, AWS and OpenAI, show agentic coding assistants can be manipulated by attackers into compromising organizations by modifying their conversation history.

Boston, Sept. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Payscale, the leading provider of compensation intelligence solutions, today released a preview of its AI Workforce Impact Report, examining employer and employee perspectives on AI’s impact on the workforce and how it affects compensation. Systems that support talent management have failed to keep up with the changes AI is bringing to the workplace, pressuring organizations to ask tough questions about how work is valued.

NEW YORK, NY, Sept. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mill’s third annual Make Food Not Waste Restaurant Week brings together Michelin-recognized icons, James Beard Award winners, North America’s 50 Best honorees, and beloved neighborhood staples to champion creative, no-waste cooking across the city from September 28th – October 4th, with each team committing to zero waste with the help of Mill in the kitchen.

Home addition construction Roanoke VA homeowners pursue is one of the most significant investments available for expanding what a home can do — adding permanent square footage, increasing property value, and creating space that solves the specific problems the existing home presents rather than the generic solutions a different house might offer.

Silver Spring, MD, Sept. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation resulted in a federal court order, dated Sept. 21, 2026, stopping a warehouse operator from distributing FDA-regulated products including food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics until it fixes its operations to meet federal legal requirements.

Washington, DC, Sept. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — More than 150 members of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) are meeting with members of Congress and their staffs today to urge action on policies that could greatly affect the public’s access to necessary audiology and speech-language pathology services.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The WateReuse Association (WateReuse) today released a first-of-its-kind resource designed to help utilities, regulators and industry practitioners develop water reuse regulations tailored to state-specific needs. As water reuse continues to grow in importance nationwide, many states are seeking practical tools to navigate the complex, often non-linear process of establishing or updating regulations.

SANGER, TX, Sept. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SANGER, TX (September 23, 2026) — Greystar, a global leader in rental housing, investment management, development and property management, today announced that Birchway Sanger is now open and accepting move-ins for its traditional apartment homes and standalone cottages, single-family rentals that offer residents more space with the convenience of renting.

New York, Sept. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — RapidRatings, the business performance network connecting organizations with their critical partners, today announced the launch of the FHRx Marketplace, a new capability within the FHR Exchange platform that connects members to curated third-party solutions aligned to their verified financial profile and business performance priorities.