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Kerry Ray Lampkin Jr. directed his defense to a Not Guilty theft verdict and says his ongoing federal dispute is open to a negotiated resolution. Austin, Texas – Kerry Ray Lampkin Jr., a 37-year-old Indigenous American and native son of this land, was acquitted by a Bexar County jury after being charged with theft of property valued from $30,000 to less than $150,000. The certified judgment in State of Texas v. Kerry Lampkin, case 2024CR009936, records the jury’s Not Guilty verdict and orders his immediate discharge. The acquittal was entered June 18, 2025, in the 187th District Court. Lampkin says the victory came after he ended his relationship with prior counsel and took direct command of his defense strategy. His account is one of pressure, preparation, faith, and refusal to ...

United States, 11th Sep 2026 — Invite Count LLC has announced the launch of InviteCount, an all-in-one wedding platform that brings wedding websites, digital invitations, RSVP management, guest management and wedding planning tools together in one place. Designed to simplify the planning process, InviteCount gives couples the tools to create a beautiful wedding website, manage their guests and organize important details of their celebration from a single platform. Available worldwide at invitecount.com, InviteCount is built around a single guest list that powers the platform’s website, digital and printable invitations, RSVPs, seating chart, budget, planning checklist, vendor management and day-of schedule. The platform is sold through a one-time payment per wedding, with nothing renewing ...

Cape Town, South Africa, September 11th, 2026, FinanceWire Designed to support the mobilisation of sustainable funding for financial inclusion and economic empowerment across Africa. Banking technology company JUMO has launched a new Social Finance Framework (SFF) in partnership with Standard Bank’s Sustainable Finance team. The framework aligns with internationally recognised sustainable finance guidelines and provides a transparent structure for raising social finance, such as social loans and social bonds. This will fund financially inclusive lending activities on JUMO’s technology platform to positively impact underserved individuals, micro enterprises and SMEs across the nine African markets JUMO operates in. With an addressable lending opportunity and a scalable, technology-enabled...

Cape Town, South Africa, September 11th, 2026, FinanceWire Designed to support the mobilisation of sustainable funding for financial inclusion and economic empowerment across Africa. Banking technology company JUMO has launched a new Social Finance Framework (SFF) in partnership with Standard Bank’s Sustainable Finance team. The framework aligns with internationally recognised sustainable finance guidelines and provides a transparent structure for raising social finance, such as social loans and social bonds. This will fund financially inclusive lending activities on JUMO’s technology platform to positively impact underserved individuals, micro enterprises and SMEs across the nine African markets JUMO operates in. With an addressable lending opportunity and a scalable, technology-enabled...

The Shute Family Foundation will host its 6th Annual 9/11 Charity Golf Tournament on September 11 at Saint Anne Country Club, aiming to surpass $200,000 raised for Tunnel to Towers. The event will honor veterans and first responders and feature a live painting and charity auction by Master Disney Artist Rob Surette. FEEDING HILLS, MA, August 24, 2026 – The Shute Family Foundation is proud to announce its 6th Annual Charity Golf Tournament, taking place Friday, September 11, 2026, at Saint Anne Country Club in Feeding Hills, Massachusetts. This premier regional event will bring together golfers, veterans, first responders, business leaders, and community supporters from across Western Massachusetts and Central Connecticut to honor the memory of our nation’s fallen heroes while raising fund...

HONG KONG, CHINA – The SE3SX Cabin Suitcase recently received the Silver Award in Product Design at the 2026 WGA Wonder Global Design Award, standing out among numerous international entries. The recognition highlights not only its distinctive industrial design, but also Airwheel’s continued exploration of how intelligent technology can be integrated into real-world travel. Rather than treating luggage as a passive container, Airwheel is developing it as an active mobility device—combining electric drive technology, intelligent controls, connected features and premium design in a compact carry-on format. From Traditional Luggage to Intelligent Mobility For decades, the fundamental concept of luggage has remained largely unchanged: pack belongings, pull the handle and walk. Airwheel approa...

After more than four decades in accounting and business, Kauffman brings years of operating experience back to the classroom as he continues his education at Pepperdine University. LAS VEGAS, NV, Sep 11, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — After a career spanning public accounting, corporate finance, business ownership, and consulting, Darryl Kauffman is continuing his formal business education at Pepperdine University, where he completed an MBA in 2026. For Kauffman, returning to school after decades in the workforce offers a different educational experience than when he first studied accounting at California State University, Chico. He now approaches business concepts with years of practical experience to compare against what he encounters in the classroom. “When I first studied accounting, I was lea...

Corporate finance professional Roberto Cioffi explains why strong financial planning combines disciplined frameworks with the flexibility to respond when assumptions no longer match business conditions. CALGARY, Alberta, Sep 11, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — Every budget and financial forecast begins with a set of assumptions. Companies estimate revenue, expenses, demand, interest rates, operating conditions, and other factors based on the information available at the time. The challenge is that businesses rarely operate in an environment where those assumptions remain unchanged. Roberto Cioffi, a Calgary-based corporate finance professional with nearly two decades of experience in financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, financial modeling, and business analysis, believes this is why flexibil...

Illinois, USA, Sep 11, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — Every day, businesses invest thousands in advertising that doesn’t convert. The copy sounds impressive. The product looks polished. Yet sales remain flat. The problem isn’t the product or even the budget. It’s that most marketing messages fail a simple test: they don’t speak to what the customer actually wants. Kevin Trudeau learned this lesson as a teenager writing direct mail pieces. Before he turned 18, he had generated over $1 million in sales by focusing on one question: what problem am I solving in order for the customer say yes? That early experience became the foundation for campaigns that would go on to sell over $450 million of the Mega Memory course between 1989 and 1993, and later drive a health book to outsell Harry Potter in the year...

Since entering the telephone answering service industry in 1995, Randy Ripkey has watched technology, customer expectations, and business operations change, while the fundamentals of good service remain familiar. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sep 11, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — When Randall John Ripkey entered the telephone answering service industry in 1995, the technology behind the business looked very different from what operators use today. Over the next three decades, he watched the industry adopt new systems, respond to changing customer expectations, and find new ways to measure and manage operations. What has interested Ripkey most, however, is not simply how much has changed. It is how many of the industry’s basic challenges have remained the same. “The tools are different, but operators are st...