Public Consulting Group Awarded NASPO ValuePoint® Contract for Procurement Assistance Services

Boston, MA, July 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Public Consulting Group (PCG) has been awarded a NASPO ValuePoint® cooperative contract for procurement assistance services, giving states, local governments, and other eligible entities streamlined access to PCG’s trusted procurement expertise. The agreement was procured through NASPO ValuePoint’s cooperative purchasing model, with the state of North Carolina serving as the lead state. Secured through NASPO ValuePoint’s highly competitive and exacting evaluation process, this award distinguishes PCG as a pre-qualified provider selected for its proven capability, quality, and value—allowing public agencies to move faster and with greater confidence by relying on NASPO’s rigorous vendor vetting and procurement oversight.

USCCA Law Opens as a Self-Defense Law Firm — Included With Every USCCA Membership

USCCA members now have access to an independent law firm for self-defense incidents, with attorney-client privilege from the first call. Access is included with every USCCA membership at no additional cost.

USCCA members now have access to an independent law firm for self-defense incidents, with attorney-client privilege from the first call. Access is included with every USCCA membership at no additional cost.

Top Ships Inc. Announces Acquisition of three High Specification Newbuilding MR Tankers and Potential Gross Revenue Backlog of about $0.93 Billion

ATHENS, Greece, July 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TOP Ships Inc. (the “Company” or “TOP Ships”) (NYSE American: TOPS), an international owner and operator of modern, fuel-efficient “ECO” tanker vessels, announced today that it has entered into a share purchase agreement (the “SPA”) with a related party (the “Seller”) to purchase the shares of three companies (the “SPVs”), each of which is party to one shipbuilding contract with an established, world-class shipbuilder for the construction of three high-specification, ECO, scrubber-fitted MR Product Tankers to be delivered in 2029.

SciSparc: Subsidiary NeuroThera Labs Advances its Quantum Platform for Clinical Data Analytics on a Platform of an S&P 500 company

TEL AVIV, Israel, July 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SciSparc Ltd. (Nasdaq: SPRC) (“Company” or “SciSparc”), today announced that NeuroThera Labs Inc. (TSXV: NTLX) (“NeuroThera”), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing novel treatments for central nervous system disorders, has successfully completed internal validation of a proprietary quantum sampling workflow developed platform for clinical trials data analysis (the “Platform”).

FOXO TECHNOLOGIES INC.’S SUBSIDIARY VECTOR BIOSOURCE, INC. ENTERS INTO DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE FOUR BLOOD COLLECTION CENTERS FROM GRIFOLS BIO SUPPLIES, INC.

WEST PALM BEACH, FL, July 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FOXO Technologies Inc.’s (OTC: FOXOD/FOXO) ( “FOXO”) subsidiary, Vector BioSource, Inc. (“Vector”) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire four U.S.-based blood collection centers (the “Agreement”) from Grifols Bio Supplies, Inc., a U.S.-based subsidiary of Grifols S.A. The acquisition is intended to provide a proprietary source of bio-products to sell to Vector’s customers to augment its existing sourcing model. Furthermore, the new FDA licensure that Vector expects to be required is anticipated to further expand Vector’s accessible market.