Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Heidi O'Neill, who spent 27 years at Nike and last ran its consumer, product and brand, will become Lululemon's CEO on 8 September 2026 on a US$1.4 million base salary.

After a resident handed in two gold rings found beside a forest track on 22 April 2026, North Jutland archaeologists recovered six solid gold arm rings weighing 762.5 grams, now declared state property.

Walmart's fiscal 2026 proxy lists five executives' pay from $15.5M to $44.1M; new hire Daniel Danker tops it after a partial year, and the CEO pay ratio is 958 to 1.

On 23 April 2026 the FDA granted accelerated approval to Regeneron's Otarmeni (lunsotogene parvec-cwha, formerly DB-OTO), the first gene therapy for OTOF-related hearing loss, which Regeneron will supply free of charge in the US.

The Chicago Transit Authority started building the $5.7 billion, 5.5-mile extension of the Red Line south from 95th/Dan Ryan, with a ceremony at the site of the future Michigan Avenue station. Four new accessible stations near 103rd Street, 111th Street, Michigan Avenue and 130th Street will bring rapid transit to the Far South Side for the first time.

The 2026 Grammy U Conference in New York ran three days for the first time, headlined by WILLOW with Jacob Collier and Natasha Bedingfield, Towa Bird and Abigail Morris, and a Mariah the Scientist showcase.

On 27 April 2026 the FDA's drug centre issued a proposal to withdraw approval of Amgen's Tavneos for ANCA-associated vasculitis, alleging lack of substantial evidence of effectiveness; Amgen disagrees and the drug stays on the market.

Verizon posted its first positive first-quarter postpaid phone net additions since 2013, a record $13.4 billion of adjusted EBITDA, and raised its 2026 adjusted EPS guidance.

Vinted completed an €880 million secondary share sale led by EQT, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Schroders Capital, lifting its valuation to €8 billion, a 60% jump from the €5 billion it fetched 18 months earlier.

On 28 April 2026 the United Arab Emirates said it would leave OPEC and OPEC+ effective 1 May, ending a membership that began with Abu Dhabi in 1967; its energy minister called it "a purely policy move" aimed at strategic autonomy, announced while Hormuz was closed and Brent was above $110.

Projected No. 1 pick AJ Dybantsa told ESPN on 29 April 2026 that he is extending the Nike deal he signed in January 2024 into a professional endorsement contract, with a signature logo; terms were not disclosed.

The FOMC held the federal funds target range at 3-1/2 to 3-3/4 percent on 29 April 2026, its most divided vote of the year: Stephen Miran wanted a cut, and three presidents objected to the statement's easing bias.

1X started full-scale production of its NEO home humanoid at a 58,000 sq ft plant in Hayward, California, making its own motors, batteries, structures and sensors in-house - capacity for 10,000 NEOs a year, after the first year's run sold out in five days.

Chef Csilla Thackray opens a bright Austro-Hungarian restaurant on Butler Street, named for her great-grandfather and inspired by her Hungarian grandmother.