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CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Callibrity, a leader in custom software development and cloud consulting announced the promotion of Laura Wooten to the position of Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). With an exceptional track record of success and extensive category experience in her previous position as Director of Business Development, Wooten will oversee all revenue-related functions at Callibrity, including sales. This position will lead the company’s growth while further solidifying Callibrity’s pos

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #creditratingagency--KBRA comments on the recent FDIC consent order (placed on November 21, 2023) against Port Angeles, Washington-based First Fed Bank ("the bank"), the primary subsidiary of First Northwest Bancorp (NASDAQ: FNWB) ("the company"). The consent order was related to findings that are in connection to the banking relationship with Quin Ventures, which First Fed Bank established as a Joint Venture in 2021. First Fed Bank initially self-reported the issue to the FDIC in 2022, a

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Avail announces the open beta phase of its initial offering, a submissions summarization tool. Avail’s coverage offering summarizes scripts and books of any length, outputting a hallucination-free detailed summary, character breakdown, and tonal assessment within minutes. Additionally, users can chat with the script or book to extract further insights in real time. “After months of R&D, we’re thrilled to share Avail with the industry,” said Chris Giliberti,

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #corporatewellbeing--After a decade in business, WellRight, a corporate wellness leader delivering customizable and complete wellness programs, launched a brand refresh today to reflect the company’s commitment to continuous innovation in delivering comprehensive, holistic employee wellbeing programs. WellRight has always been focused on building a wellness program with purpose. The new Your Plan, Your Way branding represents WellRight’s ability to evolve alongside participants’ personal w

MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) today announced the company received a perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2023-2024 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality. Gannett joins the ranks of 545 major U.S. businesses that also earned top marks this year. “We are thrilled to receive this recognition from the Human Rights Cam

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HGreg, the automotive group, expands into Texas with the acquisition of a landmark dealership in Houston.

RED BANK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kaiju ETF Advisors ("KEA"), a leading pure AI-powered ETF investment manager, today announced that it has lowered the annual management fee on its flagship ETF, BTD Capital Fund (Ticker: DIP) from 1.25% to 0.75%. DIP is an actively managed ETF that harnesses the power of AI through a proprietary platform to identify oversold equities that have the highest probability of experiencing quick-return rebounds and capitalizes on them by initiating short order buy and

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Pear VC (“Pear”) has announced that it is opening a 30,000-square-foot space in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood. Pear Studio will serve as a collaborative work environment for founders and entrepreneurs. This move by Pear marks a bright spot in an otherwise shaky San Francisco commercial real estate market, with the effective office vacancy rate in San Francisco hitting 30 percent last month.1 This space by Pear will be one of the largest spaces o

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SurveyMonkey, a global leader in online surveys and forms, proudly announced that it received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2023-2024 Corporate Equality Index, the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality. SurveyMonkey joins the ranks of 545 major U.S. businesses that also earned top marks this year. “SurveyMonkey is committed to being a steward

WINDSOR, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA), a leading health, wealth and investment company, announced today that it has been selected to continue serving as the recordkeeper and retirement plan service provider for the ABA Retirement Funds Program (the Program). Established 60 years ago by the American Bar Association, the Program is a full-service retirement offering for organizations in the legal community focused on delivering solutions to its participants to help wi

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Homrich Berg is excited to welcome Billy Levine as a Principal, enhancing the $14 billion, Atlanta-based RIA’s HB Family Office capabilities for serving ultra-high-net-worth clients. This comes after the recent addition of Alex Arnold joining the firm as a Director within the HB Family Office in November. The addition of Levine and Arnold reinforces the firm's commitment to providing comprehensive and personalized wealth management services to ultra-high-net-worth fami

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nuveen Corporate Income 2023 Target Term Fund (NYSE: JHAA) completed its termination and liquidation following the close of business on December 1, 2023. The termination and liquidation was performed in accordance with the fund’s investment objectives and organizational documents, consistent with the fund’s previously announced liquidation plans. JHAA launched on December 18, 2018 as a short duration strategy that invested primarily in high yield corporate debt securi

ATLANTA & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, released its December 2023 ICE Mortgage Monitor Report, based on the company’s industry-leading mortgage, real estate and public records data sets. Rising home prices, though cooling in recent months, have returned total tappable equity to near its 2022 peak. This has implications for both equity lending as well as performance-related risk am

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carisk Partners (“Carisk”), a specialty risk transfer and care coordination company, announced today the completion of a recapitalization led by Lee Equity Partners, LLC (“Lee Equity”) and Elements Health Investors, LLC (“Elements”). The recapitalization will fund Carisk’s continued expansion and position the company to invest in best-in-class products and services to benefit clients and beneficiaries across the workers’ compensation claims value chain. Previously, an MB

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Over the last several months, CBL Properties (NYSE:CBL) has welcomed a number of new retail, service, entertainment and restaurant concepts to its portfolio with more openings planned for 2024 and beyond. “We’re having great success diversifying the offerings at our properties and are seeing strong retail and non-retail leasing activity across our portfolio,” said Stephen Lebovitz, chief executive officer, CBL Properties. “Over the last few months, we’ve wel

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American Vanguard Corporation (NYSE: AVD) announces that it has hired Don Gualdoni to the newly-created position of Chief Transformation Officer. Mr. Gualdoni brings to this assignment over 25 years’ experience in various leadership roles during which he has led several large, complex transformation projects. He joins us most recently from Teradata (a San Diego-based software company) and was formerly with McKinsey & Company. Chairman and CEO, Eric G.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BTIG announced today that Jennifer Mermel has been promoted to the new role of Chief Strategy Officer and Kyle Czepiel has joined the firm as Chief Operating Officer. The leadership appointments reflect the firm’s continued effort to evolve, seek new opportunities, and build the team needed for the next phase of BTIG’s growth. “We are so pleased to announce these exciting new changes. Jennifer is one of the firm’s founding partners. Her deep institutional knowledge at

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lazard Asset Management is pleased to announce that Sean Gallagher has joined the firm as Global Head of Lazard’s Small Cap Equity platform. Based in New York, Mr. Gallagher will have oversight of Lazard’s small cap strategies and will be responsible for leading the business through its next phase of growth. Scott Kolar also joins Lazard’s US Small Cap Equity Select team as a Portfolio Manager/Analyst. “We see significant opportunities for active management across the

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, today announced that Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE: EPD) and ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE: OKE) have extended their fee waiver arrangement between the Enterprise Crude Houston (“ECHO”) and Magellan East Houston (“MEH”) terminals to transfer crude oil delivered through ICE’s Midland WTI futures contract (ICE: HOU) until December 31, 2025. HOU futures had

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Certain Nuveen-sponsored closed-end funds today responded to the ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit against five closed-end funds advised by Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC and Nuveen Asset Management, LLC with the following statement: “Nuveen and the Board of Trustees of the Funds are extremely disappointed with the Court’s ruling. Nuveen believes that this ruling will harm the interests of long-term shareholders across the broader closed-e