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HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #5G--Adtran today announced its new Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) commitments. The company aims to achieve net-zero emissions across its entire value chain by 2048, aligning with the global objective of limiting warming to 1.5°C to mitigate the most severe impacts of climate change. Adtran’s newly approved commitments include a 74.5% reduction in absolute scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2032 and scope 3 emissions by 40% within the same timeframe

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #autoindustry--The auto dealership buy/sell market experienced an all-time record in the first half of 2024, with 204 completed dealership transactions representing 381 franchises sold, according to the just-released Second Quarter 2024 Blue Sky Report® by Kerrigan Advisors. At this rate, transaction activity is nearly double pre-pandemic levels and annualizing at 760+ franchises sold, a new industry milestone. This heightened activity was largely driven by an increase

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scienaptic AI, a New York-headquartered, leading AI-powered credit underwriting platform, announced that its Credit Union Service Organization (CUSO) has received strategic equity investments from six of its credit union clients. The CUSO is driven by a coalition of visionary credit unions—ELGA Credit Union, Wildfire Credit Union, 4Front Credit Union, CoVantage Credit Union, Credit Union of Colorado, and People Driven Credit Union—representing a presence across Michig

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Madryn Asset Management (“Madryn” or the “Firm”), a leading alternative asset management firm that invests in innovative healthcare companies specializing in unique and transformative products, technologies, and services, today announced that Dr. Rochelle Walensky has joined the Firm as a Senior Advisor. Dr. Walensky is a highly accomplished and distinguished healthcare professional who possesses extensive experience spanning the public sector and academia. Prior to j

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The AI-powered, all-in-one finance and HR suite, finally, today announced that it has closed a $50M Series B from PeakSpan Capital and $150M credit facility from Encina. The new capital follows the company’s $95M Series A in 2022 and additional $10M capital injection in February of this year, bringing total funds to date to $305M. Since its Series A, finally has shown annual revenue growth of 300%. The Series B will supercharge finally’s explosive growth journey. finally

BOZEMAN, Mont.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $FICO--FICO (NYSE: FICO): Highlights: The FICO® Educational Analytics Challenge expands to include students from Morehouse College, Bowie State University, and Delaware State University, with more HBCUs to participate in the spring semester. For the 2024-25 school year, the real-world analytics challenge will focus on financial fraud detection, helping students identify anomalies and fraud features leveraged in a real-time fraud detection model. Students will learn how

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fifth Third Wealth Advisors®, a multi-custodial registered investment advisory firm, today announced surpassing $2B in assets under management (AUM) less than six months after announcing it had reached the $1B AUM mark. According to independent research*, Fifth Third Wealth Advisors now ranks among the top 500 independent RIAs in the US. “2024 has been a dynamic year for Fifth Third Wealth Advisors with strong growth in teams and assets under management,” said Eric

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today launched Skillsoft Compliance Suite, a new offering within the company’s compliance training solution that transforms how organizations develop the competencies needed to identify and mitigate business risk. Compliance Suite delivers several new features headlined by Dynamic Content, enabling learning administrators to easily deliver risk-based training programs tailored to each em

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTX), the operator of a leading electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities, today announced an expansion of its decade-long partnership with BlackRock to seamlessly integrate MarketAxess credit trading protocols, pricing and data into BlackRock’s Aladdin® order execution management system (OEMS). This announcement builds on the MarketAxess and BlackRock partnership in Open Trading and MarketAxess analytics that began in

HOBOKEN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #NICE--NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) today announced that the Pinal County (Arizona) Attorney’s Office will be deploying NICE Justice digital evidence management, one of the AI-powered solutions in NICE’s Evidencentral platform, to streamline justice and provide better service to the community. Pinal County is home to half a million residents, making it the third-most populous county in Arizona. The cloud-based NICE Justice solution digitally transforms how district attorneys and

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The suit alleges defendants issued false statements concerning ZoomInfo business and prospects, resulting in its stock trading at inflated prices.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #banking--Credit Benchmark, a leading provider of credit risk data and analytics, today launched Credit Risk IQ, a new online portal allowing users to access over 5,000 free monthly industry- and sector-level reports. These reports provide in-depth analyses on evolving macro credit trends to help market participants better identify and manage risk and capital. Credit Risk IQ allows users to access: Credit indices that track credit risk across various industries, sectors and sub

BASINGSTOKE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #a2apayment--Juniper Research has found the volume of global transactions via A2A payments will rise from 60 billion in 2024 to 186 billion by 2029.

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Evercore announced today (NYSE: EVR) that Andrea Bozzi and Charles Andrez have joined the firm as senior managing directors in its strategic advisory practice based in Paris. They are being joined by Charles-Henri Filippi, who has been appointed chairman of Evercore France. Their arrival marks the latest step in Evercore’s continuing build-out of its Investment Banking business in France. In an investment banking career spanning three decades, Andrea Bozzi has advised so

AMHERST, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nick Pollard named Managing Director of APAC for CAIA, spearheading CAIA’s education-focused efforts in one of world's fastest growing markets.

LOS ANGELES & SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #APAC--MedTech Innovator, the largest accelerator of medical technology companies in the world, in partnership with Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association (APACMed), the first and only regional association to provide a unified voice for the medical technology industry, today announced that APrevent was named the 2024 MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific Accelerator program Finals Competition Winner and was awarded the USD 175,000 grand prize. The other finalist

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $BMO #classaction--Attorney Advertising--Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC is investigating potential claims on behalf of purchasers of Bank Of Montreal (“BoM” or “the Company”) (NYSE: BMO). Investors who purchased BoM securities are encouraged to obtain additional information and assist the investigation by visiting the firm’s site: bgandg.com/BMO. Investigation Details On August 27, 2024, BoM reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2024. Among other items, BoM rep

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $MYNA #classaction--Attorney Advertising--Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC is investigating potential claims on behalf of purchasers of Mynaric AG (“Mynaric” or “the Company”) (NASDAQ: MYNA). Investors who purchased Mynaric securities are encouraged to obtain additional information and assist the investigation by visiting the firm’s site: bgandg.com/MYNA. Investigation Details On August 20, 2024, Mynaric reduced its 2024 financial guidance. The Company blamed the change on producti

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $OWLT #classaction--Attorney Advertising--Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC is investigating potential claims on behalf of purchasers of Sandbridge Acquisition Corporation (“Sandbridge”), which merged with Owlet, Inc. (“Owlet”) (NYSE: OWLT) on July 15, 2021. Investors who purchased Sandbridge shares prior to June 1, 2021, and continue to hold Owlet shares to the present, are encouraged to obtain additional information and assist the investigation by visiting the firm’s site: bgandg.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $EXK #classaction--Attorney Advertising--Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC is investigating potential claims on behalf of purchasers of Endeavour Silver Corporation (“Endeavour” or “the Company”) (NYSE: EXK). Investors who purchased Endeavour securities are encouraged to obtain additional information and assist the investigation by visiting the firm’s site: bgandg.com/EXK. Investigation Details On August 12, 2024, Endeavour issued a press release informing investors that “the prima