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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Broadwood Partners, L.P. and its affiliates (“Broadwood” or “we”) today announced that Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC (“Glass Lewis”), a leading independent proxy advisory firm, has recommended that the shareholders of STAAR Surgical Company (“STAAR” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: STAA) vote “AGAINST” the proposed acquisition of STAAR by Alcon Inc. (“Alcon”) (NYSE: ALC) on the terms announced on August 5, 2025. “Glass Lewis’s recommendation and findings underscore our strong

MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fiserv and Bank of North Dakota partner to launch RoughRider Coin, the state's first stablecoin.

ROSEMONT, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wynnchurch Capital, L.P. (“Wynnchurch”), a leading middle market private equity firm, today announced the sale of Clyde Industries (“Clyde” or the “Company”). Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Clyde is a leading designer and manufacturer of sootblowers, a critical component within recovery, power, and steam boilers that clean residue and deposits from the boiler walls and heat exchangers to prevent plugging during operation. In addition to equipment, the Compan

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #fintech--Parafin, a leader in embedded financial services, and Fullsteam, a software and payments platform serving vertical-specific businesses, today announced they have surpassed $125 million in financing through their embedded capital partnership. Launched in September 2022, Parafin and Fullsteam’s partnership enables small businesses to access financing directly through the Fullsteam ecosystem. Since inception, the program has expanded to support many of Fullsteam’s b

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Financial advisory practice, Oakwood Financial Group, recently joined the branch channel of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP) from Wells Fargo Clearing Services, Inc. with $260 million in client assets. The practice, located in Winter Park, Fla., is led by financial advisor Mike Lloyd, CFP®, CLU®, ChFC®, and includes financial advisor Gregg Mulvany and client service specialist Joel Ingram. The decision to make a move was driven by the team’s desire to elevate

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released its monthly Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index (PFI), which analyzes the 100 largest U.S. corporate pension plans. September’s returns of 2.50% helped to offset a 17-basis-point drop in discount rates and lift the PFI funded ratio from 106.3% as of August 31 to 106.5% as of September 30—the highest level since late 2007. These gains added $26 billion to the market value of plan assets and sw

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alexander Group appoints new leadership to scale marketing practice

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The final of three reports from Grant Thornton’s Digital Transformation survey — which gathered insights from more than 550 cross-functional senior executives across industries — revealed that embedding cybersecurity, resilience and real-time compliance into technology strategies can help organizations stay agile and innovate. According to the data from the final installment of the survey, the positive impact of compliance and resilience isn’t lost on business leaders.

MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SRM, a trusted advisory firm serving financial institutions globally, announced that the Honorable Rodney E. Hood, former Acting Comptroller of the Currency and Chairman of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), has rejoined the company’s International Advisory Board, reprising a role he played prior to his appointment at the OCC. Mr. Hood is a distinguished financial services executive and board director with nearly three decades of leadership in bank

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The HRA Council supports codification of ICHRA as CHOICE and urges bipartisan support for this crucial health insurance option for American workers.

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tanglewood Total Wealth Management® is pleased to announce its inclusion on the 2025 CNBC Financial Advisor 100 list, ranking 58th among firms nationwide.1 Now in its seventh year, the CNBC Financial Advisor 100 list highlights registered investment advisory firms across the United States. The list considers a variety of quantitative and qualitative data supplied by firms, and CNBC does not charge any fees for participation or inclusion. “We’re proud to continue servin

Remote-First Company/SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oyster®, the global employment solution to employ, pay, and care for distributed teams, today released its fourth annual Impact Report. The report shows that $137 million in payments flowed to emerging markets—a 28% increase from last year—helping unlock fair work opportunities in underserved communities worldwide. As businesses navigate economic uncertainty and geopolitical challenges, remote and global hiring have evolved into a competitive

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Net Conversion announces that its Chief Marketing Officer Kristina Canada will be honored as a 2025 Cynopsis “Top Women in Media” award recipient in the “Marketing Trailblazers” category at tonight’s gala to be held at The Lighthouse at Pier 60 in New York City. She joins a distinguished group of honorees recognized for their leadership, innovation, and lasting contributions to the media industry. Since joining Net Conversion in 2018 as the company’s first female exec

NEW YORK & LONDON & SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Xpansiv, the leading infrastructure provider for the global energy transition markets, today announced a phased initiative to enable the tokenization of environmental assets and their performance data on the Canton Network, an institutional-grade blockchain for regulated financial markets. As institutional markets increasingly embrace tokenization, Xpansiv is advancing its infrastructure to support asset-level data authentication, issuance, and perfo

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Infios, a global leader in intelligent supply chain execution, today announced its collaboration with Parts Town, a distributor of OEM restaurant and foodservice parts based in Illinois, to support Aspire, a Chicagoland nonprofit, as part of a groundbreaking $9.2 million job training initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Through strategic software donations, Infios supports a state-of-the-art simulated warehouse training environment that prepares y

FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Equify, an independent provider of commercial equipment financing and capital solutions, is participating at Dirt World Summit 2025 as a Silver Sponsor, November 5–7 at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas. The company will be on-site at Booth 705 to connect with decision makers across the civil, infrastructure and construction sectors. Dirt World brings together more than 1,000 industry leaders focused on solving workforce and

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TIME Studios and Project Management Institute (PMI), the world's leading authority for project professionals, have teamed up to co-produce a new documentary series called The Solutionaries, highlighting three innovators driving scalable transformation to address the climate crisis. Cyrill Gutsch, Rebecca Hu-Thrams, and Lisa Dyson are The Solutionaries making bold moves to tackle the world’s most urgent challenges and expanding their impact through project manageme

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dallas-based Nachawati Law Group is working with Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman’s office in a lawsuit against Roblox, a massively popular interactive online gaming platform targeted at children and teens. According to the company, as many as two-thirds of all children ages 9 to 12 in the United States are actively engaged in gaming through Roblox, and the company has repeatedly assured parents that the platform has strict safety and identity controls in place

EXTON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bentley Systems welcomes Cate Lochead as Chief Marketing Officer.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #creditratingagency--KBRA releases its quarterly report highlighting our Chief Strategist Van Hesser’s view on key economic indicators, as well as what he identifies as the most influential factors driving credit markets in the upcoming quarter. The report also examines credit market valuations in the context of current and future market conditions. Key factors driving credit market conditions in Q4 include improving definition around points of ongoing policy uncertainty, the ability of t