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IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #AlliantInsurance--Alliant Insurance Services hired Angie Brown as a First Vice President and Consultant for its Employee Benefits Group. Based in Alliant’s absence, disability, and life insurance practice, Brown will support clients nationwide. Her role at Alliant entails working closely with clients to ensure they possess the necessary vendor relationships and business practices to efficiently manage their leave of absence and disability programs, with a keen eye on operational

PORTERVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sierra Bancorp Reports First Quarter 2024 Results

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VeriFast, the AI-powered Verification-as-a-Service platform that automates financial analysis and decision making for tenant screening, mortgage underwriting and more, today announced that real estate technology startups Leasey, Cove, RealSage and Rentatee have adopted VeriFast’s platform as their all-in-one verification solution. By adopting VeriFast, these innovative platforms are delivering secure, hassle-free means for tenants and borrowers to verify their digital

WESTLAKE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Building on its decades-long commitment to community service, 8,000 Charles Schwab employees will roll up their sleeves to take part in Schwab Volunteer Week. Schwab dedicated two full weeks to employee volunteerism April 22-May 3, offering nearly 700 projects that will benefit more than 350 nonprofits across the United States. The annual tradition helps create meaningful connections and a sense of unity between Schwabbies and the communities where they live an

AMSTERDAM & LONDON & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, today announced that 2023 marked the third consecutive year where ICE carbon allowance volumes traded the equivalent to $1 trillion in notional value. Trading activity in ICE’s global environmental markets is up over 30% year-over-year (y/y) with open interest up 20% y/y. ICE’s EU Carbon Allowance (EUA) futures and options, the world’s most liquid carbon

SAN FRANCISCO & WINDSOR, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the #1 AI CRM, announced an expanded relationship with IHG Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: IHG, LON: IHG), one of the world’s leading hotel companies with more than 6,000 hotels across 19 global brands, to drive guest loyalty through its IHG One Rewards program and unlock efficiencies, deeper personalization, and faster innovation. Customer expectations are changing, with 65% of consumers saying they will remain loyal

SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Accacia, a decarbonisation platform focusing on the Real Estate and Infrastructure sectors, has closed a US$6.5m pre-Series A round led by Illuminate Financial - a specialist VC firm focused on enterprise fintech companies building solutions for the financial services industry with offices in New York, London and Singapore. Southeast Asia based AC Ventures also participated in this round, alongside continued support from early backers Accel and B Capital. Real estate

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As part of its commitment to combat climate change and in celebration of Earth Day 2024, Fifth Third Bank today announced it has joined Mastercard’s Priceless Planet Coalition, an effort to restore 100 million trees across the globe by 2025. By signing onto the coalition, Fifth Third will do its part and help to restore 10,000 trees. The Priceless Planet Coalition is a valuable international program that helps promote tree restoration across six continents with 18 r

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--etf.com, a leading provider of real-time ETF news and analysis, proudly announces the winners of the 2024 etf.com Awards. These awards honor the most influential, innovative, and impactful players in the ETF ecosystem, chosen by a panel of highly qualified judges. This year's etf.com Award winners showcase the remarkable diversity and talent thriving within the ETF industry. Their exceptional innovation, performance, and leadership are paving the way in exciting new d

FARMINGDALE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corporation (NYSE: CHMI) (the “Company”) today announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) has established a special committee of the Board (the “Special Committee”) to explore strategic alternatives to maximize stockholder value. The Special Committee is comprised solely of independent and disinterested directors and intends to consider the full range of strategic alternatives, including, but not limited to, a business

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Silver Creek Capital Management (“Silver Creek” or the “Firm”), an alternative investment boutique focused on developing unique investment solutions for institutional and sophisticated investors globally, today announced that Nathan Kelso has joined the Firm as Chief Technology Officer. For more than a decade, Mr. Kelso was Chief Information Security Officer of Research Affiliates, a global leader in smart beta and asset allocation, and earlier served in a senior infor

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FISCALNOTE LAUNCHES STRESSLENS, A NOVEL AI AGENT TO PROVIDE CUSTOMERS NEW TOOLS TO DECODE THE HUMAN ELEMENT IN RISK - Secures 1st StressLens Customer

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On April 19, 2024, the Board of Directors of The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE American: AREN) appointed Sara Silverstein as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Cavitt Randall will remain Chairman of the Board and continue to be an active voice and asset to the leadership team. Silverstein joined Arena Group to manage TheStreet in 2021. Under her leadership as General Manager of the Finance Arena, TheStreet became one of the fastest-growin

COLUMBIA, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Farmers and Merchants Corporation (OTC Pink: FFMH), the holding company for First Farmers and Merchants Bank, today announced its results for the first quarter of 2024. “First Farmers’ results for the first quarter were on track with our expectations,” stated Brian K. Williams, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of First Farmers. “We are pleased to report that our growth in interest income accelerated and outpaced the growth in interest expense during t

BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $BRKR #BRKR--Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR) today announced that it has entered into a definitive acquisition agreement with NanoString Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Seattle, Washington, a leading provider of solutions for spatial transcriptomics and gene expression analysis. Under the asset purchase agreement, Bruker expects to acquire substantially all of the assets and rights associated with NanoString’s business, including the nCounter®, GeoMx®, CosMx™ and At

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DataVisor, the world’s leading AI-powered fraud and risk platform, is thrilled to announce the expansion of its partnership with DCI, a leading provider of award-winning core processing, digital banking, and fintech solutions. Following a highly successful initial phase of deployment, DCI will now broaden the use of DataVisor's next-generation fraud solutions to support more community banks across a variety of use cases. This expansion highlights DCI's co

EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NovaBay® Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE American: NBY), a company developing and commercializing high-quality eyecare and wound care products, announces a new and enhanced marketing program that includes text message communications (SMS) and targeted email programs aimed at enhancing the Avenova® brand while engaging with customers to drive online sales of Avenova products. The new and enhanced programs build upon the Company’s past highly productive marketing

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Great Ajax Corp. (NYSE: AJX; the “Company”), a real estate investment trust, in advance of the upcoming maturity of its outstanding convertible notes on April 30, 2024, announced that the convertible notes have a final conversion rate of 1.7405 shares of common stock per $25.00 principal amount of notes, which represents a conversion price of approximately $14.36 per share of common stock. About Great Ajax Corp. Great Ajax (NYSE: AJX) is a real estate investment trust

HONOLULU--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bank of Hawai‘i Corporation (NYSE: BOH) today reported diluted earnings per common share of $0.87 for the first quarter of 2024, compared with diluted earnings per common share of $0.72 in the previous quarter and $1.14 in the same quarter of 2023. Net income for the first quarter of 2024 was $36.4 million, up 19.7% from the previous quarter and down 22.3% from the same quarter of 2023. The return on average common equity for the first quarter of 2024 was 11.20% compa

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Halper Sadeh LLC, an investor rights law firm, is investigating whether the merger of Quanex Building Products Corporation (NYSE: NX) and Tyman plc is fair to Quanex shareholders. Halper Sadeh encourages Quanex shareholders to click here to learn more about their legal rights and options or contact Daniel Sadeh or Zachary Halper at (212) 763-0060 or sadeh@halpersadeh.com or zhalper@halpersadeh.com. The investigation concerns whether Quanex and its board violated the f