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Televeda, a community engagement platform dedicated to reducing social isolation and loneliness, has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pilot and expand its Hero’s Story Project (HSP), a culturally tailored suicide prevention program designed specifically for American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) veterans.

Simbase, the global IoT connectivity platform announced the launch of its 10 for 10 plan: a bold new pricing model offering 10GB of data for $10 per month per device, with no contracts and full access to Simbase’s industry-leading platform. The offer is now available across the U.S., backed by nationwide Verizon 5G coverage.

The Genesis Litigation Oversight Committee (the “LOC”) filed two complaints, a critical step toward holding responsible parties accountable:

Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP, a leading national shareholder rights law firm, today announced that it has commenced an investigation on behalf of UroGen Pharma Ltd. (“UroGen” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: URGN) investors concerning the Company’s possible violations of the federal securities laws.

Avolon Holdings Limited (“Avolon” or the “Company”), a leading global aviation finance company, announced today that Avolon Holdings Funding Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Avolon (“Avolon Holdings Funding” or, the “Offeror” and, together with the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, “we,” “our” or “us”), offers to purchase for cash each series (each, a “Series”) of the notes issued by the Offeror listed in the following table (the “Notes”) (i) in accordance with, and in the order of, the corresponding Acceptance Priority Levels (as defined below) and (ii) subject to the Maximum Tender Cap (as defined below) and possible pro rata allocation, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase (as defined below). The offers to purchase with respect to each Series of Notes are referred to herein as the “Offers” and each, an “Offer.” Each Offer is made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the offer to purchase, dated May 19, 2025 (as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer to Purchase”). Capitalized terms used but not defined in this press release have the meanings given to them in the Offer to Purchase.

Button Finance, Inc., a fintech company revolutionizing home equity lending, closed a strategic $5 million Series A funding round led by Hildene Capital Management, a structured credit-focused asset manager with approximately $17 billion in assets, with participation from existing investors. The investment comes as Button’s innovative AI-powered platform delivers unprecedented access to home equity in a market that has reached historic proportions.

Generational Group, a leading mergers and acquisitions advisory firm for privately held businesses, is pleased to announce the sale of Pecos Propane, Inc. to an Undisclosed Buyer. The acquisition closed April 16, 2025.

Loomis, Sayles & Company, the global investment manager with nearly $390 billion in assets under management as of 31 March 2025, has announced that Lynne Royer, co-head and portfolio manager of the Disciplined Alpha Team, will retire at the end of 2025 following a remarkable investment career spanning four decades. Additionally, longtime portfolio manager Brad Stevens, CFA, has been promoted to co-head of the team alongside Lynne and Seth Timen, who has co-led the team since 2021.

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: WTS) today announced that Robert J. Pagano, Jr., Chief Executive Officer & President; Shashank Patel, Chief Financial Officer; Andre Dhawan, Chief Operating Officer, and Diane McClintock, Senior Vice President FP&A and Investor Relations will participate in the following investor conferences:

Cornerstone Building Brands, a leading North American manufacturer of exterior building products, proudly served as the presenting sponsor of the 2025 Habitat for Humanity of Wake County Builders Blitz, a one-week event that brought together professional builders, community partners and volunteers to construct five homes in seven days for families in Southeast Raleigh.

GreenSky announced today that Tim Kaliban will retire as Chief Executive Officer effective July 1, 2025. His successor will be the current President and Chief Operating Officer, Ritesh Gupta. Mr. Gupta will assume the position of CEO on July 1, upon Mr. Kaliban’s retirement. To support the smooth transition, Mr. Kaliban will remain as an advisor to GreenSky.

Infobip, a global leader in omnichannel communications, is proud to announce its strategic partnership with Clerk Chat to deliver a groundbreaking Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging experience for a Los Angeles based football team. This collaboration brings together Infobip’s robust messaging platform and Clerk Chat’s innovative conversational technology, enabling the team to engage with their fans in a more dynamic, interactive, and personalized way across all major mobile carriers.

Grafana Labs, the company behind the world’s most ubiquitous, open and composable operational dashboards, today announced it is collaborating with Microsoft to integrate Grafana dashboards directly into Microsoft's Azure Monitor. This agreement establishes Grafana as an integrated visualization experience for Azure users.

Fusion Capital Partners (“Fusion”), a private investment firm specializing in engineered products and services within the industrial sector, today announced it has acquired Relevant Industrial, LLC (“Relevant”), a leading provider of industrial equipment and engineered solutions, from LKCM Headwater Investments (“LKCM”). Fusion will hold majority ownership in the company with LKCM remaining as a minority partner. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Credo AI, a global pioneer and leader in AI governance for the enterprise, today launched an integration with Microsoft Azure AI Foundry. First announced in November, the next step in this collaboration bridges a long-standing divide between technical development and AI governance teams—empowering enterprises to innovate with AI at speed and scale while simultaneously ensuring trust, safety, and compliance.

Q2 Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:QTWO), a leading provider of digital transformation solutions for financial services, today announced the 2025 Q2 Excellence Award recipients. The annual award program recognizes banks and credit unions driving significant business outcomes and strengthening the communities they serve, ranking them among the industry’s best financial institutions.

Traefik Labs, creator of one of the world's leading cloud-native application proxy with over 3.3 billion downloads, today announced it has joined the Microsoft Azure Arc ISV Partner Program. This collaboration enables organizations to deploy and manage Traefik's connectivity solutions consistently across all environments—including public cloud, private data centers, and edge locations—through Azure Arc's unified control plane.

Stockholders of Chemed Corporation (NYSE: CHE) today elected a slate of nine directors at the Company’s 2025 annual stockholders’ meeting.

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Gladieux Metals Recycling (GMR), the nation’s leading recycler of spent petroleum catalysts and producer of high-purity vanadium compounds, today issued a public statement of gratitude to members of the U.S. Congress and Senate—especially Senator Ted Cruz and Representative Randy Weber—for their strong, bipartisan support of America’s domestic vanadium industry and GMR’s mission to strengthen the critical minerals supply chain.

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CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSE American: CVM) announced today that during its annual Shareholder’s Meeting on May 19, 2025, a combination was authorized for its outstanding shares of common stock. On May 19, 2025, the Board of Directors approved a 1 for 30 combination of common stock. CEL-SCI expects the combination to be implemented on May 20, 2025. When the market opens on May 20, 2025, the common stock will trade under a new CUSIP number 150837 706, but the Company's ticker symbol, CVM, will remain unchanged.

Penny Finance, the first personalized financial planning platform designed specifically for everyday Americans, has been named a Best of Show at FinovateSpring 2025, standing out as the only personal finance company among the honorees.

In a lawsuit filed by the law firm of Cerri, Boskovich & Allard in San Francisco County Superior Court, two women identified as Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2 allege that they were victims of childhood sexual abuse while they were minor students at the San Francisco Waldorf High School. The lawsuit names the San Francisco Waldorf School Association, One Smart Kid, LLC, and alleged perpetrator and former teacher Jason Davis as defendants.

Pacific Retail Capital Partners (“PRCP” or the “Company”), one of the nation's premier retail operating groups, announces significant recognition at the 2025 ICSC Global MAXI Awards, earning 2 MAXI Awards and 1 Visual Victory Award from its nine total nominations across multiple categories. These prestigious awards, which recognize excellence in marketing, visuals, innovation and technology initiatives within the retail real estate industry, bring PRCP's lifetime MAXI collection to 29, underscoring the company's proven expertise in creating programs that enhance tenant success while fostering community engagement.

BK Partners, a leading provider of short-focused equity research for institutional investors, has rebranded to Redkey Research, marking a new chapter in the firm’s evolution. The rebrand underscores Redkey’s long-standing commitment to high-conviction, investigative research and reflects the launch of a unified platform that brings together its network of independent analyst teams.

Zones, a global provider of end-to-end IT solutions, today announced that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has recognized Ashley Flaska, Vice President of Marketing, as one of its 2025 Women of the Channel Power 80 Solution Provider list. This prestigious honor highlights an elite subset of influential solution provider leaders chosen from the CRN 2025 Women of the Channel list.

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ReAlta Life Sciences, Inc. (“ReAlta” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to saving lives by rebalancing the inflammatory response to address rare and acute inflammatory diseases, today announced a poster presentation featuring new analysis of clinical data from its acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AE-COPD) program at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2025 International Conference, taking place May 18-21, 2025 in San Francisco.

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Casey’s General Stores, Inc. (“Casey’s” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: CASY), one of the leading convenience store chains in the United States, will issue fourth quarter and fiscal year 2025 results after the market closes on June 9th, 2025. Casey’s will hold a conference call and webcast on Tuesday, June 10th at 7:30am central to review the results.

One year after a tornado devastated Greenfield, Kinetic, a local residential and business fiber internet service provider; the Greenfield Chamber of Commerce, and Iowa state officials gathered today to break ground on the company’s latest fiber expansion investment in the town.

HG Vora Capital Management, LLC (together with its affiliates, “HG Vora”) today issued the following statement regarding the acknowledgement buried in PENN Entertainment, Inc.’s (NASDAQ: PENN) (“PENN” or the “Company”) May 19, 2025 letter that it “will continue to consider opportunities to further refresh the Board” after the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to be held on June 17, 2025. On April 25, 2025, PENN’s Board unilaterally reduced the number of seats up for election at the Annual Meeting, which HG Vora believes was done to deprive shareholders of their fundamental right to elect three directors of their choosing.

Red River, a technology transformation company specializing in AI-driven cybersecurity and IT infrastructure solutions serving government and enterprise customers, announced today that Anthony Christie has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.

Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap (NYSE:MMI) dedicated to serving the company’s institutional clients, announced today the sale of Zaterra, a 392-unit multifamily property in Chandler, Arizona. The asset traded for $137.5 million, or $350,765 per unit.

Apreo Health, a clinical-stage medical device company developing a novel, tissue-sparing treatment for severe emphysema, today announced the presentation of first-in-human six-month clinical data from the BREATHE 1&2 trials in a late-breaking abstract session at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2025 International Conference in San Francisco. The study was simultaneously published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM).

Systecon North America, a global leader in mission readiness and lifecycle management analytics, is excited to announce its participation in CANSEC 2025, Canada's premier defense and security trade show hosted by the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI).

Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities law firm, is investigating potential claims against Zynex, Inc. (“Zynex” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: ZYXI) and reminds investors of the May 19, 2025 deadline to seek the role of lead plaintiff in a federal securities class action that has been filed against the Company.

O’Reilly, the premier learning platform for technology professionals, today announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft to become one of the pioneers integrating Natural Language Web (NLWeb) into their websites. NLWeb’s decentralized search understands context and intent, allowing both human users and AIs to ask complex, conversational questions and get relevant results without going to a centralized AI chat or search site.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott invited first responders and American Warrior Association (AWA) leadership to the Capitol on May 14 to commend the group on its recent launch of R3 Respond, Restore, Resolve, and their commitment to raising awareness of moral injury.

MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) today announced that Jane Slusark will join the company as chief communications officer, effective June 9, 2025. In this role, she will oversee the company’s global communications strategy, including internal and external communications and media relations.

Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces that a shareholder filed a class action on behalf of purchasers and acquirers of Krispy Kreme, Inc. (NASDAQ: DNUT) securities between February 25, 2025 and May 7, 2025, both dates inclusive (the “Class Period”). Krispy Kreme produces doughnuts.

DELL TECHNOLOGIES WORLD-- Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL), the world’s No. 1 provider of AI infrastructure,1 announces Dell AI Factory advancements, including powerful and energy-efficient AI infrastructure, integrated partner ecosystem solutions and professional services to drive simpler and faster AI deployments.

Press Ganey Forsta, a leading provider of experience measurement, data analytics, and insights, today announced the appointment of Luke Williams as Chief Customer Experience and Research Officer. Williams will lead enterprise customer experience and research strategy, reporting directly to Kyle Ferguson, CEO of Press Ganey Forsta’s cross-industry division.

Keller Williams Realty, LLC (KW), the world’s largest real estate franchise by agent count, introduces "Rookie Real Estate Agent: Launch a Limitless Career That Lasts," a new book authored by Jay Papasan, co-author of the best-selling real estate career guide "The Millionaire Real Estate Agent."

Infra Pipe Solutions Ltd., one of North America’s largest producers of High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) pipe and conduit, today announced the appointment of its new Chief Executive Officer, Jimmy R. Herring. Herring replaces outgoing CEO Bill Donaldson.

DELL TECHNOLOGIES WORLD – The world’s top provider of AI-centric infrastructure,2 Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL), announces innovations across the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA – all designed to help enterprises accelerate AI adoption and achieve faster time to value.

DigitalChalk, a leading provider of Learning Management Systems (LMS) since 2006, proudly announces the release of its most significant authoring upgrade to date: the enhanced Chalkboard video editor. The updated Chalkboard combines powerful video and audio tools, an all-new slide editor, and a fully customizable and responsive learner experience inside the DigitalChalk LMS.

(Dell Technologies World 2025) – Absolute Security, a leader in enterprise resilience, today announced new Extreme Resilience capabilities available in Rehydrate, an Absolute Resilience Platform module. Rehydrate enables remote restoration of Windows endpoints at enterprise scale with a single click. It delivers full recovery even when the device OS and other security or management tools have crashed, been compromised, or become corrupted.

Positive full results from the BATURA Phase IIIb trial showed AstraZeneca’s anti-inflammatory reliever rescue therapy, AIRSUPRA (albuterol/budesonide), demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in all primary and secondary endpoints compared to albuterol in patients with mild asthma.1,2 These data were published in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented today at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2025 International Conference in San Francisco, CA.1

Circle K, the national convenience store chain, is teaming up with Gatorade to kick off summer with the exclusive release of 28oz bottles of a new Gatorade flavor: Summer Blaze. Available in this size only at Circle K locations, Summer Blaze offers a bold, refreshing burst of juicy flavor designed to keep customers refreshed and hydrated for every summer adventure.

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Hosted by LaunchTech Communications, a CyberRisk Alliance (CRA) resource specializing in PR and AR services for the cybersecurity industry, the CyberShark Pitch Competition today announced the first two finalists to advance in the 2025 program.

With National Wildfire Awareness Month underway, it’s crucial to recognize wildfires are not confined to the West Coast. Recent wildfires in Minnesota, Florida and North Carolina serve as a stark reminder that these destructive events can occur anywhere, impacting communities far beyond traditionally wildfire-prone areas.

Rio Media is proud to announce an exclusive new advertising opportunity on behalf of the City of Huntington Beach: branded sponsorships on the city’s iconic lifeguard towers. This offers unique, high-impact placements at the heart of one of America’s most visited beaches.

The former chief executive officer of Dallas-based TPN Holdings, an affiliate of global marketing communications giant Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC), has filed a lawsuit in Dallas federal court alleging violations of federal and state gender and age discrimination statutes by the companies.

The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. (“Iovance” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: IOVA) securities between May 9, 2024 and May 8, 2025, inclusive (the “Class Period”). Iovance investors have until July 14, 2025 to file a lead plaintiff motion.

HdL Companies congratulates Sharon Petrehn, who was selected on April 8th as the recipient of its sponsored scholarship for the 2025 Local Governance Summer Institute (LGSI) at Stanford University. Awarded in partnership with the California City Management Foundation (CCMF), this scholarship supports promising leaders advancing the future of local governance.

With global AI adoption reaching 72% in 2024, according to McKinsey & Company, more organizations are integrating AI into daily operations. However, many still struggle to estimate the true costs of AI-powered software development. To address this, Inoxoft, a global custom software development company, has launched a Free AI Estimate Generator. The tool delivers fast, tailored cost projections to help teams budget smarter and launch AI initiatives with confidence.

Symetra received a Silver Stevie® Award in the “Marketing Campaign of the Year, Financial Products & Services” category for its Retirement Division’s multi-platform “Bull or Bear: Brave It All” campaign. The business awards were created in 2002 to recognize the achievements and positive contributions of organizations and working professionals worldwide. The 2025 honorees were announced on April 25 as part of the 23rd annual American Business Awards®.

The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz reminds investors of the upcoming May 20, 2025 deadline to participate as a lead plaintiff in the securities fraud class action lawsuit filed on behalf of investors who acquired Perpetua Resources Corp. (“Perpetua” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: PPTA) securities between April 17, 2024, to February 13, 2025, inclusive (the “Class Period”).

Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP reminds investors of the upcoming July 14, 2025 deadline to file a lead plaintiff motion in the class action filed on behalf of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. (“Iovance” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: IOVA) securities between May 9, 2024 and May 8, 2025, inclusive (the “Class Period”).

New research from Clari Labs on AI Adoption in Running Enterprise Revenue shows that while AI is proven to unlock revenue growth, 78% of enterprises are still in the early stages of AI adoption — and 67% of enterprises don’t trust the revenue data that AI depends on. To unlock the full potential of AI and agents, enterprises must re-architect how they run revenue.

Law Offices of Howard G. Smith reminds investors of the upcoming July 11, 2025 deadline to file a lead plaintiff motion in the case filed on behalf of investors who purchased Elevance Health, Inc. (“Elevance” or the “Company”) (NYSE: ELV) common stock between April 18, 2024, and October 16, 2024, inclusive (the “Class Period”).

Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP reminds investors of the upcoming July 1, 2025 deadline to file a lead plaintiff motion in the class action filed on behalf of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Civitas Resources, Inc. (“Civitas” or the “Company”) (NYSE: CIVI) securities between February 27, 2024 and February 24, 2025, inclusive (the “Class Period”).

Ellavoz Impact Capital (EIC) has secured financing together with YouthBuild Newark, Inc. (YBN) to fully rehabilitate their building located at 571 Central Avenue, Newark. The reworked space will enable YBN to consolidate their operations into one facility for LEAD Charter School and its programming. The transaction furthers YBN’s strategic plan of generating additional revenue while also enhancing educational programs.

Clari today unveils Revenue Context™ — the industry’s first set of platform capabilities designed to ensure AI and agents work and collaborate at enterprise scale across the entire revenue process, end to end.

Despite declining premium volume and challenging underwriting conditions, insurers providing U.S. directors and officers (D&O) liability coverage had their most favorable loss experience in more than a decade in 2024, according to a new AM Best report.

Rio Tinto and Corporación Nacional Del Cobre de Chile ("Codelco") have signed binding agreements to form a joint venture to develop and operate a high-grade lithium project in the Salar de Maricunga in Chile. The agreement is the next step in a broader strategic partnership to strengthen both Rio Tinto’s and Chile’s positions as leading suppliers of materials for the global energy transition.

United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 360 announced today that more New Jersey cannabis workers have voted to unionize as part of its long-running Cannabis Workers Rising campaign. Employees at Fresh Eatontown LLC, a licensed adult-use cannabis dispensary, are the latest to join the labor movement as it continues to expand across the state’s legal marijuana industry. The latest vote in favor of union membership with Local 360 came at the Fresh Eatontown LLC dispensary in Eatontown, NJ. Fresh Eatontown is one of two dispensaries in New Jersey operated by multi-state cannabis company Fresh Cannabis, which also has locations in Colorado and Delaware. Fresh Cannabis’ other New Jersey dispensary, Fresh Elizabeth LLC, voted to join UFCW Local 360 towards the end of 2024.

Signios Biosciences (“Signios Bio”), a science-first biotechnology company leading in multiomics and AI-powered bioinformatics, in collaboration with Illumina, announced today an Illumina-sponsored grant for Early Access to Illumina Protein Prep 9.5K™. Powered by SOMAmer® technology, this next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based platform enables comprehensive proteomic profiling of plasma and serum.

Franklin BSP Capital Corporation, Inc. (“FBCC” or the “Company”) announced its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash distribution of $0.29 per common share and a special cash distribution of $0.04 per common share, totaling together $0.33 per common share. The distribution is payable on or about May 14, 2025, to common stockholders of record as of May 6, 2025. The Board of Directors also declared a second quarter 2025 distribution on its convertible Series A Preferred Stock in an amount equal to the as-converted common distribution amount.

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Bayer announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Jivi®, a recombinant DNA-derived, extended half-life factor VIII concentrate, for use in pediatric patients 7 years of age and older with hemophilia A (congenital Factor VIII deficiency).