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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #ceo--IDEO, the global design company, announces the appointment of Michael Peng as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective June 2, 2025. Peng returns to the company after five years of transformative work at Moon Creative Lab, a venture studio established by global trading and investment company Mitsui & Co. His leadership will bring a unique blend of human-centered creativity, multicultural fluency, thoughtful collaboration, and strong business acumen. Derek R

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Attorney Megan Williams has joined the Houston trial firm Bissinger, Oshman, Williams & Strasburger (BOWS) as Counsel. “We are exceptionally pleased to welcome Megan as a member of our team,” said firm co-founder David Bissinger. “She brings a deep understanding of the core issues that most impact our clients.” Ms. Williams has broad experience in representing public and private companies, as well as entrepreneurs and individuals, in a wide range of civil disputes,

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Growing a company is both excruciating and exhilarating. CEOs must continuously evolve to navigate the gauntlet of never-ending challenges that threaten to derail progress. In their groundbreaking new book, Running the Gauntlet: Proven Strategies for High-Growth Leaders (April 29, 2025; An Inc. Original; $25.95), veteran strategic advisors Meg Thomas Crosby and Howard Cleveland provide a robust leadership framework to help CEOs and leadership teams predict, prepa

HARRISBURG, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AmericanTCS’s PensionPro, a provider of workflow automation software for third-party administrators (TPAs), is partnering with 7 Simple Machines, a builder of platforms that automate compliance and funding for retirement plans, to offer a new service designed to ease the burden of year-end census reporting for TPAs. The combination of 7 Simple Machine’s powerful data automation capabilities and PensionPro’s user-friendly workflow solutions will make it easier a

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Material is pleased to announce the appointment of three senior insights leaders.

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Operation HOPE and Atlanta Public Schools (APS) celebrated a major milestone in their ongoing partnership: the opening of over 10,000 child savings accounts since launching their initiative to provide APS kindergarten students with a free savings account seeded with an initial $50 deposit to be grown over time and used for college or trade school expenses. Operation HOPE Founder Chairman and CEO John Hope Bryant and APS Superintendent Dr. Bryan Johnson joined students

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #AI--Soul Machines today announced Premium Integrations, a new product feature seamlessly connecting its industry-leading Soul Machines Experiential AI Agents™ with major workflow orchestration tools like Zapier. This breakthrough bridges the company's unrivaled real-time, human-like conversational abilities with robust automation, delivering a comprehensive AI Agent offering that transforms how businesses operate and interact with employees and customers. Soul Machin

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Litigation Administrator of Celsius Network, LLC (the “Litigation Administrator”), today announced the implementation of a structured, transparent, and innovative settlement framework designed to resolve preference claims against certain remaining defendants. The comprehensive process to determine the global settlement framework included successful mediation with four large defendant groups across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, representing more than 750 preference d

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dialpad, the leader in Ai-powered communications intelligence, today announced its availability on Google Cloud Marketplace, making its award-winning platform easily accessible to millions of Google Cloud users. Businesses of all sizes can now seamlessly incorporate Dialpad’s advanced business communications platform, Dialpad Connect, as well as its contact center solutions – Dialpad Support and Dialpad Sell – through a marketplace that they already are using. Di

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Supio, a legal AI platform trusted by personal injury and mass tort plaintiff law firms, today announced it has raised $60 million in Series B funding. The round was led by existing investor Sapphire Ventures, with participation from new investors Mayfield and Thomson Reuters Ventures. The new investment brings Supio's total funding to date to $91 million. The company's unique approach to combining specialized AI with human expert verification has set a new standard fo

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP, a leading national shareholder rights law firm, today announced that it has commenced an investigation on behalf of Avis Budget Group, Inc. (“Avis” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: CAR) investors concerning the Company’s possible violations of the federal securities laws. IF YOU ARE AN INVESTOR WHO LOST MONEY ON AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC. (CAR), CLICK HERE TO INQUIRE ABOUT POTENTIALLY PURSUING CLAIMS TO RECOVER YOUR LOSS. What Happened? On F

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Medici Network today announced the appointment of Maartje Bus as President. Bus will lead Medici’s business operations and explore new ventures that build on the company’s strengths in its mission to drive broad institutional adoption of digital assets. Bus joins Medici from Messari, where she served as Vice President and Head of Research. At Messari, she built Protocol Services into a category-defining platform and led the Enterprise Research team, trusted by

NEW YORK CITY & NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Former Attorney General of Louisiana Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq. and the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC (“KSF”) are investigating the proposed sale of SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc. (NasdaqGS: SWTX) to Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. Under the terms of the proposed transaction, shareholders of SpringWorks will receive $47.00 in cash for each share of SpringWorks that they own. KSF is seeking to determine whether this consideration and the pro

PARIS & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the global governing body for motor sport and the federation for mobility organisations worldwide, has today announced that FIA President, Mohammed Ben Sulayem has appointed Shaila-Ann Rao as a Presidential Advisor. Ms Rao will provide advice to the FIA President on a range of issues including regulatory and commercial matters related to the seven FIA World Championships. She will commence her role on 1st May

NEW YORK & PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: Global digital services leader TP (Paris:TEP) today announced partnerships with emerging leaders in agentic artificial intelligence (AI), Ema and Parloa. These partnerships advance TP’s goal of delivering a steady pipeline of AI innovations that help clients accelerate AI adoption, enhance customer engagement, and realize value faster across their front-office and back-office activities. The move underscores TP’s ongoing commitment to driving

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP today announced the addition of a three-partner intellectual property group that will add significant depth to its litigation practice. Chris Campbell, Britton Davis, and Alfonso Garcia Chan command a leading plaintiff-side trial practice focused on protecting their clients’ technology innovations. Chris co-founded and led the Innovation Protection group at their prior firm and will now serve as Chair of Cahill’s Technology IP Litigatio

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Syllo, the litigation workspace for the AI era, today announced that the company and Ballard Spahr have been named the collaborative winners of the 2025 Trailblazer Award from the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA), and Syllo CEO, Jeffrey Chivers, has won the ILTA Peer Award for Innovative Leader. The awards, part of ILTA’s Distinguished Peers Awards, were presented last night at ILTA’s EVOLVE conference in Myrtle Beach, SC. The Trailblazer Aw

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In the past 30 days, Best’s Review readers have been most interested in the following insurance news coverage: “Life Insurers’ Investment Complexity, Reliance on Offshore Reinsurers Raise Concerns About Stability” looks at the implications of the life insurance sector’s structural changes. “Technology, Communication Are Front and Center as Insurers Vie for Independent Agents’ Business” reports on the ways insurance carriers are solidifying their relationships wit

NEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Argo Infrastructure Partners (“Argo”), founded by Jason Zibarras, is a leading mid-market asset manager targeting essential infrastructure assets in North America, today announced a recap of a series of strategic financings across its portfolio. Across its entire portfolio of 18 high-quality infrastructure companies and projects, Argo seeks to secure appropriate financing through its extensive institutional relationships to improve liquidity, lower cost of ca

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Individual investor interest in sustainability remains strong and stable, according to a new “Sustainable Signals” report by the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing. The survey polled 1,765 active individual investors with more than $100,000 in investable assets across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific (APAC) between February and March of this year to assess attitudes toward sustainable investing and where investors see the greatest opportunities a