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COFACE SA launches Power the Core, its 2024-2027 strategic plan with a view to develop a global ecosystem of reference for credit risk management

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Monday, March 4, 2024

COFACE SA launches Power the Core, its 2024-2027 strategic plan with a view to develop a global ecosystem of reference for credit risk management

Key Points: 
  • COFACE SA launches Power the Core, its 2024-2027 strategic plan with a view to develop a global ecosystem of reference for credit risk management
    Power the Core will build upon the successes of the previous strategic plans.
  • We have demonstrated that our businesses complement each other, allowing for the development of a credit risk management ecosystem of reference to increase our value proposition to our customers.
  • Our new plan Power the Core aims at building upon our strengths and our employees’ commitment and expertise in order to accelerate our transformation.
  • We will in particular deliberately invest in data and technology, for our Trade Credit Insurance and our Business Information services.

VSE Corporation Announces Strategic Actions to Expand Aviation Aftermarket and Enhance Growth and Profitability

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

VSE Corporation (“VSE” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: VSEC), a leading provider of aftermarket distribution and repair services, announces three significant strategic actions to transform its portfolio and strengthen its position in the Aviation aftermarket.

Key Points: 
  • VSE Corporation (“VSE” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: VSEC), a leading provider of aftermarket distribution and repair services, announces three significant strategic actions to transform its portfolio and strengthen its position in the Aviation aftermarket.
  • “Today marks another important milestone in the execution of VSE’s transformation,” said John Cuomo, President and CEO of VSE Corporation.
  • VSE has initiated a process to explore and evaluate strategic alternatives involving the Company’s Fleet segment with a view to enhance shareholder value (the “Strategic Process”).
  • Jefferies LLC has been engaged as the financial advisor in connection with this Strategic Process.

The Agency Expands Global Reach with New Office in Jamaica

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Global real estate brokerage The Agency proudly announces the launch of its new office in Jamaica. The new locale, which will be known as The Agency Jamaica, is the firm's first office in the country of Jamaica, joining the brokerage's growing network of offices in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and Europe. The office will be led by accomplished industry veterans Matthew 'Taff' Stevenson, Rebecca Stevenson, Sean O'Neill, and Ian Hurdle who will all serve as Managing Partners, as well as David Thwaites, who will serve as Managing Broker. The Agency has several offices throughout the Caribbean including in Turks & Caicos, The Bahamas, The Cayman Islands, and the Dominican Republic.

Key Points: 
  • LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Global real estate brokerage The Agency proudly announces the launch of its new office in Jamaica.
  • Taff Stevenson is a dynamic force in the real estate world, currently leading the charge as Managing Partner at The Agency Jamaica.
  • Now, as Managing Partner of The Agency Jamaica, Rebecca is not just a real estate expert with ten years of experience.
  • The Agency's office in Jamaica will be located at Unit 15A, 9-11 Phoenix Avenue Kingston JM KGN 10.

ADGM Experiences Unprecedented Demand from Asset Managers During US Roadshow

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Monday, February 5, 2024

ABU DHABI, UAE, Feb. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre (IFC), has last week set off on a trade mission to the United States in response to unprecedented demand from major US based global asset managers in the hedge fund, private equity and venture capital space. The delegation will visit Miami for a series of bilateral discussions at the iConnections Global Alts 2024. The event is recognised as the largest gathering for alternative investment professionals, providing an unparalleled platform for networking, collaboration, and the exchange of insights within the alternative investment landscape.

Key Points: 
  • The delegation will visit Miami for a series of bilateral discussions at the iConnections Global Alts 2024.
  • ADGM's distinguished delegation included Emmanuel Givanakis, CEO-Financial Services Regulatory Authority, Arvind Ramamurthy, Chief Market Development Officer, and other Senior ADGM executives.
  • Arvind Ramamurthy, Chief Market Development Officer at ADGM said, "ADGM has been experiencing a significant influx of global asset managers establishing their operations in the IFC of Abu Dhabi.
  • In response to this unprecedented demand of the interest of international firms in setting up in ADGM, we engaged in more than 40 bilateral discussions with hedge funds, private equity funds, and venture capital firms."

ADGM Experiences Unprecedented Demand from Asset Managers During US Roadshow

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Monday, February 5, 2024

ABU DHABI, UAE, Feb. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre (IFC), has last week set off on a trade mission to the United States in response to unprecedented demand from major US based global asset managers in the hedge fund, private equity and venture capital space. The delegation will visit Miami for a series of bilateral discussions at the iConnections Global Alts 2024. The event is recognised as the largest gathering for alternative investment professionals, providing an unparalleled platform for networking, collaboration, and the exchange of insights within the alternative investment landscape.

Key Points: 
  • The delegation will visit Miami for a series of bilateral discussions at the iConnections Global Alts 2024.
  • ADGM's distinguished delegation included Emmanuel Givanakis, CEO-Financial Services Regulatory Authority, Arvind Ramamurthy, Chief Market Development Officer, and other Senior ADGM executives.
  • Arvind Ramamurthy, Chief Market Development Officer at ADGM said, "ADGM has been experiencing a significant influx of global asset managers establishing their operations in the IFC of Abu Dhabi.
  • In response to this unprecedented demand of the interest of international firms in setting up in ADGM, we engaged in more than 40 bilateral discussions with hedge funds, private equity funds, and venture capital firms."

2023 TURKS & CAICOS REAL ESTATE - 4th QUARTER YEAR IN REVEIW YTD COMPARISON by Turks and Caicos Sotheby's International Realty

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Sunday, January 21, 2024

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands, Jan. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Led by Significant Sales 2023 Market Puts Exclamation Point on Happy New Year!

Key Points: 
  • We look forward to 2024 as we take a brief look back in this report at our successful results within our real estate market.
  • PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands, Jan. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Led by Significant Sales 2023 Market Puts Exclamation Point on Happy New Year!
  • We look forward to 2024 as we take a brief look back in this report at our successful results within our real estate market.
  • Happy New Year from all of us at Turks and Caicos Sotheby's International Realty.

Target Capital Inc. and Grafton Ventures Energy Holdings Corp. Enter Into a Letter of Intent for Proposed Business Combination and Equity Financing for Resulting Issuer Westgate Energy Inc.

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Thursday, January 11, 2024

CALGARY, Alberta, Jan. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Target Capital Inc. (“TCI”) (NEX: TCI.H) and Grafton Ventures Energy Holdings Corp. (“Grafton”) are pleased to announce that they have entered into a non-binding letter of intent (the “LOI”) to complete a business combination transaction (the “Transaction”) that will result in the reverse take-over of TCI by Grafton. Upon completion of the Transaction, TCI will carry on the oil and gas exploration and production business of Grafton under the name “Westgate Energy Inc.” (the “Resulting Issuer” or “Westgate”). The LOI was negotiated at arm’s length and is dated January 11, 2024.

Key Points: 
  • Upon completion of the Transaction, TCI will carry on the oil and gas exploration and production business of Grafton under the name “Westgate Energy Inc.” (the “Resulting Issuer” or “Westgate”).
  • The LOI was negotiated at arm’s length and is dated January 11, 2024.
    a brokered private placement (the “Brokered Private Placement”) for minimum aggregate gross proceeds of $5.0 million.
  • Grafton was incorporated under the laws of the Province of Alberta and has been operating since March 8, 2021.
  • Grafton currently has operations in the Killam and Richdale areas of Eastern Alberta and is focused on oil development within the emerging Mannville Stack fairway of Eastern Alberta and Western Saskatchewan.

Interplay Learning highlights year of accomplishments and looks ahead to continuing transformation of skilled trades training in 2024

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Friday, January 12, 2024

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Interplay Learning, the leading provider of immersive skilled trades training, confirmed its position as the preferred provider for comprehensive, forward-thinking training in 2023 with a series of notable new offerings and achievements, including the launch of the industry's first AI-powered mentor for learning and skill development.

Key Points: 
  • In recognition of its groundbreaking potential to transform skilled trades training, SAM has been named the winner of the 2024 AHR Innovation Award for software.
  • Overall, Interplay Learning created 112 new courses in 2023 to continue meeting the evolving needs of customers and their teams.
  • "We're proud of our accomplishments in 2023 and excited about all the opportunities ahead of us in 2024," Donovan said.
  • "We're working with companies that are taking bold new approaches to learning and reshaping the possibilities of training and workforce development.

With higher fees and more ads, streaming services like Netflix, Disney+ and Hulu are cashing in by using the old tactics of cable TV

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Friday, January 5, 2024

There’s one thing that television viewers can count on in 2024: higher fees and more commercials.

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  • There’s one thing that television viewers can count on in 2024: higher fees and more commercials.
  • The major streaming services – Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, Disney+ and Max – have all announced rate hikes and new advertising policies.
  • Like their cable predecessors, streaming companies have lured people in with promises of a better and cheaper viewing experience.

Stemming the tide of ‘toll television’

  • This business structure also encouraged programming with mass appeal in order to deliver the broadest possible audiences to advertisers.
  • But not all TV viewers were happy with the formulaic quiz shows and sitcoms that dominated the airwaves.
  • Sensing an untapped opportunity, TV entrepreneurs tried to concoct ways to circumvent the dominance of the Big Three.
  • At first, this technology simply expanded the reach of CBS, NBC and ABC rather than providing a competing service.

Cable catches on

  • As frustrations with the limits of broadcast television intensified across the political spectrum during the 1970s, consumers, elected officials and regulators all embraced the potential of cable television to offer an alternative.
  • By the mid-1970s, experiments with programming disseminated via satellite and cable tested new types of niche channels and shows – like nonstop movies, sports, music or the weather – to see if audiences might be interested.
  • Like STV before them, cable companies tapped into frustrations with broadcasting and its advertising model.

Deregulation nation

  • Black Entertainment Television created new opportunities for programming geared toward Black audiences.
  • The Daytime Channel offered entertainment and news directed at women, while MTV connected a younger generation through music videos.
  • Then there was C-SPAN, which put the cameras on the House of Representatives starting in 1979.

Playing political football


Al Gore, then an ambitious senator representing Tennessee, saw an opportunity. He pounced on the issue of cable companies that had leveraged consumer demand into what he described as “total domination of the marketplace.”

  • Malone pushed back, highlighting the unprecedented choice that people now had on cable.
  • Rate increases allowed for experimentation with niche programming that never stood a chance on network broadcast stations, he added.

Everything old is new again

  • That the marketplace competition and programming choice alone could deliver for the public interest.
  • The expansion of a media landscape forged on the terrain of private businesses and their profit margins.
  • It also convinced elected officials and constituents to embrace a different understanding of the public interest, one where the market reigns supreme.


Kathryn Cramer Brownell does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Morbark Showcases Power Solutions International’s Products at TCI 2023

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

WOOD DALE, Ill., Nov. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Power Solutions International, Inc. (“PSI” or “the Company”) (OTC Pink: PSIX), a leader in the design, engineering and manufacture of emission-certified engines and power systems, announced Morbark, a well-known leader in manufacturing tree care equipment, will feature several of its products during TCI Expo 2023.

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  • WOOD DALE, Ill., Nov. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Power Solutions International, Inc. (“PSI” or “the Company”) (OTC Pink: PSIX), a leader in the design, engineering and manufacture of emission-certified engines and power systems, announced Morbark, a well-known leader in manufacturing tree care equipment, will feature several of its products during TCI Expo 2023.
  • “We are delighted to have PSI as a partner in the upcoming TCI show,” said Michael Stanton, Vice President, Sales and Marketing at Morbark.
  • “We are honored to have our power units on display with the Morbark team.
  • Hosted by the Tree Care Industry Association, the TCI Show features more than 250+ exhibitors on a 425,000 sq.