FoodChain ID and IDFL today announced a strategic worldwide partnership that unites leading expertise to strengthen transparency from farm to finished product in the textile industry. The collaboration combines FoodChain ID’s agricultural certifications with IDFL’s textile certifications and testing, offering brands a seamless pathway to verify regenerative agricultural practices alongside textile chain-of-custody, social accountability, chemical compliance, environmental performance and animal...
Lone Star Funds (“Lone Star”) today announced that an affiliate of Lone Star Real Estate Fund VI, L.P. has successfully completed the sale of three multifamily properties across Texas which were sold to three separate buyers. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The entire portfolio totaled 606 property units: a 208-unit garden style multifamily community built in 2004 and located in Lubbock, TX; a 214-unit garden style multifamily community built in 2013 and located in Midl...
CSG® (NASDAQ: CSGS) today released its 2026 State of the Customer Experience Report, which finds consumers in an era of total digital saturation, bombarded with brand communications in every channel, all day, every day. The research indicates that in 2026, clarity will be the most crucial driver of customer trust and loyalty. CSG’s global survey of 1,200 digital citizens found that consumers are struggling to identify which brand messages are important—and which interactions they can trust. ...
HTEC, a global AI-first provider of software and hardware design and engineering services, today released The State of AI in Financial Services & Insurance 2025, a first industry subset of its global research report in AI. This publication offers one of the clearest views to date into how financial institutions are adopting and scaling artificial intelligence. This industry-focused report analyzes insights from 250 C-suite leaders within financial services and insurance, drawn from HTEC’s b...
The wearable band market grew by a modest 3% to 54.6 million units in 3Q, according to the latest research from Omdia. Despite the low volume growth, the market’s value surged 12% to $12.3 billion, reflecting a shift toward premium devices. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251201823598/en/Worldwide wearable band shipments by region, Q3 2024 versus Q3 2025 The Average Selling Price (ASP) rose 9% annually to $225, driven ...
NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, today announced a new capability that enables enterprises to make their workflows simpler and more efficient by connecting Amazon Web Services (AWS) AI and Analytics services directly with their NetApp data both in the cloud and on-premises. Amazon S3 Access Points for Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP® enable customers to accelerate AI and analytics projects by allowing FSx for ONTAP-resident file data to be accessed via the S3 API...
Winston & Strawn and Taylor Wessing’s UK-led business announced today their intention to combine, creating a premier transatlantic law firm that would operate under a new shared name, Winston Taylor. The combination responds to increasing client demand for seamlessly integrated US–UK–EU counsel for the businesses, people, and markets driving capital and innovation. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251215914957/en/ T...
Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that Civil Air Patrol (CAP), the world’s largest operator of Cessna aircraft, is strengthening its national mission capabilities with an order for 15 additional piston-engine aircraft, including seven Cessna Skyhawk 172 and eight Cessna Skylane 182 models scheduled for delivery throughout 2026. The order follows recent deliveries of an additional two Cessna Skylane and one Cessna Turbo Stationair HD aircraft, expanding C...
CONNECTIONS CONFERENCE -- Guidewire (NYSE: GWRE) today introduced PricingCenter, enabling P&C insurers to deliver pricing changes quickly and with greater precision – adjusting rates in real time, analyzing impact before release, and responding rapidly to market shifts. Purpose-built for actuaries, pricing teams, and IT developers, PricingCenter unifies and modernizes the pricing and rating lifecycle, from model design to market deployment. By connecting pricing strategy to execution, it ...
Dawex, the leader in data exchange solutions, and Innovalia Group, a strategic group of technology companies specializing in digital transformation solutions, have signed a strategic collaboration agreement to drive the development of secure and sovereign data spaces in the Spanish market through a comprehensive range of products and services. The collaboration brings together two strong and complementary areas of expertise: Dawex’s technological leadership in Data Exchange and the Innovalia ...