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YEREVAN, Armenia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a move without any legitimate basis in law, Nikol Pashinyan, Armenia’s increasingly autocratic leader who was unable to secure even half of the vote in June’s parliamentary elections, has decided that his government should determine the future leadership and direction of the Armenian Apostolic Church, ignoring religious freedom standards. The confrontation has now reached an extraordinary new stage. Pashinyan’s government has placed what it calls Armenia’s...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--General Mills Completes Removal of Certified Colors from U.S. Cereal Portfolio...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TWG Global, LLC (“TWG” or the “Company”) today issued the following statement to correct the record on substantial speculation and misinformation regarding recent corporate developments at TWG and its affiliates: Over the past several weeks, multipronged attacks against TWG have been advanced by unnamed sources with self-serving interests that have been reported in the media. It is important to set the record straight. TWG stands firmly behind the integrity of its...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Saba Capital Management, L.P. (together with certain of its affiliates, “Saba”) urges shareholders of Gore Street Energy Storage Fund plc (GSF:LSE) (the “Company”) to vote FOR Resolutions 16 (the continuation proposal) and 17 (the follow-on proposals on the Company’s future) at the Company’s AGM on 16 September. Saba wrote privately to the Board twice this year, first asking it to run a tender for a new manager, then warning that its revised strategy would not fix the d...

KYIV, Ukraine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amsterdam & Partners LLP today condemns the brutal murder of Monk Varsanofy (Turyansky) at the Holy Dormition Sviatohirsk Lavra, warning that the attack cannot be separated from the campaign of persecution targeted against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) fostered by the Zelensky administration and the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience (DESS). On 23 August, a group of unidentified individuals entered the Sviatohirsk Lavra...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Save Quartz Jobs coalition today announced its support for a lawsuit filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade challenging the quartz surface products (QSP) safeguard tariffs. The case raises fundamental questions about whether independent fabricators and other downstream businesses were properly considered before sweeping new import restrictions were imposed. The lawsuit was filed by Wisenbaker Builder Services, Elite Quartz Manufacturing, Arizona Tile, M...

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced it will appeal the final judgment from the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware related to intellectual property claims brought against Guardant by TwinStrand Biosciences, Inc. and University of Washington, with execution of the final judgment and collection of potential royalties stayed pending appeal. “We strongly disagree with this decision and will prompt...

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ancora Holdings Group LLC (together with its affiliates, “Ancora”), a meaningful shareholder of H.B. Fuller Company (NYSE: FUL) (“H.B. Fuller” or the “Company”), today reaffirmed its proposal to acquire the Company’s Building Adhesive Solutions (“BAS”) segment following H.B. Fuller’s Board of Directors’ (the “Board”) baseless rejection of the offer and issued the following statement: “First and foremost, Ancora reaffirms the offer that it recently submitted, as it is...

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Afya Limited, or “Afya” (Nasdaq: AFYA) announced today that discussions with Yduqs Participações S.A. (B3: YDUQ3) ("Yduqs") regarding a potential business combination involving the two companies are at an early stage, following the material fact disclosed by Yduqs on this date, pursuant to Article 157, Paragraph 4 of Brazilian Law No. 6,404/1976 and CVM Resolution No. 44/2021. As disclosed by Yduqs, these discussions remain at an early stage, and there c...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Saba Capital Management, L.P. (together with certain of its affiliates, “Saba” or “we”), the largest shareholder of Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust PLC (USA:LSE) (“USA” or the “Company”), today announced that it proposed resolutions to be added to the notice of the Company’s upcoming Annual General Meeting to enable USA shareholders to elect three new highly qualified directors: Jason Chen, Thomas H. McGlade and Sir James Waterlow. Saba also issued the following stateme...