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HALIFAX, NS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Concerns are growing over continued uncertainty surrounding whether city council will maintain funding for school librarians in the upcoming school year. Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 5047 President Shelley McNeil is calling on councillors to publicly clarify their position before staffing and school planning decisions are affected. “School librarians are not extras,” said McNeil. “They are part of the learning infrastructure students rely on ever...

HALIFAX-KJIPUKTUK, Nova Scotia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Long term care workers represented by CUPE and government representatives bargained early into morning today; however, no deal was reached. “It’s disappointing. We went to the table, presenting two counter offers with different wages that would bring our lowest paid workers closer to a living wage, but were met with little movement,” said CUPE Long Term Care Coordinator Kim Cail. “The new offer, which expires in 2028, was better than the last, bu...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Asset Value Investors Limited (“AVI”) today announced an update to its public campaign regarding Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TSE: 4527, “Rohto”), as a follow-up to its ongoing campaign, “Awakening Rohto”, launched last year and aimed at enhancing the company’s corporate value. AVI has published a detailed presentation on a dedicated website (www.AwakeningRohto.com). Since initiating its investment in June 2024, AVI has sought to engage in constructive dialogue with...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) (“Mattel” or the “Company”) issued the following statement regarding Southeastern Asset Management, Inc.’s (“Southeastern”) letter to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). Mattel maintains ongoing communication with its shareholders and values their perspectives. We appreciate Southeastern’s continued engagement with the Company, including our conversations this year. Our Board of Directors and management team are committ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TOMS Capital Investment Management (“TCIM”), one of the largest shareholders of Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA) (“Voya” of the “Company”), today issued the below statement following the Company’s first quarter 2026 earnings call: “As we recently expressed, Voya is one of the most compelling and undervalued franchises in financial services. Voya has outperformed peers in delivering consistent net inflows, recently surpassing $1 trillion in assets while prudently avoi...

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Insurity’s AI-native policy administration system is designed to slash product setup for complex commercial lines from years to weeks...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Save Quartz Jobs coalition today issued a strong warning following the remedy recommendations announced by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in the quartz surface products (QSPs) safeguard case. The ITC has proposed tariffs on all imports of QSPs ranging from 25-40%. “American fabricators, retailers, distributors and suppliers of QSPs are disappointed by the Commissioners’ recommendations. These recommended trade restrictions fail to reflect the real...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gilead's Earnings per Share Expected to Be Up 52% as Florida’s and other States’ AIDS Drug Programs Falters, says AHF...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As autonomous vehicle companies celebrate milestone runs and Wall Street projects billions in profits, traffic safety attorney Amy Witherite is asking the question the industry hopes you won’t: Is this about keeping people safe or is it about the money? Witherite, a Dallas-based attorney and veteran traffic safety advocate, says the evidence points overwhelmingly to economics as the primary driver behind the rapid push to deploy autonomous vehicles (AVs) on public roads...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TOMS Capital Investment Management (“TCIM”), one of the largest shareholders of Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA), today issued the following statement: “Despite the underlying strength of the franchise, Voya has deeply impaired its earnings multiple due to the lack of urgency and indecisiveness of management and the Board of Directors, particularly around the stop-loss business. This has eroded credibility with both Voya’s investor base and the research community. As...