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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AHF Statement on Department of Justice Settlement...

OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Canada’s Farms and Fuels Alliance (FFA) is calling on the federal government to deliver on promised amendments to the Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR), including announcing and finalizing a minimum 1.4x credit multiplier for Canadian-made ethanol by the end of 2026. In a letter to the Prime Minister, the FFA joins Renewable Industries Canada in calling for targeted amendments to the CFR that would address a competitiveness gap the government identified more than a...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Certain bondholders (the “Bondholders”) of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (“PREPA”) today issued the following statement regarding the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico’s (“FOMB”) approval of a $5.9 billion, ten-year temporary power generation contract (the “Power Generation Contract”) between PREPA and Power Expectations, LLC, Enchanted Rock, LLC, and Reyes Contractor, LLC. For close to a decade, the FOMB has directly ove...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Trinity Industries, Inc. (NYSE: TRN) (“Trinity”), a leading provider of railcar products and services across North America, is aware of and will fully defend against the antidumping and countervailing duty petition filed by UTLX Manufacturing LLC (“UTLX”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. UTLX filed its petition with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission targeting imports of railway tank cars from Mexico. Trinit...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LSTA, Inc. today welcomes the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed amendments to the investment adviser custody rule, particularly the Commission’s proposal to provide an exception from the custody rule for authorized discretionary trading activity. We greatly appreciate the Commission’s efforts to propose common sense solutions to important, longstanding industry issues. The proposal represents an important step toward resolving uncertainty regarding the t...

THUNDER BAY, ON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thunder Bay Public Library (TBPL) workers and their supporters held a media conference today in front of the Library’s Waverley branch, urging the Library Board to negotiate a fair deal and help avert a strike. The workers have been without a contract for over a year now and face a strike deadline of 12:01 am on Friday, October 16. “Our members love their jobs and the service they provide to the community,” said Deryk Fournier, President of CUPE 87, the union t...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, welcomes the proposal by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to allow Chartered Financial Analysts in good standing to automatically qualify as accredited investors. Traditionally, individual investors could qualify as accredited investors solely on the basis of their wealth or income. In 2020, the SEC added financial sophistication to the accredited investor definition. Today’s action proposes...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. Senate has confirmed Keith Sonderling as Secretary of Labor. The ESOP Association has strongly endorsed Sonderling's confirmation....

THUNDER BAY, ON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thunder Bay Public Library workers and their allies will hold a media conference on Thursday, October 1, in front of the Waverley library branch, 285 Red River Road, in advance of a fast-approaching strike deadline. Over 70 workers are employed in Thunder Bay’s public library and represented by CUPE 3120 and CUPE 87-18. Their collective agreement expired a year ago. While the workers have been attempting to negotiate a new contract, management has been pushing...

GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nu Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: NU) ("Nu" or the "Company") refers to recent media reports regarding a potential transaction. As a matter of general practice, the Company does not comment on specific opportunities. However, given the extent of recent media speculation, the Company is providing this clarification: while we have a great deal of respect for Monzo, the Company is not pursuing a transaction with Monzo. In the normal course of business, Nu regul...